Air America To Declare Bankruptcy

[BarkleUSA]

:claps:

…and in the “No surprise here” file…

Air America Radio will announce a major restructuring on Friday, which is expected to include a bankruptcy filing, three independent sources have told ThinkProgress.

Air America could remain on the air under the deal, but significant personnel changes are already in the works. Sources say five Air America employees were laid off yesterday and were told there would be no severance without capital infusion or bankruptcy. Also, Air America has ended its relationship with host Jerry Springer.

Source (http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/13/air-america-bankruptcy)

[Marcster]

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[d'urville]

It was inevitable.

The left's next brillant move, drag back out their "Fairness Doctorine".

It's the most predictable and unoriginal response possible, so that's what they'll do.

[DeclinetoState]

Five employees? They had that many they could lay off? Isn't that nearly the size of their audience?

[Rhino]

Air America To Declare BankruptcySun to set in the west.

Film at eleven.

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[Longhorn_Platinum]

DeclinetoState:
Five employees? They had that many they could lay off? Isn't that nearly the size of their audience?

:moo: No different than the New Jersey Bureau of Indian Affairs, which employed more bureaucrats than there were Indians in New Jersey.

[Beowulf]

:claps:

[Trau]

Just wait for some kind of "fairness" legislation.

[Naturalized-Texan]

Just wait for some kind of "fairness" legislation.
You mean like the "Hush Rush" bill the Democrats tried to pass in 1994? Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and the First Amendment right of free speech was upheld.

[Jag Wife]

Guess they ran out of children's charities to embezzle from.
:roar: :biglaugh: :hang: :nutkick:

[DeclinetoState]

DeclinetoState:
Five employees? They had that many they could lay off? Isn't that nearly the size of their audience?:moo: No different than the New Jersey Bureau of Indian Affairs, which employed more bureaucrats than there were Indians in New Jersey.But I'm sure the NJBIA was a much, much larger operation than Air America. :D

[Trau]

You mean like the "Hush Rush" bill the Democrats tried to pass in 1994? Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and the First Amendment right of free speech was upheld.

Wasn't there also some kind of "fairness doctrine" garbage before that?

[DoctorDoom]

The buck-toothed moron and his chicken-IQ cohorts still have a financial resource.

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[2nd_Amendment]

Just wait for some kind of "fairness" legislation.

Just let the Dems gain CONgress here in a couple months and you can bet that'll be right there on the top of the list...

[DoctorDoom]

Wasn't there also some kind of "fairness doctrine" garbage before that?The policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission that became known as the "Fairness Doctrine" is an attempt to ensure that all coverage of controversial issues by a broadcast station be balanced and fair. The FCC took the view, in 1949, that station licensees were "public trustees," and as such had an obligation to afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of contrasting points of view on controversial issues of public importance. The Commission later held that stations were also obligated to actively seek out issues of importance to their community and air programming that addressed those issues. With the deregulation sweep of the Reagan Administration during the 1980s, the Commission dissolved the fairness doctrine.

This doctrine grew out of concern that because of the large number of applications for radio station being submitted and the limited number of frequencies available, broadcasters should make sure they did not use their stations simply as advocates with a singular perspective. Rather, they must allow all points of view. That requirement was to be enforced by FCC mandate.

From the early 1940s, the FCC had established the "Mayflower Doctrine," which prohibited editorializing by stations. But that absolute ban softened somewhat by the end of the decade, allowing editorializing only if other points of view were aired, balancing that of the station's. During these years, the FCC had established dicta and case law guiding the operation of the doctrine.Fairness Doctrine (http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fairnessdoct/fairnessdoct.htm)

Libs WILL restore it if given the opportunity. They have proven themselves again and again to be unable to compete honestly and intellectually in the broadcast media, so they want government to mandate that they get access despite their pathetic ineptitude.

The fact that liberals own the DBM, have saturation coverage, and censor all points of view other than liberalism is not sufficient for the despicable bastards. They want to force talk radio, the one venue where they cannot survive, to give them equal time, even though they cannot attract a profitable audience.

They don't want balance. They want total domination of the media.

"I don't need to be balanced. I AM the balance."
-- Rush L

[Trau]

Just let the Dems gain CONgress here in a couple months and you can bet that'll be right there on the top of the list...

Yeah, but then President McCain will veto it.

[RayChuang]

What do you expect when the virulent anti-Bush rants (and their arrogant hosts) turn off listeners all the time?

I really hate to say this, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer group of folks. :devil:

[TechnoPrincess]

The buck-toothed moron and his chicken-IQ cohorts still have a financial resource.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/DocDoom777/Frankencash.jpg
:roar:

[DoctorDoom]

Just past its second birthday, Air America, the Left’s great hope to defeat the Right in the talk radio wars, has no reason to celebrate. Winter 2006 Arbitron ratings, leaked to Matt Drudge earlier this week and reported in greater detail by the invaluable Radio Equalizer blog, show Air America registering a weak 1.0 share in Los Angeles, an even tinier share in Chicago, and a catastrophic drop in New York City, where flagship station WLIB hemorrhaged nearly half its listenership over the last ratings period, falling from a mediocre 1.4 to a pathetic 0.8 share. That’s smaller than the all-Caribbean format the network replaced when it first launched in New York and nowhere near the ratings of conservative heavyweights like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity in the city. Air America’s Gotham numbers are so dismal that WLIB is booting the network off the station later this summer, industry publication Mediaweek has just announced.Air America Deflates (http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon2006-04-29ba.html)

In the radio business, the Arbitrons rule. If no one is listening, the ratings are in the cellar, and advertizers giggle hysterically when asked to buy time. Without sponsors, there is no operating capital, and the stations go under. That's the way the free market works.

TS, Airhead Amerikka. You won't be missed.

[2nd_Amendment]

Yeah, but then President McCain will veto it.

President McCain...

*sigh*

If the likes of McCain and Rudy are the best Republicans can aspire to then we are well and truly ****ed. pardon my French...

[Republican_Legion]

President McCain...

*sigh*

If the likes of McCain and Rudy are the best Republicans can aspire to then we are well and truly ****ed. pardon my French...

Yes we would be ****ed if either one of them got the nod.
I would think they would be for censorship since they know smart conservatives dont like them.

[Republican_Legion]

You mean like the "Hush Rush" bill the Democrats tried to pass in 1994? Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and the First Amendment right of free speech was upheld.

What was that bill intended to do ?
I was a little kid back in 94.

[Jester21]

I'd never heard of the Fairness Doctrine before. I think it's dumb. If there is an audience, people will listen to it. Let the market decide. Air America didn't go bankrupt because people were Unfair, it went bankrupt because not enough people listened to it.

[Naturalized-Texan]

What was that bill intended to do ?
I was a little kid back in 94.
That Democrat bill was intended to restore the "Fairness Doctrine" and force radio stations to give 3 hours of broadcast time to liberals to respond to Rush Limbaugh. Not only would that have killed talk radio in general and the Rush Limbaugh Show in particular, it would also have killed AM radio. Before talk radio, AM stations were dying because they couldn't compete with FM stations. Talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh, created a boom in AM radio.

[Marcster]

Not only would that have killed talk radio in general and the Rush Limbaugh Show in particular, it would also have killed AM radio.
Yeah, to carry Rush, a program director would've had to pay EIB's fees for syndication plus whatever the liberal shows wanted to charge.

Can't expect those libs to spew their lies for free, could you? In fact, I bet they would've grossly inflated their fees to make it virtually impossible to carry Rush's show.

Plus then there'd be 3 hours of time in an AM stations programming where there wouldn't be anyone wanting to advertise. ;)

[Republican_Legion]

That Democrat bill was intended to restore the "Fairness Doctrine" and force radio stations to give 3 hours of broadcast time to liberals to respond to Rush Limbaugh. Not only would that have killed talk radio in general and the Rush Limbaugh Show in particular, it would also have killed AM radio. Before talk radio, AM stations were dying because they couldn't compete with FM stations. Talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh, created a boom in AM radio.

WOW. Thats a communist bill if you ask me. 100% censorship motivated.
Glad it failed.

[Maggie_T]

Air(head) America bankrupt? Wake me up when that cesspool of hatred is DEAD.

[Republican_Legion]

Sun to set in the west.

Film at eleven.

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You should get poster of the month just for posting that awsome .Gif
I love it and I have used it once thanks to ya.

[Marcster]

You should get poster of the month just for posting that awsome .Gif
I love it and I have used it once thanks to ya.
Yeah, that is a good one...

This one is appropriate sometimes too:

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[2nd_Amendment]

He stole that from me. :)

Actually, I think he did...

[Rhino]

He stole that from me. :)

Actually, I think he did...I stole it from somebody, but I don't remember who. Thanks! :D

[EdmundDantes]

:claps:

…and in the “No surprise here” file…



Source (http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/13/air-america-bankruptcy)

I have said it before and I will say it again, Liberalism does not sell!!! Why should people or libs listen to AA when they can get the same s**t on ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN,PBS,NPR,MSNBC.?


Or maybe there were just not enough libs to listen to it.
Maybe they are not as plentiful as they believe they are.

[2nd_Amendment]

Yeah, I used it here to good effect a while back, then lost it from my HD and forgot about it. So, thx for letting me steal it back! :)

[Rhino]

I have a whole library of images for use on forums. Not that extensive yet, but I'm working on it.

[Maggie_T]

I'd never heard of the Fairness Doctrine before.

Tell me, Jester, what planet do you live in? I cannot fail to be amused when I hear liberals say "I never heard of the Fariness Doctrine" ... "I never heard of liberals bashing conservatives" ... "I never heard of ..." one single stupid thing proposed by liberals (in spite of there being so many).

I thought liberals were so enlightened, so up-to-date with everything that happens everywhere. You certainly are informed on every "bad, stupid, mean" thing that conservatives do or say. And yet, somehow, when your guys step in it, you seem to be conveniently MIA, somewhere in outer space. "Aw, shucks. I missed it."

Funny thing, that. :question:

[2nd_Amendment]

I have a whole library of images for use on forums. Not that extensive yet, but I'm working on it.

Yeah, I used to have a good library of such, too, but computer failures and the fact I just don't post much anymore pretty well cured that.

[Rhino]

One of my favorites.

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[Rhino]

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[Marcster]

I have a whole library of images for use on forums. Not that extensive yet, but I'm working on it.
What do you think of these? (not to threadjack, but...):

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I have a million of 'em (these are the only ones that make fun of the Dems though).

But then photochopped pics are always fun too:

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If you guys like these, I'll start a seperate thread. :listen:

[Peachdiane]

Two of my favorites:

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[BEST45CAL]

Hey Al Franken, where's George Soros, Barbra Striesand and Theresa Heinz Kerry when you need them? lol


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[Peachdiane]

Dunno about the others but have an idea on Ter-ay-zuh:

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[Naturalized-Texan]

"Air America To Declare Bankruptcy"

No surprise there. Why would any sane person want to listen to nothing but hate and lies and doom and gloom?

[DesertFox]

George Soros will bail them out for awhile, then aggregates of filthy rich Hollywooders of whom each will pitch in $10, and finally Airhead America will die from boring everyone to death.

I remember that one lib who said "this is a good business opportunity" about AA. I think he was stealing from the Little Sisters of the Poor and finally died in a leper colony off Zanzibar when a gator bit off his pecker. Everything about this venture screams, "Idiocy! Lunacy! Leprosy!"

[Jester21]

Tell me, Jester, what planet do you live in? I cannot fail to be amused when I hear liberals say "I never heard of the Fariness Doctrine" ... "I never heard of liberals bashing conservatives" ... "I never heard of ..." one single stupid thing proposed by liberals (in spite of there being so many).

I thought liberals were so enlightened, so up-to-date with everything that happens everywhere.You certainly are informed on every "bad, stupid, mean" thing that conservatives do or say. And yet, somehow, when your guys step in it, you seem to be conveniently MIA, somewhere in outer space. "Aw, shucks. I missed it."

Funny thing, that. :question:
I was 12.

And in case you didn't read the rest of my post, I came out against it. At least i was honest enough to admit I'd never heard of it.

I'm sorry I'm not up on every piece of legislation introduced in governmental history. I'm afraid that when I was 12 I didn't follow politics all that much.

But hey, if you want to bash me for being unaware of a political fight from when I was 12, be my guest.

[DoctorDoom]

I was 12.Oh, come now. The "Hush Rush" travesty was in 1993, not last year. IAC, the RAT bastards attempted (futilely) to resurrect their attack on conservative speech in 2005.

In 1993, Congress unsuccessfully attempted to re-institute the rule. At the time, talk-radio giant Rush Limbaugh rallied his supporters to help defeat the effort, which he dubbed the "Hush Rush" bill.

Despite the failed campaign in '93, Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., is confident she can shepherd the Fairness Doctrine through Congress this year, once again requiring broadcasters to provide "equal time."

A website dedicated to resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine is collecting signatures from Americans who support Slaughter's bill, H.R. 501, or the Fairness and Accountability in Broadcasting Act, which was introduced Feb. 1 and has 12 co-sponsors.

"Since [1987], the country has experienced a proliferation of highly partisan news outlets that disseminate unbalanced news coverage," says a statement on the site. "Democracy is built on the idea that the views, beliefs and values of an informed citizenry provide the best basis for political decision-making."

Complains the petition: "News consumers, particularly those of talk radio, are overwhelmingly exposed to a single point of view. A survey conducted by Democracy Radio this year revealed that 90 percent of all broadcast hours on talk radio are fairly characterized as conservative."Democrats long for 'Fairness Doctrine' (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43863)

"Since [1987], the country has experienced a proliferation of highly partisan news outlets that disseminate unbalanced news coverage," says a statement on the site.Well, then, the assholes should be going after the hyperliberal drive-by media, not talk radio.

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