Air America Radio

[tunaplanet 0]

This is the station that Al Franken is on. I love that guy, although have never heard his radio program.

You can listen live. Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder are on right now. She was funny as an actress. Not sure if I like her so far as a political radio host.

Al Franken's show replays at 2300 EST. Can't wait to hear his show for the first time. Would like to hear his views and ideas. Hope he isn't your typical illogical Left-Wing Liberal Sheep like those on these boards.

Clicky if you want to listen.

Forty-two

[tunaplanet 0]

Ok, so far the feed keeps getting cut every few minutes. Not a good sign

Forty-two

[Kennedy 0]

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Can't wait to hear his show for the first time. Would like to hear his views and ideas. Hope he isn't your typical illogical Left-Wing Liberal Sheep like those on these boards.

Um, hate to disappoint you, but that man is a hate-monger. He makes Limbaugh look compassionate.

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[tunaplanet 0]

Well Janeane Garofalo is painfully boring. At least Limbaugh is lively and animated at times. She sounds robotic. I don't think her voice has raised nor lowered an octave yet.

Forty-two

[newsstand 0]

I have not heard Al's show but making Rush look compassionate would be a challenge.

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[storm1977 0]

WOW Air america is still on the air..... I am surprised the 2 people that listen to it is a large enough market to support that station.

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[Kennedy 0]

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I have not heard Al's show but making Rush look compassionate would be a challenge.

I agree, that's why I chose the comparison.

Franken is more than up to the challenge.

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[billvon 2,400]

>I am surprised the 2 people that listen to it is a large enough market to
>support that station.

In NY, apparently that's one more than listens to Rush:

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Franken factors in younger listeners
Air America radio network does well among group that advertisers covet

By John Cook
Tribune staff reporter
Published May 27, 2004

Despite ongoing financial woes, Air America Radio appears to have garnered a significant audience during its first month on the air, particularly among the younger listeners sought by advertisers.

An analysis of recently released figures from Arbitron, the radio ratings service, showed that in New York Air America beat Rush Limbaugh's station among 25-to-54-year-olds during the period that Limbaugh and Al Franken, the host of the flagship show "The O'Franken Factor," go head-to-head.

[kallend 1,623]

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>I am surprised the 2 people that listen to it is a large enough market to
>support that station.

In NY, apparently that's one more than listens to Rush:

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Franken factors in younger listeners
Air America radio network does well among group that advertisers covet

By John Cook
Tribune staff reporter
Published May 27, 2004

Despite ongoing financial woes, Air America Radio appears to have garnered a significant audience during its first month on the air, particularly among the younger listeners sought by advertisers.

An analysis of recently released figures from Arbitron, the radio ratings service, showed that in New York Air America beat Rush Limbaugh's station among 25-to-54-year-olds during the period that Limbaugh and Al Franken, the host of the flagship show "The O'Franken Factor," go head-to-head.

I find it depressing that anyone listens to either of them.

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[storm1977 0]

Well, I am a staunch republican and I choose not to listen to the Rhetoric (sp) of RUSH.
I think most level headed Democrats don't listen to Franken either.



Chris

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[loumeinhart 0]

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WOW Air america is still on the air..... I am surprised the 2 people that listen to it is a large enough market to support that station.

cnn.com reports this:
Air America going Dark

[rushmc 18]

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>I am surprised the 2 people that listen to it is a large enough market to
>support that station.

In NY, apparently that's one more than listens to Rush:

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Franken factors in younger listeners
Air America radio network does well among group that advertisers covet

By John Cook
Tribune staff reporter
Published May 27, 2004

Despite ongoing financial woes, Air America Radio appears to have garnered a significant audience during its first month on the air, particularly among the younger listeners sought by advertisers.

An analysis of recently released figures from Arbitron, the radio ratings service, showed that in New York Air America beat Rush Limbaugh's station among 25-to-54-year-olds during the period that Limbaugh and Al Franken, the host of the flagship show "The O'Franken Factor," go head-to-head.

Wow, Franken won during the first month when he was new to the air

How about say, three months into the show. Got that data?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[rushmc 18]

Hate to respond twice to billvon (he hates that) but his misleading post needs to be addressed. (yes, another one)

I think Air Americal started in 05?

Link is from 06


http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6352

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In the Winter 2006 Arbitron ratings, Air America registered a lowly 1.0 share in Los Angeles, an even smaller share in Chicago, and a 0.8 share in New York; the latter figure represented a loss of nearly half the station's listenership since the previous ratings period.

Fun stuff huh billvon.........

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[jakee 1,255]

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I think Air Americal started in 05?

Do you?

Did you notice the date of the post you were replying to?

"" indeed.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rushmc 18]

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I think Air Americal started in 05?

Do you?

Did you notice the date of the post you were replying to?

"" indeed.

No, I didnt
and the ones I am currently reading are from 04

the articles I posted are from 05 or 06

But I see your point

someone brough the thread back

Still, it is very telling, dont you think???
Shows a very intersting level of desperation that existed even back then

Hell, your pointing that out to me makes this even more fun

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[jakee 1,255]

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Hell, your pointing that out to me makes this even more fun

It's fun for you to make non-sensical posts as a result of a complete lack of rudimentary fact checking?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rushmc 18]

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Hell, your pointing that out to me makes this even more fun

It's fun for you to make non-sensical posts as a result of a complete lack of rudimentary fact checking?

So I can assume you read the date posted of all the posts you read.

YYyyyyyaaaaaaa, right

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[jclalor 12]

Just curious if there is any position that Limbaugh has that you dont agree with?

[skycop 0]

Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Can you say see ya Air America...............

"Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

[rushmc 18]

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Just curious if there is any position that Limbaugh has that you dont agree with?

Yes at different levels
I would defend Franken against lies on his position just as I do Limbaugh (if I had ever listen to him)

Two things the left refuses to remember are the two main tenants of his show style

1) reflect or show or expose the absurd by being absurd and

2) throw the attitudes and topic style used by the left back at them

It works really well winding them up

After 20 years of listening to him off and on I know two things for sure

1) he is most defiantly NOT racist and

2) he wants all people to succeed (but now by sucking the government teat)

Now he has started his daily media tweaks (refer to the first enumerated points I made)

And they work really really well

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[jakee 1,255]

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So I can assume you read the date posted of all the posts you read.

Well, when the thread was started by a poster I know has been inactive since Bush's re-election then yeah, I usually do. When the posts in the thread contain quoted by-lines (that you yourself re-quoted yet still failed to notice) dated 6 years ago, then yeah, I usually do. It's called attention to detail, it takes seconds, and I'm starting to think that your lack of it explains a lot of the poorly researched opinions you post here...

Just to check, you do now understand that you were ragging on Bill for being "misleading" because of stuff that happened over a year after he posted some data that was current and correct at the time of posting, right?

Do you always get this defensive when someone points out a mistake to you? You must be a nightmare to work with.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[jakee 1,255]

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2) throw the attitudes and topic style used by the left back at them

Who on the left was using Limbaugh's style when he started? I thought this thread had well established that no-one wants to listen to angry left wing talk radio?

(Genuinely interested)

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[skycop 0]

Well, when the thread was started by a poster I know has been inactive since Bush's re-election

I miss Tunaplanet he was let's say, entertaing.

Maybe he was a current DZ.Com member's alter-ego.............

"Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

[RonD1120 58]

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Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Can you say see ya Air America...............

Announced this AM in Tampa.

Never listened to the station. I was always pissed that they trashed the name of a good air cargo airline.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[rushmc 18]

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So I can assume you read the date posted of all the posts you read.

Well, when the thread was started by a poster I know has been inactive since Bush's re-election then yeah, I usually do. When the posts in the thread contain quoted by-lines (that you yourself re-quoted yet still failed to notice) dated 6 years ago, then yeah, I usually do. It's called attention to detail, it takes seconds, and I'm starting to think that your lack of it explains a lot of the poorly researched opinions you post here...

Just to check, you do now understand that you were ragging on Bill for being "misleading" because of stuff that happened over a year after he posted some data that was current and correct at the time of posting, right?

Do you always get this defensive when someone points out a mistake to you? You must be a nightmare to work with.

Oh the assumptions

I cant even tell you who started it

Defensive?

Projecting again?



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"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln