Tuesday, March 07, 2006
NY Post: Off-Air America is Dead in New York
Off-Air America, the far left radio network which gets lower ratings than the emergency signal on transponders, is in deeper doo-doo than originally thought, and will soon be off the air in New York.
New York!?! Of all places?
AIR AMERICA TUNED OUT?
Al Franken soon to be out of business in New York? This is getting better and better.
Off-Air America, the far left radio network which gets lower ratings than the emergency signal on transponders, is in deeper doo-doo than originally thought, and will soon be off the air in New York.
New York!?! Of all places?
AIR AMERICA TUNED OUT?
AIR America is close to losing its New York flagship station - knocking Al Franken and his liberal colleagues off the air on their second anniversary.
The network has a two-year lease with WLIB (AM 1190) that is reportedly set to expire April 1 - and at least one reliable report says it is "extremely likely" the deal will not be renewed.
Losing its New York outlet would be a serious blow to the fledgling liberal radio network. "Radio Equalizer" blogger Brian Maloney - who blew the whistle on questionable loans to the lefty network last year - published the first report that WLIB was on the verge of evicting Air America some time soon.
Air America's options for a new home are not promising. All of the city's other strong-signal stations are spoken for, leaving only weak-signal "fringe" stations that do not cover the entire city and suburbs.
Air America parent Piquant LLC has reportedly been paying Inner City Broadcasting - controlled by former Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton and his son, Pierre - $2.5 million a year to air Franken and others.
Al Franken soon to be out of business in New York? This is getting better and better.
