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A Dr. Laura comeback?

J

johnbasalla

If the ad on Radio-Info's home-page is a truthful indication, it looks like Dr. Laura Schelssinger's syndicated lifestyle talk show is rebounding. She got dropped by many stations/companies in the aftermath of 9/11 as there was an immediate increase in interest for issues-oriented talk.
How big is the Dr. Laura comeback? Are listeners getting tired of issues-oriented talk, even though this should be a hot year thanks to the off-year elections?
 
True the ad says 35 new affiliates - but do we know how big the stations are? In 2002 she was dropped by a 50KW (day and night) in-city station in Hartford and picked up by a 2500 watt day (80 watt at night) Suburban Station. The station could be heard by day in parts of Hartford, but it wasn't clear all over Hartford. In addition the Suburban Station that carried her aired her live 3PM-6PM that means in December they were cutting power to 80 watts at 4:15:pM and that 80 watts doesn't go much farther than their parking lot. (They carried Dr. Laura From 2002-2004 and 2005-2007. Both times they dropped her because they went Spanish).
 
I sometimes shop at a grocery store whose store brand is Laura Lynn.

They have a Dr. Lynn soft drink which looks like Dr. Pepper. I guess Dr. Laura wouldn't have been a good idea?
 
Doctors always liked to be referred to by Dr. Theirlastname back when that brand went to market, not Dr. Theirfirstname. It was only natch that the marketers considered that.
Plus, Dr. Laura wasn't a household name to rip off until later on.
 
Who wants to listen to that hyprocrital shrill quack fraud? Perhaps she should attend to her sons problems rather than telling Americans how to live? She is not even a real psychologist or counsler.
 
Didn't she just get nominated for a Marconi? Since she was left for dead five years ago, that qualifies as a comeback.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I sometimes shop at a grocery store whose store brand is Laura Lynn.

They have a Dr. Lynn soft drink which looks like Dr. Pepper. I guess Dr. Laura wouldn't have been a good idea?
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Dr. Laura looks like Dr. Pepper.
 
Could it be that "Dr. Schelssinger" simply sounded too much like a podiatrist?
 
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