Air America gets new owner

[FightingIrish]

Charlie Kireker, a former political official and creator of Pendulum Media, will succeed Stephen L. Green, the New York real estate CEO who helped lift the company out of bankruptcy, as chair of the board.

Mark Green will remain as Air America's president.

No programming changes will take place at this time.

Stephen Green is more of a real estate guy than radio guy, and wanted to hand over the reigns to someone else.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/21/air-america-is-changing-o_n_87765.html


I'll post more about it on my own blog:

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2008/02/air-america-gets-new-owner.html

 

[ajhenderson]

It's about time. I heard from someone that Roseanne Barr is filling in on Clout this week? I guess it couldn't have gotten any worse anyway.

 

[FightingIrish]

It's about time. I heard from someone that Roseanne Barr is filling in on Clout this week? I guess it couldn't have gotten any worse anyway.

Well, she did have her own radio show once.

 

[ajhenderson]

Yes, for about two months, that she paid for, and it sounded awful.

 

[cee]

IMHO it would be better if Jones Radio acquired AA. They are radio people and know what they doing. Ed and Stephanie - need I say more?

 

[DaleGriffin]

Air America, one of the country's more powerful radio networks and a major progressive megaphone, is switching ownership.

That was all I needed to read to realize that first link was way off.

 

[SeanMGilbow]

IMHO it would be better if Jones Radio acquired AA. They are radio people and know what they doing. Ed and Stephanie - need I say more?

Let's not forget Bill Press.

 

[FreddyE1977]

owned by a little old lady who never drove it over 0.7