Comments on: Air America… Radio? http://www.rapp.org/archives/2004/03/air_america_radio/ "Come fly with me, let's take off in the blue..." Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:43:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Erickson http://www.rapp.org/archives/2004/03/air_america_radio/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Ken Erickson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rapp.org/archives/2004/03/air_america_radio/#comment-209 Hey, I KNEW it had a familiar ring! Of course that was Air America. Someone needs to ask them about that. Meanwhile, last week they were off the air in LA and Sean Hannity (that paragon of honesty) was going on and on about how they had "bounced" a check. In fact, they stopped payment, or so Air America says. I tend to believe it, as they are working with a guy who ownes a number of what are termed "teakettle" AM radio stations in a bunch of markets. This broadcaters sells off blocks of time to anybody but has tried to focus on Asian and Spanish language listeners in NY, Chicago, LA and around. Its a great idea for a radio network but this owner does not seem to have much of a reputation for fairneses. I also know that he won't spring for lunch after you spend an afternoon telling him the latest greatest reasons why Arbitron ratings whon't help him and how he might do some research on his radio market that could make a difference. I'm not too suprised that Air America (what an awful name) is having trouble with this station group. Hey, I KNEW it had a familiar ring! Of course that was Air America. Someone needs to ask them about that. Meanwhile, last week they were off the air in LA and Sean Hannity (that paragon of honesty) was going on and on about how they had “bounced” a check. In fact, they stopped payment, or so Air America says. I tend to believe it, as they are working with a guy who ownes a number of what are termed “teakettle” AM radio stations in a bunch of markets. This broadcaters sells off blocks of time to anybody but has tried to focus on Asian and Spanish language listeners in NY, Chicago, LA and around.

Its a great idea for a radio network but this owner does not seem to have much of a reputation for fairneses. I also know that he won’t spring for lunch after you spend an afternoon telling him the latest greatest reasons why Arbitron ratings whon’t help him and how he might do some research on his radio market that could make a difference. I’m not too suprised that Air America (what an awful name) is having trouble with this station group.

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