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Air America Radio closing, filing for bankruptcy – AP

Jacob Laksin Posted by Jacob Laksin on Jan 22nd, 2010 and filed under Political News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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LOS ANGELES – Air America Radio, a radio network that was launched in 2004 as a liberal alternative to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative commentators, on Thursday shut down abruptly due to financial woes.

The network once boasted hosts such as Al Franken and Rachel Maddow, but struggled from the outset, including multiple management shake-ups, a bankruptcy in 2006 and sale for $4.25 million the following year.

Air America ceased airing new programs Thursday afternoon and said it will soon file to be liquidated under Chapter 7 bankruptcy. It began broadcasting reruns of programs and would end those as well Monday night.

“The very difficult economic environment has had a significant impact on Air America’s business. This past year has seen a `perfect storm’ in the media industry generally,” the company said in a statement on its Web site.

via Air America Radio closing, filing for bankruptcy – Yahoo! News.

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    2 Responses for “Air America Radio closing, filing for bankruptcy – AP”

    1. If the Dems had won in Mass. perhaps a bailout from their associates in Washington would be forthcoming, but, I doubt if they'd be that dumb, now.

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