(Any shortwave outlets now please?)

Press reports suggest that control of troubled US liberal talk radio network
Air America is on the verge of returning to its original owners. Sheldon and
Anita Drobny, the Chicago couple who founded the network but sold it to a
group of investors before broadcasts began, are said to be poised to
re-acquire a majority shareholding with the help of a major new investor.
The station has had a troubled launch, and is currently not on the air in
the Chicago area. It closed down its Chicago and Los Angeles offices 10 May,
laying off about 15 to 20 advertising salespeople. However, CEO David
Goodfriend, says Air America will announce new affiliates in Los Angeles and
Chicago soon. The network is currently available in New York, Portland,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chapel Hill, NC, Sacramento, CA and suburban Southern
California, as well as on satellite and the Internet.

(Media Network)