The progressive talk radio network, which had experienced management and money problems all throughout its six years of operation, not to mention constant losing of its stars to other venues (Rachel Maddow to MSNBC, Al Franken to the U.S. Senate, Randi Rhodes to another syndicator after she allegedly made a death threat), not to mention a target audience that may not feel the need to have a host tell them what to think (unlike conservatives), shut down live programming after almost six years of operations this afternoon and will shut down for good on Monday--they are filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy by the end of the week (after being in Chapter 11 in 2006):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012103868.html?hpid=topnews Those who celebrated the Massachusetts senatorial win this week may celebrate this, but despite the failure of AA, it still showed that commercial progressive talk radio is feasible (as Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller, Rhodes and Thom Hartmann will concur) and it may also have set the stage for Keith Olbermann and Maddow's arguably more effective television programs. Most likely, the more-left-of-center will just go back to listening to NPR and one or two of the commercial talk shows and the more radical who saw AA as capitalist drivel will keep listening to Amy Goodman as they always have. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
