tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post2051743729650606817..comments2023-10-23T16:12:01.685-05:00Comments on LTR - Watching Alternative Media for Five Years: Air America sold to New York real estate developer, Franken to leaveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-88868591482669952392007-01-30T08:40:00.000-06:002007-01-30T08:40:00.000-06:00Fair enough, LT...
Yes, Sheldon is an interested ...Fair enough, LT...<br /><br />Yes, Sheldon is an interested party in all this but I think he made some valid points, none the less. I take his personal comments about Rob Glaser and the former AAR board with a huge grain of salt, but the landscape of progressive talk has changed in the past few months. Steph and Ed have continued to pick up steam. Ed moves to noon (and now Franken vacates). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-70622727624509121012007-01-30T08:28:00.000-06:002007-01-30T08:28:00.000-06:00First off, everyone needs to leave the message boa...First off, everyone needs to leave the message board shit back where it belongs. This isn't a bitch board. And I could care less about what's going on at other sites. Any more of this nonsense and I start crackin' skulls and deleting comments. Keep it all on topic, and stop the flaming.<br /><br />Okay, got your attention? Cool.<br /><br />And the name's LTR here, bubba! Don't wear it out. Just ltrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543747185734895102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-68468060050828972802007-01-30T07:50:00.000-06:002007-01-30T07:50:00.000-06:00Fighting Irish has provided a link to a very inter...Fighting Irish has provided a link to a very interesting column by Sheldon Drobny. One especially pertinent observation:<br /><i>The real question is what is there left to acquire besides the AAR studio and equipment? The value of a team is based primarily on the player contracts. This is not a sports franchise that has lots of intrinsic value. Without a good team of hosts, AAR has little if anyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-59910489172028177102007-01-29T21:26:00.000-06:002007-01-29T21:26:00.000-06:00Emacee has made Air America-bashing on the Interne...Emacee has made Air America-bashing on the Internet almost a full-time job, using a variety of screen names including Mike Carr, Merriam Webster, MWebster, NWebster, Birkenstock, and Fred Flintstone. One has to wonder where all this animosity came from and why he spends so much time on his little crusade.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125309767467963407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-67125886976263395712007-01-29T19:23:00.000-06:002007-01-29T19:23:00.000-06:00While I.E. America did have some good hosts, such ...While I.E. America did have some good hosts, such as Malloy, Werbe, Hartmann, etc., their schedule was cluttered with advice shows and shows about gardening, pets and car repair. Of course, those were the shows on I.E. that had the most affiliates.<br /><br />As far as deep pocketed guys with no experience in radio, well, look who's buying Clear Channel - venture capital firms. Think they know ltrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543747185734895102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-32472498138468592082007-01-29T18:54:00.000-06:002007-01-29T18:54:00.000-06:00> Regardless, the Greens will need
> more than id...> Regardless, the Greens will need <br />> more than ideology and money to <br />> make it work. I would suggest <br />> getting people with radio <br />> experience involved in some of the <br />> decision making.<br /><br />Amen!<br /><br />> Mark is a veteran politician <br />> who's had lots of experience <br />> dealing with the media and <br />> sounded like he knew what he was > doing whenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-32697823772097641782007-01-29T17:32:00.000-06:002007-01-29T17:32:00.000-06:00"As I recall, Morning Sedition did well in the mar..."As I recall, Morning Sedition did well in the markets that it was in."<br /><br />What markets were those? I don't know of ANY where it did "well." And I doubt that Steve Green will get involved with running AAR, although Mark Green almost certainly will. Mark is a veteran politician who's had lots of experience dealing with the media and sounded like he knew what he was doing when he subbed forNYLeftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617605999507417742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-32265242891673551732007-01-29T15:13:00.000-06:002007-01-29T15:13:00.000-06:00This is good news for AAR, and I think that we wil...This is good news for AAR, and I think that we will see some changes in the AAR lineup. Thom Hartmann will find that he will be in a sharp competition with Ed Schultz, but both hosts have their strong points. The Greens will have to try to convince affiliates that AAR will be around.<br /><br />I fail to see why some consider Marc Maron to be dead wood, when Morning Sedition was eliminated due will_in_chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468337654400802576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-41569212758337021072007-01-29T15:11:00.000-06:002007-01-29T15:11:00.000-06:00OK, Emacee, admit it. You're really Danny Goldber...OK, Emacee, admit it. You're really Danny Goldberg, right?Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865082576641051315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-51295773327393719952007-01-29T13:50:00.000-06:002007-01-29T13:50:00.000-06:00The big question is: How many stations will clear ...The big question is: How many stations will clear Hartmann? With Franken leaving - and the number one liberal talk host feeding his show live in the spot - the midday daypart is completely up for grabs. Jones syndication reps will be pitching hard for Big Ed, with all sorts of charts and graphs to document his track record. <br /><br />On top of that, station owners may be reluctant to put tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-57034614681284704542007-01-29T13:13:00.000-06:002007-01-29T13:13:00.000-06:00I think AAR made a wise choice with the Greens. Th...I think AAR made a wise choice with the Greens. They definitely have the backing and the business saavy. The Frenches scared me, as their TV operation looks a bit shakey. <br /><br />And I'm not sure if the other rumored buyers had the financial backing for it.<br /><br />I do wonder, however, who the key minority investors will be. <br /><br />Regardless, the Greens will need more than ideology ltrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543747185734895102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-73071957300485316512007-01-29T13:03:00.000-06:002007-01-29T13:03:00.000-06:00The Greens are buying the network, not "the French...The Greens are buying the network, not "the Frenches." If Maron wants to return to AAR he'll have to convince the new owners, not wanabee owners who were outbid.NYLeftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617605999507417742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-79670836457948069172007-01-29T12:16:00.000-06:002007-01-29T12:16:00.000-06:00In your recent post about the Frenchs you mentione...In your recent post about the Frenchs you mentioned that Marc Maron was in talks with them about returning. I know Mark Green was a frequent guest on Maron's show - do you think Maron will be back at Air America now? <br /><br />I'm beting he gets the 9 til noon slot replacing Seder, and Seder will go back to evenings on Majority Report. <br /><br />Turks are ok on morning drive for me but Subliminal Eroticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082010441376736679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-66744596344975907592007-01-29T12:01:00.000-06:002007-01-29T12:01:00.000-06:00Air America has a press release about the sale at:...Air America has a press release about the sale at:<br /> <br />http://www.airamerica.com/press<br /><br />I suspect that Mark Green will take an active role in running Air America. He sounded pretty good when he filled in for David Bender earlier this month.NYLeftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617605999507417742noreply@blogger.com