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You have been VERY transparent about what you like and what you don't like. I can easily put together a profile. You NEVER mention radio stations aimed at black people, so I can assume WLIB isn't among your presets. I've never seen you talk about Elvis Duran. So you probably don't usually listen to Z 100. This is what professional broadcasters do. We interview listeners and develop a profile of them. We listen very carefully. As long as you talk about your likes and dislikes, you're telling us a lot about you.
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Why are you so obsessed by how much I post? I'm simply discussing my favorite subject. You'd be surprised how many professionals post on message boards and Facebook.
One job of a professional broadcaster is to listen to the audience. I have many ways to do that, but one way is to visit message boards. Another way is through social media. But your posts on this board tend to be strictly about your personal likes and dislikes, whereas mine look at the broader subject of radio in general.
You are indeed a wonderful human being.
"Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it?" - Lucy Van Pelt, noted five-cent psychiatrist.
If you'll notice, the majority of the news talk hosts getting syndicated deals the last few years have been younger, conservative hosts. At least the companies are finally TRYING something different.
Dana Loesch? She's younger than me, and I'm not that old for a talk guy.
Young people will listen to talk. Even conservative talk. But they're not going to listen to it on AM in most parts of the country.
I like Dana Loesch's show, but it doesn't seem to be doing very well on the syndication market. I see about 25 affiliates, almost none carrying the show live (where she competes against Limbaugh, so no huge surprises here). She's only carried in one of the top ten markets (WSB/Atlanta), and that's it's only one hour at 2am...
Other large-ish markets carrying Dana Loesch:
#17 San Diego (KNWZ/Coachella, a class D AM station after dark - calling this San Diego is a real stretch)
#19 Denver (KLZ/Denver)
#22 St. Louis (KFTK, Loesch's original station before syndication)
#33 Orlando (WDBO)
I think this is illustrative of where talk PDs find themselves. It's hard for a PD to justify changing from a long time host like Clark Howard or Michael Savage to Dana Loesch. Most of the stations on my list are the second or third talk station in a market.
That doesn't meant that Loesch won't break through some day, it just means she hasn't yet.
Other large-ish markets carrying Dana Loesch:
#17 San Diego (KNWZ/Coachella, a class D AM station after dark - calling this San Diego is a real stretch)
#19 Denver (KLZ/Denver)
#22 St. Louis (KFTK, Loesch's original station before syndication)
#33 Orlando (WDBO)
I think this is illustrative of where talk PDs find themselves. It's hard for a PD to justify changing from a long time host like Clark Howard or Michael Savage to Dana Loesch. Most of the stations on my list are the second or third talk station in a market.
That doesn't meant that Loesch won't break through some day, it just means she hasn't yet.
She has a little traction. It's obviously an uphill battle, but at least someone is trying something new.
It looks like Dana will be replacing Rush on WIBC, Indianapolis in July.
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