Friday, July 14, 2006
More Good News: Air America Goes Silent in Atlanta
Like a bad cold that is swiftly destroyed, Air America is going silent across the nation.
This time, it is Atlanta.
Local radio gives liberal talk the business
The reason that liberals are mad about this Air America story is that they believe that the left has a right to be on the air.
The little thing known as the "marketplace," where you try and sell your ideas and either they succeed or fail, has no relevance to the left. They want it, so they must have it.
Fortunately for the rest of us, that is not how things operate in the United States.
Like a bad cold that is swiftly destroyed, Air America is going silent across the nation.
This time, it is Atlanta.
Local radio gives liberal talk the business
Air America has signed off in Atlanta, with few immediate prospects for finding a new home.
J.W. Broadcasting, which purchased the Atlanta affiliate that broadcast Air America, has launched a business talk format on WCFO-AM 1160. "After doing some research, I realized [Atlanta] was the only top 10 radio market without a business talk station," says Jeff Davis, vice president/general manager for J.W. Broadcasting. "It was needed."
The decision comes as a letdown for local liberal listeners and Air America execs. Until J.W. Broadcasting purchased its second area station in late January, the 1690 dial had served as the home of Air America, the only liberal AM talk radio in a market saturated by conservative talk show hosts such as Neal Boortz and Laura Ingraham.
The reason that liberals are mad about this Air America story is that they believe that the left has a right to be on the air.
The little thing known as the "marketplace," where you try and sell your ideas and either they succeed or fail, has no relevance to the left. They want it, so they must have it.
Fortunately for the rest of us, that is not how things operate in the United States.
