On 19 Jul 2004 02:55:01 GMT, Tom Betz wrote:

I can't remember the last time I heard an oil company spot in a
radio talk show.

Shell Oil institutional ads have been all over Air America.

Then my bet is the local affiliate is running news network inventory
in Air America's shows in the local positions.

Air America doesn't have the critical mass necessary to command a buy
from a company like Shell. In addition, a liberal slant isn't
something a giant oil corporation generally seeks.

The last time something like this surfaced it turned out that WLIB was
airing a schedule and it either was carried by Air America or the
complainants were listening to WLIB's, not the network's spots.

Rich