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CC/WOR CLEANS HOUSE!

Patterson was such a bore. He didn't fit PM drive in NYC. His politics weren't the issue, his lack of any type of excitement was.

But Joan Hamburg lives on??? I heard "the best of Joan Hamburg" being played today. What an oxymoron.
 
They've reduced Warren Eckstein's "The Pet Show" to 1 hour, 4-5p. I wonder if he will be gone too? Does it mean much since most of these hosts are syndicated anyway? If they were local, like the hosts at KGO were, then it would seem to be a more personal lay off.
 
WNTIRadio said:
Patterson was such a bore. He didn't fit PM drive in NYC. His politics weren't the issue, his lack of any type of excitement was.
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All of the above applies as well to WABC's Geraldo Rivera..
 
Agree 100%. Nobody has taught Geraldo how to take callers and interact with them on the air either. He says hello, they make a comment and then he hangs up on them and doesn't react either way. His method is like a cab going by and people yelling out the window.

I'm sure as other contracts are bought out or ended at WOR some of the other bores will be gone as well. Joan Hamburg's days have to be numbered.
 
But im scared of WABC's future, they will feature the bores like Geraldo and Huckabee. Bad radio. They are just nor made for radio.
 
Joan Hamburg had surgery a week ago. Daughter and others filling-in.
Ron Hoffman and Browne off last night. Heard Browne on CHML-900 this morning. No mention if it was "Best Of."
 
Cosmopolite said:
Mike Gallagher's slot this morning is hosted by former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, a Conservative.
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Live and local (maybe not in the WOR studios but he's addressing the show to the WOR audience.) I don't think he's doing radio elsewhere at the moment ... could this be an "audition" for a slot in the new lineup?
 
Will WOR become popular like WABC has been the since 2000, and will WABC become what WOR has been like? It will be weird hearing Hannity and Rush on WOR. Having Levin and Savage won't be enough to carry WABC, because Grant and Savage weren't enough for WOR to compete with WABC.
 
Hannity is not what made WABC popular. Today's WABC is not popular as it was in early 2000 years. Then they had the popular local Curtis@Cuby, popular local midday Gambling show, the evening Buzz, and later on the local overnight with Malzberg. WABC's cumulative audience has fallen bellow 1 million! My guess is that Hannity and Imus are the cause.

If WABC has any clue they would put on a local show in afternoon drive.
 
qwerty809 said:
Hannity is not what made WABC popular. Today's WABC is not popular as it was in early 2000 years. Then they had the popular local Curtis@Cuby, popular local midday Gambling show, the evening Buzz, and later on the local overnight with Malzberg. WABC's cumulative audience has fallen bellow 1 million! My guess is that Hannity and Imus are the cause.

If WABC has any clue they would put on a local show in afternoon drive.
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Hannity did beat Grant in the ratings.
 
Qwerty is right on target. WABC's numbers now are far, far below what they were in, say, 1992-93-94. And back then, it was all local except Limbaugh and Dennis Prager. With Bob Grant, Lynn Samuels, Lionel, Curtis Sliwa and Jay Diamond, WABC was all New York, except Noon-3 PM, and 9-11 AM (I think that's when Prager was on from LA). Its quarter hours and cumes were much higher than they are now. WABC is now syndication regeneration. I don't doubt that's the model CC will use for WOR.
 
qwerty809 said:
Hannity is not what made WABC popular. Today's WABC is not popular as it was in early 2000 years.
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That could be said of of all news/talk AMs around the country, with only a few exceptions. I wouldn't blame Hannity and Imus. I'd blame the aging of the news/talk audience into the graveyard. But replacing Hannity and Imus with similar programming isn't going to make a huge change in the popularity of a station.

From what I can see, the goal of Cumulus isn't to make the station more popular, but more profitable. Those two aren't exactly the same. So if they replace Rush & Hannity with Geraldo and Huckabee, they've instantly made the station more profitable, regardless of the ratings.
 
Listen, he beat Grant cuz Grant was on the wreck called 'WOR' and Hannity on the mighty WABC. Had it been the other way around Hannity wouldn't stand a chance. Its not about content.
 
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