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Old May 8th 04, 07:06 PM
Frank Dresser
 
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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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