[Starve The Beast]

This liberal radio network will have a brief burst of near-success, due to hype and curiousity, and then fade.

The reason? Their core audience already has NPR, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, etc., etc...

Good logic, but there's one very important flaw: The existing liberal mouthpiece networks don't acknowledge that they're liberal. In fact, they occasionally try to deny it. Frankin and Co. are trumpeting that they're radio for the Left. I think that, even if it's really bad, millions of loony libs will listen just to show solidarity.

[RightRules]

"To survive on comercial radio the show must attract sponsors. What sort of paying customers would shell out real money to advertise on a radio network aimed at socialists and anarchists?"

Sponsor reaction may hurt local affiliates, but don't forget:

Air America is funded in part by our friends at the DNC!