Is AAR paying Al Fraken at the expense of Mike Malloy?

pstokely

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Thu Aug-31-06 03:42 PM
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Is AAR paying Al Fraken at the expense of Mike Malloy?

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DemFromMem

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Thu Aug-31-06 03:44 PM
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1. If they are, it's probably because he deserves it

Franken is a big reason why AAR has survived. He deserves the most money of all the on air personalities.

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brentspeak

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Thu Aug-31-06 03:51 PM
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2. Franken is great, but

the whole thing about Malloy's firing being a "financial decision" doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Wasn't he only making $80,000/year? That's a decent income, but on a extreme low side for a nationally-broadcast commercial radio talk show host.

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Bretttido

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:33 PM
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14. A radio financial decision would not have much to do with salary

It's all about how much ADVERTISING dollars he is able to bring in... a host's salary is chump-change in comparison to the advertising revenue.

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Liberal_Dog

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Thu Aug-31-06 03:52 PM
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3. Not Really

Franken's contract was negotiated long before Mike Malloy joined AAR, so I don't think it is fair to blame Franken for what has happened.

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never_get_over_it

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:07 PM
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8. Apparently Franken just signed a new contract

for 2 million and expenses for running his show from MN which was estimated to take it up to 3 million - but I don't think this contract had anything to do with Mike - this decision was not financial as in Mike's salary - more like sponsors being to scared to support Mike's show or something else along those lines....

and I think Franken SUCKS and SO doesn't deserve 2 million bucks - but I can see that he did help get AAR established..

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NYCGirl

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:09 PM
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9. Al's on Letterman this Friday. The publicity alone is worth a million.

Edited on Thu Aug-31-06 04:15 PM by NYCGirl

And he has a movie coming out in Sept:

http://movies.aol.com/movie/al-franken-god-spoke/25820/trailer

Edited to add more movie trailers:

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2764102?ns=1

Looks great! Can't wait to see him yell at Michael Medved.

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MikeDuffy

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:32 PM
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13. I just learned today that Chattanooga,TN lost its AAR station Aug 21

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=179x3254
for a few more details.

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brentspeak

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Thu Aug-31-06 03:52 PM
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4. What makes you think Al Franken is a factor in any of this?

And why just him? Why not, say, Rachel Maddow?

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shadowknows69

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Thu Aug-31-06 03:53 PM
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5. Quite possible

I got canned in radio so they could split my job and give one person 10k more a year and employ someone part time they didn't have to give 2 weeks paid vacation to.

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Pirate Smile

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Thu Aug-31-06 03:56 PM
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6. Do you have any evidence or just like smearing Franken?

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Bretttido

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:35 PM
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15. A segment of DU seems to love Malloy at the expense of Franken.

:shrug:

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Poiuyt

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:03 PM
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7. When AAR said they are dropping Malloy for "financial reasons," I think

it means that some sponsor was complaining. I'm guessing that Franken or Springer would command a higher salary than Malloy.

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LaPera

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:19 PM
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10. Malloy is the lowest paid of all the regular hosts on AAR and

they put him in an awful time slot, 10pm-1am ET. As I stated before, I am a minority owner of AAR and I am not on the board of directors.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-drobny/mike-malloy-and-andy-roon_b_28437.html

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NYCGirl

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:20 PM
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11. I wonder if there were any FCC fines � that could have been a "financial

reason."

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muesa

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:29 PM
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12. If there were any "FCC Fines" against AAR

every hungry ACLU lawyer with visions of a Federal Judgeship under a Democratic President and Senate would be racing to represent Malloy. It would be a barristical stampede.

Lawyers are adept at "smelling blood" under the US system.

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LaPera

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Thu Aug-31-06 04:52 PM
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16. No Fines, but I recall mike trashing AAR suits as being cheap for not

sending the on air personalities to AAR affiliates around the country more, to help promote Air America Radio...I heard him trashing the "suits" about a week ago on his own show....I agree with Mike...

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