Leftist Air America Radio off the air in L.A., Chicago

grapevine ^ | April 14, 2004 | unattributed

[tdadams]

Sorry for the vanity, but this is information I thought Freepers would like to hear about.

Apparently due to unresolved contractual disputes, the Los Angeles and Chicago affiliates of leftist Air America Radio have pulled the programming from their airwaves and returned to local programming.

I'm hearing this second hand, so if anyone has verifiable information or clarifications, please post them.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

I was going to go DUmpster diving myself for their breakdown. Thanks for saving me the effort. Between this and Rumsfield "hit" the FL Demos called for yesterday, it appears all that malice is making them melt down...

[Warren]

"I couldnt believe what I was hearing"
That's why I hope they stay on the air.
Let people hear just how hate filled they are.
Give they a chance to REALLY BOMB.

[steveegg]

depressing to turn on WLIB and hear Franken hamming it up with his sideshow slut over a barmitzvah.

I see the big fat idiot and his radio reject sidekick are making audition tapes on-air for their next gig; WXRK's morning show (replacing Howard Stern). Just pathetic.

[No Blue States]

LOL That too. Some are really hot.

But for some reason its fascinating to see people argue in a foreign language.(especially if they are pretty)

[Snowy]

You people disappoint me. All of these posts on this thread, and I am the first to say....

Tom Daschle is deeply saddened!

[Akira]

That DU thread is priceless. Talk about conspiracy theories.

Yeah, Dubya shut 'em down.

[No Blue States]

Hey Im glad you remember it! At least now Im not a lonely O.F.

What an uplifting tune huh? hahah

[cyborg]

Well Al Franken sounds worse than Tom Daschle so it's easy to forget :)

[dead]

I decided to turn it on now. It is so boring it is insane.

Franken is interviewing Walter Cronkite. About the only funny thing that happened was when Cronkite started laughing about something, Franken said, “I see you’re laughing so hard that you’re turning red – I hope this doesn’t turn out to be your last interview.”

I’m sorry, but the image of Walter Cronkite keeling over and dropping dead during a Franken interview did give me chuckles.

Franken just asked him a question about Bush responding to political pressure. When Franken finished asking the question, Uncle Walter’s response was “What was the question again?”

Now Franken is interviewing Walter about how much of a Dead Head he is. Walter is a “very very dear friend” of Mickey Hart.

Cronkite keeps losing his train of thought mid-sentence. I feel like I’m eaves dropping on two old cranks yapping on the bus about the weather.

They just opened the phone lines to take calls, but I don't think anybody was there.

My adventure in Air America land is now over. Seriously, the most boring five minutes of radio I ever listened to.

[Petronski]

LOL. You got us.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Imagine my disappointment when it took to post 153 to say VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY^TM

[BlueLancer]

"What an uplifting tune huh? hahah"

Well, it definitely ain't Barry Manilow.

My wife won't even listen to it when I play it. She says "That's disgusting" and leaves the room.

[Gucho]

Speaking of leftists, Kerry in briefing on soup channels now with all the simple answers for Iraq......:-) What an IDIOT.

[Petronski]

If Kronkheit did die, I'd have to move him from my personal 'Spitting Distance' list to my personal 'Grave Pissing' list.

That LIAR singlehandedly 'lost' the Tet Offensive. Confronted with such an allegation he would no doubt deny it, BUT wish he could take credit.

[lilylangtree]

Hehehehe! Best news I've heard all day.

[RippleFire]

Drudge update:

After just two weeks on the air, Air America Radio, the fledgling liberal talk-radio network featuring Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, appears to have encountered serious cash-flow problems.

The CHICAGO TRIBUNE is developing a story, insiders tell DRUDGE, on how the network was pulled off the air this morning in Chicago and Los Angeles, the network's second- and third-largest markets, because, the owner of both stations said, the network bounced a check and owes him more than $1 million! A charge the network strongly denies...

A Chicago source familiar with the situation said a Multicultural representative showed up at WNTD's offices Wednesday morning, kicked out Air America's lone staffer overseeing the network's feed to the station from New York, switched over to a Spanish-language feed, and changed the locks on the doors... Developing...

[wadeintothem]

Hahahaha

Thats great news.

[handy]

Just too funny. Drudge has his siren flashing on this one. LOL

[Howlin]

What on EARTH is a a "Multicultural representative?"

[Snowy]

Just too funny. Drudge has his siren flashing on this one. LOL

LOL! Look at the picture Drudge has up! Is that a "pink" highlighter in his hand??