Air America crash lands? Not quite

Say it ain't so, Air America Radio. The fledgling left-wing liberal radio network has declared bankruptcy. It really comes as no surprise, since there have been rumors of financial trouble since before it even went on the air in March 2004.

It's too bad, because if the company was run right, I'm sure it could be a success, and it may end up being one after it emerges from bankruptcy proceedings.

One could easily argue that there certainly is a market for a liberal slate of radio programs. After all, over 50 million people voted for John Kerry (or should I say against President Bush) in the last presidential election, so one would think that a majority of those people would be interested in that political point of view.

I hope the network gets its act together. I'm a paid subscriber for its podcasts. Of course, I'd enjoy listening to the show live on satellite radio, but Air America opted to go with the inferior company, XM Radio. If memory serves me correctly, Air America was initially on XM and Sirius. Going to Sirius would be a good start, since that company is on its way up, and XM is going in the other direction.

I'm not exactly fretting over this news, or fearing that AAR will go out of business. After all, Fox News Channel lost an average of $90 million a year for about five years before it became profitable. It's just that Rupert Murdoch has pockets that are, ahem, just a bit deeper than AAR.

Liberal Stephanie Miller appeared on Howard Kurtz's CNN show Reliable Sources recently to discuss AAR's fate. Take a listen...



Get it together, Air America. We need liberal voices in the media like never before, with the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Lielly, Ann Coulter and the rest of the lying, distorting, radical religious right conservative scum distorting, lying and bullying their way to power. With a little luck, in about two weeks, part of the GOP power will be eroded.