Thursday, April 15, 2004
Air America Takes Flight--er, Flop
So Air America, liberals' answer to Rush Limbaugh, has been pulled off the air in two of its biggest markets, supposedly for nonpayment of bills, including allegedly bouncing a check to their Chicago affiliate.
"That is an outright lie," said Evan Cohen, Air America's chairman, in a statement. "Multicultural Radio Broadcasting's conduct in this matter has been disgraceful.... [I]t is a clear violation of their contractual obligations."
I don't know. Maybe there was no agreement on a security deposit in advance. But a bounced check is kinda hard to fake.
The real tragedy here is that listeners ought to have a viable liberal voice on national talk radio, but millions of listeners may never get to hear it.
Bouncing a check, calling your business partner's behavior "disgraceful" in a nationally respected newspaper, and taking two of your precious few affiliates to court within two weeks of hitting the airwaves is no way to endear yourself to future stations.
Can we please get some adult supervision over at Air America?
Splash, out
Jason
P.S., note the provocative but fundamentally inaccurate and misleading headline: "Liberal Radio Stations Silenced."
This isn't part of some vast right wing conspiracy to silence liberal radio here. This is just a case of ineptitude on Air America's part. If they don't make it through the first loop, then they will have no one to blame but themselves.
PPS: You can listen live on the Web here.
"That is an outright lie," said Evan Cohen, Air America's chairman, in a statement. "Multicultural Radio Broadcasting's conduct in this matter has been disgraceful.... [I]t is a clear violation of their contractual obligations."
I don't know. Maybe there was no agreement on a security deposit in advance. But a bounced check is kinda hard to fake.
The real tragedy here is that listeners ought to have a viable liberal voice on national talk radio, but millions of listeners may never get to hear it.
Bouncing a check, calling your business partner's behavior "disgraceful" in a nationally respected newspaper, and taking two of your precious few affiliates to court within two weeks of hitting the airwaves is no way to endear yourself to future stations.
Can we please get some adult supervision over at Air America?
Splash, out
Jason
P.S., note the provocative but fundamentally inaccurate and misleading headline: "Liberal Radio Stations Silenced."
This isn't part of some vast right wing conspiracy to silence liberal radio here. This is just a case of ineptitude on Air America's part. If they don't make it through the first loop, then they will have no one to blame but themselves.
PPS: You can listen live on the Web here.
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