Air America is Blown Away
"It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business." -- Air America Media
For those who aren't familiar with Air America, it began in April of 2004. It was broadcast on over 100 radio stations, and broadcast during a time when disagreeing with policies such as America beginning a war with Iraq were considered "un-American." It had already dealt with bankruptcy in 2006, but was sold and saved.
It wasn't an unbiased medium--it featured Democrat Al Franken (recently elected senator in Minnesota after months of debate about who won) and Rachel Maddow, who at the beginning of Air America was not well known. It called itself "the only full-time progressive voice in the mainstream broadcast media world."
It will supply "encore programming" from 6 p.m. Eastern time today, 21 January, through 9 p.m. EST on Monday, January 25. It will be missed.
See more info at http://airamerica.com/ and at http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9628724
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