“NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Liberal talk radio network Air America is planning to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the company said Thursday.
"The very difficult economic environment has had a significant impact on Air America's business," according to a statement on the network's Web site. It cited a "perfect storm" in the media industry and plummeting advertising revenues…”
I love to tell people “I told you so.” But I think everyone else here was saying the same thing. That a liberal talk radio network will not work.
I was a fan of talk radio back when I was in high school. I out grew it. I was a caller to WHB radio (Kansas City, MO) when I was a kid.
Liberal talk radio will not work… The real fans of talk radio now are not the liberal thinking type of people..Mostly, they seem, to be anti people. They want to attack or blame government…They see the world as out to get them… They are sort of the CB people and I was into CB (citizen band radio) when it began. They are just not open to discussion they already have their minds made up. They do not listen to learn or to try ways to fix problems.. They want to blame people and attack people.
Now like any statement there are a few exceptions … There are people that are on the road driving all night and want to listen to something or people that work the graveyard shift and can not watch TV but they can get by listening to radio.
I do not think that Air America ever had any effect.
Conservative (right wing) talk radio has fans and followers and it can have an effect.
I listened a few times to Air America and they never had a format or a line up that was good. I am not sure who was making the decisions but they did not a good job. It may have been run by a group of people and by voting or something. It seemed like they had a woman’s rights show, a gay show and on and on.. pick some “liberal” subject and put on some person to do a show about it.
Al Franken, now a United States Senator, did a show. He is a smart and funny guy but his show sucked. He seemed to be trying to prove that he was smart and funny and he seemed be trying out his comedy act.
The loss of Air America does not matter. It is not like the lost of that seat in MA. I think we are better off without Air America.
