Kathy Fishman, Gail De Lauder days on WSMB. Where are they now? Ed Tyll?
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Ed Tyll left in 1989-90ish I think and headed to Orlando to one of those first "FM Hot talk" stations... I think he had a meltdown at some point.
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What's up with the "Original Rush" and has his career been irreparably harmed by his association with Robert Namer? I would like to hear his take on the current political scene.
Ah, I miss the "Info Radio" days of WSMB.
Here's what I know about some of the alum. Gail Delaughter is in Houston. She's been in radio there for years. Here is a link to her linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gail-delaughter/9/12a/b88
Ed Tyll, at last check, was doing talk radio in Long Island, New York.
Karen Parker-Bates is doing radio in Chicago.
Sports guy Peter Brown is now a national sports radio host
And of course we all know what happened with Ron Hunter.
Here's what I know about some of the alum. Gail Delaughter is in Houston. She's been in radio there for years. Here is a link to her linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gail-delaughter/9/12a/b88
Ed Tyll, at last check, was doing talk radio in Long Island, New York.
Karen Parker-Bates is doing radio in Chicago.
Sports guy Peter Brown is now a national sports radio host
And of course we all know what happened with Ron Hunter.
Interesting seeing this old thread. I worked at WSMB when they launched as "Hot Talk" on N. Claiborne. Ed Tyll had visions of live audiences attending his talk show in the main studio which had actual bleachers. The juxtaposition of Tom Fitzmorris and Ed Tyll middays/afternoons? You can't make that stuff up. I set up the gear for Tom's lunchtime remotes which were very smooth and reverent. People love Tom! Then I remember spending time with Ed Tyll doing lines and having long discussions about talk radio. He was very passionate and intense about his hot talk "vision", but unfortunately New Orleans being New Orleans, he got his share of listener complaints and tussles with the management. His current Wiki entry says he is a voiceover artist and stand-up in New York.
According to Wikipedia, WSMB at 1350-AM (now WWWL-AM) WSMB was founded in 1925 as New Orleans' first professional radio station, a joint commercial venture by the local Saenger Theatre (the "S" in WSMB) and the Maison Blanche Department store (the "MB" in WSMB). Programming provided by the Saenger allowed Maison Blanche to sell radios (national networks would not provide programming for years to come). The studios were located on the thirteenth floor of the Maison Blanche Building on Canal Street, a few blocks from the theater for most of its history.
WSMB was a very successful news/talk outlet in the 1960s and 1970s primarily on the strength of morning drive personalities, Roy Roberts and Jeff Hugg, know as “Nut and Jeff” and midday political talk show host, Keith Rush. But by the 1980s its ratings had dropped. In 1988 it was auctioned off and by the 1990s it became the sister station to WWL-AM, first under the ownership of Sinclair Broadcast Group, and then Entercom.
WSMB's only notable format detours were between 1999 and 2001 when it flipped to all-sports-talk. Programming at that time included syndicated shows from ESPN Radio and an afternoon show hosted by local sports commentator Kaare Johnson. Other local personalities heard on the station included noted sports trainer Mackie Shilstone. A period where programming consisted of on-air psychologists, and most recently (until November 2006) carrying a progressive talk radio format as an affiliate of Air America Radio. The Food Show with Tom Fitzmorris remained on the air through all these format changes. It is the longest-running talk show of any kind in New Orleans, airing daily since July 18, 1988.
WSMB was a very successful news/talk outlet in the 1960s and 1970s primarily on the strength of morning drive personalities, Roy Roberts and Jeff Hugg, know as “Nut and Jeff” and midday political talk show host, Keith Rush. But by the 1980s its ratings had dropped. In 1988 it was auctioned off and by the 1990s it became the sister station to WWL-AM, first under the ownership of Sinclair Broadcast Group, and then Entercom.
WSMB's only notable format detours were between 1999 and 2001 when it flipped to all-sports-talk. Programming at that time included syndicated shows from ESPN Radio and an afternoon show hosted by local sports commentator Kaare Johnson. Other local personalities heard on the station included noted sports trainer Mackie Shilstone. A period where programming consisted of on-air psychologists, and most recently (until November 2006) carrying a progressive talk radio format as an affiliate of Air America Radio. The Food Show with Tom Fitzmorris remained on the air through all these format changes. It is the longest-running talk show of any kind in New Orleans, airing daily since July 18, 1988.
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