"Tom Betz" wrote in message
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"Frank Dresser" wrote in
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*Even as it prepares to lose its Chicago broadcast outlet, Air America
can't keep it together. Despite plans to remain on WNTD-AM (950) until
Friday, the liberal talk radio network aired nothing but music and
promotional announcements Monday morning.

This isn't true. WTND may have aired the music loop (presumably because
of
a downlink problem in Chicago), but elswhere, it was regular programming.


Rob Feder overgeneralized when he used the phrase "the liberal talk radio
network aired nothing but music ". If he'd said the "liberal talk radio
network aired nothing but music and promotional announcements in Chicago" he
would have been correct.

I don't know if some sort of downlink problem explains why the network
programming has been off for many hours, on for a few, off again, etc.
Downlink problems do happen, but they rarely take more than a hour to get
fixed. WNTD shifts transmitters from the day and the night. Even if there
were a problem at one site, it seems unlikely the same problem would happen
at the other. Of course, I'm assuming there's individual sattelite
receivers at each transmitter site.

I'm not aware of any glitches before the dispute between Air America and
Multicultural Broadcasting.

Frank Dresser

"David" wrote in message
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Who the **** died and made you the goddam king?

You have a life beyond Usenet?

You obviously don't hippie.

"Tom Betz" wrote in message
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This isn't true. WTND may have aired the music loop (presumably because
of
a downlink problem in Chicago), but elswhere, it was regular programming.


The New York Times is saying Air America itself dropped regular programming
for the music and promotion loop:


"This week, the network has preempted some programming in Chicago to air
promotional announcements that inform its listeners that, as of Monday, they
will have to turn to the Internet - or to the satellite providers XM or
Sirius - to listen to its programs."


http://tinyurl.com/2aufc

It's a newsstory, and so there isn't a 100% guarantee they got the story
right. But Air America's short history is full of weird stories.

Frank Dresser