The ill-conceived Liberal talk radio project continues to bleed out.

Now Santa Cruz, CA joins the list of ex-Air America stations.

The left-leaning radio network, aimed at taking on Rush Limbaugh and other conservative talk shows, debuted on Central Coast airwaves in July 2005, but local advertisers never bought in, [KOMY 1340 AM] station owner Michael Zwerling said.

"We didn't sell a single ad in a year and a half," Zwerling said Thursday. "I thought liberal radio would work as a viable advertising business in the most liberal town in America. I was wrong"

Santa Cruz isn't the only place Air America has problems. The network is struggling nationwide and filed for bankruptcy four months ago.

Limbaugh is a major moneymaker for the station, Zwerling said, and his show pulls the highest ratings of any program on KSCO or KOMY.

However, in Santa Cruz, where the vast majority of registered voters are Democrats and voted for Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, Zwerling wanted to give listeners a program that better plays to their political beliefs.

Um. Actually, no.

"It's an angry, nasty, pissing and moaning format where the only thing they say is 'Bush stinks' or 'Bush is bad'," [Zwerling] said. "No commercial advertiser wants to be associated with that"

Taking Air America's place is oldies music — artists such as Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Chuck Berry and The Platters — with local, live disc jockeys.

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Because "dissent is patriotic".

An absolute must-read from Greg Gutfeld.

Are you a patriotic terrorist?

If you are intensely critical of the US, while tolerating homicidal enemies who condemn everything you previously claimed you are for - human rights, voting rights, gay rights, women's rights, porn - then you're a patriotic terrorist.

If you talk about tolerance constantly - and hilariously tolerate genocide and suicide bombers because those actions undermine your more intimate opposition, the American right - then you're a patriotic terrorist.

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1 Does it say anything in there about "patriotic" slogan-toting jackasses? All killing is wrong (most sane people know that) and your overly entitled view of (y)our place in the world (and that of the idiot this quote is attributed to) is a sad, sick, unfunny joke with no end in sight. Cheer up and stop being such a douchebag, robot.

Posted by: burp... at January 27, 2007 02:29 PM (BLi+7)

2 My above comment was entirely too negative and mean spirited. That's NOT to say that a bullshit sense of entitlement is not (in my view) what's destroying humanity - but I should really try to focus on getting my own shit in order instead of pointing fingers. Best of luck.

Posted by: burp... at January 27, 2007 02:33 PM (BLi+7)

3 Have you considered getting some therapy?

Posted by: Gary at January 27, 2007 08:52 PM (cDogT)

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