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![]() "T. Early" wrote in message ... I can't agree with the start-up analogy. They are hardly a bunch of people who started in a garage with a dream and found themselves in over their heads before working out the angles. They had a considerable period of time to scope out this entire concept, get people on board who knew what they were doing, and apply rational business principles before beginning the entire operation. Apparently they did not. The people behind it should have known better -before- getting their feet wet. The fact that they are having this much trouble this early on bodes badly because it calls into question the initial knowledge behind the entire enterprise. It looks like the backers of Air America have decided switching horses in the middle of the stream is better than the alternative: The Los Angeles Times reports: "Company President Jon Sinton told the Chicago Tribune...that Cohen resigned because other investors weren't happy with how he handled a financial dispute with affiliate stations in Los Angeles and Chicago, which resulted in the network's going off the air in those cities, with no replacements yet lined up." The Times also reports, "Air America also missed its payroll this week by one day, for what insiders called technical reasons." http://radio.about.com/cs/latestradi.../aa050804a.htm "Technical reasons"? Way to go! They may not have the first clue on how to run a radio network, but they sure know how to speak and yet not say anything! I haven't paid alot of attention to the small brokered stations around here in Chicago lately, but a few weeks ago, it did sound like there was airtime available in the afternoon. One station was playing oldies without advertising. I'd think they could have gotten Al Franken back on the air, at least. Frankly, I initially wrote off the carping from some conservative broadcasters as sour grapes, but it's sure beginning to look like they were right. The backround stories on Air America are far more interesting than their programming. Their on-air hosts sounded "overcoached". Frank Dresser |
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