Whoops, did I say on the rise? Sorry I was thinking about something
else...

AIR AMERICA TUNED OUT?
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/60684.htm

AIR America is close to losing its New York flagship station - knocking
Al Franken and his liberal colleagues off the air on their second
anniversary.
The network has a two-year lease with WLIB (AM 1190) that is reportedly
set to expire April 1 - and at least one reliable report says it is
"extremely likely" the deal will not be renewed.

Losing its New York outlet would be a serious blow to the fledgling
liberal radio network. "Radio Equalizer" blogger Brian Maloney - who
blew the whistle on questionable loans to the lefty network last year -
published the first report that WLIB was on the verge of evicting Air
America some time soon.


Air America's options for a new home are not promising. All of the
city's other strong-signal stations are spoken for, leaving only
weak-signal "fringe" stations that do not cover the entire city and
suburbs.

Air America parent Piquant LLC has reportedly been paying Inner City
Broadcasting - controlled by former Manhattan Borough President Percy
Sutton and his son, Pierre - $2.5 million a year to air Franken and
others.

An Air America spokeswoman told The Post, "It's business as usual," and
declined further comment.

Air America got unwanted headlines last year when it was learned that
previous management had received what investigators called an
"inappropriate" $875,000 loan - since repaid - from a Bronx charity.

Calls to Inner City execs were not returned.