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| Air America's Year of Decline: liberal network scores its lowest-ever ratings |
| 2005-04-26 |
| by Byron York, National Review EFL. The latest radio ratings are in, and they show continued bad news for Air America, the liberal talk-radio network featuring Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, The new Arbitron ratings for Winter 2005, which covers January, February, and March, show that WLIB, the station which carries Air America in New York, won a 1.2-percent share of all listeners 12 years and older. That is down one tenth of one point from the station's 1.3 percent share in Winter 2004, the last period when it aired its old format of Caribbean music and talk. . . . . . . The ratings also show WABC radio, which airs Rush Limbaugh, consistently beating Air America in New York City even though [Al] Franken had at one time claimed to be beating the conservative host there. In the 10 a.m. to 3 P.M. period in the Winter of 2005, WABC (and Limbaugh) won 2.7 percent of the audience to Air America's 1.4 percent. In Spring 2004, WABC beat Air America 2.7 percent to 2.2 percent. In Summer 2004, WABC won 2.7 percent to 2.3 percent. In Fall 2004, WABC won 3.6 percent to 1.6 percent. Here comes the kicker: That last number surprised some observers because it showed Air America faltering in October and November 2004, the period when the presidential election was reaching its finish and political passions were presumably at their highest. And this in one of the bluest of the blue-state markets. NYC has no shortage of moonbats; it's the home of The Nation and The Village Voice and the New York Times, after all. And yet, . . . . . . even then, Air America's decline continued. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #21 T-Shirt said "I got divorced in 1996". Even that is gone now. A reflection not on women, but a lack of Blogs about just about everything until recently, where you can figure out what the heck is really going on any subject you like ;-) |
| Posted by: Beau 2005-04-26 11:37:18 PM |
| #20 Beau, wuz it the same tee-shirt? Then you would be a true master of divorces. ;-) |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-04-26 11:24:11 PM |
| #19 Divorced once. Got a T-shirt. Divorced again. She got the T-shirt. |
| Posted by: Beau 2005-04-26 11:20:28 PM |
| #18 Ouch. Major. Spades. Ouch. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 10:36:37 PM |
| #17 Better than anyone else she had ever owned???? Oh, dear, that's bad. Real bad. I got waxed to the tune of about a third of a million bucks. Retirement? We don't need no steeenkin' retirement!! |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-04-26 10:34:47 PM |
| #16 I was just giving credit where due regards children who are actually "raised" and "educated" - as opposed to my childhood, I raised myself with "supervision" only appearing when I was caught doing something illegal. Otherwise, it was a solo thingy - so all credit and all blame are mine for how I turned out. She knew things I had never dreamed of. I knew things she had only seen on the news, heh. Wotta deal, eh? She did tell me once that I cleaned up better than anyone else she had ever owned. That's a quote, too, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 10:26:07 PM |
| #15 Oh yeah - she nailed me to the barn wall at the end, but that's because she was THE Bitch from Hell inside. Not "a" - "THE". I wish I could send you to her website... The proof is there in her self-written bio, lol! The cure for the man who has everything™. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 10:19:55 PM |
| #14 Worked a roach coach one summer with my brother in Las Vegas. A cool job but you have establish your territory or you will nerver make money. Good working hours because you never work past 4:00 pm. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-04-26 10:17:38 PM |
| #13 Com, who got the duvet cover? (Ducks!!) |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2005-04-26 10:14:28 PM |
| #12 "She took me all the way from the gutter to the, uh, sidewalk, lol!" Mine took me to the cleaners. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-04-26 10:12:18 PM |
| #11 Hey - she got me to go to the opera (once was all I could take), to the theater (which I usually enjoyed), etc. Throw enough spaghetti at the fridge door and, eventually, some of it will stick, heh. I was already a readaholic - she just tossed in some classics to leaven the lot. She took me all the way from the gutter to the, uh, sidewalk, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 10:05:47 PM |
| #10 gotta watch sites where the same subcontractor provides the "coaches" and the port-a-potties...conflict of interest LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-26 10:00:12 PM |
| #9 You actually owned a mellon baller???? Jesus... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-04-26 10:00:03 PM |
| #8 tw - I consider you a National Treasure - and no snarkiness intended - I mean it in a positive civilized manner. My Ex came from such a world where roach coaches were unknown. She thought a kitchen was utterly incomplete without a melon baller and high-end garlic press. A Mr Coffee? Pshaw. Brass 'n glass French Coffee Press. I often wonder if her fascination regards me wasn't just so she had a bona-fide Alley Oop to show her girlfriends and, perhaps, so she'd be "grounded"... me being much like a lightening rod, heh. I'd never even seen a melon baller before we bought ours together, but I was on intimate terms with roach coaches. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 9:52:25 PM |
| #7 oops! my construction engineer resume appears.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-26 9:44:46 PM |
| #6 Lol, tw. Those are the rolling snack wagons that frequent construction sites, etc. Ptomaine Trucks, etc. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 9:36:33 PM |
| #5 "roach coach"? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-04-26 9:31:35 PM |
| #4 BTW, "Air America" the movie is on Spike tonight, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 7:50:44 PM |
| #3 for the stapler, yes...Office Depot workers on their off time. For Air America? Some fat bitch that's also hunger-protesting the Minutemen, but she hung up when a roach coach showed up |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-26 7:28:44 PM |
| #2 Have you found a local support group Frank? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-04-26 7:13:17 PM |
| #1 wow - that's really disturbing, falling right behind the failure of my stapler to do consecutive staples without jamming..as a moral dilemma |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-26 6:38:36 PM |