Not good. Dave Logan is a real radio guy. If I were running a radio network I would want a guy like him running my house. He gets replaced by Liz Winstead, the am show host? Her radio background...well not much. Nowhere close to Logans. And isn't she a little busy for taking on that job? Doesn't seem like a good move and might be another sign of money problems dumping Logan and not replacing his salary. Clearly there was a rift with Walsh and Logan and other staffers. Do you think high paid comics take to programming direction well? Me neither.
Air America still not on the air in San Francisco either. Why I dunno. Money? Well that would be the Occam's Razor.
Here's the story:
Chicago Tribune: 2 top Air America execs leave choppy network
"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.
Chairman Evan Cohen characterized the management departures as the normal growing pains of a start-up.
"Businesses have an evolutionary process," he said. "If you're looking for 'Shake-up at Air America Radio,' that's a creation in your own mind."
As for the other departure, Air America chief counsel David Goodfriend said Logan's responsibilities--programming and operations--have been reassigned.
Lizz Winstead, co-host of the midmorning show 'Unfiltered,' has taken over as head of programming. Goodfriend is acting chief operating officer.
As a former programmer for WLUP-FM 97.9 in Chicago, WNEW-FM in New York and KFOG-FM in San Francisco, Logan was one of a handful of experienced radio professionals affiliated with Air America.
The reasons for his departure are unclear, but one former Air America staffer said he had been fired. A network executive said Logan 'wasn't a good fit.'
Logan did not return a phone call seeking comment.
With Walsh's departure, Cohen has become the liberal network's key spokesman and public advocate. He has an unlikely past for the role: He began his career as a Republican operative in his native Guam, serving as spokesman for Guam's Republican Party and as chief of staff for Sen. Tommy Tanaka, a pro-life Republican legislator.
Tanaka pleaded guilty to corruption charges last year.
'I am a progressive,' said Cohen, adding that Guam's political climate is quite different from the mainland's. 'Republicans in Guam are to the left of [late Democratic Senator] Paul Wellstone,' he said."
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