I thought they got back on in those markets? Is this an on again/off again kinda' thing? I thought the LA/Chicago thing was just a mis-understanding about bounced checks???
---I thought the LA/Chicago thing was just a mis-understanding about bounced checks???---
There was no misunderstanding.
No the were run out of town on a rail quite some time ago.
The crux of the dispute, by Air America's own court filings, was they failed to pay for services in the LA market timely but that they were "negotiating" with the company that owned the station so what right did they have to throw them out ?
The argument as to why they were tossed out of Chicago was that even though both the LA and Chicago markets were with the same broadcast company that each contract was a seperate entity.
They DID win a temporary order requiring Multicultural to put them back on the air in Chicago but not in LA.
At the 11th hour they reached a "negotiated settlement" wherein they agreed to quit trying to get back on the air in either market. Probably in exchange for not having their broadcast studios siezed and sold at auction to pay for the debts they owed the station owner.
And thats from their side. I'd love to hear the other side because its probably worse.