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Delilah Out at Star 99.9
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I don't know that any time I have heard her she has gotten crass or rude. Dr. Laura has been known to take a broken person and help to break them even more. There are enough in radio to do that whether with music or by other means in their programs. Delilah has some class - and some wisdom when it comes to certain situations and circumstances. She doesn't abuse the privilege (and it is a privilege) to make a wild time of it, without regard to the fact that there is a human being on the other end of that phone line. Sometimes the unfeigned genuineness of a person's gentle tone can be a soothing balm, rather than harsh acid thrown on a burn in a broken world.
People who abuse the privilege with that microphone and other people's lives get to a place where people are relieved and just don't care when they fall of their own doing.
People who abuse the privilege with that microphone and other people's lives get to a place where people are relieved and just don't care when they fall of their own doing.
I like how people are so quick to deem Deliah's show dead because they don't like it. I can't stand country... does that mean that format is dead? The thing is, Delilah has a niche, and a demo she goes after. For that demo, I'm assuming women 25-54, the show does well. Of course, if you're an 18 year old guy, her show isn't going to appeal to you... and there's nothing wrong with that.
Silkie said:
Given what I've read about her, she seems like a compassionate person who has done a great deal of good by adopting many children and making a home filled with love, despite some bumps along the way. There should be more people like her in the world.
That having been said, I'd rather watch repeats of "The Talk" Clockwork Orange style than listen to her sappy "Chicken Soup for the Stupid Womans Soul" advice that she deals out to dumbasses like antidepressants. I liked the "Lite at Night" on WLTW when it didn't have her oozing out of it like Vermont maple syrup, but that's just me. You want help with issues? Go see a therapist or a marriage counselor - not someone who just has a high school diploma and a microphone.
The vitriol is really pumping in this thread. What a shame. 
It's obvious that for certain people, anything they dislike deserves immediate and unreserved punishment, banishment, destruction, etc. Nice. This is the world our children will be growing up into? Dear God, help us!
The Delilah show is obviously intended to appeal to WOMEN. So far, I get the impression that the people posting here are NOT of the female persuasion. : Like has been said so many times before, if you don't like what's on the air, change the station. If you don't care for her show, you can express that opinion... but to call it all manner of insulting and denigrating names? That's just immature. :-X
As another pointed out, this world needs MORE people like her. To that I say, "ABSOLUTELY!"
Oh, and BTW, no I am not a listener of her show.
It's obvious that for certain people, anything they dislike deserves immediate and unreserved punishment, banishment, destruction, etc.
Nice. This is the world our children will be growing up into? Dear God, help us! The Delilah show is obviously intended to appeal to WOMEN. So far, I get the impression that the people posting here are NOT of the female persuasion. :
Like has been said so many times before, if you don't like what's on the air, change the station. If you don't care for her show, you can express that opinion... but to call it all manner of insulting and denigrating names? That's just immature. :-XAs another pointed out, this world needs MORE people like her. To that I say, "ABSOLUTELY!"
Oh, and BTW, no I am not a listener of her show.
Glad your mom's a woman, Marc (whew! what a relief!). You couldn't get my ma's attention unless you started off jumpin' with Louis Jordan's Saturday Night Fish Fry, and no more mellow than War.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1QfXQakX2w
And I've only ever heard her complain and refuse to tune the dial to two people - one of whom went away after seven years, and the other is comin' up on seven before too long, and will also go away, like it or not, fight it or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1QfXQakX2w
And I've only ever heard her complain and refuse to tune the dial to two people - one of whom went away after seven years, and the other is comin' up on seven before too long, and will also go away, like it or not, fight it or not.
A few points on the Delilah show:
(1) I can't stand it. I'm not in an AC's target audience. So, no one cares much, nor should they. Rule #1 in marketing is, "Always segment the market!"
(2) Delilah was far from the goddess people thought she was. She rides your ratings and always has, at least since she's been syndicated. If a successful station ran her show, she'd do well. When a bottom feeder ran it, she didn't improve it. I don't fault her or her affiliate relations staff for getting her on as many top-rated stations as they could, but she really didn't do much, good or bad, for her stations.
(3) Evenings aren't prime listening hours on your typical AC. A show that runs on straight barter and doesn't destroy your standing probably makes more business sense than hiring a full-time employee to do that shift.
(4) As has been previously mentioned, PPM has been absolutely brutal to her show. She's lost quite-a-few affiliates over the last couple of years, some owned by Clear Channel, and many, though not all, were in PPM markets.
(1) I can't stand it. I'm not in an AC's target audience. So, no one cares much, nor should they. Rule #1 in marketing is, "Always segment the market!"
(2) Delilah was far from the goddess people thought she was. She rides your ratings and always has, at least since she's been syndicated. If a successful station ran her show, she'd do well. When a bottom feeder ran it, she didn't improve it. I don't fault her or her affiliate relations staff for getting her on as many top-rated stations as they could, but she really didn't do much, good or bad, for her stations.
(3) Evenings aren't prime listening hours on your typical AC. A show that runs on straight barter and doesn't destroy your standing probably makes more business sense than hiring a full-time employee to do that shift.
(4) As has been previously mentioned, PPM has been absolutely brutal to her show. She's lost quite-a-few affiliates over the last couple of years, some owned by Clear Channel, and many, though not all, were in PPM markets.
I'm not a fan of piped in syndie feeds from the bird.But.I always find her show boring.I do like John Tesh's show.I like the little tidbits he throws in.
Kent said:
One more point: Nobody on the show business side of my family ever called Delilah a piece of <expletive>. If they call anyone that, that is what they are. It turns out to be accurate too from anything I ever saw or heard. It is amazing how they know what belongs and what doesn't.
Mike said:
All of radio, except newscasts and traffic reports, is an "act." It's called entertainment.
Mike said:
I've heard some of her outtakes. Assuming they were really her instead of an impersonator, it's true. Since they were coming across the "Delilah" pot on my old station's board, I would assume they were her unless one of our producers decided to have some fun and record joke liners for the company Christmas party!
reelyreal said:
When I was in High School, I was involved with Junior Achievement for two years. We had a "company" at WICC. One of the first things they taught us was "Treat *EVERY* microphone as though it is LIVE!" I was not a Christian back then. I never forgot that lesson.
There have been some some excerpts released publicly, of embarrassing things being said by people who ASSUMED that the microphone was "dead". "OOPS!" ;D
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