As long as there is an FCC breathing down his neck, Stern will NEVER come back to OTA radio.
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As long as there is an FCC breathing down his neck, Stern will NEVER come back to OTA radio.
Bauerle is on WBEN in Buffalo.
And don't be so sure about investment banks taking that gamble:
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-reg...-raises-concerns-of-neighbors-police-20140111
I believe a 22 year old Brian Whitman hosted overnights on WABC for a while in 1997.
NO talk show hosts are wussies today, there is so much political correctness on all sides......we cant talk about having a War on Ebonics we cant talk about functional illiteracy, or demanding responsibility from certain minorities.... heck they can post assault weapons on FB and if you complain they might suspend YOU.
http://charlestonthuglife.net/2013/01/19/a-question-for-our-president/
Where are people who know the #1 reason women get abortions is the sperm donor is a Deadbeat and always will be? there us very little open mindedness on the radio and that is contributing to its downfall.
Or this is just as bad...who is talking about it?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/07/in-canada-defending-girls-from-islamic-honor-killings-is-racist#
http://charlestonthuglife.net/2013/01/19/a-question-for-our-president/
Where are people who know the #1 reason women get abortions is the sperm donor is a Deadbeat and always will be? there us very little open mindedness on the radio and that is contributing to its downfall.
Or this is just as bad...who is talking about it?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/07/in-canada-defending-girls-from-islamic-honor-killings-is-racist#
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Yes...sell WABC to somebody who actually knows and cares about the legacy of that station. Or Cumulus could very well let it go below a 1 share and use WABC as a tax write-off. Cumulus seems to have a reverse Midas touch when it comes to running radio stations, as everything they touch seems to turn to s--t. If they sell, why not a return to "Musicradio 77", with the same echo behind the DJs, DJs who are actually fun to listen to, and a classic hits kind of music? Don't give me this crap about AM being dead...WABC's groundwave signal reaches far beyond the range of WCBS-FM and there are a lot of people who are nostalgic for the old WABC. And, no, they are not dead nor are they living in nursing homes. Cumulus would never do that format...it costs more than they would want to spend and having live, local DJs on the air runs against the grain of a slash and burn company such as Cumulus.
I cannot understand how the current crop of talk stations, regardless of ownership, makes money. When going through barter spots for a small independent station that picks up some syndicated programming, I see the traffic instructions for those spots...no Rush Limbaugh, no Michael Savage, no Don Imus, etc. All of these are big ticket advertisers, such as Macy's, Kohl's, Procter & Gamble, and Home Depot.
I doubt that is an issues for today's mainstream Howard that has proved that he can do a clean show with AGT. I do not believe Sirius will re-sign him considering the cost of his contract and his intermittent show is unlikely to be keeping or bringing in new subscribers.
I do not believe he has the audience to go the a podcast route. The guy is 60 years old and unfortunately TV is ridiculously fixated on youth. If he still wants to work and remain a force in media, OTA is probably the only route.
The people who know and care don't have the money it takes to run such a station. At the end of the day, someone has to pay the bills. Who should that be?
There will never be another WABC. It would be a dim reflection on what it was in its heyday without the great folks who were a part of the original. Musicradio 77 has been gone 32 years. It would not be the same in much the same way Sirius 60s on 6 or 70s on 7 isnt WABC even though many of the same jingles and music are played. He a great man, but I can not listen to Cuzn Brucie....he's still back in 1974 but I'm not!
As these AM stations become increasingly devalued it's possible that uber-rich hobbyists might buy them as an ego thing. Think Art Bell KNYE; Jeff Bezos Washington Post. Not likely but anything's possible.
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I thought you would be interested in this piece on our sister publication Radio Ink discussing Rush's affiliate swap and the implications for the stations. Richard Harker discusses how content matters, and hence... Rush is content people are interested in according to how the numbers are playing out. Read it and let us know what you think.
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Hmm. So Harker says Limbaugh "benefited?" Maybe. It's like saying The Beatles benefited when they broke up into four solo acts. In a way, each of them became successful, and had more control over their own music. But there was no question that they were stronger TOGETHER. And that's what happened to Rush in LA and NY. Yes, the stations he left have been weakened. But amazingly, what has happened is that the overall talk audience has shrunk, and Rush in particular has lost audience in both markets. Yes, a station that had no audience before Rush now has a 1 share. But Rush's overall audience in LA has gone down. So yes, in a way, the station benefited. Rush did not.
Doesn't anyone remember that Stern was on WWKB Buffalo? He didn't do much for the ratings there. Not only that but advertisers didn't want to touch him.
Was Brother Wease, Opie's radio mentor more successful?
They're not calling the show, are they? It's entertainment. You might as well question the intelligence of people who continue to watch "The Wizard of Oz" long after Judy Garland (and everyone else, save one munchkin) has died.
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I think it's a puff piece for El Rushbo. In reality, Rush matters less all the time. When he switches stations, both suffer. The article doesn't mention Philly where he switched and came back and ratings are the lowest ever with Fatty. Not entirely his fault. AM is dying. Rush's style of ideological, hate-filled talk is dying. And most of all, the audience for both is dying.
Wow, I hadn't thought of that. Geez, I hope not! ;-)
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A one hour show that runs on weekends. You wing-nuts are so obsessed with hatred for public radio, you use anything to take shots at it. Right-wing talk is for angry, ignorant, hate-filled stupid people. Stupid people hate smart people. Always have. But the geezers who listen to Rush are too old and decrepit to beat up smart kids at recess, so they take cheap shots at public radio on message boards.
How "intelligent" are people who keep worshiping a dead, previously demented, modestly successful B movie actor who did nothing but read the lines given him by his super-rich OC backers.
Public radio was never big, and Gary Null has called it out for its racist rhetoric.
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