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If there is any solace in the wake of the greatest catastrophe to affect the State of Ohio since, well, the November elections, it’s that Err America Radio is out of Columbus. After two years of getting their butts kicked in the ratings by the likes of WLW (who, by the way, don’t even broadcast from Columbus), WTPG 1230 decided to adopt a format more successful than the left-wing lunacy of Randi Rhodes. This is no different from station managers in larger markets around the country that have dumped Err America for formats people would be more likely to listen to- like music from the 1940’s. One of the many truths in this world liberals will never be able to accept (like how declassified Soviet intelligence documents proved Senator McCarthy was right) is that their brand of far-left hysteria never caught on with the American people and the numbers are there to prove it.

Unfortunately for the left, Err America was doomed almost from the start, failing even to meet their fundraising goals for startup money. Contract disputes, bounced checks, and lawsuits followed in the network’s first year. Some twenty-five markets have dropped Err America (including New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia) citing ratings that placed them just above dead air. Columbus is the fifth market in Ohio alone to drop the network for programming people actually listen to. Perhaps with fewer people listening nationwide to far-left garbage than they could be getting elsewhere from Radio Havana Cuba, it isn’t surprising that the company declared Chapter Eleven bankruptcy in October.

Here in Columbus, we’re told by the Columbus Disgrace that WTPG’s loyal listeners in the area (all five of them) weren’t taking their much-ignored format switch lying down. They formed the ironically-named Ohio Majority Radio to circulate an online petition signed by residents of Columbus and suburbs like Niagara Falls and Rochester, New York. They staged a gathering at the Capitol attended by tens of thousands (ok, maybe just tens) to save “Progressive Radio” from the forces of the market and the millions of people throughout the Columbus area who would rather listen to something entertaining or informative. They even staged a mock funeral procession for their beloved radio station. This was a typical liberal funeral in that it quickly became a political rally and forum for Bush-bashing.

What somehow didn’t come up at the protest few outside their own Yahoo group knew existed was that they were almost upstaged by conservatives! Sister station WTVN dropped the far more popular Glenn Beck at the same time and listeners- more numerous by about a power of four- were outraged. Fans of the show planned a similar demonstration of support for Beck- and in far greater numbers- for last Saturday. Thankfully for sick, twisted freaks who don’t have XM Satellite Radio, Beck was picked up by WTDA 103.9 FM. This is perhaps what is most infuriating among Ohio’s dyed-in-the-wool communists. They can win our votes, but they can never win our hearts, our minds, or our ears.