Air America playbook

[Radio_Realist]

As for two markets where a petition helped save the format, I'll give you Madison and Portland, ME, where in 2004 WLVP was indeed saved by its listeners (they had planned a flip to sports). To this day, they're still carrying the format.

There you go. There's proof that this wasn't the first time a station pretended they were switching formats to generate publicity.

 

[FightingIrish]

Your post makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It seems that the AP article agrees with what myself and Baroosk have been saying, and disagree with you.

You're the one with the wild-eyed conspiracy theories about "it was all a stunt". Hmmm... didn't see that in the AP article.

Face it, you were proven wrong.

FI,
Unlike you, I can and do admit when I am proven 'wrong'. Read carefully through all the posts, and not through your 'filter', and you can see plenty of examples where I conceed if I am not right.

Step away from the 'Nog, and read mt original post, that started this thread:

"I do not believe CC used this as a 'stunt'. I think maybe they felt that Air America had a shot at getting on another freq in thier market, and since they weren't losing $$$, they decided to cancel the flip."

Get it? I am not the one with 'conspiracy theories', ok?

How can I make it any simpler? Here's what I believe, try to read a little slower this time:

I don't believe the 'petitions' had any effect on the decision to keep AAR, rather, the possibility of them getting on another station and competing directly is what moved the corporate wheels. How do I base my concept? In 2 different markets ( Atlanta and Boston ) there was a concerted effort at a 'petition' to save AAR, and it failed. What makes this scenario different? The AP quotes the organizer that said "..she had shifted her focus to other options, such as trying to buy a new station."

Why is that so hard for you to comprehend?

Please provide me 2 scenarios where some lame 'petition' saved an AAR flip, and I will conceed that these ridiculous 'petitions' are, in fact, beneficial. :

How about two grassroots drives that got stations to pick up AAR programming?

St. Louis:

http://progressivetalk.org/

Iowa City:

http://www.petitiononline.com/icradio/petition.html

 

[evnlee]

Your post makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It seems that the AP article agrees with what myself and Baroosk have been saying, and disagree with you.

You're the one with the wild-eyed conspiracy theories about "it was all a stunt". Hmmm... didn't see that in the AP article.

Face it, you were proven wrong.

FI,
Unlike you, I can and do admit when I am proven 'wrong'. Read carefully through all the posts, and not through your 'filter', and you can see plenty of examples where I conceed if I am not right.

Step away from the 'Nog, and read mt original post, that started this thread:

"I do not believe CC used this as a 'stunt'. I think maybe they felt that Air America had a shot at getting on another freq in thier market, and since they weren't losing $$$, they decided to cancel the flip."

Get it? I am not the one with 'conspiracy theories', ok?

How can I make it any simpler? Here's what I believe, try to read a little slower this time:

I don't believe the 'petitions' had any effect on the decision to keep AAR, rather, the possibility of them getting on another station and competing directly is what moved the corporate wheels. How do I base my concept? In 2 different markets ( Atlanta and Boston ) there was a concerted effort at a 'petition' to save AAR, and it failed. What makes this scenario different? The AP quotes the organizer that said "..she had shifted her focus to other options, such as trying to buy a new station."

Why is that so hard for you to comprehend?

Please provide me 2 scenarios where some lame 'petition' saved an AAR flip, and I will conceed that these ridiculous 'petitions' are, in fact, beneficial. :

How about two grassroots drives that got stations to pick up AAR programming?

St. Louis:

http://progressivetalk.org/

Iowa City:

http://www.petitiononline.com/icradio/petition.html

fair enough.

However, my point was that petitions couldn't help an existing AAR affiliate.

Looks like AAR just lost Columbus, Ohio, let's see if a 'petition' can work here. FI, I'll help you out:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/create.html

this is a perfect opportunity me wrong. Or, you can wait until Feb 6th, when Franken will exit Atlanta's airwaves. Oh wait, they already had a petition and it did not work. huh.