It looks like Air America is going to make it after all. Investors have poured more cash into the outfit, and they are expanding into more markets, including this one. They have also signed Al Franken to a multi-million dollar contract to stay on and do his radio show.

When the show starts airing in D.C., I'll probably listen in a few times just to see what it's like. I doubt I would ever listen regularly, but I am very glad that they are doing well. Liberals have been complaining for years that conservatives have a stranglehold on talk radio. Their solution is more government regulation and a suppression of free speech called the 'Fairness Doctrine'. The law would force radio stations to air liberal programming to match that of conservatives. Every Hannity would have to have his Colmes to balance things out.

The survival of Air America means the death of the 'Fairness Doctrine' and government meddling in programming decisions.