Thursday, April 15, 2004
part of a story from yahoo! news (regarding the franken fest):
Air America, for its part, filed suit against Multicultural Wednesday in New York state Supreme Court, charging it with breach of contract and seeking an injunction forcing Air America back on the Chicago station.
"MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting's conduct in this matter has been disgraceful," said Evan Cohen, Air America Radio chairman in a statement posted on the network's website Thursday.
"To shut off a broadcast that listeners rely on without warning and in the middle of discussions is the height of irresponsibility and a slap in the face of the media industry."
Executives for the fledgling network say they have withheld payment for air time they purchased in Los Angeles in February, prior to its March launch.
They contend that Multicultural re-sold that airtime to third parties, essentially "double-dipping," and that the network should be credited for that block of time.
The network has also used its remaining radio stations in New York, Minneapolis, Portland, Oregon, and its website as platforms to attack Multicultural and its owner Arthur Liu.
Jean Heinemeyer, general manager of Multicultural's New York station, said the station has been flooded with calls from irate Air America listeners over the past 36 hours.
And he lashed out at a tongue-in-cheek Air America "press release" in which the network was going to resolve the matter, vigilante-style, by putting a crowbar to Liu's head.
"It's more than sophomoric," said Heinemeyer. "It's disgusting and frightening."
The release was removed from the site Thursday.
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first of all, i can't imagine that they really have to worry at this point about too many listeners who 'rely on' the program. second of all, the 'media industry' could stand to get slapped in the face a few times if it would get the 'industry' to actually do its job (though i won't hold my breath). third of all: what?!? people who listen to air america's programming are actually IRATE? i can't believe it!
but threats of crowbar violence should do wonders to heighten the level of discourse in this country, i'm sure. way to go, guys.
Air America, for its part, filed suit against Multicultural Wednesday in New York state Supreme Court, charging it with breach of contract and seeking an injunction forcing Air America back on the Chicago station.
"MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting's conduct in this matter has been disgraceful," said Evan Cohen, Air America Radio chairman in a statement posted on the network's website Thursday.
"To shut off a broadcast that listeners rely on without warning and in the middle of discussions is the height of irresponsibility and a slap in the face of the media industry."
Executives for the fledgling network say they have withheld payment for air time they purchased in Los Angeles in February, prior to its March launch.
They contend that Multicultural re-sold that airtime to third parties, essentially "double-dipping," and that the network should be credited for that block of time.
The network has also used its remaining radio stations in New York, Minneapolis, Portland, Oregon, and its website as platforms to attack Multicultural and its owner Arthur Liu.
Jean Heinemeyer, general manager of Multicultural's New York station, said the station has been flooded with calls from irate Air America listeners over the past 36 hours.
And he lashed out at a tongue-in-cheek Air America "press release" in which the network was going to resolve the matter, vigilante-style, by putting a crowbar to Liu's head.
"It's more than sophomoric," said Heinemeyer. "It's disgusting and frightening."
The release was removed from the site Thursday.
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first of all, i can't imagine that they really have to worry at this point about too many listeners who 'rely on' the program. second of all, the 'media industry' could stand to get slapped in the face a few times if it would get the 'industry' to actually do its job (though i won't hold my breath). third of all: what?!? people who listen to air america's programming are actually IRATE? i can't believe it!
but threats of crowbar violence should do wonders to heighten the level of discourse in this country, i'm sure. way to go, guys.
