AIR AMERICA RADIO KICKS OFF "AMERICAN AFTERNOON...with RICHARD BELZER" TODAY 3-6 EDT

By Tim Einenkel


Air America Radio (www.airamerica.com) is excited to present the debut of American Afternoon with guest host Richard Belzer, well-known for his work as Det. John Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and numerous other TV shows including Homicide, The X-Files and The Beat. Starting today April 14 and continuing all week, the veteran comic, actor, talk-show host and author will be joined by special guests for an entertaining, fast-paced and engaging afternoon listening experience to Air America Radio broadcast, satellite and Internet audiences nationwide.


In the coming weeks, American Afternoon with...will feature a series of additional top celebrity hosts.


Belzer has honed his life experiences into barbed comedic material drawn from other former jobs including paperboy, teacher, census-taker, jewelry salesman and dockworker. He began his career in show business with a starring role in Groove Tube, the counterculture film that went on to become a cult classic. Since then, Belzer’s comedic talents have been featured in every entertainment medium from off-Broadway (The National Lampoon Show with Bill Murray, Gilda Radner and John Belushi) to radio (Brink and Belzer on WNBC) to film (Fame, Author, Author, Night Shift and Scarface). He also starred in the six-part comedy Showtime series The Richard Belzer Show, and hosted both the live Lifetime talk show, Hot Properties, and Court TV’s Crime Stories.


We hope you’ll tune in to hear Richard do what he does best; we welcome your feedback!


Mark Green
President, Air America Radio

Very thin silver lining

Mr. Green is this your idea of a public beta for Air America 3.0? Because, having someone I do not care about temporarily host the 3-6 slot made it a very easy decision to become a Nova-M premium subscriber this morning.

Given Sam's following and his obvious desire to be back on five days a week, I would not be surprised if you loose him to Nova-M at the end of his contract because from the listener's perspective we get the impression that you have been d#%king around what is clearly a loyal and talented person for well over a year.

I have been a listener for four years, and a premium subscriber for two. I fully expect that there will be little if any reason for me to renew my AAR premium membership come August when it expires as every six months you eliminate or loose another unique and intelligent voice. The real question is will it be Rachel, who clearly has been identified as a talent by MSNBC, Thom, who is a natural fit on any network carrying Mike Malloy, or Sam, who seems to enjoy the respect of everyone but the programmers at AAR.

By SwgraffApril 14, 2008 - 2:35pm