Atlanta: Air America is alive and well, to the surprise of naysayers

[wyldwolf]

Neal Boortz was ragging on the rookie of talk radio. His crystal ball foresaw a smoggy future for Air America, the start-up national network that had appeared out of left field to inject a distinct tone into the chorus of chatmeisters with conservative and libertarian accents.

"This is not something I would invest in," the decidedly unliberal Boortz of Atlanta's WSB-AM (750) said dismissively on his nationally syndicated show earlier this year.

In the coming days, Jon Sinton, the Atlanta radio consultant who midwifed Air America, expects to announce:

> The 8 1/2-month-old network, already in 40 markets including Atlanta, will expand to at least four more, covering about half of the country;

> Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, its most recognized on-air hosts, will re-up, dousing speculation that they would bolt when one-year commitments expire;

> Investors have sunk enough new money in Air America to see it through to profitability.

"What an incredible accomplishment ... in opening the industry's eyes," says Michael Harrison, editor of the trade magazine Talkers.

"It's clear that the public is aware there is an Air America."


http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/auto/epaper/editions/today/business_146b49a08090023a0082.html

[liberalnurse]

1. Boortz was not predicting as he would want his listeners to believe....

He was wishing it would fail.....That was a Boortz :Hail Mary" prayer. Now, with AA's success, he may need to actucally be accurate on occasion in his rhetoric spew.

Can you imagine, Boortz being held accountable?????????? :bounce:


Oh, he reads DU too. Now he has 2 sources to find the truth....

[CatWoman]

5. Neal Boortz is a menace

I swear, we were surround here by hate radio.

I mean SURROUNDED.

Boortz, Hannity, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Liddy.

Then they took my favorite 80's station and made that all talk, featuring an up and coming right wing shill asshole named Schnitt.

Thank God for Air America.

[bluestateguy]

2. The election was the best thing to happen to Air America

Bill Clinton was the best thing that ever happened to the Pigman. He was big before Clinton's presidency, but after the 1992 election Limbaugh became the undisputed champion of talk radio and was even treated as a mainstream political figure for several years.

With Democrats out of power everywhere, Air America will be the place where liberals and Democrats turn to hear voices of sanity.

Now if AA could only get some affilliates in Texas.

[bookman]

4. Texas

Just stated on another thread how I'd love to see AAR in Houston. We really need a counter to all the conservative stations. Texans really need to start listening to Democrats. I moved here from the northeast. I'm in my late 50's, retired, great medical benefits. That wouldn't be true if I lived in Texas. ( I'm a retired educator ) Texans are more oppressed than they know.

[Aristus]

6. 1090AM, the local affiliate that airs AA, has a tag line:

"Seattle, we no longer have a problem."

That would sound really good modified for Houston.

[mhr]

10. I'd Dearly Love To See Air America In Dallas, TX

Seeing all the Fundies here up in arms would make my day!

[sbj405]

3. And now coming to DC

debuting here from the inaugration.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A49905-2004Dec8?language=printer

[K-W]

8. This is, for me, the best news.

Having a media outlet inside the washington bubble giving a fact based analysis is a big victory.

[NYCGirl]

7. Franken signed a new contract, as did Randi Rhodes

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=7034913

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Liberal radio network Air America on Wednesday said it had extended a contract with comedian and commentator Al Franken and received an extra $13 million in funding to continue its national roll-out.

The network debuted in March with commentators seen as a liberal response to conservatives like Rush Limbaugh.

Air America Radio has options to keep Franken on through 2007 and also signed a new deal with commentator Randi Rhodes, new Chairman Rob Glaser told Reuters.

Air America has deals in 11 of the top 20 radio markets, with broadcasts in 40 markets nationwide and on satellite radio and the Internet at www.airamericaradio.com

[Arkana]

9. I just wanna know when they're coming to Boston!

[LuCifer]

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Tell a fiend to listen to Randi Rhodes (and all of Air America!):

SIRIUS Satellite Radio - CH. 144 (3p-7p ET)
INTERNET - http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen.asp (3p-7p ET)
Albany/Corvallis/Salem, OR - 990 KTHH (3p-7p PT)
Albuquerque, NM - 1350 KABQ (4p-8p MT)
Anchorage, AK - 1080 KUDO (Mid-2a local)
Ann Arbor, MI - 1290 WLBY (3p-7p ET)
Asheville, NC - 880 WPEK (6p-7p ET)
Atlanta, GA - 1690 WWAA (3p-7p ET)
Boston, MA - 1430 WXKS (6p-10p ET)
Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY - 1070 WTWK (3p-7p ET)
Cincinatti, OH - 1530 WSAI = COMING SOON!
Columbus, OH - 1230 WTPG (6p-7p/4a-6a ET)
Denver/Boulder, CO - 760 KKZN (4p-8p MT)
Eugene/Springfield, OR - 1450 KOPT (12p-4p PT) = BRAND NEW!
Honolulu, HI - 1500 KUMU (8p-11p HT)
Kauai, HI - 570 KQNG (8p-11p HT?)
Key West/Key Largo, FL - 1500 WKIZ (3p-7p ET)
Los Angeles, CA - COMING SOON?
Madison, WI - 92.1 WXXM (2p-5p CT)
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 940 WINZ (9a-12n/6p-7p ET)
New Haven, CT - 1300 WAVZ (6p-10p) = BRAND NEW!
New York City, NY - 1190 WLIB (3p-7p ET)
Petoskey/Cheboygan, MI - 750 WWKK (2a-6a ET)
Philadelphia, PA - 1340 WHAT = (3p-7p ET)
Phoenix, AZ - 1010 KXXT (3p-7p local)
Portland, ME - 870 WLVP (3p-7p ET)
Portland, OR - 620 KPOJ (3p-7p PT)
Providence, RI - 920 WHJJ (6p-8p ET)
Riverside/San Bernadino, CA - 1050 KCAA (1p-2p PT)
Reno/Carson City, NV - 590 KTHO (overnight)
Rochester, NY - 950 WROC (6:30p-10p ET)
Sacramento, CA - 1240 KSQR (noon-4p PT)
San Diego, CA - 1360 KLSD (3p-6p PT)
San Francisco/San Jose/Santa Rosa, CA - 960 KQKE (3p-7p PT)
San Luis Obisbo, CA - 1340 KYNS (noon-4p PT)
Santa Barbara, CA - 1340 KTLK (noon-4p PT)
Santa Fe, NM - 1260 KTRC (not sure on air time!) = BRAND NEW!
Seattle/Tacoma, WA - 1090 KPTK (3p-7p PT)
Washington, DC - COMING SOON?
West Palm Beach/Boca Raton/Stuart, FL - 1290 WJNO (3p-7p ET)
Worchester/Framingham, MA - 1200 WKOX (6p-10p ET)
XM Satellite Radio - Ch. 167 (6p - 7p ET)

WJNO airs Randi's "morning reports" every weekday at 8:40 AM & BEST OF RANDI from 5 to 8 PM on Saturdays. Most other stations replay Randi 2 to 6 AM weeknights for anyone with insomnia or a really bad crack habit! And probably some times on weekends too!

More info, go to and bookmark: http://www.TheRandiRhodesShow.com
and http://www.AirAmericaRadio.com

http://www.RandiRhodesArchives.com -- Miss a show? Looking for Randi's interview with X person? Then THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO GO! Also, if you can, PLEASE donate to them, even if it's just a couple bucks, every bit HELPS with bandwith costs, etc.

Other Air America affiliates that don't have Randi:

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - 950 KSNB
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill/Carrboro, NC - 1360 WCHLSpringfield/Northampton, MA - 1400 WHMP
Maui, HI - KAOI 1110
Brainerd, MN - WWWI 1270

More stations coming soon, so DON'T believe the rightwing bullcrap HYPE & LIES...because THAT'S ALL IT IS! Air America isn't going ANYWHERE! Except right to #1 in every last market! TOO BAD RUSHitler! Go pop some more Oxys!