At noon today, I tried tuning in Al Franken on AirAmerica here in Chicago, 950AM, only to hear a Spanish-language broadcast. Depending on whom you believe, they're either broke or at least in serious conflict with Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Network, which owns the stations that had been airing Franken in Chicago and L.A.
If nothing else, what a missed opportunity for AirAmerica after the target-rich performance Bush gave last night in his disastrous press conference.
Posted by Vernam at April 14, 2004 04:29 PM | TrackBackDead Air, Day Two: Today at lunchtime, 950AM had what sounded like Vietnamese programming instead of the O'Franken Factor. Guess that's the No Franken Factor.
Assuming wacky conservatives even care enough to waste their breath (and we know they always do!), there's a scandal-in-waiting over why Air America -- prior to the current blackout -- had pushed aside such worthy multicultural programming. Doesn't sound very liberal, does it?
Posted by: VC at April 15, 2004 10:36 PMI agree. I have tuned in almost every day. A year ago, I would have dismissed most of it without consideration. It's not so easy now. Even though I am a huge O'reilly fan, I do enjoy the way Franken tweaks him.
Posted by: Olam at April 14, 2004 09:21 PM