What's Bill Gates Got Against Air America Radio?

This is amazing... Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are on a list of advertisers who apparently told ABC Radio not to run their spots on Air America programming.

From Media Matters:

An internal ABC Radio Networks memo obtained by Media Matters for America, originally from a listener to The Peter B. Collins Show, indicates that nearly 100 ABC advertisers insist that their commercials be blacked out on Air America Radio affiliates. According to the memo, the advertisers insist that "NONE of their commercials air during AIR AMERICA programming." Among the advertisers listed are Bank of America, Exxon Mobil, Federal Express, General Electric, McDonald's, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and the U.S. Navy.