Speaking of talk radio, officials in New York are investigating a loan to Air America Radio from the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club.

The loan reportedly took place in early 2004 when then Gloria Wise development director Evan Cohen was also serving as chairman of Air America.

The network's star, comedian and talk show host Al Franken, addressed the issue briefly on his show Monday. He called Cohen "a crook" and said the network's current managers had discovered the loans through forensic accounting.

"I don't know why they did it and I don't know where the money went. I don't know if it was used for operations, which I imagine it was," Franken said. "I think he was robbing Peter to pay Paul."

He added that he believed the station has a moral obligation to repay the money.

When it came to light that Cohen had lied about the amount of money he had been able to raise to keep the network operating, he was forced out and replaced as chairman in May 2004. The management shakeup was profiled in the HBO documentary Left of the Dial.