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Politics : Err America: They Report, They Decide -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (364)	5/19/2006 11:45:53 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1513

To AS, facts are a mere nuisance, to be swatted away like flies on a hot summer day.

To: Bill who wrote (364)	5/19/2006 2:57:01 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1513

The big difference between Err America and Rush is they are looking for a liberal Rush. Leftists love to decry Rush as a conservative, but if you listen to him long enough you realize that he is not that conservative in his statements on air. He spends a lot of time catering to liberals. In true conservative fashion his goal is profit, and running off half the potential audience would be bad for it. Rush may be a died in the wool conservative, but on air he mixes conservatism with moderation. Err America on the other hand has no illusions of serving the rightmost 90% of the audience.

To: Bill who wrote (364)	5/19/2006 7:17:16 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1513

Air America Ratings A Mixed Bag Al Franken, host of Air America Radio's flagship program, The Al Franken Show. Air America affiliates have performed well in some markets and poorly in others. In Arbitron's Winter 2006 ratings book, the most recent available as of May 2006, ratings at Air America stations nationwide average about a 1.2 share in markets for which Arbitron reports results four times a year (although this reflects the ratings received by each station as a whole, including any non-AAR programming stations carry between 6 a.m. and midnight as well). Some of the network's highest ratings coming from stations in Portland, Oregon (where station KPOJ ranks second among AM stations and sixth overall); Seattle, Washington; and Madison, Wisconsin. Markets where AAR stations have performed poorly relative to the competition include Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Washington, DC. Unsurprisingly, Air America stations tend to perform well in college towns and large cities with culturally liberal reputations, particularly on or near the West Coast. (* This is not bad at all for a fledgling network with no major corporate money behind it.)