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Old 01-21-2010, 21:07   #1
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Air America Goes Off the Air
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Air America Goes Off the Air

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Air America Radio is shutting down its operations after company files for bankruptcy.

Air America Radio, a progressive radio network that once aired commentary from Al Franken and Rachel Maddow, said Thursday it is shutting down immediately.

The company founded in April 2004 said it ceased airing new programs Thursday afternoon and will soon file to be liquidated under Chapter 7 bankruptcy. It began broadcasting reruns of programs and would end those as well Monday night.

Air America said 10 consecutive quarters of declining ad revenue and the difficulty of making money on the Internet contributed to its financial woes.

"The very difficult economic environment has had a significant impact on Air America's business. This past year has seen a `perfect storm' in the media industry generally," the company said in a statement on its Web site.

The network had some 100 radio outlets nationwide.

Franken, a Democrat, hosted his own show from 2004 to 2007 before going on to become a U.S. senator from Minnesota last year after a close election. Maddow went on to host her own TV show on MSNBC.
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Old 01-21-2010, 21:34   #2
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Air America. Hmmm, I thought they were already out of business. The last I heard of them the were flying around SE Asia.

Too bad.

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Guess it was too difficult to convert the NPR crowd....

So, how many conservative-base talk radio stations are going down?

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Latest entry in The Schadenfreude Chronicles.

Air America Goes Off the Air
weren't they going to be the left's answer to Rush Limbaugh? whoops fresh out of ideas
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weren't they going to be the left's answer to Rush Limbaugh? whoops fresh out of ideas
They never had any to begin with!
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They did manage to drop the al franken bomb before crashing and burning. Nice to see that has been countered by the Mass. voters!


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