May 7, 2004

Air America Radio Chairman Resigns

From Yahoo/AP: bq. The chairman and vice chairman of Air America Radio have resigned, dealing the latest setback to the fledgling liberal radio network headlined by comedian and author Al Franken. bq. The departures of Evan Cohen and his investment partner Rex Sorensen came just one week after the company said that co-founder Mark Walsh had stepped down as CEO to take a smaller role at the company. Last week the company also said it had forced out David Logan as head of programming. Chairman and investment partner... Wonder if they know something that we don't. I'm thinking about the bounced checks. It is funny that "conservative radio" has spontaneously grown to where there are lots of on-air personalities covering a broad spectrum of thought whereas "liberal radio" has to have people pay its way up front. UPDATE: Misha has more: bq. The company also failed to make its scheduled payroll, leaving its staff roughly 100 radio personalities, writers, and producers unpaid until Thursday. Classic... As Misha says: bq. ...watching those twits tripping over their own feet as they try to apply their non-existent knowledge of the free market to the real world - now THAT'S comedy gold! Posted by DaveH at May 7, 2004 10:55 AM