I’ve been a little busy today and just got to the dozens of emails that came in about this story; Air America has bounced a check and is off the air in Chicago and Los Angeles: Fledgling liberal radio pulled from stations in dispute.

I thought George Soros was supposed to be behind Air America.

Just two weeks after launching, a new radio network aimed at liberal audiences suffered a setback Wednesday when a dispute with a business partner resulted in the network’s signal being pulled from stations in Chicago and Los Angeles.

The owners of Air America Radio filed a lawsuit in New York’s Supreme Court against the New York-based MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. after the radio company dropped Air America Radio’s signal from its stations WNTD in Chicago and KBLA in Los Angeles.

MultiCultural Radio did not return phone calls for comment, but the Chicago Tribune quoted the company’s owner, Arthur Liu, as saying that Air America bounced a check to them on Wednesday. Air America claims in its lawsuit that its payments are up to date.

“MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting’s conduct in this matter has been disgraceful,” Evan Cohen, the chairman of Air America Radio, said in a statement. “To shut off a broadcast that listeners rely on without warning and in the middle of discussions is the height of irresponsibility and a slap in the face of the media industry.”

Air America claims in its lawsuit that MultiCultural Radio removed the network’s signal in Chicago without notice and changed the locks on the station’s offices.