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Article: Air America deflated; Liberal talk radio fails to live up to pre-debut hype.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Byline: Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When Air America Radio (AAR) went on the air in March 2004, newspapers, magazines and network TV celebrated the liberal radio network in cover stories, on the front page, and in glowing features.
The network's star - former "Saturday Night Live" funnyman Al Franken - was feted by the New York Times as Air America's "big gun in the noon-to-3-p.m. slot going up against his old nemesis, Rush Limbaugh."
Now, nearly 18 months later, the network's ratings remain low. AAR's former boss has been accused of swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a social service agency for poor children. And a ...