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Clear Channel at it again. Ted Efaw is let go by WILM
- Thread starter Mattjon
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Ted is a great reporter, writer, anchor, and talk show host. He's a dedicated newsman, who's a great person to work with. That is WILM's loss and some other station's gain. If WDEL has space and a budget for another reporter, Ted would be a great addition to their fine news department.
So that leaves Bruce Elliot, Allan Krakower, and John Watson (Phil Feliceangeli is at WDOV). So essentially WILM and WDOV both now have one reporter, Allan at WILM and Phil at WDOV. My assumption is Watson and Elliot are not doing any reporting, simply preparing for their respective shows as they both are listed as talk show hosts. Phil Feliceangeli, Allan Krakower, and Christa Cooper are listed under Elliot in the Morning.
Well, essentially Elliot in the morning is a talk show that uses a news story for Bruce to interview a Fox reporter and offer right wing spin, with a local news capsule by Phil and sports by Allan, weather by the weather channel, and traffic by WDSD's Christa Cooper,plus the Rush/Hannity morning rants. So news isn't the main objective of Elliot in the Morning. If you want a more news oriented AM drive show, you have two choices WDEL or NPR's WHYY-FM.
I did listen a bit to Bruce this morning and there were some actual local spots, so someone has been out beating the pavement and selling Elliot's show. WILM and WDOV have their one reporter, one to get sound in Wilmington and the other for sound in Dover. They can make it work as news isn't their main product any longer. Their main product is talk with local and national news capsules. There's nothing wrong with that, but it sure is a big change from what WILM was, but maybe this will work better for them in terms of meeting the bottomline in getting local spots, and let's face it, that is the bottom line.
So that leaves Bruce Elliot, Allan Krakower, and John Watson (Phil Feliceangeli is at WDOV). So essentially WILM and WDOV both now have one reporter, Allan at WILM and Phil at WDOV. My assumption is Watson and Elliot are not doing any reporting, simply preparing for their respective shows as they both are listed as talk show hosts. Phil Feliceangeli, Allan Krakower, and Christa Cooper are listed under Elliot in the Morning.
Well, essentially Elliot in the morning is a talk show that uses a news story for Bruce to interview a Fox reporter and offer right wing spin, with a local news capsule by Phil and sports by Allan, weather by the weather channel, and traffic by WDSD's Christa Cooper,plus the Rush/Hannity morning rants. So news isn't the main objective of Elliot in the Morning. If you want a more news oriented AM drive show, you have two choices WDEL or NPR's WHYY-FM.
I did listen a bit to Bruce this morning and there were some actual local spots, so someone has been out beating the pavement and selling Elliot's show. WILM and WDOV have their one reporter, one to get sound in Wilmington and the other for sound in Dover. They can make it work as news isn't their main product any longer. Their main product is talk with local and national news capsules. There's nothing wrong with that, but it sure is a big change from what WILM was, but maybe this will work better for them in terms of meeting the bottomline in getting local spots, and let's face it, that is the bottom line.
No loss as far as I am concerned. WILM is dead to anyone who wants real news, weather or traffic information. WDEL is the only place to go.
Plus, Efaw always seemed to be able to pick feature interviews with the left-wing liberals on the left-wing liberal topics he loves so dearly. I did not know that real unbiased reporters are allowed to do that. Too bad RadioAmericas is not still in business.
Plus, Efaw always seemed to be able to pick feature interviews with the left-wing liberals on the left-wing liberal topics he loves so dearly. I did not know that real unbiased reporters are allowed to do that. Too bad RadioAmericas is not still in business.
And an earlier thread mentioned Watson is in the hospital and is not being included in on-air promotion.
And I recall reading that Krakower is a teacher full-time and only works in radio part-time.
So that leaves the guy in Dover.
And I recall reading that Krakower is a teacher full-time and only works in radio part-time.
So that leaves the guy in Dover.
No loss as far as I am concerned. WILM is dead to anyone who wants real news, weather or traffic information. WDEL is the only place to go.
Plus, Efaw always seemed to be able to pick feature interviews with the left-wing liberals on the left-wing liberal topics he loves so dearly. I did not know that real unbiased reporters are allowed to do that.
When Ted wore the hat of a reporter he didn't allow his bias to show in his reporting. When Ted did interviews while filling in for Watson on his talk show, he wore the hat of a talk show host thus being allowed to show his bias, which he did in a major way. When I worked for WILM, I was a reporter, news anchor, and a talk show host. When I was a reporter and a news anchor, my motto was, just the facts ma'am. However, when I did News Talk PM I definitely offered my 2 cents worth on any and all topics. That isn't any different than what Ted did.
I listened this morning to Ellot in the Morning on WILM and I heard the same local news that I later heard when I tuned into WDEL. Granted, WILM uses less sound than WDEL, but both WILM/WDOV and WDEL essentially covered the same local stories, wkth WILM/WDOV offering some downstate news that WDEL doesn't do as their audience during AM drive probably isn't from Dover of below. The weather, traffic, and sports on WILM are just as good as WDEL's. Fox news handles the national/international news on WILM as CBS radio does for WDEL.
Granted the slant of WILM's Bruce Elliot is very rightwing, whereas WDEL's Peter MacArthur and Melanie Armstrong are reporters and keep their opinions out of their newscasts. Same with WHYY-FM's Morning Edition and their local Philly staff, they don't put their opinion in the mix either. So WDEL and WHYY-FM are more solidly a newscast where as WILM's morning show contains news/weather/sports/traffic, but also contains elements of rightwing politics as they air the Rush/Hannity morning rant, plus Bruce's comments about some issue in the news. Loudell's morning commentary on WDEL isn't a rant, but is an actual commentary. ALso Allan does not show his political leanings in his commentaries. This one element make WDEL's and WHYY-FM's AM drive newscasts, for my ear, the better choices over WILM. To each his/her own.
Plus, Efaw always seemed to be able to pick feature interviews with the left-wing liberals on the left-wing liberal topics he loves so dearly. I did not know that real unbiased reporters are allowed to do that.
When Ted wore the hat of a reporter he didn't allow his bias to show in his reporting. When Ted did interviews while filling in for Watson on his talk show, he wore the hat of a talk show host thus being allowed to show his bias, which he did in a major way. When I worked for WILM, I was a reporter, news anchor, and a talk show host. When I was a reporter and a news anchor, my motto was, just the facts ma'am. However, when I did News Talk PM I definitely offered my 2 cents worth on any and all topics. That isn't any different than what Ted did.
I listened this morning to Ellot in the Morning on WILM and I heard the same local news that I later heard when I tuned into WDEL. Granted, WILM uses less sound than WDEL, but both WILM/WDOV and WDEL essentially covered the same local stories, wkth WILM/WDOV offering some downstate news that WDEL doesn't do as their audience during AM drive probably isn't from Dover of below. The weather, traffic, and sports on WILM are just as good as WDEL's. Fox news handles the national/international news on WILM as CBS radio does for WDEL.
Granted the slant of WILM's Bruce Elliot is very rightwing, whereas WDEL's Peter MacArthur and Melanie Armstrong are reporters and keep their opinions out of their newscasts. Same with WHYY-FM's Morning Edition and their local Philly staff, they don't put their opinion in the mix either. So WDEL and WHYY-FM are more solidly a newscast where as WILM's morning show contains news/weather/sports/traffic, but also contains elements of rightwing politics as they air the Rush/Hannity morning rant, plus Bruce's comments about some issue in the news. Loudell's morning commentary on WDEL isn't a rant, but is an actual commentary. ALso Allan does not show his political leanings in his commentaries. This one element make WDEL's and WHYY-FM's AM drive newscasts, for my ear, the better choices over WILM. To each his/her own.
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