Old Weird Ward
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Monday, April 12, 2004
- - - - - "Air America" and Hype - - - - -
The original Air America plan was to buy radio stations. That's right, buy 'em outright. Those plans changed when reality hit.
But, Air America IS on the air.
And, after all the hype, in their five markets, they have about 700,000 listeners. (In my estimate, I counted the smallest measured station twice, to arrive at an estimate. I think I was being generous.)
In all the running around I do here in SE Georgia, I get to listen to Neal Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, and Sean Hannity. And while these guys are entertaining, they tend to the same point of view.
In other words, I want to hear left-wing nutsos going head-to-head with the right-wing nutsos. I want these guys to succeed. But, they are not going to make a difference in this election. And I can't hear them here.
See the story HERE.
All the broadcast outlets are AM stations, and in the past all have been rated near the bottom in their respective markets. According to published ratings from Arbitron, the company that measures radio audiences, WLIB was ranked 25th (out of 38 stations measured) in the New York market in the last quarter. KBLA, which broadcast Spanish-language programming before switching to Air America, was ranked 38th (out of 51 stations measured) in Los Angeles. WNTD, which also broadcast in Spanish, was rated 36th (out of 43 stations measured) in Chicago. KPOJ was rated 25th (out of 28 stations measured) in Portland. And KCAA did not have ratings high enough to be measured.
- - - - - Self Defense is Illegal? - - - - -
If true, THIS is disgusting. Once upon a time, it was expected that anyone could, legally, defend themselves. But not now. Oh, no! You must allow yourself to be beaten, get your teeth knocked out, and THEN, maybe, the administration of the school might do something about it.
Yeah. Right. I wouldn't bet on it.
Parents expect their kids to be safe when they're in school. But one mother says that wasn't the case at Savannah High School. A few weeks ago, her son was in the cafeteria when kids came onto school grounds and attacked him. And her son was suspended for defending himself.
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