Dennis Prager Hurt in Fall

[SomeRadioGuy]

it doesnt matter what WHK/WHKW program from the conservative spectrum.. theyre going to be also rans that few can hear.. I bet 1300 or 1490 have more listeners!!

 

[Yabadabado1]

So the question is: does WHK have the ability to air something different in Prager's timeslot even if the Prager show is continuing with guest hosts? WHK is already airing Bob Frantz from 9 am - noon which is Mike Gallagher's normal timeslot and airing Gallagher from 11 pm - 2 am.

Yes....infomercials.

 

[Yabadabado1]

it doesnt matter what WHK/WHKW program from the conservative spectrum.. theyre going to be also rans that few can hear.. I bet 1300 or 1490 have more listeners!!

They could have the best DJs in the USA, the #1 format in the country today and it wouldn't matter because there is so much noise on the AM band today [not counting the nut job talkers], electrical interference of all types, etc. I can go back to when WHK had stereo oldies which early/mid 80s and it actually sounded fantastic along with a few other stations that had it. I could pick them up at home and very well on my car radio and actually listenable. Now, when I dial around, can barely get them or any other AM station because interference from God knows what or where makes it unintelligible. Since WCBS went kaput I started dialing around again to stations I used to listen to back in 80/90s all around the country were basically uinlistenable if I could pick them up at all.
IMO, I think the worst thing CC did was turn off the AM stereo transmitters once they started out buying up and destroying radio stations. Honestly, I think farting bullfrogs may have more listeners than many AM stations.

 

[skiwest]

That stock show doesn't really fit in with the rest of WHK programming. I wonder how long they are contracted to run it?

Who knows if Prager will return. He is 76. He might was to step away from the daily grind and just focus on podcasts or something less stressful.

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

Here's my thoughts: Dennis Prager (Live) Noon - 2pm, "Best Stocks Now" 2:06pm-3:00pm, Charlie Kirk, (hopefully live) 3:06 pm-6:00pm.
OR
"The Dennis Prager Show (Live), Noon-2pm, "The Charlie Kirk Show" 2:06pm-5:00pm, "Best Stocks Now 5:06pm-6:00pm.

Both ideas here will still give the paid-for stocks show a good quality timeslot.

See my reply to you in comment no. 32. Prager is live from 1 to 3, not Noon to 2.

 

[Weiserguy]

They could have the best DJs in the USA, the #1 format in the country today and it wouldn't matter because there is so much noise on the AM band today [not counting the nut job talkers], electrical interference of all types, etc. I can go back to when WHK had stereo oldies which early/mid 80s and it actually sounded fantastic along with a few other stations that had it. I could pick them up at home and very well on my car radio and actually listenable. Now, when I dial around, can barely get them or any other AM station because interference from God knows what or where makes it unintelligible. Since WCBS went kaput I started dialing around again to stations I used to listen to back in 80/90s all around the country were basically uinlistenable if I could pick them up at all.
IMO, I think the worst thing CC did was turn off the AM stereo transmitters once they started out buying up and destroying radio stations. Honestly, I think farting bullfrogs may have more listeners than many AM stations.

In some markets, farting bullfrogs probably get a 3 or 4 share.

I've written this before in some other context, but it still holds. Find yourself a portable AM radio, the lighter and cheaper, the better. Turn it on, detune it away from any strong local station, then start wandering around your house. Hold it near wall warts (the little black boxes that plug into electrical outlets or power strips), your internet router, your computer(s). If you have a dimmer switch on a light circuit, turn it on and move it to its mid-point, then hold the radio near it. Same with a torch lamp. Wander your house or apartment. You will be amazed at all the electrical noise that you yourself are generating. Then realize that your neighbor(s) likely are doing the same thing, and so is your power company (they have a technology called "Broadband-Over-Power-Line" that sends data through the electrical disribution system).

The FCC has rules about such interference. It's called Part 15. They should have been regulating this, but they failed miserably. So here we are, 3 decades later, and the result of their inaction (or incompetence) is they've effectively killed off the AM band.

 

[Yabadabado1]

In some markets, farting bullfrogs probably get a 3 or 4 share.

I've written this before in some other context, but it still holds. Find yourself a portable AM radio, the lighter and cheaper, the better. Turn it on, detune it away from any strong local station, then start wandering around your house. Hold it near wall warts (the little black boxes that plug into electrical outlets or power strips), your internet router, your computer(s). If you have a dimmer switch on a light circuit, turn it on and move it to its mid-point, then hold the radio near it. Same with a torch lamp. Wander your house or apartment. You will be amazed at all the electrical noise that you yourself are generating. Then realize that your neighbor(s) likely are doing the same thing, and so is your power company (they have a technology called "Broadband-Over-Power-Line" that sends data through the electrical disribution system).

The FCC has rules about such interference. It's called Part 15. They should have been regulating this, but they failed miserably. So here we are, 3 decades later, and the result of their inaction (or incompetence) is they've effectively killed off the AM band.

I'm part vampire so I'm usually in the dark [figuratively and literally]. I can have the power off and still have interference but I think it's from the electrical system where I live and the people nearby....wouldn't be surprised if it was installed by Thomas Edison. When first moved up here from Florida, I was in for a major shock. The house we moved into was close to 200 years old and I think some of the wiring was from when electricity first came to town. Never saw push button light switches before, knob & tube wiring and stuff I couldn't even begin to describe or ID. The circuit breaker box had an "inspected by Fred Flintstone" sticker on it. The house still had old gas lines that ran to fixtures that the used to light the rooms, fixtures were gone but the old gas lines were still there and capped off.

 

[RadioGuy1864]

I'm part vampire so I'm usually in the dark [figuratively and literally]. I can have the power off and still have interference but I think it's from the electrical system where I live and the people nearby....wouldn't be surprised if it was installed by Thomas Edison. When first moved up here from Florida, I was in for a major shock. The house we moved into was close to 200 years old and I think some of the wiring was from when electricity first came to town. Never saw push button light switches before, knob & tube wiring and stuff I couldn't even begin to describe or ID. The circuit breaker box had an "inspected by Fred Flintstone" sticker on it. The house still had old gas lines that ran to fixtures that the used to light the rooms, fixtures were gone but the old gas lines were still there and capped off.

Sounds like the house I grew up in. You had a circuit breaker box? We had an old school fuse box. Not only were the gas lines still there, but in one room we discovered that the electric light ceiling fixture was actually attached to the cap of the gas line. How we never had a fire is a mystery.

 

[delgriffith]

I didn’t see this posted. The link is to a video from Julie Hartman of Prager’s show.

 

[Yabadabado1]

Sounds like the house I grew up in. You had a circuit breaker box? We had an old school fuse box. Not only were the gas lines still there, but in one room we discovered that the electric light ceiling fixture was actually attached to the cap of the gas line. How we never had a fire is a mystery.

It was actually a mish-mosh. An old style fuse box and had wires running from that into the breaker box. Some went straight into breaker box and out to wherever, same with fuse box. Had to be a home brew by someone that had the place long before we moved in. I couldn't see a professional electrician doing that, it'd never pass code. Since we moved into the place in 1970, it had to be done by somebody maybe early to mid 60s or possibly even 50s. All I know is that I stayed the hell away from it and if a breaker or fuse blew, I ran out of the house, down the sidewalk to downtown for a long while till somebody else either flipped it back on or put in a new fuse. Strangely enough, when my parents moved back south, there new place had a circuit breaker box but whomever had put that in just left the old screw in fuse box hanging on the wall next to it....disconnected though.

 

[skiwest]

Carl Jackson announced today that he will be sitting in for Dennis Prager until his return.

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

Carl Jackson announced today that he will be sitting in for Dennis Prager until his return.

Carl Jackson is Salem's favorite benchwarmer. Had the inside track on succeeding Elder until Officer Tatum came along. Now he's tasked with holding down the fort for Prager. But if the seat opens up for real, he'll never get it on a permanent basis.

 

[skiwest]

It makes sense to have a permanent fill-in host rather than a revolving door of guest hosts. I believe Charlie Kirk is Salem's golden boy who would likely move into that seat if it opens up permanently. Or maybe Kirk moves into Gorka's seat when he leaves.

 

[radiofollower]

The major problems with AM radio today:

1) The AM sections in most AM/FM radios (portables, car radios, stereo tuners) are junk. I suppose corners were cut with manufacturers presuming that few are going to acrtually use the band.

2) Neglect of transmission facilities by the broadcasters. Ground systems not maintained. Aging antenna systems.

3) Increased interference from all sorts of things like LED light bulbs, routers, you name it.

 

[TheBigA]

1) The AM sections in most AM/FM radios (portables, car radios, stereo tuners) are junk. I suppose corners were cut with manufacturers presuming that few are going to acrtually use the band.

Part of the decline in my opinion relates to the demise of the American electronics manufacturing business in the 70s and its move to Japan, Korea, and now China. The quality of those radios steadily declined as manufacturing moved to those countries. Another part is the lack of supervision by the FCC. Those AM radios are supposed to meet federal standards set by the FCC. But I doubt there's been as much quality control over those radios. That's where the interference comes in.

 

[VintageMac]

Part of the decline in my opinion relates to the demise of the American electronics manufacturing business in the 70s and its move to Japan, Korea, and now China. The quality of those radios steadily declined as manufacturing moved to those countries. Another part is the lack of supervision by the FCC. Those AM radios are supposed to meet federal standards set by the FCC. But I doubt there's been as much quality control over those radios. That's where the interference comes in.

Not necessarily as sound quality can be had if the manufacturer desires it. The GE SuperRadio series from the 1970's is one example. Mine says "Made in Indonesia" and it's decent quality and has great sound on AM. Many current HD Radio tuners also have decent AM sections even though the HD part is rarely used now.

 

[Santa fe]

From the "old timers remember" department, the AM radio in my mother's '59 Ford was tube style with an extendable external whip antenna. I could get out of town stations like WREO, WHLO, CHLO, CFOR, WELW, WAKR all with great sound out of a single top of dash speaker.
Car radios started to decline when they went to windshield and other hidden antennas. And let's not forget the dealers who sold cars with an optional radio, then pulled the factory radio out and replaced it with an off brand unit and pocketed the difference. (They did the same thing with trim pieces, mirrors, padded tops, etc.)

 

[PTBoardOp93]

Yep. The reason the SuperRadio was able to be marketed as a high performance tuner at a low price is because they shipped manufacturing overseas so they could undercut domestic manufacturers like Zenith. It was still a hefty price tag by modern standards, though.

It looks like the original GE SuperRadio was priced at $69.99 (MSRP), with some retailers offering it a bit lower than that. Adjust that to 2024 dollars and it's $270. Given that a lot of the tuners people actually use today are $20 or less, a decline in quality can be expected.

 

[VintageMac]

Yep. The reason the SuperRadio was able to be marketed as a high performance tuner at a low price is because they shipped manufacturing overseas so they could undercut domestic manufacturers like Zenith. It was still a hefty price tag by modern standards, though.

It looks like the original GE SuperRadio was priced at $69.99 (MSRP), with some retailers offering it a bit lower than that. Adjust that to 2024 dollars and it's $270. Given that a lot of the tuners people actually use today are $20 or less, a decline in quality can be expected.

Zenith radios at that time and even before that didn't sound that great even the tube ones so it's hard to say whether shipping things overseas made any difference as to quality.

Some of the best AM radios I've had are German made Telefunken and Nordmende units which had a very smooth quality sound something that US radios couldn't match.

 

[VintageMac]

From the "old timers remember" department, the AM radio in my mother's '59 Ford was tube style with an extendable external whip antenna. I could get out of town stations like WREO, WHLO, CHLO, CFOR, WELW, WAKR all with great sound out of a single top of dash speaker.
Car radios started to decline when they went to windshield and other hidden antennas. And let's not forget the dealers who sold cars with an optional radio, then pulled the factory radio out and replaced it with an off brand unit and pocketed the difference. (They did the same thing with trim pieces, mirrors, padded tops, etc.)

I agree that the antennas made a big difference many years ago not just with AM but FM too. I just posted regarding German tube radios and I don't know if the tubes were the quality difference, but those units sounded great and still do.