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  • Air America removed from 2 markets in billing dispute

    04/15/2004 12:47:34 PM PDT · by Pukin Dog · 23 replies · 151+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | JOHN COOK
    <p>CHICAGO - (KRT) - After just two weeks of broadcasting, Air America Radio, the fledgling liberal talk-radio network featuring Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, was pulled off the air Wednesday morning in Chicago and Los Angeles, the network's second- and third-largest markets, in a payment dispute that shows no sign of quick resolution.Arthur Liu, owner of Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, which owns Air America affiliates WNTD-950 AM in Chicago and KBLA-1580 AM in Los Angeles, said Air America bounced a check and owes him more than $1 million. Air America and Multicultural had entered into a time brokerage agreement in which the network was essentially renting Multicultural's airtime, Liu said.</p>
  • Missing SUV..

    06/11/2003 2:30:39 PM PDT · by Dog · 21 replies · 172+ views
    NY Post/Page Six ^ | 6-11-03 | unknown
    <p>THE Rev. Al Sharpton is having his 2001 Ford Explorer repossessed - if the repo man can find it. According to papers uncovered by "Celebrity Justice," Ford Motor Credit Co. filed suit Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court after Sharpton stopped paying $1,127.95 a month in November and then bounced a check for $3,600 in February. A spokeswoman for the presidential candidate said he was unaware of the matter: "Rev. Sharpton personally does not drive, nor does he have a driver's license." Sharpton's lawyer, Michael Hardy, is investigating.</p>