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Arnie Arneson affiliate count?

> Is Arnie Arneson just on WTPL-FM NOON-3p Eastern or are
> there additional station(s)?

She will be on zero stations in a couple weeks. WTPL is dropping her at the
end of the year, and she also lost her affiliates elsewhere in N.H. awhile
back. She will continue to host a TV show, "My Prime" on WZMY-TV Ch 50
in Derry, NH

Links, from further down this board and the Northern N.E. board.

http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=609102&Board=newstalk

http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=609065&Board=northne
 
While nationally distributed Liberal Talk Shows are doing okay. AAR is reporting 82 affiliates, Ed Schultz over 100, and Stephanie Miller over 20 and growing, the business has not been a favorable for some local lib talkers.

Arnesan has now lost all three of her radio affiliations and now is just broadcasting on local cable.

Guy James who had been broadcasting in the Fort Myers area for three or four years was unceremoniously dumped about a month ago was WNOG-AM

Bob Kincaid was dropped from WWNR radio a few months ago and now just streams his show on the internet

Does anyone know about more local liberal talkers that have been cancelled?

> Is Arnie Arneson just on WTPL-FM NOON-3p Eastern or are
> there additional station(s)?
>
>
> http://www.wtplfm.com/
>
> WTPL-FM includes listen live link
>
> http://arniearnesen.com/
>
> personal web
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> While nationally distributed Liberal Talk Shows are doing
> okay. AAR is reporting 82 affiliates, Ed Schultz over 100,
> and Stephanie Miller over 20 and growing, the business has
> not been a favorable for some local lib talkers.

The interesting thing is that I'd think adding local hosts would
help prog-talk stations. If I were Arnie I'd make a pitch to
do a show for WKOX/WXKS in Boston, though I don't know where they'd
put her. They wouldn't want to lose Miller or Franken (though if
Franken runs for Senate and gives up show...) or Schulz...I would
think that, like conservative talk stations, there should be at
least ONE show dealing with local issues, etc. A place like Boston
should easily have someone do a locally based show. National
stuff is important too but you need that local element as well.
Sad if this is a trend a libtalkers (having to dismiss local hosts)

WHJJ in Providence, on the other hand, HAS seemed to go into a local
direction with Helen Glover and Howie Barte replacing Springer and
Franken. We'll have to see how they do in ratings.
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If I were Arnie I'd make a pitch to
>
> do a show for WKOX/WXKS in Boston, though I don't know where
> they'd
> put her. They wouldn't want to lose Miller or Franken
> (though if
> Franken runs for Senate and gives up show...) or Schulz...I
> would
> think that, like conservative talk stations, there should be
> at
> least ONE show dealing with local issues, etc. A place like
> Boston
> should easily have someone do a locally based show. National
>
> stuff is important too but you need that local element as
> well.
> Sad if this is a trend a libtalkers (having to dismiss local
> hosts)
>
> WHJJ in Providence, on the other hand, HAS seemed to go into
> a local
> direction with Helen Glover and Howie Barte replacing
> Springer and
> Franken. We'll have to see how they do in ratings.



Already proposed .....She would be perfect for Whjj as she is a better fit politically for RI and New England. Weekends may be an option. Both she and Jay Diamond should be used on either station...but Whjj IS NOT liberal...they just air a few shows as part of a very odd mix...

WKOX could eliminate reruns by giving her a bank of time on weekends...same for diamond...

Believe it or not, if they were smart, they would run Randi live and give Arnie an evening show, then run Majority and Shultz late...i would not object. Springer can run in the dead of night or weekends.
 
Franken's Possible Senate Try

> They wouldn't want to lose Miller or Franken
> (though if
> Franken runs for Senate and gives up show...)

Franken has said over and over and over again that he MAY try to get the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Norm Coleman in... 2008.

2008.

2008.

Three years from now.

2008. <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Scribbler on 12/20/05 06:51 PM.</FONT></P>
 
> If I were Arnie I'd make a pitch to
>
> do a show for WKOX/WXKS in Boston, though I don't know where
> they'd
> put her. They wouldn't want to lose Miller or Franken
> (though if
> Franken runs for Senate and gives up show...) or Schulz...I
> would
> think that, like conservative talk stations, there should be
> at
> least ONE show dealing with local issues, etc. A place like
> Boston
> should easily have someone do a locally based show.

What about mornings? Last time I heard AA's morning show it was positively dreadful (though I understand they've made changes). That's the one shift you'd want something local. Didn't Arnie do AM drive somewhere in the midwest before coming to N.H.?
 
local liberal host cancellations

> While nationally distributed Liberal Talk Shows are doing
> okay. AAR is reporting 82 affiliates, Ed Schultz over 100,
> and Stephanie Miller over 20 and growing, the business has
> not been a favorable for some local lib talkers.
>
> Arnesan has now lost all three of her radio affiliations and
> now is just broadcasting on local cable.
>
> Guy James who had been broadcasting in the Fort Myers area
> for three or four years was unceremoniously dumped about a
> month ago was WNOG-AM
>
> Bob Kincaid was dropped from WWNR radio a few months ago and
> now just streams his show on the internet
>
> Does anyone know about more local liberal talkers that have
> been cancelled?

1. Jay Diamond WRKO-AM/Boston (Entercom) (see Doc9464's post below on WHJJ)
2. Allan Prell KIRO-AM/Seattle (Entercom)

Nancy Skinner and Tony Trupiano had to resign earlier this year due to running for office, pursuant to FCC rules.

Whatever happened to Charlie Jaco?

Definitely plenty of options out there for local prog hosts for progressive stations, as Raccoon and Doc have suggested.

Mike Siegel - I'd even hire him for a progressive station in some sort of a debate forum with a far left co-host. AAR's AM 1090 Seattle could consider that, given Siegel's respect from both sides of the political isle. <P ID="signature">______________
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> Already proposed .....She would be perfect for Whjj as she
> is a better fit politically for RI and New England. Weekends
> may be an option. Both she and Jay Diamond should be used on
> either station...but Whjj IS NOT liberal...they just air a
> few shows as part of a very odd mix...

I think that they've cut everything other than a tape-delayed Randi Rhodes.

> Believe it or not, if they were smart, they would run Randi
> live and give Arnie an evening show, then run Majority and
> Shultz late...i would not object. Springer can run in the
> dead of night or weekends.

Since Clear Channel seems to run New England on a shoestring (exempting WXKS-FM and WJMN), what about hiring Arnie or Jay Diamond to do local mornings on WKOXKS, and then simulcasting the show to some of CC's underperforming AMs in the region? WMYF-AM in Portsmouth comes to mind as one.
 
Arnie was on briefly on WKBK Keene, NH (near the liberal bastion of Brattleboro VT) and she lasted only a couple of weeks...she is smart and a great interviewer, but can be very abrasive and is intolerant of other opinions. A great person but tough to listen to because of her blatant partisan slant.

> > If I were Arnie I'd make a pitch to
> >
> > do a show for WKOX/WXKS in Boston, though I don't know
> where
> > they'd
> > put her. They wouldn't want to lose Miller or Franken
> > (though if
> > Franken runs for Senate and gives up show...) or
> Schulz...I
> > would
> > think that, like conservative talk stations, there should
> be
> > at
> > least ONE show dealing with local issues, etc. A place
> like
> > Boston
> > should easily have someone do a locally based show.
>
> What about mornings? Last time I heard AA's morning show it
> was positively dreadful (though I understand they've made
> changes). That's the one shift you'd want something local.
> Didn't Arnie do AM drive somewhere in the midwest before
> coming to N.H.?
>
 
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