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

To: American Spirit who wrote (427)	5/21/2006 3:03:19 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1513

LA is Air America's longest running market, yet they can only manage a 1.0 share. But, facts don't matter to you.

To: American Spirit who wrote (427)	5/21/2006 3:18:04 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1513

Air America was barred from LA when the rightwing corporate media blocked them access. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about Err America's origins: Two weeks after its debut, Air America Radio was pulled off the air by the owner of two stations that the network had licensed in Chicago and Santa Monica, California. This was due to a contract dispute between Air America and the stations' owner, Multicultural Radio Broadcasting. Air America alleges Multicultural Radio may have sold time on their Los Angeles station to them and another party, and stopped payment on checks to them while they investigated. Multicultural Radio alleges that Air America bounced a check and owes $1 million. Air America Radio filed a complaint in New York Supreme Court, charging breach of contract and was granted an injunction to restore the network on WNTD-AM in Chicago. On April 20, the network announced the dispute had been settled, and Air America's last day of broadcast on WNTD was April 30. The New York Supreme Court ultimately concluded that the injunction was improvidently entered and that Air America Radio's court action was without merit, dismissing Air America's complaint and awarding over $250,000 in damages and attorneys' fees to Multicultural. [5] According to a subsequent lawsuit filed by Multicultural, Air America Radio never paid the sums ordered by the court. Looks to me like Err America didn't honor its obligations. Then again, in your mind, everything is a vast right wing consipiracy.