Air America (radio network)
![Ron Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan, and Thom Hartmann (background, right) hosted progressive talk shows at Air America.](/Images/godic/202412/20/Ron_Reagan4729.jpg")
![Al Franken, host of Air America Radio's former flagship program, The Al Franken Show.](/Images/godic/202412/20/Al_Franken_at_Ramstein_Air_Force_Base,_Dec_20004729.jpg")
![Maddow hosting KPTK's](/Images/godic/202412/20/Rachel_Maddow_in_Seattle_cropped4730.png")
![Head and shoulders portrait of man in his forties with close-gray hair in a business suit and tie with a U.S. and Minnesota flag in the background](/Images/godic/202412/20/Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait4730.jpg")
Air America (formerly Air America Radio and Air America Media) was an American radio network specializing in liberal talk radio. It was on the air from March 2004 to January 2010.
The network featured discussion and information programs and specialized in presentations and monologues by on-air personalities, guest interviews, calls by listeners, and news reports. Several shows had million plus audiences, and multiple weekday presenters continued on in radio, television, or politics after their time on Air America. For example, in 2008, The Thom Hartmann Program had 1.5–2 million unique listeners a week and The Lionel Show had 1.5–1.75 million unique listeners a week. Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, and Mike Malloy still have shows on other networks. Marc Maron started his WTF podcast by trespassing in Air America's studios after the network's demise, before moving to Los Angeles. Al Franken went from his show to the United States Senate, and Rachel Maddow moved her show to television on the MSNBC network.