The left-leaning radio network Air America has formed an agreement with Newsweek to syndicate the magazine's weekend show.
Air America Media announced the long-running show "Newsweek On Air" will be the first offering of its new division, Air America Media Syndication, according to Radio Ink magazine
The new arrangement will begin March 22.
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The head of Air America Media Syndication, Bill Hess, said his new division is "pleased to team with Newsweek in this first venture outside of the traditional Air America package."
"This is a great show, with an excellent track record of performance on many great radio stations," Hess said. "We look forward to a long partnership with Newsweek."
"Newsweek On Air" producer and host and Newsweek Contributing Editor David Alpern said, "AAM Syndication is a great partner for Newsweek On Air."
"We look forward to maintaining the same high-quality content, balance, and listener interest that has won our program various awards and a place on so many station schedules, some for nearly all of its 27 years on the air," said Alpern.
"Newsweek On Air" provides in-depth coverage of stories from the magazine and its website.
Newsbusters.org blogger Seton Motley noted the announcement comes "the same week Newsweek uses its cover and the accompanying story to bash Rush Limbaugh, the undisputed king of syndicated talk radio and someone who is diametrically opposed ideologically to the magazine's new syndication partner."
Air America Media changed its name recently from Air America Radio in an effort to expand its reach to television, the Internet and other media.
As WND reported in 2006, Air America Radio filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company later was purchased for $4.25 million by Green Family Media, headed by New York real estate investor Stephen L. Green and his brother Mark J. Green.
One year prior to its bankruptcy, Air Ameria had no measurable audience in the nation's capital, according to the Arbitron rating service.
The ratings news came on the heels of the network asking its listeners to send in money, a financial scandal involving money siphoned from a Boys & Girls Club in New York City, a California radio station pleading for advertisers to sponsor the programming claiming it could not get a single ad, and a host apologizing for perceived threats against President Bush's life.