(Ted Shireman) wrote in message ...
pamthis (Sid Schweiger) wrote in message ...
The only "hypocritical and desperate" thing about the linked article is its
author, who is severely put upon because one program on WLIB got kicked out by
Air America.

As far as I know, WLIB's ENTIRE SCHEDULE was displaced by AA.

AA has probably had the most successful launch in the history of talk
radio. However, it remains to be seen whether their line-up of mostly
newbies to the talk radio business are going to make it. So far
there's too much talking among themselves and their guests. Too few
real callers. Randi Rhodes is the best

On 14 Apr 2004 14:43:00 GMT, (baroos) wrote:


AA has probably had the most successful launch in the history of talk
radio. However, it remains to be seen whether their line-up of mostly
newbies to the talk radio business are going to make it. So far
there's too much talking among themselves and their guests. Too few
real callers. Randi Rhodes is the best

With 5 or 6 stations? That's a success? And it apparently has been pulled
from Chicago and LA because their check bounced (per news reports this
evening.)

So they are down to 3 or 4 stations. That's a HUGE success!

Quoth Bill Blomgren in
:

On 14 Apr 2004 14:43:00 GMT, (baroos) wrote:


AA has probably had the most successful launch in the history of talk
radio.

With 5 or 6 stations?

They added 6 more today. After being on the air all of two weeks. That's
pretty good.

http://ln-s.net/X3

And it apparently has been pulled
from Chicago and LA because their check bounced (per news reports this
evening.)

Bogus news reports.

Air America leased the two months prior to their debut on WNTD in Chicago and
KBLA in Los Angeles, and allowed Arthur Liu (owner of the stations) to run
filler during those two months.

Liu, in violation of their contract, leased the LA station during those
two months to someone else. It's as if you rented an apartment from
someone but couldn't move in for two months, so the landlord rents it
to someone else for those two months -- double-dipping.

When Air America discovered this (two days ago) they notified Liu that they
wanted to arbitrate this violation per their contract and stopped payment on
one check for the LA station per their contract. Liu, in violation of BOTH
contracts, cut them off in both LA and Chicago.

So now AA is taking Liu to court. Doubtless, they'll have a TRO in hand and
be back on the air in Chicago and LA a few days.

You can read AA's own rant on the subject at
http://airamericaradio.com/pub/resNews.htm, and their stiffer press release
at http://ln-s.net/X4.

If you have a really twisted sense of entertainment, you can get your jollies
off AA's court filing at:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0414043air1.html.

If AA wasn't proving to be such a success, Liu wouldn't be motivated to shake
them down like this. They could quietly take this opportunity to get out of
their contract with Liu; but they want back on the air, and are going to
fight tooth and nail.


--
"I am afeard there are few die well that die in a battle; for how can they
charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument? Now, if these
men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the King that led them
to it; who to disobey were against all proportion of subjection." - W.S.

"Tom Betz" wrote in message
...
Quoth Bill Blomgren in

They added 6 more today. After being on the air all of two weeks. That's
pretty good.

At this rate they'll be another Sean Hannity. In about a thousand years.

On 16 Apr 2004 03:38:37 GMT, "Paul Jensen"
wrote:

They added 6 more today. After being on the air all of two weeks. That's
pretty good.

At this rate they'll be another Sean Hannity. In about a thousand years.

Understand that networks aren't like they were in the 40 and 50s where
stations plugged in and stayed. Today's networks affiliate on a show
by show basis. When someone says "they added 6 more today" it most
likely means that they picked up one show, probably Franken.

At some point a decision will have to be made about the viability of a
fulltime network if the other shows don't add stations, too. Or,
they'll do what many are doing and run reruns of the same day's show.
The drawback to that is that you can't be topical because the course
of the topic may have radically changed by the time the rerun airs.

As it is, stations that are delaying Franken are getting out of date
information when he deals with issues that are happening as he's
discussing them. Limbaugh, for example, is run live in all time zones.
Only a few stations delay the show and they do it by about an hour,
not another daypart.

Rich

On 14 Apr 2004 14:43:00 GMT, (baroos) wrote:

(Ted Shireman) wrote in message ...
pamthis (Sid Schweiger) wrote in message ...
The only "hypocritical and desperate" thing about the linked article is its
author, who is severely put upon because one program on WLIB got kicked out by
Air America.

As far as I know, WLIB's ENTIRE SCHEDULE was displaced by AA.

AA has probably had the most successful launch in the history of talk
radio. However, it remains to be seen whether their line-up of mostly
newbies to the talk radio business are going to make it. So far
there's too much talking among themselves and their guests. Too few
real callers. Randi Rhodes is the best
Its been so successful that it is now off the air in Chicago and LA
for nonpayment of leasing fees.

On 14 Apr 2004 14:43:00 GMT, (baroos) wrote:

AA has probably had the most successful launch in the history of talk
radio. However, it remains to be seen whether their line-up of mostly
newbies to the talk radio business are going to make it. So far
there's too much talking among themselves and their guests. Too few
real callers. Randi Rhodes is the best

I've been in Talk Radio for a long time. Where do you get that it's
"the most successful launch in the history of Talk Radio?" If you mean
the most hyped, I'll agree.

This is press release puffery. It came out of the box with sloppy
production on six marginal signals and is now accused on not paying
its bills, so it's lost Los Angeles and Chicago. Read the "Sludge
Report" on their web site at

http://www.airamericaradio.com/pub/resNews.htm

to see how these TV "professionals" bite the hands, arms, legs and
other body parts that feed them. I'm sure that Artur Liu is chomping
at the bit to put them back on his stations.

Rich

AA has probably had the most successful launch in the history of talk
radio.

Please explain this statement. Many other shows have debuted on far more
stations at their launch in the past few years. What definition of success are
you using to make this statement??