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Bob Grant did not create talk radio

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I keep hearing Bob Grant's callers tell him that he was the first host to do what he does, and Grant agrees with them. If you read Grant's columns, you'll find him doing the same in many of the editorials he writes. This is not true. There were other hosts who came before him, and there were other pioneers who were starting at the same time Grant did in the 1960s. Grant also expresses jealously toward modern hosts, but they don't owe Grant anything more than what they've already done for him. Malzberg, Hannity, Levin etc. have all paid tribute to Grant many times. Going by how the radio business works, Grant is lucky to have been on the radio past age sixty, let alone to age eighty-one. He is a pioneer, and influential host, but he doesn't have to be jealous of the modern day hosts. I also think he should not have returned to radio after he retired in 2006.
 
you are right Bob grant did not create talk radio......but, his style was all his ie: "get off my phone you..." etc. if you lived on the west coast in the 60's...there was Joe pine and people out in LA would bring him up as grants callers do here..

When Bob reads talking points, they are his.....

The first time i tuned into WMCA as a talk station, ...Alex Bennett was talking about PAUL IS DEAD.....WOW! it was great radio..the next day i tuned in early and Bob was on the air...what a ride that was...
i was hooked!

So, BOB GRANT didn't create talk radio, just as CARSON didn't create THE TONIGHT SHOW...it was just his style people remember..

thank you for taking my call!
 
butchfm said:
you are right Bob grant did not create talk radio......but, his style was all his ie: "get off my phone you..." etc...
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So does this mean current WOR host Glenn Beck is a Bob Grant rip-off? :D
 
No, Glenn Beck is out there on his own.....i will say this, when he started at 970 WFLA in Tampa, before he went nation wide, he had a real fun show....he did a thing in the afternoons called the SHLUB CLUB...here's kinda' how it worked...he would have his 4pm listeners in on the joke..
tell them something like the city wants all homes painted pink...in the 5 pm hour he would go on a rant about it...his 4pm listeners would call back after 5 in favor of the citys idea...the shlubs were the listeners on ther way home at 5 pm thinking the city lost it's mind and call in for they thought this was real...it was great radio.....OH WAIT THE SHLUB CLUB IS NATION WIDE..
 
The first talk radio I remember was back in the 60s---nights on the old 66 WNBC. Alan Colmes and Long John Nebel are names that come to mind. These guys pushed the 60s liberal agenda all the way and it worked because the 60s were a different time.
 
butchfm said:
No, Glenn Beck is out there on his own.....i will say this, when he started at 970 WFLA in Tampa, before he went nation wide, he had a real fun show....he did a thing in the afternoons called the SHLUB CLUB...here's kinda' how it worked...he would have his 4pm listeners in on the joke..
tell them something like the city wants all homes painted pink...in the 5 pm hour he would go on a rant about it...his 4pm listeners would call back after 5 in favor of the citys idea...the shlubs were the listeners on ther way home at 5 pm thinking the city lost it's mind and call in for they thought this was real...it was great radio.....OH WAIT THE SHLUB CLUB IS NATION WIDE..
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Glenn started on WFLA in January 2000. The show was 3-7pm, directly following Rush. He essentially ran one 2 hour show, repeated for the 5-7pm audience. The shlub club was as a direct result of those who weren't listening before 5pm. To the 5pm audience, he quit on air, left 2 dogs to cook in his car in the hot Florida sun to show how hot it was out in the black tarred parking lot, aired an abortion, and explained the incestuous feelings for his sister - wait 'till the krazies get a hold of this thread. :)

His was radio at it's best. Then came September 11th, everything changed...

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
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