Kicked off the dial: the new liberal radio empire has pissed off more than just Rush Limbaugh by leasing time on ethnic radio stations.(Feature)

Air America Radio, the new liberal network, might be bent on destroying the right wing's dominance of talk shows, but it has perhaps a more troubling problem: securing spots on the airwaves for broadcasting. With media ownership increasingly in the hands of a few conglomerates, and claims that its own finances are not secure, Air America Radio has struggled to find radio stations that want to lease their airtime for up to 18 hours a day. So, the liberal network has begun turning to ethnic and community radio stations, which are often cash poor but based in big cities with access to large pools of listeners.

By the time it premiered on April 1, Air America Radio ...