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Air America Hopeful of Finding Buyer
AP ^ | 10/31/6 | SETH SUTEL

Posted on 10/31/2006 11:44:34 AM PST by SmithL

Air America Radio is talking to several parties about a possible sale and is hopeful of reaching a deal before Thanksgiving, a lawyer for the liberal talk radio network told a bankruptcy hearing Tuesday.

Tracy Klestadt told the court that the privately-held company was in discussions with seven different parties about a sale and was "very hopeful" of reaching a deal by Nov. 22, saying there was a "significant amount of interest."

The network, which went on the air with much fanfare two years ago, filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 13 after discussions with one of its creditors reached an impasse.

The network carries programming from the comedian and author Al Franken and liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes. It also syndicates shows from Jerry Springer and Portland, Ore.-based talk show host Thom Hartmann.

Klestadt declined to say who the potential suitors for the company were, and a spokeswoman for Air America also declined to comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
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I guess those hopes of President Kerry saving the day didn't work out.
1 posted on 10/31/2006 11:44:34 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

If you don't study hard, you end up buying Air America.


2 posted on 10/31/2006 11:45:56 AM PST by ZGuy
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To: SmithL

I'll start the bidding at $5.


3 posted on 10/31/2006 11:46:14 AM PST by perfect_rovian_storm (Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.)
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If you don't study hard, you end up buying Air America.

Or you sell Air America before you buy it.

4 posted on 10/31/2006 11:47:19 AM PST by pnh102
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To: SmithL

I'll buy it! Will they take a post-dated two party out of state counter check?


5 posted on 10/31/2006 11:47:25 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: ZGuy

Hee hee! YES!


6 posted on 10/31/2006 11:48:02 AM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: SmithL

We (as in FReepers) should bid on it..... Then turn it right and into a profit.


7 posted on 10/31/2006 11:49:01 AM PST by b4its2late (FOOTBALL REFEREES: Best seat in the house, and we're paid to be there.)
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To: SmithL

8 posted on 10/31/2006 11:49:09 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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I'll take Air America if they pay me $50 million and get their debts cleared. I will then run Kerry speeches from now through the '08 national elections.


9 posted on 10/31/2006 11:51:53 AM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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I'll start the bidding at $5.

I bid -$100.

10 posted on 10/31/2006 11:51:53 AM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
I'll start the bidding at $5.

Ok.. Holding up hand.. $5.15

11 posted on 10/31/2006 11:52:34 AM PST by carlo3b ("Leave the gun, take the cannoli")
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We can't sell a Communist agenda? Sucks being under the power of market forces eh?


12 posted on 10/31/2006 11:54:02 AM PST by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
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To: SmithL

Maybe CNN will buy it.


13 posted on 10/31/2006 11:54:56 AM PST by D-Chivas
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Do I hear -$200... -$200 ANYBODY??!!

Oh man... I think they're gonna have to pay someone more than that to take it off their hands!

14 posted on 10/31/2006 11:56:04 AM PST by RogerWilko
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"The network carries programming from the comedian and author Al Franken and liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes. It also syndicates shows from Jerry Springer and Portland, Ore.-based talk show host Thom Hartmann."



It would be worth paying $100 to buy the rights to those shows.... And then flush them down the toilet.


15 posted on 10/31/2006 11:56:58 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

That's $4.50 too high!


16 posted on 10/31/2006 11:58:39 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: SmithL

I understand there is some active bidding going on for the Brooklyn Bridge.

And for some oceanfront property in Arizona, too.


17 posted on 10/31/2006 11:59:12 AM PST by alloysteel (Facts do not cease to exist, just because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley)
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Do I hear -$200... -$200 ANYBODY??!!

Right Whale bid -50 million.

18 posted on 10/31/2006 12:00:51 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: SmithL
"Vast Buggywhip Industry Still Hopes For The Future"

"Rotary Phone Cartel Still Hanging In There"

"Printers Predict 'Hot Type On It's Way Back!'"

19 posted on 10/31/2006 12:04:02 PM PST by 50sDad (The GOP dumped Foley, the Dems kept Clinton. See the difference?)
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To: SmithL

I got three marbles, one buckeye and some pocket lint.

Deal?


20 posted on 10/31/2006 12:08:22 PM PST by mlbford2 (If you are going to make a hole, make it a big one.)
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