The Other (Air) America

[Michael Costello]

Looking at the http://www.airamericaradio.com site, I see they have stations in

New York - WLIB 1190 AM
Los Angeles - KBLA 1580 AM
Chicago - WNTD 950 AM
Portland, OR- KPOJ 620 AM
Inland Empire, CA- KCAA 1050 AM
Minneapolis MN - WMNN 1330AM

as well as

XM Satellite Radio - Channel 167

I want to note that there has been a viewer-funded national radio network that has been around for many years, which has shows by Amy Goodman and other people, Pacifica

http://pacifica.org/stations
KPFA (94.1 FM in Berkeley),
KPFK (90.7 FM in Los Angeles),
KPFT (90.1 FM in Houston),
WBAI (99.5 FM in New York) and
WPFW (89.3 FM in Washington DC)

which also has some really great affiliate and associate stations
http://www.pacifica.org/stations/affiliates

I guess Pacifica and Air America compete in LA and in New York (where I live). I don't think this is a big deal - there are shows I like on WBAI (the local Pacifica station) and ones I don't care for as much, so it would only be a problem if I liked two shows at the same time. Then I guess it would depend on who had the better topic/guest/whatever.

Pacifica is pretty left-wing - one one visit to WBAI in New York, I saw they had two computers in a room, one called Shehu and the other Hoxha. It will be interesting to see how Air America affects Pacifica (and vice versa).

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. We get Amy Goodman here in Maine on WERU

I don't catch her shows often, though. :(

[ronnykmarshall]

2. I listen to KPFK

I'll still listen to them as well as KBLA (Air America).

[Thrill]

3. Why no stations is FL and OH

[Kool Kitty]

4. I love WBAI.

Today, I wanted to listen to Air America. This morning, right before Amy's show, they were talking about how angry people were that WLIB was being taken over by AA. WLIB was mostly West Indies/Caribbean content. (I loved their music.)

[absyntheNsugar]

5. Used to listen to KPFA

But became really angry at them when they drank Nader's KoolAid during the 2000 election.

[salvorhardin]

6. Jim Freund

I love Hour of the Wolf on WBAI.

That being said, I don't really see Air America and Pacifica competing, especially as Pacifica is listener sponsored while Air America is commercial.

[absyntheNsugar]

8. Yes...Pacifica is more of a competitor to NPR

Although NPR is, by and large, more factual.

For example: Pacifica bought the whole "innocent Mummia" line hook, line and sinker.

[cprise]

7. Pacifica?

You want to bore DUers with facts?

;)