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dan rea. nightside.

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blamethemayo

opinions?

best talk show in boston. i like it. hopefully dan will get some more presidential candidates. i really enjoyed his time with chris dodd.
 
Although i'm up in Portland, i've enjoyed the evenings with Dan. I was just discussing this yesterday with my wife's uncle in Woburn, an avid talk-radio listener.

Dan has brought a thoughtful style and delivery to the timeslot, very quickly making the show "his own."

In their respective ways, Bruds and Sully made their marks in the same way.

Where Bruds had a delivery that sounded at times overly-intelligent, Sully took on the issues with his shirt-sleeves-rolled-up everyman point of view. I was a fan of both men.

Dan sounds to me like he's coupled both of those approaches and combined them nicely with his more-than-working knowledge of the issues and the area.

And that the greater Boston listening area is fairly familiar with Dan as a news voice (and face) for many years, it's like having a conversation (or listening to one) with a friend.
 
i dont think rea is trying to be a replacement. he is doing his own thing. and all in all i think he is doing a very fine job.

i do sometimes find myself hoping he will challenge his guests a little more. he seems to go out of his way to be impartial...which is good...but you shouldnt let the guests get by with obvious spinning of facts.
 
I listen to "Nightside" on an irregular basis during my commute home. While I don't always agree with his conclusions, I think Dan does a good job. You can tell that there is more "reporter" and less "opinion" on his show, which is a fresh change from all the bombasts out there who don't know what the heck they are talking about!
 
ive been quite disappointed with the show the last two nights or so.

one reason i like dan rea is because of his maturity and objectivity, two qualities that are sadly lacking in talk radio these days.

but the last night was a four rant against the clintons, hillary in particular.

dan was sliding into howie carr/jay severin territory. i dont think that is a good place to be.
 
Dan Rea is a class act and is hardly sliding into "Howie Carr/Jay Severin territory". I listen to his show quite frequently and really like his even-handed style.

Just because he has an opinion does not mean that he is drinking the Kool-aid. Not having an opinion would make him boring. Being honest about disliking and not trusting Hillary Clinton (as if THAT was such an unusual opinion) does not make him some sort of conservative commentator. Referring to Hillary with a Nixon analogy is very apt, and could even turn out to be dead-on correct in the general election. He seems to like Obama much better, while also being just as fair with many of the Republicans. He also had Dennis Kuchinch and his hot wife in the studio and seemed to hit it off quite well with both. Dan Rea looks at each of them with a critical eye and is gives compliments to the positives and discusses the negatives as well.

Face it, Dan is quite fair with both sides - left and right - and is a refreshing change from the likes of Sean Hannity. I like to listen to get a thoughtful and polite discussion that features all points of view. He does that quite well, as did his WBZ predecessors.
 
Dan can say anything he wants-including anti-Hil stuff. But please spare us (he has so far I think) the Hillary P'ing jokes that come from the troll on 96.9.
 
BRNout said:
Dan Rea is a class act and is hardly sliding into "Howie Carr/Jay Severin territory". I listen to his show quite frequently and really like his even-handed style.
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I think Rea is GREAT! Best talk host in Boston in a generation! Bright, well informed, keeps the discourse civil even when sorely tested by some pretty awful callers. And I generally find LeVeille acceptable too. For reference, I could not stand either of Rea's sainted predecessors--Brudnoy in particular. Although the audience absolutely ate up his phony erudition, no way was he as smart or as well informed as he (and his callers) seemed to think he was. Moreover, I found his ongoing imitation of Willam F Buckley (a man nobody should ever have tried to imitate) one of radio's worst running jokes.

And while I'm tossing bouquets to WBZ air personalities, I find Ed Walsh to be an incredibly fine news anchor. Fantastic pipes; pleasant, reassuring manner. FAR easier to listen to than the machine-gun delivery of the more bombastic Gary LaPierre.
 
i hope no one takes my criticism the wrong way. i also think rea is the best in boston.

that is why i was so disappointed the other night.

i dont mind if he states his opinion. but the anti-hillary tirade got a little out of hand. i would expect howie carr, not dan rea to play 'dont cry for me argentina' when discussing hillary.
 
I don't think a host succeeds in the long run by telling callers that they 'only have a few seconds left' and then monopolize that time by reinforcing how 'smart' he is. Dan has an annoying habit of talking over the callers and truncating what they have to say so he can fit his side of things in there. A Rea apologist might suggest that's exactly what a radio host is supposed to do. But you could fill a week's worth of shows with situations where a caller was on a good, cogent track. He (or she) had good points to make and in an engaging way. So what if 'Mel from Meffa' is waiting on Line 2. BFD. 'Mel from Meffa' might be a total TOOL. Or worse, Rea might want to 'monologue' when he really ought not. The radio world is full of hosts who monologue simply because it's 'their' show. Haughty.

Yes, we get that Rea is a smart, opinionated, 'learned' guy. We get that. We do. Really. But don't wax on about how important the calls are, and then short-circuit every one by essentially saying, 'Enough about you, let's talk about me.' Whether it's sports-talk or issues-oriented radio, today's talk-show hosts have an annoying 'It's-about-ME' attitude. Dan tries to balance it out--otherwise he's toast--but force-feeding the audience his pedigree and resume in a semi-disguised way will make his 'heard in 38 States' audience grow weary.
 
JJ Wright said:
I like the "imaging" voice ;D
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It's my firm belief that imaging does help to make a station flow, stand-out and sound great. The guy on WBZ is spot-on, imho.

And did anyone mention that JJ Wright has a similar name to a character in my novel, "Taken Identity?" There's an Admiral Jack Joseph Wright who helps out some of our military heroes. And I would imagine that the Admiral sounds a lot like the WBZ Imaging guy. ;)

okay - shameless plug-mode off. back to hoping i sound like JJ when i grow up.
 
I have always thought very highly of Dan Rea, when is he on?? Has he replaced David B?

He is similar to the new host on WRKO 10 to 12 slot,
 
I don't think Rea would be confused with Howie with lefties Jim McGovern, Bill Delahunt and Mark Goldman all on at the same time (and I wouldn't call it being anti-Hillary just because they were all getting on board the Obama bandwagon just before the NH primary).

If it weren't for the primaries (and the fact that Laura Ingraham is delayed), I wouldn't even be listening to Nightside. But he does tend to go overboard on kissing up to callers, saying how great the caller was, outstanding points of interest, your breath smells nice, ... and so on. I think it would be more comfortable for him doing a long show like his if he wasn't constantly on his knees.
 
Rea does a terrific show. While he can be overly effusive at times, his show is engaging, informative, and evenhanded. Its a welcome oasis of good, intelligent discussion in a market where talk radio is in sharp decline.
 
WFNERBSHX said:
Rea does a terrific show. While he can be overly effusive at times, his show is engaging, informative, and evenhanded. Its a welcome oasis of good, intelligent discussion in a market where talk radio is in sharp decline.
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I couldn't have said it better... I know; I tried and failed;>( Anyhow, FWIW (very little, I guess), I strongly agree.
 
McGovern and Delahunt were on w/ Howie during the NH primary coverage. They played a clip (which
you can now hear on a promo for HC) in which Bill Clinton said of his wife, "I can't make her taller,
shorter, male..."

Col. Dave Hunt: "Anyone else says that, they're in jail."
Howie: "Anyone got a comment?"
McGovern: "He was misquoted"
Everyone burst out laughing. Good one.
 
What's wrong with being personable? If you want to be treated like crap go find Savage and Levin someplace.
You can be a conservative without being an AWG, especially powering-up at 50k clear channel watts.
 
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