Beck will find a new home?

[gabigley1]

I found the old Columbus Dispatch article from two years ago about Glenn Beck being dropped from the 9AM to Noon time slot in favor of live and local talk show host Joel Riley.

It looks like C.C. Columbus has decided that LIVE and Local talk is not important any more during 9AM to Noon because they are bringing Glenn Beck back to WTVN radio and to his old time slot.
Also, they must have failed to see how strong a talent Glenn Beck was back then. C.C. Columbus expected him to settle for weaker signal sister WYTS 1230 back then? ??? Glenn must have been insulted at the suggestion that he move over to weak signal WYTS 1230.

Like they say, ""Hindsight is better than foresight"". Also, Joel Riley's ratings must not have exactly been knocking down the door at the C.C. Columbus Offices.

Click here for the rest of the story:

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2007/01/05/20070105-B1-00.html

RADIO
Big changes at 2 stations cause static among fans
Friday, January 05, 2007
Tim Feran
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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They're coming from the left and the right.
Bye - bye , Beck

The decision to replace syndicated host Glenn Beck on WTVN with central Ohio talk-show host Joel Riley is likewise drawing the ire of listeners.

"Our family is very upset that we are losing Glenn Beck on our morning radio," said one fan, Jean Butler of Gahanna. "We love Joel Riley, but not to replace Glenn."

Beck supporters plan to gather at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at N. High and Goodale streets, then march to Nationwide Arena.

Clear Channel offered to move Beck to the 9 a.m. slot on WYTS.
Beck, however, called the signal too weak.
"I?ve had listeners e-mail me," he said, "and say, ?I can?t even pick up that signal in my car, and I live in the city.? It?s not good for our clients, for the show; it?s not good for the listeners."

Clear Channel wanted WTVN, which Thon describes as "Columbus? townhall station," to be locally oriented.
And it sought to keep Beck on the air, he said.
"We very much wanted Glenn to be part of the new 1230 AM," Thon said. "Glenn is a terrific talent. We didn't drop him; we just wanted to move him. He made the decision."
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[Nu_Roo_2]

Since then, the mayor’s appearances on WTVN have been, well, there haven’t been any.
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Quite understandably. Why go back someplace that provided the vehicle for some smug jerk to bait you and lure you into embarrassing yourself?

This is kind of the flipside of what's happening in Coleman's hometown, Toldeo, where embattled Mayor Carty Finkbeiner has been banned from the airwaves of CC Talk WSPD unless he apologizes for saying the station distorts the truth. If radio is so good at dishing it out, why can't they take it? These are the same people who disingenuously scream "free speech!" I have no sympathy for Conners, even if he wasn't directly involved in the Coleman's baiting.

 

[Clayman43130]

Though, I am a regular listener to Glenn Beck and hate the constant lack of signal from 103.9, I feel he needs to address this when returning to WTVN 610. WTDA stepped up immediately when Glenn needed a new station in Columbus.

As stated by Hal, They were caught by surprise. Glenn is about small america but prefers POWER HOUSE signal??

This is just my thoughts and I will still listen to Glenns program but he needs to address this.

 

[del_griffith]

Dream on. Talk radio do a mea cupla? He will only address it in a way that will make him look good.

Glenn's all about small America until it comes to his (and Premiere's) pockets.

 

[Nu_Roo_2]

Dream on. Talk radio do a mea cupla?

That's why I find WSPD demanding an apology from Toldeo's mayor laughably hypocritcal. Doesn't matter whether his comments were justified or pure lies. Besides, that kind of apology is as meaningful as putting lipstick on a pig.

 

[gabigley1]

Noticed there is little mention on Joel's show about it being replaced by Glenn Beck next week.

I posted this on the Houston radio board. Glenn Beck is about to go from C.C.s weak signal KPRC to C.C.s very strong signal KTRH. Some on my comments would be relevant here:

Sometimes I wonder if CC is testing their ideas at KLVI in Beaumont and then implementing them at KTRH. KLVI switched from Dr. Laura to Glenn Beck a couple of months ago in the 9 - 11 slot and if nothing else, maybe this is the standard CC template for their news / talk stations.

It looks like this may be a new mandate from the C.C. Corporate headquarters. C.C. is taking Glenn Beck back
from some of the non C.C. radio stations that picked him up after they were dropped by C.C. stations a couple
of years ago. For example, a couple of years ago, the most popular station(WTVN) here in Columbus, Ohio dropped him from his 9:00AM to Noon time slot for a live and local talk show. They then offered Glenn Beck a spot on a weaker signal sister station. Glenn Beck refused the offer and went over to the competitors radio station. More on this from a article two years ago. Click here and scroll down:

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2007/01/05/20070105-B1-00.html

Glenn Beck is now going back to his old 9:00-Noon time slot on WTVN. Personnel, I didn't think WTVN would
want to bring Glenn Beck back because they would then have to sacrifice three hours of local talk programing.
After all, two years ago, there was a lot of hype about bringing a LIVE and LOCAL show to WTVN in the morning by dropping Glenn Beck's show. Now I find it hard to fathom that WTVN would want to drop three hours of local programming from their schedule to carry Glenn Beck becase they have traditional been big on
local content for their talk shows.

What dose this have to do with Houston and KTRH you ask.? I find it hard to fathom that KTRH is dropping two hours of local news to carry Glenn Beck. I don't think this decision is being made on a local level. After all, Houston is a major market and most major market have full time local news departments.

 

[del_griffith]

Who knows why there was all the hype about live and local? Let's face it, the local station is going to spin positively whatever the upstairs suits give to them. It's called squeezing the lemons and making lemonade. And on top of that, do you really expect broadcasters to expose their internal warts and all?

CC general managers have a meeting next week at corporate. The expectation is there will be little if any local input and the suits are expected to give the managers their marching orders and budgets for the next year. Do or die budgets.

And it's not just happening in the broadcast world. There are many companies laying off people who likely will never come back and those who remain are told to ration paper clips. Our economy is going through a major belch. One that our generation may have never seen before. It may be long and nasty. Todays questioning of "what are they doing" may be replaced with those were the good old days when you voicetracked 5 stations and still did a local show.........in 20 hours a week and sold for the 5 clusters closest to your major market.


I think CC found that the less is more campaign turned into less is less.

 

[gabigley1]

Is WTVN going to drop Paul Harvey so they can clear Glenn Beck for the full three hours of his show? C.C. Louisville is dropping Paul Harvey on WHAS-AM in Louisville so I wouldn't be surprised it that happens at WTVN
to make way for Glenn Becks full three hour talk. show.

Found this article on this topic from the Radio-Info Kentucky Board:

http://thevillevoice.com/2008/10/06/whas-radio-will-drop-paul-harvey/#comment-28685

There was a post on here somewhere about the status of the Paul Harvey show now that Glenn Beck will be on WTVN. The WTVN site now lists Glenn Beck as part of the WTVN personalities bit dose not have an updated schedule yet.

BTY, It was announced on the air yesterday that Joel is STILL with WTVN radio. I predicted that he was going
to stay on with the station in this thread. Would this be considered a demotion?? He may still be under contract.

 

[columbus radio fan]

Is WTVN going to drop Paul Harvey so they can clear Glenn Beck for the full three hours of his show?

WTVN is going to do what they the last time they had Glenn Beck....Paul Harvey will still air at 11:44a. WTVN never did air the full 3 hours of the show, nor will they this time around as well.

 

[ajhenderson]

Glenn has not been on KPRC in Houston for some time. He is currently on KSEV, a largely brokered station with a sub-1 share.

 

[gabigley1]

Glenn has not been on KPRC in Houston for some time. He is currently on KSEV, a largely brokered station with a sub-1 share.

Thanks for the correction.. KSEV dose have a better coverage of Houston then KPRC dose.

 

[ajhenderson]

KSEV may be on a better freq and have more rural coverage, but KPRC basically covers Houston fine and it shows by the higher listenership they've always had over KSEV.

 

[gabigley1]

They talk about Glenn Beck during the first segment of the Big Bass Brothers show. Joel Riley says it was a budget cut and then Corby has the nerve to call Glenn an "IDIOT" on the air.
Corby must control his own destiny at WTVN radio. CC corporate must love Glenn now but he isn't getting
any love from Corby. Then Corby says that CC would replace him if they could find a robot to talk and take calls over the air.?

Here is the audio from the January 9, 2008 show:

http://www.wtvn.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=bigbassbrothers.xml

Also, I hear that BC dose his morning show from his Winter home in Florida. Any comments?

 

[talkers]

Also, I hear that BC dose his morning show from his Winter home in Florida. Any comments?

That's not news. He's been doing that for several years now. He still sounds like he's right here, so that's good for him!

BC is not the only big time morning guy that goes to Florida during the winter and still does their show back home.

 

[del_griffith]

Also, I hear that BC dose his morning show from his Winter home in Florida. Any comments?

That's not news. He's been doing that for several years now. He still sounds like he's right here, so that's good for him!

BC is not the only big time morning guy that goes to Florida during the winter and still does their show back home.

You've got to remember BC is in his mid 70's (74 I believe). Apparently he is important enough to get some leeway where he broadcasts his show from. He's well beyond retirement age but apparently enjoys the job and/or the money and 610 enjoys his work to pay him the money and give him the gift of no frigid or snow days while at home.

 

[hdtvnewbie]

They talk about Glenn Beck during the first segment of the Big Bass Brothers show. Joel Riley says it was a budget cut and then Corby has the nerve to call Glenn an "IDIOT" on the air

No offense to anybody, but Riley's show and even Corby's show are/were both pretty lame for my tastes. On the drive home, I tend to listen to "Eddie and Tracy" on WLW, which is more my speed. Those guys always seem to have some off-the-wall topic and are both a hoot.

In fact, one afternoon recently when Corby's old boss Daryl Parks popped into the "Eddie and Tracy" show, even he started making fun of Corby's show. A caller from Columbus called in and Daryl asked what Corby was talking about today. Parks incredulously said something to the effect of, "the last time I tuned in they were talking about cookie recipies!"

Anyway, I am all for local radio but why does everybody in this market have to be so whitebread? Can't at least one person be entertaining?

 

[ajhenderson]

I'd say in this day and age, Columbus is rather lucky to have someone as relatively decent as Corby.

 

[del_griffith]

Also, I hear that BC dose his morning show from his Winter home in Florida. Any comments?

That's not news. He's been doing that for several years now. He still sounds like he's right here, so that's good for him!

BC is not the only big time morning guy that goes to Florida during the winter and still does their show back home.

You've got to remember BC is in his mid 70's (74 I believe). Apparently he is important enough to get some leeway where he broadcasts his show from. He's well beyond retirement age but apparently enjoys the job and/or the money and 610 enjoys his work to pay him the money and give him the gift of no frigid or snow days while at home.

I missed it by a year. Was thinking it was 2008 instead of 2009.

BC was 42 when the Perfect Partner disaster happened. That was in 1976. That would make him 75 now.

Hard to believe that was 33 years ago. Wonder what ever became of Dee?

 

[willcail]

Corby dissing WTVN and CC. That's funny.

 

[hdtvnewbie]

I'd say in this day and age, Columbus is rather lucky to have someone as relatively decent as Corby.

There's nothing wrong with Corby, he is very competent and professional like most people in the media here. There's just not enough entertainment factor for my tastes, which is a shame given this market's fairly decent history of having colorful media personalities.