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Air America to Lose NY Flagship on Aug. 31
MediaWeek ^
| April 27, 2006
| Katy Bachman
Posted on 04/27/2006 2:21:54 PM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airamerica; alfranken; biasmeanslayoffs; boohoo; erroramerika; liberaltalkradio; nyc; schadenfreude; trysellingthetruth; wlib
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To: SnarlinCubBear
What does "schaudenfreude" mean?
Taking pleasure in the misfortune of one's enemies, for which I usually feel a slight twinge of guilt; however, in this case . . . eh!
To: puroresu
LOL!
How long has it been on?
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posted on
04/27/2006 2:44:03 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: mainepatsfan
Capitalism is sweet. Capitalism is the antidote to Political correctness.
63
posted on
04/27/2006 2:44:40 PM PDT
by
oldbrowser
(We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow......R.R)
To: yellowdoghunter
Yeah I actually helped make it. :)
64
posted on
04/27/2006 2:44:54 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: abb
LOL!
Rush puts the libs at the front of the line, maybe that helped.
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posted on
04/27/2006 2:44:57 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
To: Jacquerie
I think they used some form of the bill to get Al Franken on Armed Forces Radio over in Iraq & Afghanistan. Fake war hero Tom Harkin had a part in that.
To: PJ-Comix
Great news!
I haven't heard that any premier radio station hosting Rush was going out of business.
I think this says the market can't stand liberal talk on radio (or that they get enough from the news...).
To: PJ-Comix
Awww, poor widdle babies. Here ya go...
(Guffaw, guffaw, guffaw).
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posted on
04/27/2006 2:47:29 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: RabidBartender
My mom will not even listen to ERR America. She said its too vulgar. She does listen to Rush from time to time and shares his cultural conservatism but consistantly votes the dems
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posted on
04/27/2006 2:48:14 PM PDT
by
sachem longrifle
(Proud member of the Fond Du Lac band of the Chippewa people)
To: All
Just got back from DU..does not look like they have gotten wind of this yet....should be a riot to read when they do.
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posted on
04/27/2006 2:48:51 PM PDT
by
yellowdoghunter
(I sometimes only vote for Republicans because they are not Democrats....by Dr. Thomas Sowell)
To: PJ-Comix
"I was the one who got Randi Rhodes here Err America gig."
You are an EVIL genius!
HoohoohoowhahHAWHAWHAWHAW!
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posted on
04/27/2006 2:50:19 PM PDT
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: yellowdoghunter
They'll blame it on those damn neocons.
To: PJ-Comix
"Oh sh*t. Now we'll have to get
real jobs..."
73
posted on
04/27/2006 2:52:11 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Support American sovereignty - boycott employers of illegal aliens)
To: Raycpa
"Stick em' up lil' lady!" - Al Franken
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posted on
04/27/2006 2:52:26 PM PDT
by
TeddyCon
To: PJ-Comix
This story shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Liberals aren't interested in news (that's probably why they're Liberal in the first place), they'd much rather be looking for their next underage rape victim on 'myspace' or hanging out at the bath houses than listen to some filthy leftest propaganda on the radio.
To: ConservativeMan55
What is "Air America"
It's that CIA operated airline they had in Saigon in the 70's. Remember? Mel Gibson made a movie about it.
Sorry, just being a smart ass.
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To: ConservativeMan55
What is "Air America" Seriously I've never heard of it before.
Wasn't that a Nicholas Cage movie?
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posted on
04/27/2006 3:00:35 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: ConservativeMan55
A couple of years, I think. They've struggled from the very start. And then they got in trouble last year for using funds earmarked for a children's charity to pay some of their bills, or something like that (I don't remember all the details). They've had low ratings from the very start, but apparently they completely collapsed in the recent Arbitrons!
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posted on
04/27/2006 3:01:01 PM PDT
by
puroresu
(Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
To: dead
“To be clear, Air America will not go silent...I understand Air America is going to a network of town criers. They intend to put shouters on streetcorners throughout NYC.They are raising money in arrangements with sympathetic Red Cross accountants to fund bullhorns.
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posted on
04/27/2006 3:01:17 PM PDT
by
ThanhPhero
(di hanh huong den La Vang)
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