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Dennis Miller daily via Westwood One

Which "daypart" would this be targeted for? I would have to guess maybe evenings (like 7-10 ET) or maybe afternoon drive ET?
 
Well they did have Jay Severin on at that slot before and I think they're now offering Phil Valentine in that daypart, but I could be wrong. Jay's stay at W1 (before fleeing back to Boston) was about the same length
as that of a baby in the womb. (Jan. to Sep of last year to be exact)
 
Valentine is a venture with Cumulus and WW1 - 4-7pm ET.

Lars Larson is on 6-9pm ET, but that didn't stop them before, with Severin.

What amazes me is that the majority of new syndicated offerings aren't local hosts getting their big break, but some random C-list celebrity whose bombed out everywhere else. Lionel was right: talk radio is the "to do" for every has-been and wannabe, just like stand up comedy in the 80s.
 
...maybe Miller remembers how hate radio finally put Mort Downey on the celebrity map after Mort failed God-only-knows-how-many career paths (following in his dad's footsteps as a pop singer, switching to Top 40 disc jockey, operating the Canteen Corporation and ABA franchises for New Orleans simultaneously, some low-low level position in the Nixon Administration that kept him far enough down the ladder that he couldn't imagine getting involved in the Watergate mess). Then again, Mort had a legitimate talent for talk radio and TV. Miller? How many suspect he'd do best to go back to his old kiddie TV show in Pittsburgh and call it a day for national media?...
 
Ultimajock said:
...Then again, Mort had a legitimate talent for talk radio and TV. Miller? How many suspect he'd do best to go back to his old kiddie TV show in Pittsburgh and call it a day for national media?...
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this is an interesting thread. I have had the pleasure of seeing Miller do an hour and a half corporate stand up, and he was very entertaining. He was pretty good on SNL ( remember Weekend Update? ), but he was terrible on NFL broadcasts and his late night show was a bomb like Rush'.

But in all those situations, he didn't have the magic ingredient: live callers. I might listen to Dennis go head to head with JOe 6 pack for the intrinsic value alone. I bet he might do OK in this format!

Still, he's another comedian/actor trying to do the Radio thing, and if history is any teacher, he will go down in flames. ;)
 
Why we put some much ill will toward the hosts the conglomerates dredge up is beyond me. Westwood is the one that should know better. Maybe they should focus on getting their CURRENT shows on a station or two before they start new ones.
 
evnlee said:
Ultimajock said:
...Then again, Mort had a legitimate talent for talk radio and TV. Miller? How many suspect he'd do best to go back to his old kiddie TV show in Pittsburgh and call it a day for national media?...
Click to expand...

this is an interesting thread. I have had the pleasure of seeing Miller do an hour and a half corporate stand up, and he was very entertaining. He was pretty good on SNL ( remember Weekend Update? ), but he was terrible on NFL broadcasts and his late night show was a bomb like Rush'.

But in all those situations, he didn't have the magic ingredient: live callers. I might listen to Dennis go head to head with JOe 6 pack for the intrinsic value alone. I bet he might do OK in this format!
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...wrong. Miller had live callers on his HBO show, and, IIRC, his CNBC show. He handled those so badly they were eventually phased out of the program structure by the last days of both...
 
Ultimajock said:
evnlee said:
Ultimajock said:
...Then again, Mort had a legitimate talent for talk radio and TV. Miller? How many suspect he'd do best to go back to his old kiddie TV show in Pittsburgh and call it a day for national media?...
Click to expand...

this is an interesting thread. I have had the pleasure of seeing Miller do an hour and a half corporate stand up, and he was very entertaining. He was pretty good on SNL ( remember Weekend Update? ), but he was terrible on NFL broadcasts and his late night show was a bomb like Rush'.

But in all those situations, he didn't have the magic ingredient: live callers. I might listen to Dennis go head to head with JOe 6 pack for the intrinsic value alone. I bet he might do OK in this format!
Click to expand...

...wrong. Miller had live callers on his HBO show, and, IIRC, his CNBC show. He handled those so badly they were eventually phased out of the program structure by the last days of both...
Click to expand...

You are correct; I do recall his CNBC show with callers (and the eventual live audience... ugh). His (in)ability to deal with callers is rather irrelevant, though, in that the nature of calls to a national show are generally so bad it doesn't matter. Why a press release would even bother to mention a talk show to takes calls is beyond me. I think that's what they do when they tried to come up with three or four good things about the show and ran out.
 
Ultimajock said:
evnlee said:
Ultimajock said:
...Then again, Mort had a legitimate talent for talk radio and TV. Miller? How many suspect he'd do best to go back to his old kiddie TV show in Pittsburgh and call it a day for national media?...
Click to expand...

this is an interesting thread. I have had the pleasure of seeing Miller do an hour and a half corporate stand up, and he was very entertaining. He was pretty good on SNL ( remember Weekend Update? ), but he was terrible on NFL broadcasts and his late night show was a bomb like Rush'.

But in all those situations, he didn't have the magic ingredient: live callers. I might listen to Dennis go head to head with JOe 6 pack for the intrinsic value alone. I bet he might do OK in this format!
Click to expand...

...wrong. Miller had live callers on his HBO show, and, IIRC, his CNBC show. He handled those so badly they were eventually phased out of the program structure by the last days of both...
Click to expand...

I stand corrected. I never watched any of those programs, but what you say is true. This does not bode well for Miller ;)
 
The question is where are going put Miller's. The airwaves are filled with right wing talkers. With the exception of Mark Levin and the success of his roll-out (at the expense of fading Michael Savage and local talkers) most roll outs of new conservatives have failed. e.g. Scarborough and Gibbons.
 
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