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'AIR AMERICA' DOWN TO NYC (Last Gasp for Air America?)
New York Post ^ | 4/21/04 | John Mainelli

Posted on 04/21/2004 1:41:18 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:21:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

April 21, 2004 -- All-liberal "Air America" is down to one big-city station - in New York - after falling out for good with the landlord who kicked it off his L.A. and Chicago stations last week.

A judge ordered the all-lefty talk network back on in Chicago last Thursday - after a vicious, public fight over leased-time payments - but Air America said yesterday it will go silent there next week.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airamerica; liberaltalkradio; wlib
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1 posted on 04/21/2004 1:41:18 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
down to one big-city station

Ah, the headline made it sound like they were down to one station, period. It's a little misleading.

2 posted on 04/21/2004 1:53:59 AM PDT by jennyp (http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
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To: jennyp
(Wishful thinking. :-)
3 posted on 04/21/2004 1:54:13 AM PDT by jennyp (http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
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To: kattracks
I think it's all going to be fine once the 9/11 commission is complete...

On the day Dr. Rice spoke every other station had it live and Air America waited till it was over to talk about it and only pulled snip-it's and brutally attacked Dr. Rice. I think they don't want to be forced to talk about it and show how biased it is and bring any more attention to how wrong it is that Gore-lick and Ben Vineste (sp?) are even on the commission...

Just a little conspiracy theory I've been workin' on...
5 posted on 04/21/2004 1:59:06 AM PDT by bellas_sister (" Senator, do you know there's a girl found dead in your car?")
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To: bellas_sister
"I think it's all going to be fine once the 9/11 commission is complete..."

Then it will die by Sept. due to lack of market.
6 posted on 04/21/2004 2:01:13 AM PDT by bellas_sister (" Senator, do you know there's a girl found dead in your car?")
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To: jennyp
Ah, the headline made it sound like they were down to one station, period. It's a little misleading.

Dont you know those of in the middle of the country dont account for anything
7 posted on 04/21/2004 2:09:42 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: bellas_sister
Then it will die by Sept. due to lack of market.

There's not market for it now...that's why NPR can only get by on our tax dollars.

Another Freeper pointed out that since Air America is having to pay to be on the air that they are nothing more than an infomercial (a dis-infomerical as another put it).

I was hoping Air America did well enough that the plug could be pulled on NPR by pointing to it....guess it won't last long enough for that.

8 posted on 04/21/2004 3:01:37 AM PDT by highlander_UW ("Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Benjamin Franklin)
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To: kattracks
Neal Boortz said that he hoped the liberal talk shows would do well, because if they didn't, the libs would be more likely to shut down the successful radio talk programs using the courts or congress.

Carolyn

9 posted on 04/21/2004 3:08:33 AM PDT by CDHart
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Geez...Air America is self-destructing faster than even the most optimistic predictions. Amazing what a rubber check will do...


10 posted on 04/21/2004 3:37:24 AM PDT by Prime Choice (Leftists claim Bush is a terrorist. So why aren't they trying to appease him?)
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To: kattracks
Radio station owners have total control over what goes on their air and total responsibility for it too.

Look at the Howard Stern case. Stern used illegal language on the air. He was not fined or punished at all. But some of the stations that carried the show,(the 6 clear channel stations) were fined nearly a half million dollars for what Stern Said on the air.

Under the law it is not necessary for Clear channel to know in advance what Stern was going to do before he did it in order for the station owner to be found guilty. Issueing a notice to Stern forbiding Stern to say such things does not mitigate the stations guilt. For clear channel to be guilty all the FCC have to prove is that Stern did it and Clean channel did not stop it before it happened. Actions after the fact do not count.

The other side of that coin is Clear channel can take any program off the air at any time for any reason or no reason. It is not necessary for Air America to say or do something before the owners take them off the air. It does not matter if the program supplier has already paid for the time in advance and the check cleared.

In order to hold clear channel or any other stattion owner totally responsible, they have to give the station total control of what is aired on the station.

Air America got some local judge to order their shows back on. But Air America chose to fold their case,because once it got to the FCC they were going to lose.

The station could have signed a contract with Air Amerian giving them the right to bounce checks, not pay anything ever with a provion the station could never for any reason take them off the air. It would not matter the FCC and federal courts would still rule that the station could refuse to air the programs.

The federal communications act says an owner may not delegate control of what goes on his air. A contract that allowed an Air America control woudl be found to be an illegal contract.

The question is, where are George Soros and other liberals who were supposed to be putting up the big bucks to do this show. Why did Air America stiff the station? Would they have stiffed the station if they had the money? I don't think they would have.

There is a name for females that promise a man a good time but never actually provide it. Perhaps all those rich liberal supporters of Air america are what we might call liberal apendage teasers.

11 posted on 04/21/2004 3:38:58 AM PDT by Common Tator
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To: Common Tator
I'm sure with all the money Soros has, he'll get them back on the air.
12 posted on 04/21/2004 3:40:44 AM PDT by Adam36
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To: kattracks
...Air America, which features Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo...

Fingernails scraping a chalk board would draw a larger audience than Franken and Garofalo.

13 posted on 04/21/2004 3:51:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: kattracks

Airhead America got such a send off on all the BS TV networks, newspapers, Time and Newsweek...something Rush and Shawn never had. The only problem was that AA had the mean liberal message delivered by the unfunny Franken and Garafalo. I am freshly in awe of Rush, who has been on 640 stations for 18 years, and in spite of his health/drug problems and has rarely missed a beat. He truly has "talent on loan from God" to be able to do that for so long, but you will not hear the partisan media ever give him credit where it is due because they hate him.
14 posted on 04/21/2004 3:54:54 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: kattracks
Scare America Stations

On The Air

New York City - WLIB 1190

Los Angeles - KBLA 1580

Chicago - WNTD 950

Minneapolis - WMNN 1330

Portland, OR - KPOJ 620

Riverside, CA - KCAA 1050

West Palm Beach, FL - WJNO 1290

Plattsburgh/Burlington - WTWK 1070

Key West, FL - WKIZ 1500

Portland, ME - WMTW 870

Chapel Hill, NC - WCHL 1360

XM Satellite Radio - 167

Sirius Satellite Radio - 125


Coming Soon

San Francisco/San Jose KVVN 1400

San Francisco/Berkley KVTO 1430

Sacramento, CA KSQR 1240

Colorado Springs, Co KBZC 1300

San Luis Obispo, CA KYNS 1340

Santa Cruz, CA KPEE 

Santa Fe, NM KOOT 101.5

Anchorage, AK KUDO 1080

Honolulu KAOI 1110

Boulder, CO KBAC 610

Memphis, TN WMQM 1600

Reno, NV KXTO 1550

Northhampton, MA WHMP 1400

Nashua, NH WSNH 900

Dish Network 

15 posted on 04/21/2004 3:55:13 AM PDT by mhking
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To: kattracks
I listened to Air America via streaming and right away understood why it is doomed to fail.

The lunatic left operates in a fantasy world.

16 posted on 04/21/2004 3:56:39 AM PDT by JZoback
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To: kattracks
It looks like Randi Rhodes will soon be back to making just $15 per hour at WJNO here in Florida. Since she only worked 4 hours per day, 5 days per week, Randi was/will take home only $300 per week.
17 posted on 04/21/2004 3:58:11 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
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To: JZoback
Actually, Liberals are the single-most depressing people to listen to. They rant. They rave. They b*tch. They moan. They NEVER talk positively. There's always something wrong to them, and they never have a bright outlook. There is ZERO optimism.

Who needs to listen to that?

18 posted on 04/21/2004 4:15:59 AM PDT by ImaGraftedBranch ('Train up a child in the way that they should go and when they are old they will not depart from it')
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To: ImaGraftedBranch
I've got May 10 in the Dead Pool. Hang in there baby, 20 more days! You guys can do it.
19 posted on 04/21/2004 4:36:47 AM PDT by Thebaddog (Woof, scratch and cover!)
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To: kattracks
I think that *any* investor in this, no matter how ideologically motivated, must be having some serious doubts about the management team who put these deals together. Failing your first large payments in a such a spectacular, highly visible manner can only bode ill for future expansion plans. If I were a radio station owner considering Air America, I'd up the price another 20% just to cover the risk of their default.
20 posted on 04/21/2004 4:55:15 AM PDT by rotstan
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