Hey Matt, are you still listening to Air America?

[KingOfDreams]

It's kind of like the Texas of Canada, but with more evil.

As a resident of Texas I take offense to that. But having said that, we do have our fair share of conservative crazies.

 

[The Overlord]

No, I haven't I've never listened to Air America, nor talked about it. So please feel free to continue making an ass of yourself

I love how jonty always talks about facts and tries to take people to task for not getting their facts straight, but can't be bothered to get the facts straight himself. Seriously for a guy who claims to very logical, he sure engages in a lot of contradictions.

 

[lars573]

Is that like Bizarro World, only the beer has a higher alcohol content?

jag

Sort of. Alberta is full of Bilbe-belters who couldn't read a map. t: But there is definatly something wrong with a place where the conservative party has ruled without challenge for 57 years in a row. Not because they are conservatives but because they've never lost. Something wrong there.

It's kind of like the Texas of Canada, but with more evil.

Only if you consider Mormons evil.

 

[jaguarr]

^^^^
Alberta's full of Mormons? Okay, I'm starting to understand, now...

jag

 

[Chauncey]

Air America's going down, huh? Well, looks like another win for Clear Channel's hate spewing, propaganda machine. Did anyone really not see this coming? Clear Channel has more hits than it's listeners do on their wives. America is so ****ed up.

 

[celldog]

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52435



Because you won't be for much longer.

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I LOVE IT!

 

[jaguarr]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003305389_airamericapost14.html

Despite bankruptcy filing, network says liberal talk can hold its own

By Paul Farhi
The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Air America Radio said filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday doesn't suggest liberal-oriented talk can't compete with such conservatives commentators as Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity.

Despite the star power of Al Franken — the comedian and best-selling author who hosts one of its weekday programs — the privately owned company has lost almost $42 million since its inception, including $13.1 million so far this year, according to its bankruptcy filing. Franken himself is owed some $360,000 on his $2 million annual contract.

AirAmerica said it would remain on the air. The filing enables it to reorganize its finances while freezing claims from creditors.

The New York-based service set up to challenge the dominance of conservatives has also struggled to get and keep affiliate stations with strong signals.

It was recently dropped by its flagship station in New York, the nation's largest radio market, which forced Air America to move to a weaker outlet. It isn't heard at all in Dallas, Philadelphia and Houston, three of the nation's 10 largest radio markets.

In all, Air America's programs are heard on 92 stations, including Seattle's KPTK-AM (1090), and on Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio. The liberal network says it has about 4 million listeners.

Although conservatives have dominated the talk format for decades, liberals have made inroads in recent years and are popular in many cities around the country. For example, Washington-based Jones Radio Networks has syndicated talk shows featuring liberal hosts Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press, with more than 180 stations carrying the programs.

"The format is healthy and here to stay," said Amy Bolton, general manager of news and talk programming for Jones.

"This has more to do with how [Air America] structured its business," said Tom Taylor, the editor of Inside Radio, an industry newsletter. "They had to invent the business model because no one else had, and they made some mistakes. ... . It's like they say about pioneers — they're the ones with arrows in their backs."

Air America said it sought bankruptcy-court protection after being unable to work out an agreement to settle a debt with a creditor it would not name. People at the company identified the creditor as MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, a New York company that had been the landlord of Air America's studios in Chicago and Los Angeles.

In a dispute over rent payments that erupted soon after Air America began broadcasting, MultiCultural locked out Air America's employees from the two studios, giving the fledgling company a public-relations black eye.

"[We] do not think this says anything about the viability of progressive talk," said Air America spokeswoman Jaime Horn. "We had a cost structure that did not support the revenue. We are confident that this transition will enable the business to grow."

The bankruptcy filing came with the disclosure by Air America on Friday of a succession of executive and board defections. Rob Glaser, the founder of RealNetworks who owns 37 percent of the company and is its chief financial backer, resigned as a director Friday along with two others.

Air America said it has named a new chief executive, Scott Elberg, who has been with the company since mid-2005. Elberg is the third person to hold the CEO's job since April, following the resignation of the former top executive and his replacement by an interim manager.

Furthermore, Air America said two other board members left in August, that its president quit in June and that its executive vice president and chief operating officer departed in July.


It's not going anywhere, it would seem.

jag

 

[lars573]

^^^^
Alberta's full of Mormons? Okay, I'm starting to understand, now...

jag

Yeah, most Canadian Mormons are in Alberta. But the crazy poligamous ones tend to live high in the Rocky mountains. So some are in British Columbia and some are in Alberta.

 

[sinewave]

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I LOVE IT!

you're a sad, sad man.

 

[The Spawn]

Intelligence.

 

[Fred_Fury]

air america failed because no one wants to listen to a bunch of whiny liberals repeat the same crap over and over and over again.

 

[The Overlord]

air america failed because no one wants to listen to a bunch of whiny liberals repeat the same crap over and over and over again.

They would much rather listen to whiney conservatives repeat the same crap over and over again.

 

[Fred_Fury]

They would much rather listen to whiney conservatives repeat the same crap over and over again.

nah, conservatives come up with original ideas, liberals repeat the same crap. Ive posted on like 10 different forums, arguing with liberals, and they always spew the same crap no matter what forum im on. coincidence? they all somehow came up with those same ideas independently? yeah right. Liberals dont think for themselves, therefore they end up saying the same thing.

 

[The Spawn]

Molesting kids isn't original.

 

[Matt]

Molesting kids isn't original.

Post of the year

 

[The Overlord]

nah, conservatives come up with original ideas, liberals repeat the same crap. Ive posted on like 10 different forums, arguing with liberals, and they always spew the same crap no matter what forum im on. coincidence? they all somehow came up with those same ideas independently? yeah right. Liberals dont think for themselves, therefore they end up saying the same thing.

Like many conservatives don't repeat the same talking points over and over again and don't often let Fox News do their thinking for them? Ha, ha, ha! God you repeat yourself over and over again "Liberals are evil and stupid" is often the only response you give to variety of topics. Physician heal thyself.

 

[jaguarr]

LOFL! Spawn - 1, Fred_Fury - 0.

jag

 

[Superman]

nah, conservatives come up with original ideas, liberals repeat the same crap. Ive posted on like 10 different forums, arguing with liberals, and they always spew the same crap no matter what forum im on. coincidence? they all somehow came up with those same ideas independently? yeah right. Liberals dont think for themselves, therefore they end up saying the same thing.

You know? Normally I would feel sorry for someone as misinformed as you are but you are to much of a jackass to feel sorry for.

 

[Zenien]

I don't take joy at watching a radio network having financial troubles.

I take joy at watching a Liberal radio network having financial troubles.

It wouldn't be having financial trouble if people wanted to hear what Liberals have to say.

I applaud your spin.

 

[Fred_Fury]

Like many conservatives don't repeat the same talking points over and over again and don't often let Fox News do their thinking for them? Ha, ha, ha! God you repeat yourself over and over again "Liberals are evil and stupid" is often the only response you give to variety of topics. Physician heal thyself.

Thanks for proving my point. "All conservatives watch fox news!" another liberal misconception. I dont even get fox news, if I want to watch the news I have to watch local news or CNN.

 

[maxwell's demon]

I don't take joy at watching a radio network having financial troubles.

I take joy at watching a Liberal radio network having financial troubles.

It wouldn't be having financial trouble if people wanted to hear what Liberals have to say.

Correction:

"It wouldn't be having financial trouble if OLD people wanted to hear what Liberals have to say

you do know that about 40% of the AM talk radio market is over the age of 65, right? Haven't you ever listened to the ads on O'Reilly's show, or Sean Hannity's? It's all for insurance policies and friggin stamp collections. OLD people stuff.

that's why i don't get worried when i see the ratings of AM talk radio gurus, or the "wow look at us" ratings of FOX News. of course they have good ratings- they're attracting old people who want to hear their views reinforced (like the good old days), and who are too arthritis-y to get up and change the channel too often.

Genius move by the Right, twenty or thirty years ago, i'll give them that.

 

[logansoldcigar]

That same common man won both world wars, and fought for the independence of America.

Doesn't seem so stupid to me.

Or, to look at it another way, that same common man lost both world wars and fought against American Independence

 

[The Lizard]

Correction:




you do know that about 40% of the AM talk radio market is over the age of 65, right? Haven't you ever listened to the ads on O'Reilly's show, or Sean Hannity's? It's all for insurance policies and friggin stamp collections. OLD people stuff.

that's why i don't get worried when i see the ratings of AM talk radio gurus, or the "wow look at us" ratings of FOX News. of course they have good ratings- they're attracting old people who want to hear their views reinforced (like the good old days), and who are too arthritis-y to get up and change the channel too often.

Genius move by the Right, twenty or thirty years ago, i'll give them that.

Plus the fact that millions of people under the age of 50 don't even watch any kind of news on TV any more at all, thanks to the internet.

I personally loathe talk radio, and would never waste my time listening to it, whether it was left or right slanted.

 

[maxwell's demon]

what about Car Talk?

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

Jonty, truth be told you really are not a 38 year old man who still lives with his mother are you?