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Entercom's WROC Dumps Springer for Stephanie

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WROC-AM, AAR's Rochester affiliate said goodbye to Jerry Springer and hello to live airings of Jones' Stephanie Miller. Miller's show is apparently a better fit for those of us in Rochester (I tend to agree). I wonder if this will be a trend for Entercom AAR stations.

Miller's show also airs in reruns Saturday and Sunday.
 
> WROC-AM, AAR's Rochester affiliate said goodbye to Jerry
> Springer and hello to live airings of Jones' Stephanie
> Miller. Miller's show is apparently a better fit for those
> of us in Rochester (I tend to agree). I wonder if this will
> be a trend for Entercom AAR stations.
>
> Miller's show also airs in reruns Saturday and Sunday.
>


AAR should get that wallet open for Ms Miller and fast.....WYD Media needs to be "acquired" while she is on the upside of the growth curve.
 
> WROC-AM, AAR's Rochester affiliate said goodbye to Jerry
> Springer and hello to live airings of Jones' Stephanie
> Miller. Miller's show is apparently a better fit for those
> of us in Rochester (I tend to agree). I wonder if this will
> be a trend for Entercom AAR stations.

Miller's show is more palatable. She's from Lockport, isn't she...and I
believe got her start in Buffalo working with
"Dr Wheeze" or something.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/12/AR2005061201593.html


>Miller got her start on a Buffalo music station -- "being funny for 20 seconds between the songs" -- which led to a show in her blue-collar suburb of Lockport.<
>Miller's emergence as a wisecracking liberal crusader carries a touch of irony, since her father was the late Buffalo area congressman William Miller, Barry Goldwater's running mate in his landslide loss in 1964<
 
> Miller's show is more palatable. She's from Lockport, isn't
> she...and I
> believe got her start in Buffalo working with
> "Dr Wheeze" or something.

Well, she was born in Lockport and worked as a sidekick to BROTHER Wease on ROCHESTER's WCMF, but that was many years ago and nobody probably remembers that. I think from a programming perspective, Springer's show was replaced because Stephanie Miller's comedy plays better in the morning and is far more entertaining than Springer's hand wringing and bits.
 
Loved this quote from Miller:

George Bush could have sex with a sheep on the White House lawn and set it on fire and my mother would say, 'Oh Stephie, the president is just trying to help. Why do you hate America so much?'
 
> > WROC-AM, AAR's Rochester affiliate said goodbye to Jerry
> > Springer and hello to live airings of Jones' Stephanie
> > Miller. Miller's show is apparently a better fit for
> those
> > of us in Rochester (I tend to agree). I wonder if this
> will
> > be a trend for Entercom AAR stations.
>
> Miller's show is more palatable. She's from Lockport, isn't
> she...and I
> believe got her start in Buffalo working with
> "Dr Wheeze" or something.

how much longer can springer make it??

>
http://www.washingtonpos> t.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/12/AR2005061201593.html
>
>
>
> >Miller got her start on a Buffalo music station -- "being
> funny for 20 seconds between the songs" -- which led to a
> show in her blue-collar suburb of Lockport.<
> >Miller's emergence as a wisecracking liberal crusader
> carries a touch of irony, since her father was the late
> Buffalo area congressman William Miller, Barry Goldwater's
> running mate in his landslide loss in 1964
>
 
Why Would Miller Want To Go To AAR?

> AAR should get that wallet open for Ms Miller and
> fast.....WYD Media needs to be "acquired" while she is on
> the upside of the growth curve.

I'm not sure "being acquired by AAR" is something that should be desired.

For one, the Jones-syndicated libtalkers (Stephanie and Ed Schultz) seem to do fine without AAR, and Stephanie seems to be competing well with the AAR/CC-backed Springer show...

Heck, if anything, maybe Randy Michaels' Product 1st (P1) picks up her show to pair with Schultz...

-OA<P ID="signature">______________
Ohio Media Watch - <a target="_blank" href=http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com>http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com</a></P>
 
> George Bush could have sex with a sheep on the White House
> lawn and set it on fire and my mother would say, 'Oh
> Stephie, the president is just trying to help. Why do you
> hate America so much?'

The "sheep" sound effect Miller uses always guarantees a laugh from me. She particularly loves to use it on Fox News' Dayside studio audience. :)
 
Re: Why Would Miller Want To Go To AAR?

> > AAR should get that wallet open for Ms Miller and
> > fast.....WYD Media needs to be "acquired" while she is on
> > the upside of the growth curve.
>
> I'm not sure "being acquired by AAR" is something that
> should be desired.
>
> For one, the Jones-syndicated libtalkers (Stephanie and Ed
> Schultz) seem to do fine without AAR, and Stephanie seems to
> be competing well with the AAR/CC-backed Springer show...
>
> Heck, if anything, maybe Randy Michaels' Product 1st (P1)
> picks up her show to pair with Schultz...
>
> -OA
>
More likely that Jay Marvin takes over once they see the light regarding Gerry. Steph just had to take away free podcsts or something so she may still be in her struggling stage, even though I enjoy her show. AAR Affiliation certainly couldn't hurt. She is the person most responsible for Springer's upcoming demise and thus is loved by AAR's fans but hated for killing unfiltered. Oh, my!
 
Re: Why Would Miller Want To Go To AAR?

>
> More likely that Jay Marvin takes over once they see the
> light regarding Gerry. Steph just had to take away free
> podcsts or something so she may still be in her struggling
> stage, even though I enjoy her show. AAR Affiliation
> certainly couldn't hurt. She is the person most responsible
> for Springer's upcoming demise and thus is loved by AAR's
> fans but hated for killing unfiltered. Oh, my!

I suppose you could call me an AAR "fan," although I didn't like Unfiltered, don't like Springer much (although he's an improvement over the show he replced), and don't like Miller's morning-zoo-like format. I'd prefer either Jay Marvin or Peter Werbe in that spot. Werbe did a good job this past week filling in for Mike Malloy and would probably get more clearances and better ratings than Malloy.
>
 
Re: Why Would Miller Want To Go To AAR?

> More likely that Jay Marvin takes over once they see the
> light regarding Gerry. Steph just had to take away free
> podcsts or something so she may still be in her struggling
> stage, even though I enjoy her show. AAR Affiliation
> certainly couldn't hurt. She is the person most responsible
> for Springer's upcoming demise and thus is loved by AAR's
> fans but hated for killing unfiltered. Oh, my!

When they announced the podcasts of Steph's show, they made it clear from day one that they would eventually charge for the service. It's not a sign of "struggling" at all...it's their original intent. They still provide their three main "bits" that start each hour, for free.

The thing I questioned is...AAR keeps being put up as this "standard bearing" brand of liberal talk, when in fact, only basically two of their shows get any traction..."star" Al Franken, and afternoon driver Randi Rhodes. "Morning Sedition" just got blown up. "Unfiltered" got blown up in favor of Springer, and reaction to him seems to be lukewarm even in the mainstream libtalk listener base (i.e. not the "red meat" activist folks).

At night, AAR plugs along with Janeane Garofolo's "Majority Report", which is not carried on nearly the number of stations as Al or Randi. Nearly all of the CC-owned libtalkers pass on "MR".

Quite frankly, without Al and Randi, AAR is marginal.

I guess I'm wondering why AAR buying Steph's show would mean anything for her... aside from maybe meaning that they've given up on Springer. As a "Springer alternative", she's already doing reasonably well without them...certainly better than Thom Hartmann did before AAR Syndication picked him up.

-OA<P ID="signature">______________
Ohio Media Watch - <a target="_blank" href=http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com>http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com</a></P>
 
> Loved this quote from Miller:
>
> George Bush could have sex with a sheep on the White House
> lawn and set it on fire and my mother would say, 'Oh
> Stephie, the president is just trying to help. Why do you
> hate America so much?'

Just for some perspective here...her father was 1964 Republican VP candidate William Miller, who was on the ticket with Barry Goldwater. And her mom may yet get to hear her daughter, as Buffalo-market WHLD/1270 may be going to liberal talk soon...

-OA<P ID="signature">______________
Ohio Media Watch - <a target="_blank" href=http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com>http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com</a></P>
 
>
> Just for some perspective here...her father was 1964
> Republican VP candidate William Miller, who was on the
> ticket with Barry Goldwater.

which she **NEVER** stops mentioning
 
Re: Why Would Miller Want To Go To AAR?

> I suppose you could call me an AAR "fan," although I didn't
> like Unfiltered, don't like Springer much (although he's an
> improvement over the show he replced), and don't like
> Miller's morning-zoo-like format. I'd prefer either Jay
> Marvin or Peter Werbe in that spot. Werbe did a good job
> this past week filling in for Mike Malloy and would probably
> get more clearances and better ratings than Malloy.


Malloy does have a pretty devoted following, and I think late nights are the perfect time for him. I like his show, though it does get a little over the top sometimes (although that's when it seems to be the most entertaining). And he's carried in quite a few markets. In Madison, for example, listeners demanded that WXXM put him on live and drop Phil Hendrie, which they did.

CC progressive talkers tend to take either Malloy or Lionel (another great show, BTW). In more conservative markets (such as Cincinnati and San Diego) they go with Lionel. In more liberal markets (such as Madison, San Francisco, Portland) they opt for Malloy.

Springer's on in quite a few markets, and even has clearances on stations that don't air any other AAR shows (Cleveland and Sarasota, FL). Majority Report gets the short shrift, since many prog talkers air Ed Schultz live and follow with Rhodes leading into either Malloy or Lionel (or even Hendrie). MR does air on a number of stations, including some CC ones (and others delay it). I get the feeling that AAR's clearances will lack the most in morning drive. I expect that many affiliates are going to start up local shows for that shift, or try out someone like Bill Press.<P ID="signature">______________
The Liberal Talk Radio Update</P>
 
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