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December 12, 2006

Au revoir Air America, Bienvenue Aire Liberalisme!

Bienvenue a toutes les francaises! Bienvenue a cette "site" de l'Internet! Cette "site" a couvert "Air America Radio", lequel - comme toutes sait maintenant - est devenu "Aire Liberalisme" et est mouvee a France. Specificament, ils airent trois "stations" de le radio: Marseilles, Aulnay-sous-Bois (Paris), et Toulouse. Apres avoir achete le "network", nouveau dirigeur Alec Baldwin a dit, "Maintenant, je vive ma reve!" Defense de penser que vous etes presentee avec un "rejet" Americain! Non, c'est seulement une "new beginning".

En les moins ensuite, j'espere couvir le nouveau "network", et j'espere avoir "fun" pendant que Randy Rhodes apprend parler francais. Joinez, s'il vous plait!



Posted in Satire at December 12, 2006 05:00 AM

Comments

Newsweek has an article talking about the tumult at Air America. Not only were they
building up huge amounts of debt, but there was no network "program director" to handle clashing producers and hosts; just when they started to make headway,
some of their most popular shows were cancelled, angering listeners,
and they had
no realistic business model.

Michael Harrison of "Talkers" is quoted
as saying that
liberal talk radio still can fly, but as for AAR, "If they'd hired
broadcasters instead of a bunch of comedians, they would have had a
chance of succeeding."


Newsweek article

Posted by: raccoonradio at December 17, 2006 06:05 PM

The Boston Globe says Air America ends today at noon at WXKS 1430 and WKOX 1200 in the Boston area.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/12/20/two_am_stations_make_switch_to_latino_music_1166582426/

Ironically enough they say local DJs will be hired for the new "Rumba" format (something Clear Channel
didn't do with AAR/prog talk till just a few months ago, and Jeff Santos was only once per week. Local
talk is important and CC wouldn't make the committment!). Also of interest: when the power increase goes
into effect (summer I think), WXKS 1430 will be given its own "undetermined" format. (If there is still no
prog. talk format in town by then, would they consider putting it back, on 1430?)

Posted by: raccoonradio at December 20, 2006 01:37 AM

oops, article said "tomorrow" at noon

Posted by: raccoonradio at December 20, 2006 01:45 AM


Monitoring Air America Radio [TM] so you don't have to.








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