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| Air America Folding In Missoula, Phoenix, Elsewhere? |
| 2006-03-01 |
| Just last summer, a Missoula radio station launched the townÂ’s first progressive talk radio program, throwing down the gauntlet to the conservative radio hosts already dominating the airwaves. Now operators of KNS, 105.9 on the dial, plan to drop the progressive talk radio format this week, citing weak advertising sales. Update: Air America went off the air Tuesday afternoon... Dear Friends of Air America Phoenix, Thank you to the staff, the listeners and the clients for all youÂ’ve done in the past 17 months... ...I have talked to more BS artists and rich guys who pretend they want to get "involved" and "progressive" venture firms that live in the world of "new media" and think that good old terrestrial radio, the kind that everyone has access to and is free 24/7, is so "over"! When I finally put together the right banker and the right investors, we were out of time! IÂ’m mad at myself for wasting time with the charlatans, the BS artists and the dreamers... Well, gee. What do you expect when your supporters are primarily losers, ne'er-do-wells, scoundrels and hypocrites? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #8 NPR funding keeps getting cut, more every successive year since the Clinton days. They aren't getting much of their funding from the public sector any more. Unfortunately, Mrs. Kroc (wife of the founder of McDonald's restaurants) gave them a very large check a year or so ago, so they've been sheltered from the audience response to their efforts. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-01 23:35 |
| #7 would be nice if taxpayer funding were cut for NPR as well. Make em sink or swim based on the success of their audience sales/ads/support |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-01 22:58 |
| #6 Guess they couldn't compete with National Palestinian Radio for the LLL demographic. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-03-01 22:35 |
| #5 A compromise: "progressive traitorous communist bastard" |
| Posted by: Visitor 2006-03-01 19:24 |
| #4 Don't go away mad. Just go. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-01 19:18 |
| #3 Lol, CS. The stupid sheeple just don't get it, lol. It's not the message or the fact that they have no answers to anything (except via our wallets in their "vision" of a US Nanny State), it's just nuancing their vacuous BS correctly so the dummies finally "get it". Then they will win every election until the end of time... Which should be within about 3 years of Prez Billary taking office... |
| Posted by: .com 2006-03-01 17:45 |
| #2 You know i will be sad when they are gone. I like the idea of "progressives" letting it all hang out for the world (and voters) to see. Every time one of their bonehead hosts pops off it marginalizes them just a little bit more. The best part is they think (and they are wrong) that most Americans agree with them. Kind of like the Dems saying "We just need to get our message out." Well guys you got your message out and everyone knows that you are friggin looney. Here in Sacramento Err Amerika has moved three times, each time they got thrown off for low rating and lack of advertising $$$ coming in. Someone needs to tell them that were are a CAPITALISTS society and your message is only as good as someone is willing to pay for it. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-03-01 17:40 |
| #1 I wish people would stop using the word "progressive" as an alternative for "traitorous commie bastards". |
| Posted by: BH 2006-03-01 15:34 |