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Where is Tim Conway, Jr. now?

Davos said:
Ok I get where you’re coming from now. I don’t need to Google anything. I was there for all of the Whitney Houston hoopla. And the Bill Handel Asian Wheaties box. And the traffic report over the Haj. And the Bill Handel “whore” incident. And the Conway Vic The Brick bit. And the Handel show Armenian Genocide situation. You are conflating a compelled apology for the use a phrase etc with a forced change in opinion. Yes, there have been several compelled apologies (and the occasional suspension) for use of certain words and phrases, or jokes that landed as tasteless. There has never been an instance where a host was forced (or even asked) to change their stated position on any issue. You assume some level of meddling by management when there is none. Good lord, the amount of flat out wrong stuff on this forum posted with outsized confidence is breathtaking ( and not in a wow look at that majestic sunset way).
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It is not just phrasing. J&K never mentioned Whitney as anything less than a model for the community after that. Not allowed to say bad things about beloved (dead) black woman. You can bet they will never have anything bad to say about Tina Turner, either.
 
TheBigA said:
Nope. Say what you will about iHeart. They haven't replaced anyone with a liberal. Have they?
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They tried to fund an entire network of liberals. How quickly you forget. (in your defense, the programming was really quite forgettable, except to remember just how bad it was!).

But, what, now you want them to put Randi Rhodes back on the air? OMG! :LOL::ROFLMAO:
 
ChannelFlipper said:
They tried to fund an entire network of liberals. How quickly you forget. (in your defense, the programming was really quite forgettable, except to remember just how bad it was!).

But, what, now you want them to put Randi Rhodes back on the air? OMG! :LOL::ROFLMAO:
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We've known for a long long time that talk radio thrives on H&D (hate and discontent- ya, an old CB radio term- lol pretty much both on the same level)
 
ChannelFlipper said:
They tried to fund an entire network of liberals. How quickly you forget. (in your defense, the programming was really quite forgettable, except to remember just how bad it was!).

But, what, now you want them to put Randi Rhodes back on the air? OMG! :LOL::ROFLMAO:
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Air America was a Newsweb Radio Company project. Different company. It’s true that then Clear Channel ran it on an Los Angeles station. They didn’t create or fund it.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
It is not just phrasing. J&K never mentioned Whitney as anything less than a model for the community after that. Not allowed to say bad things about beloved (dead) black woman. You can bet they will never have anything bad to say about Tina Turner, either.
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Plenty of logger records prove you wrong about that too.
 
Davos said:
Air America was a Newsweb Radio Company project. Different company. It’s true that then Clear Channel ran it on an Los Angeles station. They didn’t create or fund it.
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Clear channel "cleared" it on many stations across the country. I guarantee you (1) they considered their significant investment in it to be "funding it" and (2) very much wanted it to succeed. It didn't because it was extremely bad politics combined with extremely bad radio. Eventually all of the funders, had to give it up. Reality.

Big A acts like iheart/CC has never put a liberal on. NOT Reality.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
The only place I have heard more hate than on Air America is on KPFK. Neither draws (drew) ratings.
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Actually, Air America did well on a number of stations that had good signals and were in more progressive markets.

Portland and Seattle did quite well. LA, considering the limited signal, was not a disaster. There were a few others that achieved numbers that were competitive. But so many of those stations were on dreadful signals that evaluation is hard.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
Clear channel "cleared" it on many stations across the country. I guarantee you (1) they considered their significant investment in it to be "funding it" and (2) very much wanted it to succeed. It didn't because it was extremely bad politics combined with extremely bad radio. Eventually all of the funders, had to give it up. Reality.

Big A acts like iheart/CC has never put a liberal on. NOT Reality.
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CC put not one dollar into Air America. Also, the company does not consider clearing syndicated programming to be an "investment." These are YOUR ideas. Your "guarantee" is worth what if I get you a notarized statement from Bob and Rich that you are wrong?
 
TheBigA said:
That's not what I said. You say iHeart forces KFI talkers to parrot their views. I disagree. Here's what you said:



So don't tell me what I said.
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Your Exact Words:

"Nope. Say what you will about iHeart. They haven't replaced anyone with a liberal. Have they? "

They put on the entire AA lineup on many of their stations. They replaced all kinds of programming on their stations with liberals and lots of them, and in virtually all cases, it didn't work out. You really need to read your own posts before lashing out.

You know who worked out? Rush worked out. Made them a fortune. Compare and contrast.
 
ChannelFlipper said:
Your Exact Words:

"Nope. Say what you will about iHeart. They haven't replaced anyone with a liberal. Have they? "

They put on the entire AA lineup on many of their stations.
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Context, context. We were talking about KFI. They haven't replaced anyone at KFI with a liberal, have they?

You brought up Air America, not me. I was talking about KFI. That's what this thread is about. Please pay attention.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Actually, Air America did well on a number of stations that had good signals and were in more progressive markets.

Portland and Seattle did quite well. LA, considering the limited signal, was not a disaster. There were a few others that achieved numbers that were competitive. But so many of those stations were on dreadful signals that evaluation is hard.
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Way to cherry pick two of the most liberal cities in America to make your point! How about the over 100 other stations?

And how did they do here in LA on a pretty decent 1150 signal, keeping in mind that LA is a very liberal town too and the conservative competition was divided between at least three competing signals?
 
TheBigA said:
Context, context. We were talking about KFI. They haven't replaced anyone at KFI with a liberal, have they?

You brought up Air America, not me. I was talking about KFI. That's what this thread is about. Please pay attention.
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The thread morphed into a conversation of both entities. I am paying close attention. Your points are still not holding up.

Here is the deal. CC set up a whole slew of liberals on another station to compete with KFI, and as I mentioned to David, NOT on the worst signal in town. The local and national press gave them all the free publicity money could buy, CC gave them time to find an audience, and they even came up with some new hosts when some of the originals faltered (well, they were ALL faltering, but in comparison...). CC gave liberal hosts everything they possibly could ask for AND THEY STILL FAILED.

When iheart/CC later put Rush on the same frequency with other conservative hosts without a fraction of the promotion AA received, the station succeeded quite nicely and they still have the format on the station to this day, even though Rush (the real star power) is no longer there and there are still two to three other competitors in town in the same format.

And now with that awful record of failure of AA and every single one of their hosts that they have already put on one of their other stations, you want them now to put one on KFI? Sorry pal, this is a money-making business. If you want to promote the cause, your going to have to do so elsewhere where money, jobs, and livelihoods are not on the line.
 
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ChannelFlipper said:
The thread morphed into a conversation of both entities. I am paying close attention. Your points are still not holding up.
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You're twisting what I said to fit your narrative. It's in plain view. We can all see it.

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And now with that awful record of failure of AA and every single one of their hosts that they have already put on one of their other stations, you want them now to put one on KFI?
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No one ever said that. I asked you if they ever have. You haven't answered me because you're too busy creating an argument.
 
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