Arthur Liu, the man that shut down Air American in Chicago/LA

Lets research to see his connections (if any to the Repubs/Bush) so far this is all I found:

LIU, ARTHUR
NEW YORK,NY 10013
MULTICULTURAL RADIO
4/26/1999
$1,000
National Assn of Broadcasters

LIU, ARTHUR,
WKDM/WNWK
6/30/2000
$1,000
Lazio, Rick A

LIU, ARTHUR
NEW YORK,NY 10013
WPAT-AM
5/16/2000
$1,000
National Assn of Broadcasters

LIU, ARTHUR MR
NEW YORK,NY 10013
WPAT-AM/MULTICULTURAL RADIO/PRESIDE
5/7/2003
$1,000
National Assn of Broadcasters

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=Liu%2C+Arthur&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N

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ROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLARSHIPS




March 03, 2003

A new scholarship program at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications aims to increase global awareness among future leaders in the communications industry. The Liu Multicultural Scholarships will benefit graduate students with a history of, or interest in, cross-cultural communications. The scholarships are the result of a $500,000 gift from the Liu Foundation, a family foundation established by media entrepreneur and Newhouse alum Arthur Liu and his wife, Yvonne.


"Multiculturalism is a cornerstone of the University's Academic Plan, so this is precisely the type of opportunity that we want to encourage at SU," says Deborah Freund, Vice Chancellor and Provost of Syracuse University. "With these types of opportunities SU students will distinguish themselves in the workplace and in life through their multicultural literacy."

The $10,000 awards will be made to Newhouse students over the next several years, with the first five recipients to be named later this semester. Criteria for selection include proficiency in a foreign language, extensive travel or participation in a study abroad program, an undergraduate program that emphasizes cross cultural or global studies, or relevant career aspirations.

David M. Rubin, dean of the Newhouse School, says the scholarships send an important message to today's communicators and to those of the future. "The dangers of continuing to think about an alien 'other' around the world are obvious," Rubin says. "The United States is now permanently intertwined with the affairs of practically every country around the globe, and their welfare inevitably affects ours. It is, therefore, increasingly important that our students cultivate an appreciation for, and an understanding of, other cultures. Arthur and Yvonne Liu and the other members of the Liu Foundation Board recognize this. The Liu Multicultural Scholarships will encourage graduate students at the Newhouse School to engage in the exploration of other cultures, and to use their communications skills to educate a media audience desperately in need of a worldwide perspective. It is no exaggeration to say that our future depends on it."

A native of China and longtime resident of Taiwan, Arthur Liu graduated from the Newhouse School with a master's degree in public communications in 1966. He then built a media empire that now includes more than 30 radio stations, three cable networks and a weekly publication. Liu's Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc. broadcasts daily in dozens of languages and has stations across the U.S., including major cities such as New York, Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle. Yet Liu remains cognizant of the challenges faced by those starting out. "I am basically a very simple man and a practical one," Liu says. "I know only too well that without financial support, a good education and therefore, a rewarding job, can be difficult to attain. I had to work 60 hours a week to support my graduate studies; now I seem to be in the position to help others devote more undivided time to their studies."

In 2001, the American Advertising Federation named Liu as an inaugural honoree of its Mosaic Awards. The awards were created to recognize industry trailblazers who have contributed significantly to the evolution of multicultural marketing and advertising, as well as celebrating extraordinary achievements in diversity.

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is one of the largest and most respected professional communications schools in the nation. Its faculty includes industry leaders and internationally known scholars and researchers. Its degree programs are consistently ranked amongst the best in the U.S. and include advertising, broadcast journalism, magazine, newspaper, public relations, television-radio-film and visual and interactive communications. The school is also recognized for its prominent and highly successful network of alumni.

Students applying for admission to Newhouse in Summer/Fall 2004 may apply for a Liu Foundation Multicultural Scholarship. Visit the Newhouse website.

That tells me all I need to know about the hump.

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http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C00009985&cycle=2004

"Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(33% to Democrats, 67% to Republicans)"

Just for kicks and giggles.

LIU, YVONNE
NEW YORK,NY 10128



Giuliani, Rudolph W

Republican National Cmte

National Republican Congressional Cmte

Lazio, Rick A

Bush, George W

LIU, YVONNE
NEW YORK,NY 10128
MULTICULTURAL ORG
10/13/1999
$1,000
Giuliani, Rudolph W

LIU, YVONNE S
NEW YORK,NY 10128
9/14/2000
$1,500
Republican National Cmte

LIU, YVONNE S MRS
NEW YORK,NY 10128
4/6/2001
$500
National Republican Congressional Cmte

LIU, YVONNE S Y,
6/30/2000
$1,000
Lazio, Rick A

LIU, YVONNE S Y MRS
NEW YORK,NY 10128
MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCAST/VICE
10/12/1999
$1,000
Bush, George W

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=Liu%2C+Yvonne&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N

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And how did he do it? I havent heard anything about this.

FreshLaundry    
http://bartcopnation.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=2&topic_id=282287&mesg_id=282319&page=

In LA & Chicago
Mr. Arthur Lou of 'multicultural broadcasting' stole some money from Air America?
They had handed him some more checks, and then said, wait! please explain about this before cashing these checks.
They were double-charging both Air America and another station at the same time.
Supposed to be in negotiations.
But they now find that they are off the air before any negotiating happened.
They are filing litigation, they have copies of every check and contract, solid case. Looking for 'temporary restraining order' to remove the harm being done - i.e. get it back on the air NOW, you are hurting our revenue.

I mean, sure we are only hearing AAR's version of events on
their station, but what the heck. Their lawyer simply MUST be
telling the truth, right?

I want people to imagine the following:

General Electric sues XYZ corporation. NBC (owned by GE)
starts reporting on the suit, only interviews GE people and
attorneys and only speak about how XYZ is horrible and how GE
is saintly.

Now, you'd be screaming about "corporation media"
and "bias" and "not getting the whole
story". You'd also not believe a lick of it.

But AAR's version of events? Swallowed whole, no critical
thought, no analysis, no "Hey, maybe they are just
accentuating their own case and glossing over any part of
this that might make them look bad."

I'm not saying AAR's 100% full of it, I'm not saying this Leu
(sp?) guy is spotless and pure as snow. I am saying that it
is really ironic that people who listen to AAR claim the are
sick of monolithic, biased media giving only one side of the
story....and then proceed to listen to one side of the story and
decided "This is fact, anything to the contrary being a
lie."

We got it the first time.

of clarity?

how many times are you gonna copy and paste the exact same message?

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Liu is a GOP henchman who preplanned the leasing of his stations to AAR and knowingly planned to pull the plug on it later on for spite? This guy has been doing radio for many, many years, why would he jeopardize all that to be accused of "double-dipping" a relatively insignificant amount or sabotaging a liberal network he profits from? Doesn't make sense people, sorry.

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And he's a republican.

I'm sure he's not been happy with AAR kicking republican ass all day long.

I can do the math.

If what you say is true, why would he lease the time to them in the first place? And how do you know he was truly double-dipping? I have seen no evidence of that whatsover. And it would not make sense for him to do so in the first place.

He may be a Republican, but he is Chinese... and, being married to a Chinese woman, I can say that Chinese are generally bottom line people. If Mr. Liu can make more money by selling to liberals than he can with his regular programming, he will sell to liberals.

Which would really be making him some nice dough, eh?

He owns dozens of stations and deals with hundreds of millions of dollars in his business. He has absolutely nothing to gain by engaging in a potentially criminal activity and everything to lose.

Do you know? Seriously, I read on another thread that his company might be in receivership, and that might be the root of the problem.

Double-dipping would only hurt his finances when the parties involved find out. There is absolutely no reason for him to engage in such activity whether his business was doing well or not. Either way, he would lose money.

which is "why would he engage in illegal activity that would hurt his business?"

then no big business owner would ever intentionally engage in unlawful practices which, if found out, would ultimately harm their business.

Can't buy that.

not necessarily about his company. Also haven't seen that item anywhere else - so don't know that there is any validity to it.

Liu said AAR was "bouncing checks" but AAR says they have a copy of each of the checks they've written and they've bounced no checks. AAR's lawyer asked them NOT to cash anymore checks until Liu dealt with selling the double airtime.

Why would AAR ask him to stop selling airtime to them and someone else if it wasn't true?

Why would this Liu fellow say AAR bounced checks if they haven't?

Has Liu denied double-dipping the air time?


Sorry, I'll believe AAR's lawyer's statements over Liu's actions right now, thankyouverymuch.

Just because they have a copy of the checks doesn't mean they were cashed. It just means they have a copy of them.

Find me one reason that Mr. Liu would sacrifice all the work he has done over the years in his multi-million dollar business for something so insignificant.

You know, the ones that went through the bank and come back to you?

You say they were cancelled checks now, but earlier you said AAR told Liu not to cash the checks since they put a stop on them. If that was the case, they would not have been cancelled, but stopped. So which is it now?

Liu said AAR "bounced checks" to him, according to what I read.

AAR's lawyer said "no checks bounced" and that he has copies of all the checks that were cashed by Liu. AAR's lawyer further said that they had asked Liu not to cash any more checks until the dispute about the airtime was resolved.

Ergo, no bounced checks.

(this is really in response to Columbia's questions... but a tag along to your response).

1) Money paid (earlier)... = (alleged) cashed checks at AAR

2) Controversy (not sure what the nature is... AAR says company is taking double payment... Liu (sp) says bounced checks)... = (alleged) bounced checks

3) AAR claims that amid the controversy (whatever it is) they held payment (ergo no bounced checks) while Liu claims bounced checks. There should be a record ala receipts of bounced checks (including notification to AAR of charges for writing checks for insufficient funds.)

Thus having the cashed checks records does not contradict the story of withholding payment. Doesn't, in and of itself, prove their story either.

I just think there is more information out there we don't know about yet. Maybe by the end of the day it will be more clear.

I'm eager for more facts. Another thread shows that thesmokingun.com now has the petition for the TRO up.

I think there is definitely missing information - but that it may take a little while to sort out.

. . .if I was Air America's lawyers I would encourage him to.

just wanna know...

I never said there were no black hosts on AAR

I found the post via search. I just wanted to know. No Biggie...

AAR's verision must be truth. No matter what.

So what if the whole story isn't in yet, if you are only hearing AAR's version from AAR's own attorney on AAR.

They aren't biased or anything. No.

If ABC ran a story about a lawsuit involving Disney, I'd be highly suspect.

Yet you accept as gospel AAR's story about a lawsuit involving AAR.

Ok.

Arthur Liu, Rick Lazio supporter?

or

AirAmericaRadio's lawyer?

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We'll see who turns out to be full of it, okay?

That alone is enough to raise suspicions about Liu.Blackmail, holding the network hostage, unfair business practices, call it what you will.

"I'm sure he's not been happy with AAR kicking republican ass all day long."

Is that why he was the very first broadcaster to lease them air time?

http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2067233

Or maybe he's a liberal plant. Give them lease time, then create a legal kerfuffle thereby increasing AA's visability possibly generating sympathy as "outlaw" radio. ;-)

It seems that there is a problem with the LA station and Mr. Liu is using the Chicago station as leverage. At least according to Garafolo.

because he intended all along to double-dip the airtime, and when he was called on it by AAR, he pulled the plug.

I'm sure the facts will come out.

Why would he try to double-dip? It obviously wouldn't work.

Your argument which is "why would he do something illegal which would harm his company in the end" makes no sense, at least to me.

Business owners, even big business owners, engage in illegal practices all the time that if they are uncovered, it will spell trouble and ruin for their company.

That story is as old as time. Hand caught in cookie jar. Business and reputation ruined.

You can easily tell if one network is broadcast and another is not. How could he have possibly thought he would get away with it? This is someone who has worked in the business for a long, long time.

I don't know how he thought he could, or what the details are on what AAR objected to.

I'll be glad when the details do come out, though.

"I'll be glad when the details do come out, though."

but individuals and businesses do it all the time... all comes down to the presumption of whether or not one can get away with it.

Standing alone it is not enough reason (the why would he do it) to assume it didn't (or did) happen.

"I'm sure the facts will come out."

Call and complain