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Does Dick Lewis have a clue?

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From todays Daily Report:

http://www.businessreport.com/archives/daily-report/latest/

WJBO's drive time shuffles guest hosts

Regular listeners of news talk station WJBO AM may be wondering what’s going on with the station, particularly during afternoon drive time. Since the high-profile Bill Profita was let go in late April during a round of corporate layoffs, there’s no telling who will be manning the mike for the popular 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. show. For the first couple of weeks after Profita’s departure it was Richard Condon, the afternoon drive-time host from sister sports-talk station The Score, 1210-AM. Then it was John Osterlind, whose program was simulcast from New Orleans sister station WRNO FM.

This week, former insurance commissioner-turned-pundit and blogger Jim Brown has been filling in, sending out Tweets to promote his evening topic. He’s a regular substitute on the station and has his own weekend talk show on WRNO. While the constant turnover may be disconcerting to loyal listeners, local GM Dick Lewis says station brass is working to find a permanent replacement for Profita. “We’re still trying to find the right fit,” he says, adding that he’s had lots of interest in the position and isn’t worried about losing audience share.—Stephanie Riegel


Okay, so we had 2 weeks of Clarence Buggs...a week and a half of Condon...4 days of Osterlind...how can he possibly have gotten enough ratings and/or feedback to see what the right fit is? And Riegel needs to listen before she reports...Osterlind was on Monday, and today was the first day for Brown.
 
NO, he doesn't have a clue.

It was hilarious though listening to Osterlind beg for the job. I didn't keep count but it seemed like he said, "I really want this gig" about 50 times. It was also interesting, or maybe embarassing, switching between the stations and listening to all the PI ads WJBO was running in PM Drive. How can you not sell Afternoon Drive on a station with those numbers?

Osterlind was his usual, unprepared, paper-shuffling self. Let's see what else I can pull off the internet to talk about today. John, get a clue: you're on Afternoon Drive. The few of us who do listen deserve a better prepared host. Do the words "show prep" mean anything to you besides pulling stuff off the internet and out of the newspaper?

Also, memo to anyone at WRNO: the audio from the Zephyrs remote was terrible.
 
Did you say Dick Lewis wears elevator shoes?
Is it true he uses a step stool in meetings to reach the podium?
Not sure, just what I heard.
 
I worked for Dick Lewis in another market. He has more business and radio knowledge than anyone I have ever met. It is quite easy for people to poke fun at a man who has achieved more than any of us ever will in our industry. Try actually doing his job. You may find it a bit more involved than cracking a mic or writing an order. Does Dick Lewis know what he his doing? Damn straight he does and it is not always easy.
 
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