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<i>Advertising Age</i>'s April 5, 2004 issue reported that [[Dan Klores Communications]] would be doing PR for Air America. North Woods Advertising did the first round of advertising. [[XM SatelliteRadio|XM Satellite]], the [[U.S. Navy]], [[Tyson]], Caltrate, [[American Express]], Travelocity, [[McDonald's ]] and [[Fenton Communications]] bought ad time on Air America during its first two days. [http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0405fenton.htm] ''O'Dwyer's PR'' reports that Fenton Communications also help with Air America's launch. Air America has also used Internet services provided by [[iStandFor]]. ==Ad blackout of Air America Radio==In October 2006, [[ABC Radio Networks]], then under [[Disney]]'s [[ABC]], told its stations to black out all ads from about 90 companies that did not want to have their ads on radio stations that carried Air America Radio. The internal memo from ABC Radio Networks to its affiliates was headlined "Air America Blackout" and was addressed to the Traffic Director who handles [[advertising]] for the affiliates. The memo states, "Please be advised that [[Hewlett Packard]] has purchased schedules with ABC Radio Networks between October 30th and December 24th, 2006. Please make sure you blackout this advertiser on your station, as they do not wish it to air on any Air America affiliate."  The memo then goes on to say, "Please see below for a complete list of all advertisers requesting that NONE of their commercials air within Air America programming." The list includes large corporations such as [[Wal-Mart Stores|Wal-Mart]], [[General Electric]], [[Exxon Mobil]], [[Microsoft]], [[Bank of America]], [[FedEx|Fed-Ex]], [[Visa]], [[Allstate]], [[McDonald's]], [[Sony]], and [[Johnson & Johnson]]. Also on the list of advertisers that did not want their commercials to be on Air America Radio were the [[Department of the Navy|U.S. Navy]] and the [[U.S. Postal Service]]. The complete list follows: [[Allstate]] | [[American Heart Association]] | [[Sanofi-Aventis|Aventis]] | [[Avon]] | [[Bank of America]] | [[Bayer]] | [[BMW]] Motorcycles | [[Chattem]] products such as Capzasin penetrating rub, Gold Bond for skin care, and Gold Bond Foot Spray | [[Cigna]] | Cingular (now [[AT&T]] Mobility) | [[Clorox]] | [[Coca-Cola Company|Coke]] | [[Coty]] | [[Dean Foods Company|Dean's Morningstar Food's]] | [[Dell]] | [[Denny's]] | Discovery Channel | [[Eharmony.com]] | [[Epson]] | [[Expedia.com]] | [[Exxon Mobil]] | [[Farmers Insurance]] | [[FedEx]] | Foot Action (under [[Foot Locker]]) | Frito-Lay (under [[PepsiCo]]) | [[General Electric]] | Gillette Venus (under [[Procter & Gamble]]) | [[Goodyear]] | [[Heineken]]/Amstel Light | [[Hershey]] | [[Hewlett Packard]] | [[Home Depot]] | [[Hormel]] | [[Hyatt]] | [[Interstate Batteries]] | [[J. C. Penney]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[Kohl's]] | [[Levi's]] | Masterfoods USA (under [[Mars]]) | [[McDonald's]] | Men's Frontline | [[MGM]] | [[Michelin]] | [[Microsoft]] | Morningstar | National Cattleman's Beef | [[Nestle]] | [[Nissan]] | [[NYSE]] | [[Office Depot]] | [[Outdoor Life Network]] | [[Procter & Gamble]] products Bounty, Charmin, Febreeze, Iams Dog/Cat Foods, and Pepto-Bismol | Paramount (under [[Viacom]]) | [[Pepsi]] | [[Philip Morris]] | [[Pier 1 Imports]] | Red Lobster ([[Darden Restaurants]]) | [[Re/Max]] | [[REI]] Sporting Goods | Rent-way | [[Robert Half]] | [[Schering-Plough]] | [[Sherwin Williams]] | [[Sony]] | [[State Farm]] | [[Toys R Us]] | [[Travelocity.com]] | [[True Value]] | [[United Healthcare]] | [[U.S. Navy]] | USPS ([[U.S. Postal Service]]) | [[Visa]] | [[Walgreen]]s| [[Wal-Mart]] | [[Welch's]] | [[Wrigley]] | [[Wyeth]] Many corporations on the list advertise on [[conservative]] talk programs such as [[Sean Hannity]] and [[Bill O'Reilly]].<ref>Marc Fisher, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120800295.html Air America, in the Throes of Victory?]", ''The Washington Post'', December 10, 2006.</ref><ref>"[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2983 Air America on Ad Blacklist?]", ''FAIR'', October 31, 2006.</ref><ref>"[http://www.fair.org/images/ABCmemo.pdf Air America Blackout]", ''FAIR.org/ABC memo'', October 25, 2006.</ref>

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