It is no secret that Air America is a favorite of most if not all the liberal denizens of many newsrooms. In Austin today, Austin Statesman reporter W. Gardner Selby cemented that reputation in his/her publicity piece on Air America's demise in Austin, Texas. Wrote Selby,
Air America seeks another home in Central Texas, but nothing is imminent, Kaufman said. He'd welcome tips at dkaufman@airamerica.com. "If someone can point me in the direction of someone more amenable to picking up our format, I'll take all the help I can get," Kaufman said.
I am aware that the liberal media will do virtually anything to try to counteract the conservative dominance of talk radio, but for a supposedly neutral reporter to publish the liberal talk radio's contact information along with a barely-disguised plea for someone to add Air America to their radio lineup strikes me as somehow beyond the pale. Can anyone imagine a similar cry for help if Rush (or any other conservative) went off the air due to low ratings? However, Selby makes his/her own personal feelings even clearer by quoting from a poster on the Democratic Underground website- a site whose partisanship is not in question. Yet Selby apparently considers them mainstream enough to use as a quote, writing,
A blogger writing on democraticunderground.com was dismayed. "This is a city that is overwhelmingly Democratic, but the right-wing talk radio stations in town consistently get much better ratings."
It seems to me that if Air America could not succeed in Austin- one of the most liberal cities in the United States, then perhaps Selby and his friends on the Democratic Underground might consider that their product is less than appealing, or perhaps, echoes that of the so-called mainstream media a little too closely. People welcome alternative voices, not a single ideological echo chamber. If the liberals understood this, they might understand why the mainstream media is losing their audience and why liberal talk radio consistently fails so spectacularly. But of course, if they could understand that, they would not be the monolithically liberal media. Hat tip to NewsBusters reader Gregg Geil. Cross-posted on StoneHeads.
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Try Dallas....oh,
October 23, 2007 - 16:03 ET by rwesleyTry Dallas....oh, wait....yeah, Air America bombed there as well. That AM station now broadcasts religious programming.
About the only thing I could suggest is going and begging Mark Cuban for some help but he's too busy with "Dancing With Jerry Springer" right now.
Thanks Air America
October 23, 2007 - 16:31 ET by Lame CherryI actually plan on writing to these people with a sincere letter as nothing could be finer than to be an on airliner in the morning.
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Air America will wind up
October 23, 2007 - 16:31 ET by c5thenWith a station in NYC and a station in San Francisco. That's probably the only two markets that are large enough and liberal enough to support it. Maybe Boston and D.C too.
They are trying to create a national syndication backwards and showing that it doesn't work. Rush and Hanity and Ingram and the rest started out small, in some cases only one station and grew as their message was REQUESTED in other markets. Air America is trying to "go national" right off the start without knowing if there is even a market for them (and in many places there isn't).
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Fred08.com
That's the thing about
October 24, 2007 - 00:19 ET by candanceThat's the thing about radio listeners. Whenever normal, everyday people take the time to listen and do some research, 90% of the time they migrate toward conservatives. The only people listening to Air America are die-hard lefties who do it out of obligation.
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Glad their gone!
October 23, 2007 - 16:32 ET by charlietexasWe live in Austin, I'm shocked it didn't make it here, being so
liberal in Austin. The call letter's for Air-head America
was KOKE, funny it fits. And one of there biggest advertisers was
XXX-Megaplex. Don't make me tell you what they do. Figure it out
yourself. Maybe Austin is going to the RIGHT! Hope so. BuuuBuy
Air Biscuit America, don't let the door hit ya on the rear..........
Mommy
I live in Austin and have a
October 23, 2007 - 16:35 ET by Free ThinkerI live in Austin and have a number of "liberal" friends who are always up to debating issues on the merit of the issue. I have heard from all of them that the problem with Air America and why it will not succeed, even in Austin, is that it offers no critical thinking of issues. Their biggest reason they stopped listening was because it was just a constant bashing of Bush, no matter if he was at fault or not, and was so full of hateful rhetoric that has no place in serious debates. One told me it is actually quite uncomfortable to listen to because it makes her side of the political spectrum look "stupid".
it makes her side of the political spectrum look "stupid".
October 23, 2007 - 16:51 ET by vrwc13..something they do not have to work very hard at...
Austin...see that tiny blue dot in the middle of Texas, yep...Austin. And the blue along the border...could it be Tumblers family?
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Not a business, AA is an advocacy ad
October 23, 2007 - 16:41 ET by niner-four-whiskeyAir America was never intended to make money. It was created for the sole purpose of liberal advocacy. The notion of a network engaged in business completely evades campaign finance law. Liberal money sources can simply fund the "business" to push whatever advocacy message they want to with impunity, including advancing a campaign. The network loses money, losses are written off and that's that.
As much as I like to dance
October 23, 2007 - 16:45 ET by mlongAs much as I like to dance on Err America's grave...this dose give more ammunition for the "Fairness Doctrine" supporters to push their claims of needing to "balance" the airwaves.
"If we implement HillaryCare, Canadians will have no place to come for their health care." Rudy Guiliani
However, Selby makes
October 23, 2007 - 17:02 ET by Right2thePointHowever, Selby makes his/her own personal feelings even clearer by quoting from a poster on the Democratic Underground website- a site whose partisanship is not in question.
It's not their partisanship----it's their sanity
Err America is just so far left that they can't even appeal to the traditional democrats. It has as much market appeal as Neo-Nazi radio or the KKK coffee break show. I am not comparing those ideologies at all just rating them as to their similar potential market share.
They are just simply way to radical for anyone to support no matter what their political stripe.
Air America's new home
October 23, 2007 - 17:12 ET by ts88Put it on the hip-hop station, hip-hop sucks so does Air America, it's like peas and carrots
Austin to AirAmerica -
October 23, 2007 - 17:47 ET by RackieAustin to AirAmerica - "Adios Amoebas!"
Air America
October 23, 2007 - 22:02 ET by Gary HallSure, I have a suggestion for a location. How about Venezuela?
How about.....
October 23, 2007 - 22:08 ET by BlondeNorth Korea? Or Cuber? (Yeah, I know, my N.E. liberal elitist accent isn't so hot).
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
ERROR AMERICA...
October 24, 2007 - 08:15 ET by danybhoySelby should try to round up some investors & come up with a sound buisiness plan. This would mean you would actually need to find on air talent that people want to listen to. Meaning you would have to get rid of almost all of the current show hosts.
Of course, they have gone through 1 bankrupcy, & are being funded by some wealthy socialist by the name of Mark Green. We'll see how deep his pockets are, even rich wealthy libs get sick of losing money.
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
Air America, the unfixable
October 24, 2007 - 19:19 ET by ThalpyThere is no fix for the unfixable.