In the latest development in what has become a chaotic inaugural month, Air America Radio is losing two of its top executives, including the network’s co-founder. Mark Walsh, the former AOL executive and Democratic National Committee operative who announced the network’s launch to much fanfare five months ago, said Monday that he has stepped down as chief executive officer. Separately, the network confirmed that Dave Logan, Air America’s vice president for operations and programming, has been replaced. I’d describe myself as a loyal Air America listener. I try to listen to some of it daily, because I’m in late-stage early…

Via Boing Boing: Bill O’Reilly mistakes Globe and Mail for Socialist Worker Oopsie!1! Oh, I hope I’m the first Majority Reporter to post this in the comment thread. The Glob and Male as a communiss rag… this particular columnist, too. Oh, that’s rich. Al will get such a kick out of it, too. Better send it to his blog as well. I’ve never been called “a douche-nozzle” before. At least, not that I know about anyway. The insult came from one supporter of the Fox News Channel. But then I don’t think The Globe and Mail has ever been called…

Air America Radio is looking to hire an intern. Duties: Escorting guests to and from The O’Franken Factor studio. Venturing out into the city to accomplish time-sensitive missions. Supporting Team O’Franken in its various online and offline activities. Pay: The job’s strictly volunteer, but it will pay out – big – in terms of hands-on experience in a deadline-driven radio work environment. It will also be occasionally hilarious. I’m thinking “time-sensitive missions” probably means “be back by 1255pm with the sandwiches.” Still, it could be an amazing opportunity for somebody.

It’s been an interesting day for AAR listeners in Chicago – the local station continued to broadcast in Chinese until at least 2pm according to the pre-show comments at Majority Report: The Network, Tonight, Next Week. However, sometime around 3pm or so, AAR was back on the airwaves at WNTD AM950. Listeners to Randi Rhodes show reported that the Chicago AAR staff wasn’t able to get in to the studio until then. My own personal theory is that someone walked off with the new keys after the locks were changed. Here’s my list of items AAR studio staff should have…

Chicago Tribune | Air America restored in Chicago Well, as of 832am local time April 16th, it’s still in Chinese. I’ve got a little AM radio at work today, set very low, so that I can hear if/when they make the cutover. Why? I don’t know. The situation is bizarrely fascinating. I’ve been chatting most nights on IRC. There’s a simpler way to get to IRC, for those people who have no idea what Internet Relay Chat is. It happens during the Majority Report live show weeknights. Go to http://www.undernet.org and click “webchat” from the array of buttons. Specify channel…

Okay, let’s try this again:Air America Radio has the registration page up again, and it seems to be working now. Also, their Real Audio software seems to have been upgraded (yay!) and is more seamlessly integrated. In related news, the Majority Report website will soon be redesigned to add more features. But here again are the 6 Reasons You Should Register to be an AAR charter member: 1. John Ashcroft will know where to find you. 2. All our annoying pop-up ads are invisible. 3. Because they shut down the Dennis Kucinich dating chat room. 4. Our spam is vegetarian.…

Consider: In Berkeley, an event featuring three authors whose bestselling books at least touch on the Bush presidency (generally critically) drew 3,600 people who paid $15 a ticket. The panel featured Al Franken, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (“The Great Unraveling”) and former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips (“American Dynasty”). Proceeds went to KPFA-FM radio and Global Exchange, an international human-rights group. Tickets sold out immediately, said Bob Baldock, the station’s public-events producer and a former bookstore owner. “I think people are hungry for information,” he said. “They want the opinions, not just from hacks that go on television all…

Just now, various search terms referencing “The O’Franken Factor” have been (by far) the most frequent in my referral logs. It’s about 65-70% when all the variations on “ofranken” are accounted for. Now I’m starting to see a few queries on other personalities on AAR: majorityreport (yay!) majorityreportradio (again with the yay) majority report irc channel (heh!) ralph nader randi rhodes (I heard this – scary, but it needed to be said – or screamed) sue ellicott All well and good. However, this one really makes me wonder (I may have missed a joke in a recent Majority Report show):…

Woohoo! There’s a brand new blog on the block: The O’Franken Factor And oh joy of joys – Al’s very first post ends “Signed by me. Al Franken.” It’s Al Franken’s Blogistan!

6 Simple Reasons why it’s a good idea to register at Air America Radio’s website: John Ashcroft will know where to find you. All our annoying pop-up ads are invisible. Because they shut down the Dennis Kucinich dating chat room. Our spam is vegetarian. You like making up passwords. You were banned from the Fox News website for having your own opinion. Hee! Repeat chuckle as required. It appears they’ve taken many suggestions to heart from the Majority Report comments thread (the longest comments in Moveable Type blog history? Mmmayyybe). So “Heck, Yeah!” I’m registering.