.| UrbanNerd |.

In a sign of how desperate things are getting at Air America Radio they have decided to email listeners directly and ask for cash. When Air America first came out I tuned in to listen to them to see what kind of programming they would be running. I no longer listen because their programming absolutely sucks. They make no attempt to be entertaining; they just wish to espouse a viewpoint. A very extreme, left wing, radical viewpoint. Well here is my message to Air America: you are no NPR. Do you know why NPR can pitch directly to their listeners for money? Because they A) air high quality entertaining programming B) they don’t already saturate their airwaves with 20 minutes or more of commercials every hour AND C) NPR’s listener base actually is affluent enough that they have the money to give. The only folks listening to Air America at this point have to be the most left wing radical anti-establishment people you have ever met in your life. When was the last time one of these people actually had money to GIVE? They are too busy “fighting the system” to work with it long enough to make some dough. This is the same reason, incidentally, that they can’t make enough money from ad sales. Aside from low listenership, their demographics SUCK BIG TIME.

SO my message to Air America today is: I know NPR, I listen to NPR and you sir are no NPR. Stop your panhandling and go close up shop.