Voting Station

Air America

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Radio Personality

The Resume

    (March 31, 2004-January 21, 2010)
    Born in United States
    American radio network dedicated to providing liberal/leftist radio programming
    On air radio personalities included; Randi Rhodes, Al Franken, Lionel, Ron Reagan Jr and Rachel Maddow

Why Air America might be annoying:

    Its ratings were abysmal almost everywhere it was broadcast. None of its stations were # 1 in their listening area and its ratings in Washington DC were so low that they were not even recorded.
    It lost an incredible amount of money, 19.5 million in 2005 alone.
    It lost its Chicago and Santa Monica stations two weeks into its existence when it bounced a 1 million check to them.
    Its CEO, Executive VP, Chairman and Vice-chairman were all fired barely a month into its existence.
    It was involved in a major criminal scandal when it was revealed that the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club in New York made it a 480,000 interest free loan from charitable/government contributions.
    It had a show about veganism and another dedicated to atheism.
    Amazingly its failure is being used to argue for the restoration of the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine' which would force radio stations to carry the very kind of programming that Air America failed to capture an audience with.

Why Air America might not be annoying:

    It had some individually popular shows.
    It started with over 100 stations, then the largest startup radio network in U.S. history.
    It did attempt to fill a genuine void in radio programming.
    The loan from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club was paid back in full.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 88.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 83 Votes: 54.22% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 42 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 66 Votes: 65.15% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 55 Votes: 70.91% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 35 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 175 Votes: 64.57% Annoying