Air America Edit Meaning

1.

Talk radio network and syndicator appealing to "progressives"

aka liberals. When founded in 2004, it was said it would

spread to about 600 radio stations (like Rush Limbaugh) but for the most part it has failed. Reasons include weak signals,

the inability to feature local hosts, strident hosts who

favor a political agenda over entertaining talk, and an anti- big business attitude that drives away advertisers. Some feel it shoots for the far left and drives away moderates or conservatives.

Many Air America stations have changed to more profitable

formats such as sports. Several petition drives have

attempted to resurrect the format in cities such as Boston,

Akron, New Haven, Dallas, and Sacramento. The only successful effort so far was a Madison station that

decided against switching to sports.

Some feel the Fairness Doctrine should be brought back

to help liberal talk radio, but this is basically a gutting of freedom of the press. Conservatives feel talk radio

should succeed on demand, talent, and the free market

rather than through government force.

Boston lost its two Air America stations due to low ratings

and low ad billing, which is shocking given the predominance

of liberals and Democrats in the area.

See talk, radio, liberals, franken

2.

A liberal radio network trying to do on commercial radio what NPR( National Peoplesrepublic Radio) has been doing on the non-commercial end of the FM spectrum since the early 1970's. Ironically, "Air America" has also been the name of the CIA's (Central Intelligence Agency) private airline since 1959.

"Is Air America still around?"

"Which 'Air America' are you talking about?"

See liberal, liberal bias, moonbat, propaganda, traitor

3.

Soon to be bankrupt, liberal propaganda radio network, featuring talentless hacks suck as Al Franken and Randi Rhodes.

"Only tin-foil hat wearing leftist conspiracy theorists take anything said on Air America seriously."

See air america