And the hits just keep coming for Air America!
in Burlington, VT, being moved to a "daytimer" station means they have to shut off at sunset. That means going off air by 4 pm or so each December afternoon.
And in Chattanooga (from local paper):
WDOD Radio Switches From Air America To Music Format
by Judy Frank
posted August 23, 2006
Chattanooga's oldest radio station, WDOD, has ended its 11-month experiment with progressive talk radio.
At 10 a.m. this past Monday, the station switched to a format featuring musical oldies and standards from the late 1950s and the 1960s and 1970s, according to Danny Howard, director of programming and operations for WDEF and WDOD.
The new format, which is locally controlled, is known around the station as Ruby AM 1310.
Who's Ruby?
"It's kind of funny," Mr. Howard said with a laugh. "When we started talking about doing this, it turned out that everybody had an Aunt Ruby or a grandmother named Ruby who would like this kind of programming. And then, of course, Chattanooga has Ruby Falls . . . So we decided to name it after all the Rubys."
One highlight of the new format will be Ruby's Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, when host Chris Adams will play Southern Gospel music. Adams also will host a similar show on Sundays called Ruby's Fried Chicken Sunday Dinner.
WDOD will continue to simulcast WDEF TV's early morning news show on weekdays, as well as WDEF TV's 6 p.m. newscasts.
The decision to drop Air America talk show programming grew out of the format's failure to attract adequate advertiser support, Mr. Howard said...
Second, can you imagine how horrified the DUmmies will be that Err America is being replaced by (GASP!) Gospel music? "AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!!! @#$%! @#$%! @#$%! The fundies got to WDOD!"
Enjoy that fried chicken and sweet Jesus music, DUmmies. Just because you're deranged doesn't mean Jesus doesn't love you.
You must see post 145 for an extra-divine dose of freudenschade.
Actually, extra-divine seems to indicate "outside of God," so let's just say "divine and extra crispy."