I just read in the Inky that Air America Radio's last day on WHAT 1340 AM will be tomorrow. The Al Franken Show [Noon-3p] and The Randi Rhodes Show [3p-7p] have not been doing too well in their year in the Philadephia market.
An Air America spokesman said: "While we hate to lose affiliates, it is very common to add and drop affiliates due to local market conditions. While we hate to lose WHAT-AM, we are currently in negotiations with another station and hope to make that announcement soon."
I must say that the signal is for shit. Absolute shit. I listen to it solely via the Real stream from their website. I listen to it at work all day and when I get home for a couple of hours. The people I know here in Philly who listen to Air America Radio all listen to it via a stream or downloaded and listened to ad-free on their iPods.
I'm sad to see them leave the airwaves here, but maybe they'll be back in a different station with a better signal and a fuller lineup. I think that Al and Randi are good examples of what the network has to offer, but they do not represent the full gamut.
Air America Radio has grown from an initial five stations on March 31, 2004 to seventy stations today [sixty-nine as of Saturday the 1st].
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