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April 15th 04, 06:11 AM
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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. |
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