WHLD/Buffalo will become an AAR affiliate next month

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Linked from my own blog:

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2005/12/aar-to-add-buffalo-and-orlando.html

Air America recently added Thom Hartmann's affiliates to their station roster, and now their top-of-page banner states that two stations will become affiliates in the new year.

They are:

Buffalo, NY - WHLD 1270AM
Orlando, FL - WEUS 810AM

WHLD (licensed to Niagra Falls) will pick up AAR programming in January, with WEUS (which is currently off the air with a pending sign-on date) following in February. WHLD is owned by Citadel, which is a fairly large radio group that owns no other progressive talkers. WEUS is independently owned, as far as can be determined.

In related news, Air America is currently negotiating with an [link:clnlb.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?NoCache=1&Dato=20051130&Kategori=TPACOVER&Lopenr=511300394&Ref=AR|unnamed station in the Tampa Bay area. No word on what station it is at this time (though some speculation points to 1010AM). Tampa is currently the #19 market in the country.

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1. Looks like it won't happen

WHLD, as it turns out, was put up on AAR's site in error.

I have updated the blog entry.

WHLD will still air Democracy Now and other shows, as they are brokered.