Quoth Rich Wood in :

I can't remember the last time I heard an oil company spot in a
radio talk show.

Shell Oil institutional ads have been all over Air America.


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On 19 Jul 2004 02:55:01 GMT, Tom Betz wrote:

I can't remember the last time I heard an oil company spot in a
radio talk show.

Shell Oil institutional ads have been all over Air America.

Then my bet is the local affiliate is running news network inventory
in Air America's shows in the local positions.

Air America doesn't have the critical mass necessary to command a buy
from a company like Shell. In addition, a liberal slant isn't
something a giant oil corporation generally seeks.

The last time something like this surfaced it turned out that WLIB was
airing a schedule and it either was carried by Air America or the
complainants were listening to WLIB's, not the network's spots.

Rich

"Tom Betz" wrote in message
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Quoth Rich Wood in :

I can't remember the last time I heard an oil company spot in a
radio talk show.

Shell Oil institutional ads have been all over Air America.

Shell's CEO (much to the distress of the other world oil concerns) recently made a
statement that the world needs to get off of the carbon (e.g. oil and other fossil
fuels) economy, and fast! This, to my mind, makes them far more progressive than
anyone else out there (although BP is making some noise that might indicate they're
moving into other energy markets, as well).

So speaking to other progressives on outlets like Air America isn't so big a
surprise....they may even want to hear more about what Shell has to say.
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On 19 Jul 2004 16:16:33 GMT, "Bob Haberkost"
wrote:

So speaking to other progressives on outlets like Air America isn't so big a
surprise....they may even want to hear more about what Shell has to say.

I seriously doubt Shell would find Air America's tiny audience of much
value in "spreading the word". It has a lot of growing to do before
it'll show up on any ad agency's radar.

Rich