Glenn Beck to GMA

[fred flintstone]

The AP reports Premiere Radio (Clear Channel) mid-morning talk show host Glenn Beck has lined up a second regular TV gig as "guest contributor" for ABC's Good Morning America. Apparently, Beck will come on as a "usual suspect" talking head. Beck also does an weekday evening TV show for CNN Headline News (which should change its name because it is no longer a wall-to-wall all news channel).

Beck came to prominence out of Clear Channel's WFLA in Tampa based on his appeal to the redneck-trailer trash-Bubba demo. Premiere currently has him on 232 stations up against fellow angry Good ol' boy Mike Gallagher (six of one; half a dozen of the other). Reportedly, he has picked up stations since Fox's Tony Snow dropped out of the mid-morning radio time slot to shill for Bush. Headline News claims Beck has the fastest growing audience in cable. Of course, it's easy to get a big percentage from a small base.

Question is: How will his Dukes of Hazard presentation of right-wing politics play over breakfast?

 

[Radio_Realist]

it was so boring.

And, it has little to do with radio. It's about television.

 

[evnlee]

Beck came to prominence out of Clear Channel's WFLA in Tampa based on his appeal to the redneck-trailer trash-Bubba demo. Premiere currently has him on 232 stations up against fellow angry Good ol' boy Mike Gallagher (six of one; half a dozen of the other). Reportedly, he has picked up stations since Fox's Tony Snow dropped out of the mid-morning radio time slot to shill for Bush. Headline News claims Beck has the fastest growing audience in cable. Of course, it's easy to get a big percentage from a small base.

Question is: How will his Dukes of Hazard presentation of right-wing politics play over breakfast?

I thought his real 'prominence' started after he moved his show from Tampa to Philly. When Premiere came calling, he packed up and got out of Bubba-land.

IMHO, I like the Glenn Back show less and less. What with the stage show, magazine, cable news program, his show sounds more like an infomercial now. The funny bits his staff used to come up with are now eaten up by ads for his line of 'stuff'. His move to Radio City make's his 'back porch' sound unauthentic. 'Not so much ' as he would say.

I was a Glenn fan, but he's stretched himself too thin and now his show shows it. Too many other options on the dial. The GMA gig is only going to make matters worse.

 

[fred flintstone]

I thought his real 'prominence' started after he moved his show from Tampa to Philly. When Premiere came calling, he packed up and got out of Bubba-land.

Beck began in syndication while still in Tampa. He had been doing afternoon drive on WFLA. WFLA moved him to mid-morning and Clear Channel began syndicating his show from Tampa. He later re-located to Philadelphia for family reasons and began doing the show from there. At the time he moved to Philadelphia, he picked up WPHT as an affiliate but except for a brief period when his studios were being readied, he did not broadcast from there. When he picked up the CNN Headline News gig he re-located the radio show to New York, although he does not have an affiliate in New York.

Currently, WABC carries a local show with the most recent John Gambling and WOR carries two local consumer advice programs. Of course, Clear Channel's Premiere Radio could take a page from ABC's playbook and threaten to pull Rush from WABC unless they clear Beck. ???

 

[ajhenderson]

I thought his real 'prominence' started after he moved his show from Tampa to Philly. When Premiere came calling, he packed up and got out of Bubba-land.

Currently, WABC carries a local show with the most recent John Gambling and WOR carries two local consumer advice programs. Of course, Clear Channel's Premiere Radio could take a page from ABC's playbook and threaten to pull Rush from WABC unless they clear Beck. ???

ABC is just the latest in a string. Premiere doesn't do it much, at least any more, and certainly not with Rush. Not on a widespread basis at least. The days of Dean Edell for Rush are basically over, although CC does try and mandate that it's owned stations clear certain Premiere programming, like Edell. However, seeing that Beck and the lesser hosts in their stable aren't on a lot of CC stations, even that is a stretch.

They could always do what Westwood One does. WW1, having no good shows to use as leverage, pays. O'Reilly on WOR? Check please.

Beck came to prominence out of Clear Channel's WFLA in Tampa based on his appeal to the redneck-trailer trash-Bubba demo. Premiere currently has him on 232 stations up against fellow angry Good ol' boy Mike Gallagher (six of one; half a dozen of the other). Reportedly, he has picked up stations since Fox's Tony Snow dropped out of the mid-morning radio time slot to shill for Bush. Headline News claims Beck has the fastest growing audience in cable. Of course, it's easy to get a big percentage from a small base.

Question is: How will his Dukes of Hazard presentation of right-wing politics play over breakfast?

IMHO, I like the Glenn Back show less and less. What with the stage show, magazine, cable news program, his show sounds more like an infomercial now. The funny bits his staff used to come up with are now eaten up by ads for his line of 'stuff'. His move to Radio City make's his 'back porch' sound unauthentic. 'Not so much ' as he would say.

I was a Glenn fan, but he's stretched himself too thin and now his show shows it. Too many other options on the dial. The GMA gig is only going to make matters worse.

I would hardly call Gallagher and Beck similar. Ingraham and Beck maybe; people say she's funny but I don't get it. And that voice. Anyway, Gallagher is a right-wing tool who got lucky with a gig on WABC and was bland enough to attract the ear of Salem. He's a nobody. His gig on FNC is as a token Hannity supporter who makes Hannity's barely above average talent look good. After all, if Beck, Savage, or someone similar who actually took an approach different than reading the RNC playbook on the air went against Hannity, how would that look?

As to stretching too thin, they still have plenty of bits on the show. Sure, some are mediocre, but that's not the point. The question is, just what is a "guest contributor"? You mean he's a guest every once in awhile? That shouldn't take forever!

The AP reports Premiere Radio (Clear Channel) mid-morning talk show host Glenn Beck has lined up a second regular TV gig as "guest contributor" for ABC's Good Morning America. Apparently, Beck will come on as a "usual suspect" talking head. Beck also does an weekday evening TV show for CNN Headline News (which should change its name because it is no longer a wall-to-wall all news channel).

I think he's going to be the exact opposite of the "usual suspect talking head". He has mentioned before, which has been a topic of discussion here, that after 9/11 he became too O'Reilly-Hannityish, and wanted to snap out of it. I think if GMA wanted a typical talking head, there are plenty of other, better candidates.

 

[NewsNow]

Beck is not really a trailer trash right winger. He just had on Harry freakin' Shearer for pete's sake. Shearer who just blasted NPR for being to right wing. And it was a hilarious hour. Mike Gallagher is more of a screaming hate guy. He's the guy who had too much beer and seems to be stuck on permanent a-hole.

The only time I find Beck annoying is when he gets his holy war on. It's lame and it rouses up the RAHOWA types.

As someone from the left side, I think his program is great, if a bit stifled with ads. I don't agree with him on much, except his rants about corporations, but I think he has talent to spare. He really should be on in PM drive, and Sean Blandity should be the mid morning host. On some station in rural South Dakota. I've read several comments from WABC PD Phil Boyce about how dedicated and hard working Hannity is, I've never heard him say he's talented.

 

[ajhenderson]

You're exactly right, NewsNow. Sales departments across America are full of people who have mediocre sales insticts but have become very successful by outworking everyone. With talent, there's only so much you can do. Hannity is obviously very successful, but the APD role Boyce always says Sean plays is probably why he's successful. More of a strategic type of success.