April 15, 2004
Err America
Affiliate stations abort liberal talk radio in first trimester...
The liberal talk radio network curiously named Air America is off the air in Chicago and Los Angeles after the radio affiliates aborted their broadcasts, reportedly due to bounced checks and failed financial commitments.
Air America issued a statement decrying the move, calling it "disgraceful" to "shut off a broadcast that listeners rely on" - rely on? This has been on for what, two weeks? Is the broadcast powering someone's dialysis machine?
This story is truly hard to believe. Surely those backing this couldn't have coasted into production on vapors, hoping for a miracle to bail them out and banking on the generousity of a radio station owner to just give peace a chance, at least until peace can come up with the dough. It appears a judge has issued a restraining order to have the station re-enabled on the two affiliates until the matter is worked out.
That should allow those undergoing dialysis to move back to relying on Air America from relying on UHF broadcasts of The Andy Griffith Show en espanol...
Posted by MEC2 at April 15, 2004 07:08 PM