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...markets (L.A. is back, Chicago still MIA). It has added Sirius Satellite Radio to its original XM satellite connection. In February, AAR inked a deal with industry behemoth Clear Channel, which put the network back in L.A., and which plans to bring the Air America format to 25 of its lower-rated AM affiliates...
...Clear Channel, a major funder of Bush and the Republicans, isn't a liberal philanthropy. It's picking up "progressive radio" because this is the fastest growing format in the country; and that is because Air America has proved it attracts listeners and advertisers. From an original audience of 120,000, the network more than tripled to 400,000 within three months, and now, according to the latest Arbitron ratings, reaches 2.137 million listeners a week, with 129,900 tuning in for the average quarter hour. Now and again, at least in New York City, Franken's midday show...
...Other stats are encouraging and amusing. Ratings show a younger, more diverse audience. "The average talk-radio listener is 60 years old, but the average Air America listener is 48," Sinton told Carolina, adding that during nighttime programming, "in a format that is generally two-thirds male and one third female, Air America is 52/48. We are almost precisely evenly balanced between men and women." The network is also doing well in terms of brand recognition. A study issued last month by the consulting firm Paragon Media Strategies indicates that Limbaugh's is the name most familiar to talk radio...
...Faculty generally enjoy student contact whether individually or in small groups; but despite the admirable Freshman Seminars, I fear that the large-class format is with us for the foreseeable future,” Higginson Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Philip A. Kuhn wrote in an e-mail. “Under the demographics and economics of our present structure, I do not expect the Curricular Review to solve the problem, despite our best intentions...
...unit has a solid feel, a sharp, white-backlit screen and an easy-to-understand menu rivaling Apple's famously user-friendly interface. At $250, the 6-GB version costs the same as a 6-GB iPod mini; it's also smaller, plays tunes in the Windows Media Audio format as well as MP3, and when you throw in the radio and recording features, it might be a better deal...