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All Woman TalkRadio...

M

Meepster

??? I hear Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem are starting an all woman talk radio network.
With all the predicted format upheaval in the AM dial in the Memphis market?
Hell, I bet 680 might give it a shot. They got NOTHIN' to lose!

Letterman said tonight when discussing this...
"That's just what I need...an opinionated woman in the car with me."
 
Does this mean that every 28 days or so I can tune into 'Angry Man-Hating' Talk followed by bloating, crying, and chocolate? "This ovulation is brought to you by Tampax...." <---think of the opportunities.

All kidding aside, an 'all woman talk radio network' format could work. For some reason the first thing that pops into my mind is that SNL skit with Alec Baldwin, "Shwetty's Balls."

How does the quote go, "Behind every great man is a woman running the show?"
 
You know, I thought of several quips I could've thrown in with that first post on this subject.
I chose to let it go.
I guess that's the result of being married for a million years (and knowing several of the women that frequent this site)

BTW---"Schweaty Balls"- one of my absolute favorite SNL skits of all time! Most of those NPR show skits were funny, but that one was in a league all alone.
Another fav was when DeNiro was playing a State Department official naming Muslim suspects at a press conference. Classics both!
 
;D

All of those bits did rock. My favorite of the recent shows, and there probably the only ones worth noting, since 1994. (not counting the ones listed previously.) The "Cowbell" bit with THE Bruce Dickinson. "I got a fever, and the only prescription, is MORE COWBELL!" That bit could have redeemed two bad seasons for me. "Elf Motivation" is a good one. "Lazy Sunday" was great too. I loved the Commercial parodies, 70's through the 90's. Colon Blow, Swill, Bass-O-Matic, Change bank, Bad Idea Jeans, Adobe, Trap doors... Almost all of the spot parodies, were incredible. They were the best, in my opinion...
 
Meepster said:
??? I hear Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem are starting an all woman talk radio network.
With all the predicted format upheaval in the AM dial in the Memphis market?
Hell, I bet 680 might give it a shot. They got NOTHIN' to lose!

Letterman said tonight when discussing this...
"That's just what I need...an opinionated woman in the car with me."
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It worked here before for a while. Anyone remember WHER?
 
Yes, I rememeber WHER. Didn't it eventually become WWEE? I remember Marge Thrasher was one of the hostesses....I'm thinking Dewey Keener was as well but I can't remember any more. Help me out here Rob
 
littlebigradio said:
Yes, I rememeber WHER. Didn't it eventually become WWEE? I remember Marge Thrasher was one of the hostesses....I'm thinking Dewey Keener was as well but I can't remember any more. Help me out here Rob
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Yes, it did become WWEE, amd Marge Thrasher was a big part of it. NPR actually did a program on the history of WHER:

NPR lists the staff as follows:

Becky Phillips, 1955 -. Disc Jockey, News, Librarian. Auditioned music. Hometown: Sheffield, Alabama
Rena Franklin - 1956-1958. Disc Jockey, Station Librarian, Publicity Coordinator.
Janie Joplin, 1959 -. Disc Jockey. Had a morning show & wrote commercials. Hometown: Memphis.
Denise Howard, 1955-. Promotion Director/Designer/Account Exec. Hometown: Memphis.
Bettye Berger 1957 & 1962. Disc Jockey & Sales. Hometown: Memphis.
Dean Duvall, Sales Manager. Her nickname was "The Hat." Hometown: Kentucky. Marge Thrasher, 1960 - early eighties. On-air personality; first to bring the call-in talk show to the radio in the Memphis area in 1967. Hometown - Lohrville, Iowa.
Donna Barlett, 1965- 1971. Disc Jockey, Copy Writer. Hometown - Memphis.
Jaine Rodack, 1967 - 1971. Disc Jockey & Host of Talk Show. Hometown: Philadelphia.
Jackie Kelly - 1967 - 1971. Disc Jockey & Copywriter & Traffic. Hometown: Memphis.
Wanda Martin (Price) - 1965- 1970. Disc Jockey & Bookkeeping. She used to say while on-air "I love you whole bunches." Hometown - Texas.
Sylvia Black - 1960s. Radio Announcer & Board Operator.

Jackie Kelley taught at WQOX in the late 70's. There was a Sylvia Black at WMC during the news-talk days in the mid 90's..same person?

I have no idea where any of the others are...Rob probably COULD fill us in.
 
This is where not being a hometown boy leaves me at a disadvantage. It was already WWEE when I got to town, so I missed the WHER days. This is what I do remember... The studios were in the building at corner of Union and Cleveland (the Mid-City Building?); the control room had a window on the building's lobby (arcade?). The station was a joint venture between Kemmons Wilson (invented Holiday Inns) and Sam Phillips (discovered lightning). At the time I came to town (1976), I think Bill Thomas was the manager. He later ran Y-16 radio in Jackson, MS for Fogleman-Thomas broadcasting (I was the PD), was the GM who took 103 CHR (great idea, just not THAT station!), and is now THOMAS MEDIA in Jackson, TN.
I worked with Janie Joplin at WHBQ, where she was copywriter-on-steroids. Jackie Kelly and Jaine Rodack are still active voice talents in town, and I have done many sessions with them at Wilkerson Sound. Jackie usually writes the "Keep Tennessee Beautiful" spots, and Jaine is a popular speech writer, putting words into some very famous mouths.
I almost think Marion Keisker was also involved in WHER. Marion, of course, was Sam Phillips receptionist at Sun Records, and in that capacity introduced Sam to Elvis.
 
Back to the original subject...we have an women's talk radio station in Jackson on WIIN 780. They have programs like the Radio Ritas, the Satellite Sisters and Women Aloud (or is it Women Allowed?). Since I'm a guy, I don't expect this kind of talk to appeal to me, but I also feel I can't fairly judge the format and its future. I'd love to get a woman's point of view on it.
 
The Cafe 990 in Dallas lasted four days. I think there were some other things at work there, but it has ruined the idea of bringing that type of station back in that market.

I think with the Martha Stewarts and the Rachael Rays of the world, there is a future for it. Mix the talk elements with a focused music presentation, and a station like 98.9 Kim-FM might do alright. 107.9 The Link in Charlotte pulls about a 3.3 share in that market. I don't see it making it on AM.
 
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