Re: [Swprograms] OT: Sirius -- so long, Air America

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I happen to agree with that cynic.

John Figliozzi

On Jul 12, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> I hadn't thought of them -- since Pacifica isn't exclusively a "talk"
> network -- but that's not a bad bet.
>
> XM had announced an exclusive deal with Air America a few months back
> -- and it finally kicked in.
>
> /cynic on
>
> What I find somewhat ironic is that I'd think a liberal-oriented
> network would -- by definition -- eschew a commercially exclusive
> deal.  That would run counter to the populist undercurrent of Air
> America Radio.
>
> But no, their pursuit of the almighty greenback got in the way of
> making business judgements consistent with the populist theme of the
> network.
>
> /cynic off  8-)
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
>
>
> On 7/12/05, ulis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ulis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm not surprised since XM re-named their America Left channel Air 
>> America exclusively.  My bet if they are going to continue with same 
>> semi themed type programming, I would put my chips on Pacifica 
>> getting the slot.
>
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