Air America

[SteveOrdinetz]

Donna Halper wrote:
>How do you think the election results will affect Air America?  I believe 
>the fledgeling network was on too few stations, most of which had weak 
>signals, to make much of a difference in the recent elections.  But given 
>that 9 of the top 10 radio talk shows are done by conservatives, do you 
>foresee some growth for Air America now as the "loyal opposition"?  Like 
>it or not, this was a very polarizing campaign and the end result was 
>still fairly close-- 51 to 49% I believe.  Can Air America be the voice of 
>that 49% and be successful, or as in the past, do you expect so-called 
>liberal talk shows to fail?

I agree with the other posters.  AA has to move beyond being merely the 
"Bush sucks" network, and develop itself into a network providing 
entertaining talk hosts who just happen to see things a bit differently 
than most current syndicated talk hosts do.  A one-trick pony ain't gonna 
cut it.   If AA steps back, tones down the shrill rhetoric a bit and 
develops a solid line-up of talk hosts (maybe even cut back from trying to 
provide 18 hr/day temporarily) there's no reason they can't succeed.