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December 22, 2006
Egos Sink Air America Radio
I was sorry to read that Air America Radio was having trouble in the NY Times December 18, article by Elizabeth Jensen and Lia Miller with the headline "After Bankruptcy Filing, Recrimminations Fly at Air America." Unfortunately, my reaction was, "so what?"
When Air America Radio first went on the air, it got a lot of great initial ink and even a PBS documentary. It should have succeeded. I used to listen. I loved Al Franken and how he used to brilliantly bash George Bush and Rush Limbaugh, whom he seemed to hate as much as I did. I couldn't listen to the rest of the screaming liberal talk-show hosts, even Randi Rhodes, who had pretty fair ratings, but who literally screamed and interrupted too much.
But, as the NY Times story detailed, the liberal network never had a viabale business plan and was never run by radio professionals, especially pros who knew how to sell advertising. Instead, a string of rich liberal egomaniacs seeking power and fame started fighting over control. The funny and well-informed Al Franken might leave and run for the senate, which will sink the network even lower, if that's possible.
What Air America Radio needs is some managers from the porn/adult industry to take over and run the network. I have a good pal who used to be in the media and who now runs a business that deals with the porn/adult industry in a peripheral way. He tells me that the porn/adult people are the nicest folks in the world. They have no agenda except making a lot of money--no egos, no power trips. That's what Air America Radio needs, someone smart and focused on making a lot of money and with no ego and no political agenda.
Can't you see the limosine liberals who listen to Air America and who are fighting over its carcass throwing a fit if it was run by a porn/adult executive? They'd vomit, as though the network had been taken over by neo-conservatives. So Air American Radio will not be saved and will sink for good. The saddest thing about the whole thing is, "so what?" Air America, except for Franken, is unlistenable, not entertaining. It's not a hit, so who cares?
Posted by Charles Warner at December 22, 2006 03:47 PM
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