AIR AMERICA LIBERAL RADIO NET TAKEN OFF AIR IN LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO

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[Patriot62]

After just two weeks on the air, Air America Radio, the fledgling liberal talk-radio network featuring Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, appears to have encountered serious cash-flow problems.

The CHICAGO TRIBUNE is developing a story, insiders tell DRUDGE, on how the network was pulled off the air this morning in Chicago and Los Angeles, the network's second- and third-largest markets, because, the owner of both stations said, the network bounced a check and owes him more than $1 million! A charge the network strongly denies...

A Chicago source familiar with the situation said a Multicultural representative showed up at WNTD's offices Wednesday morning, kicked out Air America's lone staffer overseeing the network's feed to the station from New York, switched over to a Spanish-language feed, and changed the locks on the doors...

Air America filed a complaint Wednesday in New York state Supreme Court charging Multicultural with breaching their contract and seeking an injunction to force Multicultural to restore the Air America broadcast on both stations, the TRIBUNE has learned... Developing...

[hsmomx3]

I love it!!! Maybe O'Reilly will talk about this.

[JacksonCalhoun]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch.

[wallcrawlr]

ummm..search button???

[Bob J]

Already posted here.

[basil]

It will certainly interesting to see how all this shakes out, to say the least--LOL!

[Vision]

I'm sorry, I don't speak PC and will not learn. What does "Multicultural representative" mean?

[chuckcam]

Excuse me, but if you "bounce" a check, aren't you suppose to go to jail?

[Two-Bits]

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[Logic n' Reason]

Perhaps Mr. Kerry could lend them the money they need from his campaign funds. He sure isn't going to do any good with it.
Also, I'd like to keep them on the air at least a little while longer...good radio comedy is almost extinct!!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Hot Air

In Chicago, WNTD is a former Spanish station on 950 AM, with two transmitter locations. It's nondirectional in the day from downtown, with 1000 watts; and it's directional at night with 5000 watts, blasting northward up Lake Michigan from south of town, Neither signal is competitive with the big former "clears", but they could be worse.

[Sangria]

HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Compare that wattage to the 50,000-watt "blower" as the radio hosts on WLS-AM (where Rush and Hannity have airtime) fondly call their host station.

[jdege]

Remember - these aren't commercial shows, they're paid infomercials.

Rush, Sean, Hugh, and the rest, have stations that are paying them to allow them to carry their shows, because they bring in advertising revenue.

Err America is buying airtime. If they stop paying, the stations stop playing.

[Reagan Man]

Looks like the O'Franken Factor is a loser.

No surprise. LOL

[RolandBurnam]

I think "Multicultural" is the radio statio or representative, like "multicutural broadcasting" or something.

[hauerf]

What's needed here and now is an injection of government funds. It's critical to assure that all viewpoints, particularly those on the whacky left, are represented on talk radio.

[RedMonqey]

It's good to see they're still practicing traditional "Democratic economics". HaHaHa.

[My2Cents]

I really thought it would take more time for "Scare America" to start going belly-up. I guess I underestimated the business ignorance of those involved in this venture.

More evidence that when the left launches an enterprise, unless it receives government funding, it is doomed to failure.

[navygal]

Someone should tell Air America that just because you have checks does not mean you have money.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Make that kilo-wattage for both WLS and WNTD.

[Petronski]

[dirtboy]

Someone should tell Air America that just because you have checks does not mean you have money.

Maybe Dan Rostenkowski does their books.

[syriacus]

Compare that wattage to the 50,000-watt "blower" as the radio hosts on WLS-AM (where Rush and Hannity have airtime) fondly call their host station.

History of WLS - call letters stood for "World's Largest Store" (Sears)

[My2Cents]

From the context, I think "Multicultural" is the name of a broadcasting company. It probably owns a number of foreign language radio stations. The station in Chicago is Spanish, and the one in LA is Korean.

[SupplySider]

Great news. They knew the great unwashed was not sophisticated enough for their "progressive" views. They just wanted to run through the fall election. Ha!

[Bedford Forrest]

Chicago source familiar with the situation said a Multicultural representative showed up at WNTD's offices Wednesday morning, kicked out Air America's lone staffer overseeing the network's feed to the station from New York, switched over to a Spanish-language feed, and changed the locks on the doors...

Don't the posting rules require you to put an Onion Alert on stuff like this? This did not actually happen, did it?

[Badeye]

Nothing funnier than when liberalism meets Capitalism.

You might note, liberals always sue when they don't have money.....to them, civil court is like the well water of old. Just drop a bucket, or a motion in this case, and pull upwards til you get what you want.

The fact that Al Franken is going to sue is hilarious!

[LinuxRocks]

LOL...it couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch. It just goes to show you that their hate-filled retoric isn't NEARLY as popular with everyday Americans as the lying leftist media and poll takers would have everyone believe. I would be happy to see CNN go off the air NEXT....STAY TUNED!!! Their days may be numbered too since nobody's watching them any more.

[My2Cents]

It's good to see they're still practicing traditional "Democratic economics".

...expecting a hand-out. LOL!

[Prime Choice]

It would appear that even the Liberals don't consider their use of WLIB to be permanent.

Check out the station's web site...

http://www.wlib.com/station.html

[My2Cents]

He'll blame it on Bush and all his corporate pals.

[socal_parrot]

The ex-Air America station, KBLA 1580, in LA is a 50,000 watt station. This is more than one watt per listener.

[stylin_geek]

They probably thought the check would be underwritten by the tax payers of America.

[freestyle]

Did anyone just go listen to what they are saying?

They had the CEO/Lawyer on.

He said... Matt Drudge is wrong, I don't want to call him a liar, but that's a lie. We didn't bounce any checks...
What happened was, we found out that they (the broadcast company) were stealing from us, so we said you can't cash that check.

Sorry for the paraphrasing, but it was pretty funny (and bad) attempt at verbal gymnastics. lol

[BillyCrockett]

Have most of you listened to Air America? I tried to force myself to listen to Franken, but I JUST COULDN'T. It is just awful radio. Being liberal's got nothing to do with it either. It's just awful.

[TexasCajun]

Stuart Smalley should contact reverend Al and see how it is he always gets away with not paying his bills?

[Puddleglum]

It's the multiculturals vs the cultural elitists for control of the radio station! The cultural elite know what's best for the multiculturalists, naturally, and will probably promise to buy lots of indigenous art to decorate their mansions and high-rise offices if the multiculturalists will just stay in line and change the locks back on the old radio shack.

[Badeye]

I hope he does. The best way to deal with the Al Frankens of the world is to hand them a microphone.

[AAABEST]

LOSER

[Arpege92]

Al Franken was on the Howard Stern show last night. What a complete moron this man really is.

[ysoitanly]

Damn! I lost a bet with a hardcore liberal acquaintance on this one! I gave it two more weeks than it's lasted. BWAHAHAHAA! Money well-spent on my part.

[Blzbba]

This can't be!!! Al Franken has a face MADE for radio!!!

[navygal]

That befuddled look that Al Franken has,no wonder they can't balance a check book.

[b4its2late]

on how the network was pulled off the air this morning in Chicago and Los Angeles

I'm sure the static that remained on the radio was 100% better to listen to than the fools that had been on the air until this point......

[A Jovial Cad]

Ha, ha. I knew pinko-radio wouldn't last long. Maybe they can take out some ads on EIB or Hannity's show and try to drum up some listeners.

[Publius6961]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[Ann Archy]

Could this be a FAKE story to discredit Drudge? The Millionaire Liberals are putting lots of money in this so I doubt if they would pull it so quickly.

[upchuck]

I'm not understanding this at all. Somebody 'splain this to me please. The guvament takes our tax dollars and gives them to NPR and PBS. Given that, I figured Air America was a sure bet. Where did I go wrong?

[rod1]

Calling George Soros.

Wipe off the mayo and start writing a few checks on that other account (you know the tax dodging Swiss one). Othewise those Spanish and Korean speking voters might actually get to hear the truth about you socialists.