RFK JR: Air America Was More Popular Than Right-Wing Radio.. It Just Couldn't Get Corporate Sponsors.

[Valin]

Story Balloon:

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr joins Tavis Smiley on his PBS Whine-Fest to complain about how Air America failed even though it was ‘more popular’ than right-wing radio.. because it lacked corporate sponsorship.

(Snip)

It’s not as if it died because no one liked that hate-America, verbal fellatio for the Democrat party of a radio company.

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[nickydog]

What is wrong with RFK Jr.'s voice?

[Valin]

What is wrong with RFK Jr.'s voice?

 

 

Not a clue.

[pollyannaish]

So out of curiosity, what were the numbers for each? Why would someone say something so easily disproven?

[Argyle58]

What is wrong with RFK Jr.'s voice?

 

 

He has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia which causes involuntary spasms in the larynx, giving that breathless tone to his speech.

[Valin]

So out of curiosity, what were the numbers for each? Why would someone say something so easily disproven?

 

 

Google: air America radio Ratings

 

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PDF: Air America Radio is stuck in the ratings cellar

BY BETH GILLIN

Knight Ridder News Service

On March 31, 2004, Air America Radio, promoted as the liberal antidote to conservative-dominated talk radio, was launched with great

fanfare.

Air America's overall ratings, which rose initially after all the free publicity, faded before the November election and haven't recovered.

Still, it isn't yet time to call the coroner. "Air America is going to take a long time to grow ratings," said Michael Harrison, editor and

publisher of the trade publication Talkers magazine. "People unfamiliar with our industry think ratings are like box-office receipts. But they're

not. Radio ratings are slow to build.

"The network got an initial bump from the enormous amount of free press it got. There was a curiosity factor. Now, it is settling in."

Air America's programming is carried in part or in whole on 67 stations. Most are in smaller markets, such as Albuquerque, N.M., and

Albany, N.Y. (Locally, it airs on KTNF-AM, 950.) The flagship show, hosted by author, former "Saturday Night Live" writer/comic and

Minnesota native Al Franken, airs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.

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[octex]

Argyle58... Thanks for the info on his voice. I've seen him many times on various programs and just figured that some sane person had clocked him across his neck for being such a dork and spouting his BS.

 

Alternate theory of mine is that it was genetics. The Kennedys as a group seem to have had some physical and mental flaws shared by all of Joseph's kids. JMO

 

What is wrong with RFK Jr.'s voice?

 

 

He has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia which causes involuntary spasms in the larynx, giving that breathless tone to his speech.

[nickydog]

octex -- thanks for my first big laugh of the day! Your theories make good sense IMO.

[cudjo]

Octex -- thanks for explaining RFK Jr, to me he would be a jerk no matter what his voice sounds like

[NCTexan]

WARNING: Over indulgence in Liberal Kool Aid has been known to cause spasmodic dysphonia as well as severe cognitive disorders.