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.

[GRRRRR]

Hey, drop them a line, "Wondering what happened, you aren't on the air tonight!!??? HERE

[lainie]

ha! They decided to watch the Delayed Quentin Tarentino American Idol episode and this is just a big ruse.

[lainie]

No, I've got it, "When will we be able to listen in Moscow and Stalingrad?"

[kinsman redeemer]

LOL funny!

[tdadams]

Is Groening anti- or pro-guns? I can't tell from watching The Simpsons.

Then you're not looking close enough. If you videotape the opening sequence and slow it down, watching frame by frame, you'll see that when baby Maggie is put through the scanner at the grocery store, the LED display reads "NRA 4 Ever."

That's not a joke.

[kinsman redeemer]

You - da man!

[Cuttnhorse]

I drifted over to DU as well...boy are they in a snit...I get the impression they don't like Ann Coulter???

[Libertina]

The Lies and the Lying LOSERS who Tell them! Bu-byeeee Al Frankenstein All-spin Zone! :)

[cookcounty]

That wasmy first visit to DU. Pretty amateurish.

[NormsRevenge]

ERR-RANT .. Air-Rant .. aIR-relevant America radio

uuuhhhhhh... Can somebody call the phone company? The line is dead.

[E Rocc]

Word is they bounced a check to the owner of the stations.

Their new bumper music: Red Rubber Ball

-Eric

[PJ-Comix]

It's all the fault of BUSH CHENEY HALLIBURTON ASHCROFT!!!

[Sofa King]

What a bunch of morons.

"so far, no media, except a pitiful little mostly lopsided story in the Chicago Tribune, is picking it up! AAR's 2nd and 3rd largest markets were yanked off the air and no one's talking!"

Gee, maybe that's because nobody listens to Air Unamerica?

What's really sad is the glaring lack of any sane voice with a post count over 10.

[PJ-Comix]

Here is a sampling of DUmmie comments about the Err America shutdown:

was listening, and at 7am, there was about 4 minutes of dead air, then an announcer came on and said there was a contractual dispute with the owners and air america, and they went spanish.

Wouldn't It Be Nice If We Could Talk To Them? No phone numbers, a generic form on the Air America web site, no responses to any e-mails -- I called the general phone line and it rang for about five minutes and cut off. Very Bush-like. Very angering and disappointing. Has anyone check to see if Halliburton has any projects in Chicago or LA. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they did!

Same in LA!! 1580 is back to being a spanish station. What the hell is up

It sounds to me like George W knows the owners. This is disgusting.

[E Rocc]

That wasmy first visit to DU. Pretty amateurish.

Some of them are thinking about a protest outside the LA station. Sounds like a fun freep to me LOL.

-Eric

[lainie]

Sometimes it says NRA-4-EVR, whatever the syntax, and other times it has a number.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Now they're blaming General Electric. Next they'll be blaming the Klingons from Uranus.

[Sofa King]

"To shut off a broadcast that listeners rely on"

That says a mouthfull right there, now doesn't it? Now who will they go to get their opinions from?

[PJ-Comix]

More HILARIOUS DUmmie commentary! Their PARANOIA is highly entertaining:

Who do you suspect? Rove? Chaney? Ann Coulter? It must be one of them.

Funny how this happens the day after Bush*'s speech

This is just another example of a liberal voice being silenced. Well, just so you know, they're not going to win this time! We're going to get our voice out, whether you like it or not!

And here is an interesting quote from a Chicago Tribune reporter looking for DUmmie quotes on the Err American shutdown. Hey, Mr. Reporter, why don't you just copy the DUmmie quotes like I'm doing and publish them in the Entertainment section of your newspaper?

I'm a reporter for the Chicago Tribune looking to write about Air America and I'm looking for regular listeners who would like to comment on it. If you are interested, would you please e-mail me your name and phone number to rmowatt@tribune.com ? Thanks!

And a rare moment of clarity from a DUmmie.

If this venture fails it will be for one reason, and one reason only. The shows are boring. They drone on and on without much substance or humor. As Democrats we can do much better. Being killed by an outside force is bad enough. What is happening to AA now is a form of suicide.

[A CA Guy]

They could not pull off the secret of the Universe which was shared with us in the movie "SPACEBALLS"

That secret is...
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MERCHANDISING.