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again there is nobody even remotely qualified today because they have been so dumbed down......
I said ever. In history. Any time. Name one person who was 25 and hosted a talk show in a major market. Did it happen in the 40s? The 50s? The 60s? The 70s? Tell me when it happened. You're so convinced that the youth of today are so awful, tell me when they were these outrageously talented talk show hosts.
(The point I'm trying to make here is that talk audiences don't want to hear the opinion of somebody they consider to be a kid. Never have, never will. Talk has never been an 18-34 format, and it's certainly not going to become that way now.)
(The point I'm trying to make here is that talk audiences don't want to hear the opinion of somebody they consider to be a kid. Never have, never will. Talk has never been an 18-34 format, and it's certainly not going to become that way now.)
Dan Rea was quite young when he got a WBZ gig back in the '70s. Of course, he was a young conservative and appealed to older listeners during those years with no problem.
NOTE: Rea's profile on Wikipedia has him working at WBZ while attending law school. He got his undergraduate degree in 1970, which would have made him 22 then, so he was 25 or so when he started at 'BZ. He went on to a long career as a reporter at WBZ, returning to talk on the radio side about a half-dozen years ago.
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1. That's nowhere NEAR Market #1 quality.
2. The internet isn't radio.
This idea of bringing 18-25 year olds to AM radio is ridiculous. They don't even know it exists. Putting some podcasters on a 50,000 watt heritage signal in New York City is beyond ludicrous.
When everyone under 50 calls satellite, Pandora, iHeart, Uforia and others "radio" then it is radio.
We've been over this before. People call all sorts of things the wrong word. Doesn't make it right. And I'm under 50 myself. At least for the better part of the next decade.
I'm all about new technology. I love it. I listen to podcasts and such all the time. It's still not radio. And pretending like some 23 year old kid that does a podcast is a suitable host for a heritage signal is Market #1 is crazy talk.
Andrew Wilkow had a weekend talk show on WABC when I believe he was in his 20s.
I see a lot of young people doing "how-to's" on YouTube. Apparently what you need to know to be an Internet broadcaster is to always begin with, "Hey, wassup guys?"
Agreed but she had to start somewhere so are there any in the top50 or even 100 markets 25 ish and intelligent?
The internet is radio when its live....and you can interact with people, finding enough people to do it is difficult to do. a podcast is not live...
1. That's nowhere NEAR Market #1 quality.
2. The internet isn't radio.
The internet is radio when its live....and you can interact with people, finding enough people to do it is difficult to do. a podcast is not live...
1. That's nowhere NEAR Market #1 quality.
2. The internet isn't radio.
The only one I can think of decided to get out of radio completely. Matt Walsh who used to do afternoons at WLAP in Lexington, KY. He's in his mid 20s and VERY good for his age. But he also does a show that appeals to a much older demo. He's an old fashioned morals kinda guy.
No, it's a streaming show when it's live.
I'm sure there are hundreds if not thousands of young people doing shows on the Internet.
I tell people who want to get into radio, talk especially, to do it the old fashioned way. I've seen with my own eyes what PDs do when they see "internet radio" or "podcast" on a resume. It goes right in the trash.
Do what I did. Work at a crappy little talk station doing whatever you can do. Board op. Sit in with other hosts. Do weekends and fill in shifts. THAT is how you get a talk radio gig. I didn't start that long ago.
Young Mr. Andy Dean made a complete ass of himself on the last edition of Real Time w Bill Maher. The same lame illogical factless talking points he spouts on his radio show couldn't stand the light of day and were shoved down his throat by Bill and others on the panel. He'll go down as a One and Done guest on that show. And another 20 years of experience won't matter.
Evan is sports, not Benghazi material typical kid stuff.
andy dean how did he get a slot on NYC radio.......i guess mediocrity sells.......not impressed.
Caiden Cowger seems like the Rush wannabe in training........ there must be a few intelligent open minded young people on the radio somewhere.
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Oh, please. Bill Maher is hardly the epitome of civilized and rational debate.
At least he had the guts to name his show Politically Incorrect which is so lacking in any talk show host today.....
LOL....you're joking, right?
Now that's the best idea I've heard for radio in a long time.
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