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| Shall we gloat a little more about Air America? |
| 2010-01-22 |
 In the WaPo's story on the bankruptcy:Since last summer, Air America has been heard in the Washington area on WZAA (1050 AM). Its audience has been so small that Arbitron, which compiles radio ratings, was unable to detect any listeners for WZAA during several weeks in December. No detectable audience . . . in DC . . . in a DC run by liberal Democrats. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #11 Air America is not merely dead, it's most sincerely dead! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-01-22 18:54 |
| #10 "No detectable audience . . . in DC . . . in a DC run by liberal Democrats." The AA morons believed their own propaganda about conservative talk-show hosts being nothing more than emotive ranters, and hired and produced shows accordingly. They ignored the fact that a) their take was wrong in the first place. b) most self-identified liberals thought of themselves as more "intellectual" than that, thus they preferred NPR's higher production values and mellower style. Pacifica already had the lefty wingnut market share wrapped up. |
| Posted by: ebrown2 2010-01-22 15:48 |
| #9 99% of AAÂ’s material evaporated the day Republicans left the White House. So, if you think about it, maybe this time it really is BushÂ’s fault. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-01-22 15:39 |
| #8 Non Reagan has to go back to doing color commentary on dog shows? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2010-01-22 15:36 |
| #7 being one of those miniscule few AA listeners is prolly like going to "Cheers" - "where everybody knows your name" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-01-22 13:51 |
| #6 Would it be OK to point and laugh, too? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-01-22 11:57 |
| #5 They probably want taxpayers to fund it in order to make it "work" (see BBC). |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-01-22 11:25 |
| #4 So how are the Liberals spinning the demise of their latest vessel? |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2010-01-22 11:04 |
| #3 It might not be a gloatworthy event. The progressives can use the lack of any (non-public) liberal talk radio outlets as one more excuse to shut down the conservative ones. And we know that's a goal. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-01-22 10:58 |
| #2 Yes, please. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-01-22 10:45 |
| #1 Shall we gloat? Works for me. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2010-01-22 10:42 |