Air America to Lose NY Flagship on Aug. 31

MediaWeek ^ | April 27, 2006 | Katy Bachman

[PJ-Comix]

Air America Radio will lose its New York flagship station, WLIB-AM, on Aug. 31. While the left-leaning radio network’s original lease for the Inner City station ran out March 31, AAR managed to get an extension which only lasts until Aug. 31, according to an informed source.

Through an agreement with ICBC, WLIB will be operated as a joint venture and programmed by P1, a company run by former Clear Channel and Jacor Communications executive Randy Michaels. Michaels is expected to program a progressive-talk format, but replace AAR’s network programming with more local programming. A likely addition to the new lineup: Ed Schultz, the left-of-center talker syndicated by P1.

“To be clear, Air America will not go silent on the New York City airwaves. We do not, however, comment on hypothetical speculation,” said an AAR spokesperson.

[fanfan]

Rush is so quick!

[IrishMike]

That smell in the air is the decay of liberalism.

[ariamne]

I listened a few times when 77WABC was on a ten minute commercial binge. Randi Rhodes is a psychotic nut who rants and raves, but has nothing substantive to say (example: "George Bush wants to melt Persian babies")
and Al Franken has got to have the most boring monotone in radio. It isn't their left wing politics that killed them, frankly, it's that they just don't know radio.

[ariamne]

HAHAHAHAHA!! The check background is hilarious!

[ariamne]

HBO made an "HBO Special" about the launching of Air America--it was sick-making toadyism.

You think they'll make a sequel about the squelching of AA? I won't hold my breath.

[Darkwolf377]

No, that's why I wrote "I PREDICT the following..."

[Mikey_1962]

They can always have a bake sale!

[mylife]

Huh?

[Danae]

Awwwee my heart just bleeds peanut butter for em! Poor babies, they don't have no audience.... Oh the HUMANITY! Oh NO! This means Soros will have more money to give to MoveOn.org! This is TRAGIC! Who will get the word out to all those poor ignorant sheep that need to be led to the "light" of the Dimocrat, oops, DEMOCRAT message? Who can carry the torch now?? Howie was screaming in a Premonition! That's he was seeing the future! It is all clear to me now....

[Danae]

They can always have a bake sale!

DO NOT EAT THE BROWNIES!

[mylife]

LoL apparently the DUmmies think this was the "plan" L0L

2251603, They're gonna switch stations Posted by Teaser on Thu Apr-27-06 07:10 PM It's been in the works for a while

[kittycatonline.com]

HBO made an "HBO Special" about the launching of Air America--it was sick-making toadyism. You think they'll make a sequel about the squelching of AA? I won't hold my breath

HBO might not make a special, but I could see it showing up as a segment on "Maximum Exposure", heh...

[nutmeg]

Did you write that 'Ode to Air(head) Amerika' in #184? It's very good! ;-)

[kittycatonline.com]

What? We have millions of listeners! Those who do not listen to Air America, their stomachs will roast in Hell!

[hsalaw]

"We do not, however, comment on hypothetical speculation,” said an AAR spokesperson.

LOL! ALL that ErrAmerica does is "comment on hypothetical speculation." It wouldn't know a "fact" if it hit them on the head.

[ohioWfan]

Oops...........just read the quotes.

NONE of them seemed out of the ordinary for DU.

[God luvs America]

pretty huge considering just a month ago the news was they had sewn up a deal with the station...

[SnarlinCubBear]

Oh, you're too kind.

[stanz]

Yeah...that was at 3AM when my juices are flowing best.

[Sicon]

How can one tell? Were they ever really on the air? Did anyone listen to them? If no one listened, how can they claim to have done a broadcast?

If a radio station broadcasts and no one listens, does it make a sound?