Radio

Air America standoff *

It doesn't look like the business dispute keeping the liberal radio network off the air in Southern California and Chicago is going away. Air America's brass continues to insist the radio station owner owes them money, and station owner Arthur Liu says he wants to be paid $1 million. Meanwhile, KBLA here is running Spanish language entertainment news and gossip.

* 5:30 p.m. update: They're baaack...or soon will be. A New York judge ordered Liu to put Air America back on the air in Los Angeles and Chicago. The network says it should be done by the end of the day Friday.

Yesterday on L.A. Observed: Air America off the air here


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