Liberal AM radio (Air America) fails to pay its own way, even in Santa Cruz: Fairness Doctrine

Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | 1.26.2007 | Shanna McCord

[rface]

Taking Air America's place is oldies music — artists such as Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Chuck Berry and The Platters — with local, live disc jockeys......

Fairless Doctrine

[finnman69]

angry, nasty, pissing and moaning

OH MY!

[zarf]

Forget politics. It's about talent.

Rush is Sonny Rollins.

Air America is a high school stage band kazoo player.

[3AngelaD]

"I was alright,
for a while,
I could smile for a while..."

[Always Right]

Didn't some New York/French idiots just buy Error American?

[2banana]

"We didn't sell a single ad in a year and a half," Zwerling said Thursday

So, in essence, they fully subsidized "Air America" for 18 months...

[D-Chivas]

"We didn't sell a single ad in a year and a half,"

That's why lefty radio is always supported by the taxpayers.

[wastedyears]

That's one down, how many more to go?

[randog]

What did this guy expect? PBS and NPR are "free"; so should Err America. Liberals expect someone else to pay the bill.

[Always Right]

French In Bid To Rescue Air America

The Wall Street Journal reports that Air America Radio may be rescued by the French family of Westchester County, New York. The family, which owns a suburban New York television station, is leading a consortium of investors which are said to be on the verge of signing a deal to purchase the assets of Piquant LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last fall.

[rface]

Didn't some New York/French idiots just buy Error American?

I saw the DUmmies talking about that - but I don't think a deal has been finalized.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Learning the lesson of Free Enterprise the expensive way.

[finnman69]

Air America is more like this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wyLsv1FKg

[stm]

And yet shows like Rush and Hannity continue to flourish, go figure.

[Ditto]

"We didn't sell a single ad in a year and a half,"

That is hard to comprehend. You would think that some local tofu shop or organic restaurant would have bought at least one ad. Or even Peter Lewis' "Progressive" Insurance company?

[pepsionice]

The mistake that Air America made from day one...was not becoming a regional voice in one area of the US. If they had stood up the network in Texas, and been a fairly tame liberal voice...with issue-oriented "DJ's"...they could have built onto something and gradually moved out to the midwest and the south.

The "slam" style that they displayed...didn't sell in the south. Most southern democrats would never listen to Air America. The rare bits of humor they did get across...just weren't the type that most southerners would take a likening to. So this was a dismal effort aimed toward failure on day one. Rush is just as big today...as he was ten years ago. Air America didn't take him down one single notch. That really says the entire story.

[JLGALT]

"We didn't sell a single ad in a year and a half," Zwerling said Thursday"

Most real businessmen would have noticed far quicker than 18 months that something was wrong with this business plan!

[stm]

Business plan? Weee don' neeed no steeeenkin' business plan!!!

[Yo-Yo]

The mistake that Air America made from day one...was not becoming a regional voice in one area of the US. If they had stood up the network in Texas, and been a fairly tame liberal voice...with issue-oriented "DJ's"...they could have built onto something and gradually moved out to the midwest and the south.

That's been tried before. Jim Hightower tried it, Ann Richards tried it, and Mario Coumo tried it. All three flopped.

[fremont_steve]

I think your post is particular hurtful to all High School Stage bands! ;-)