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Originally Posted by ubertuber
I can't imagine that we could have a realistically well-informed conversation that established exactly why Air America is filing Chapter 11. It could be limited access, poor business model, terrible leadership, bad decisions, bad management, talent issues, marketing, technical problems, or regulatory issues.
I think it is more interesting to look at the situation from the other direction, as roachboy has hinted. If Philly's market (like NYC's) is overwhelmingly democratic (sympathetic to liberal causes?), then why isn't this theoretical demand reflected in the media?
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AAR has indeed suffered from bad management, but it is the insufficient advertising revenue that has brought it to filing a Chapter 11. I don't have the search skills needed to see if AAR has published revenue sources by city, but I believe we can all agree that AAR doesn't have the deep pockets for penetrating a market place as does Clear Channel. If AAR isn't financially able to bring in a high number of listeners due to it's absence in large segments of the market place, advertisers will look elsewhere to make the best bang for their buck. AAR needs more revenue to create a larger audience, but it's current audience size isn't attractive to advertisers.
Seattle has a progressive talk station (AM 1090) that takes feeds from AAR, and other syndicated talk hosts. If AAR ultimately fails, AM 1090 will continue to broadcast because of the political demographics of the city. I can't answer as to why Philly hasn't done something similar, but I think it fair to say that a Democrat does not necessarily represent a progressive.