While Peter Werbe is filling in this week for Mike Malloy, Air America network is quietly announcing that Jon Elliott, currently weekend host on KLSD in San Diego will be Malloy's replacement on AAR. If you look at the AAR webpage they have Jon Elliott listed as their weekday host 7 pm to 10 pm. He also appears on several other parts of the webpage. Elliott would be a good fit for AAR. He's a polished talk show host with good contacts on west coast. He's made several fill on appearances on the network over the summer and apparently has done well enough to please AAR management. Jon's a sharp guy and very ambituous. I think he may succeed in the late night spot.
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Jon Elliott replacing Mike Malloy
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fred flintstone
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Baroosk, can you provide a source? I realize you often have the inside track on information about AAR. Another poster is saying that Laura Flanders was given the gig.
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Elliott is good. I'd much rather listen to him than Lionel. Good move by AAR.
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Elliott is good. I'd much rather listen to him than Lionel. Good move by AAR.
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barooosk said:
He's temporary. Two weeks.
No word on permanent replacement, but Malloy thinks it will be Flanders.
Phillip Dampier said:
Malloy may resurface soon. In an interview Thursday, he said he already had three offers. What those offers are, who knows?
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fred flintstone
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Jon Elliott Or Laura Flanders: Uncertainty Continues
Thank you. Nothing about this on the main page or the press release page, and the drop down menu "Shows" menu continues to list Malloy. Meanwhile, Powers and Morrison are still saying:
Still nothing definitive from AAR. Their PR person has just left but their public relatons has always been ham-handed. Uncertainty continues. Interesting that P&M say Flanders takes over permanently on the same day the rest of AAR's programming changes go into effect.
If Elliot is more than a two week fill-in, then what?
Is AAR picking up his KLSD show from San Diego (which has aired in the same time slot, followed by Lionel on delay; Malloy was not cleared in San Diego)?
Or is Elliot doing an AAR show? If so, will KLSD pick it up? Elliot is one of two local shows on the station and strong local programming is one of the reasons KLSD does better than most progressive talk stations. Even though Elliot's local show is popular, that's not a guarantee listeners in San Diego will accept him doing a national show (Big Ed had a very popular local show in Fargo, but his national show did not go over with hometown listeners and his national show was replaced with a local program).
Scribbler said:
Thank you. Nothing about this on the main page or the press release page, and the drop down menu "Shows" menu continues to list Malloy. Meanwhile, Powers and Morrison are still saying:
Still nothing definitive from AAR. Their PR person has just left but their public relatons has always been ham-handed. Uncertainty continues. Interesting that P&M say Flanders takes over permanently on the same day the rest of AAR's programming changes go into effect.
If Elliot is more than a two week fill-in, then what?
Is AAR picking up his KLSD show from San Diego (which has aired in the same time slot, followed by Lionel on delay; Malloy was not cleared in San Diego)?
Or is Elliot doing an AAR show? If so, will KLSD pick it up? Elliot is one of two local shows on the station and strong local programming is one of the reasons KLSD does better than most progressive talk stations. Even though Elliot's local show is popular, that's not a guarantee listeners in San Diego will accept him doing a national show (Big Ed had a very popular local show in Fargo, but his national show did not go over with hometown listeners and his national show was replaced with a local program).
fred flintstone said:
Wrong again. KLSD was carrying Malloy, live from 7 pm to 10 pm, and Elliott was doing weekends only. In fact, Elliott's own web site still says this:
The Number One Rated Weekend Talk Show In Southern California
The Jon Elliott Show is on KLSD, AM 1360 in San Diego
Saturdays and Sundays from Noon to 2pm Pacific Time
But the KLSD web site has now been changed to list Elliott on both the weekends and in the old Malloy spot.
Elliott's web site makes no mention of his doing a weekday show, but I assume that's because whoever maintains the site hasn't gotten around to it since the decision was made to replace Malloy with Elliott (on KLSD at least).
Here's an e-mail exchange I had today with Jon Elliott:
Hi Jon,
I enjoy your weekend shows and see that both KLSD and Air America now list you in the old Mike Malloy spot. There are rumors that this is only for two weeks and that Laura Flanders will take over the spot on September 18th. Can you enlighten us?
(Jon's answer)
Thanks for your email and your kind words...had no idea that KLSD nor Air America had me listed at all in Mike's spot.
Your understanding is my understanding.
Best,
Jon
Hi Jon,
I enjoy your weekend shows and see that both KLSD and Air America now list you in the old Mike Malloy spot. There are rumors that this is only for two weeks and that Laura Flanders will take over the spot on September 18th. Can you enlighten us?
(Jon's answer)
Thanks for your email and your kind words...had no idea that KLSD nor Air America had me listed at all in Mike's spot.
Your understanding is my understanding.
Best,
Jon
If Laura Flanders is going to replace Mike Malloy, the Flanders people haven't been told about it. Here's what Flanders' producer posted on her blog:
Dear bloggers. While the rumor mill is spinning. We have been told absolutely nothing about moving to the week, let alone to replace Mike Malloy in his late night slot. We were as shocked as everyone about Malloy, who is a kindred spirit. Everything else really is speculation. AAR management is making changes, but the last we've been told we're staying in our weekend perch.
by Steve Rosenfeld at September 2, 2006 - 7:25pm |
Dear bloggers. While the rumor mill is spinning. We have been told absolutely nothing about moving to the week, let alone to replace Mike Malloy in his late night slot. We were as shocked as everyone about Malloy, who is a kindred spirit. Everything else really is speculation. AAR management is making changes, but the last we've been told we're staying in our weekend perch.
by Steve Rosenfeld at September 2, 2006 - 7:25pm |
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fred flintstone
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Stupidity is not a promotion strategy
I know you're a fan of AAR, so I hope the wink means you are joking.
Big changes to the line-up on September 18th - two and a half weeks after changing stations in the number one market.
No clear statement about the line-up changes or station change.
Late night host taken off the air more than two weeks in advance of the changes.
One fill in host.
Then another host who may or may not be filling in.
He doesn't know for sure.
Another weekend host may or may not be the permanent new host come September 18th.
She doesn't know either.
God forbid these stumble-bums should tell people what's going on - let alone promote something!
Apparently the only form of promotion AAR does being stupid so people talk about them.
Meanwhile, AAR's PR person leaves for a job in Iraq. Let's hope she does as well with war as she did with AAR.
No wonder Drobny is washing his hands of them.
I know you're a fan of AAR, so I hope the wink means you are joking.
Big changes to the line-up on September 18th - two and a half weeks after changing stations in the number one market.
No clear statement about the line-up changes or station change.
Late night host taken off the air more than two weeks in advance of the changes.
One fill in host.
Then another host who may or may not be filling in.
He doesn't know for sure.
Another weekend host may or may not be the permanent new host come September 18th.
She doesn't know either.
God forbid these stumble-bums should tell people what's going on - let alone promote something!
Apparently the only form of promotion AAR does being stupid so people talk about them.
Meanwhile, AAR's PR person leaves for a job in Iraq. Let's hope she does as well with war as she did with AAR.
No wonder Drobny is washing his hands of them.
fred flintstone said:
Jon Elliott knows that he's filling in for the next two weeks....he was only saying that he didn't know that AAR and KLSD had listed him on their web sites in that slot.
He said on the air (on his KLSD weekend show) shortly after our e-mail exchange that he would be filling the old Malloy slot for two weeks and that he thought Flanders would be the permanent replacement. But he was just passing along what seems to have been speculation by Mike Malloy.
And the comment by Flanders' producer could just mean that the rumors about her moving to weekdays are untrue. Sounds to me like the AAR suits decided to fire Malloy and haven't firmed up an agreement on or with his replacement.
And Drobny has "washed his hands of them?" He's actively setting up affiliates to carry their programming, which is hardly washing his hands of them.
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fred flintstone
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Scribbler said:
You read what he wrote on the Huffington site. What phrase would you use? He clearly is not happy.
You raise an interesting point, however: Drobny has backed stations in Phoenix and in Little Rock. Both use the AAR "brand" ("Air America Phoenix" and "Air America Little Rock"). Both (from their websites) are local in morning drive. Neither carries Jerry (Little Rock has a 2nd local show in that slot). Interestingly enough, neither carries Stephanie Miller or Ed Schultz (although Phoenix does carry Peter B. Collins delayed). It is a bit curious that this Drobny's stations use neither of the Jones Radio programs. Wonder what that's about? (Big Ed and Steph were started by Democracy Radio, which had split from AAR very early on.) It's also curious that Drobny thwarted the effort by former KXXT GM Robert Christy to re-launch progressive talk in Phoenix by getting in bed with "Dr" Newcomb (Medicare Mike) and his "pledge drive;" a move which effectively silenced former KXXT morning drive host Charles Goyette whom "Dr" Newcomb froze out of the new station and then moved himself from evenings to morning drive. (As Archie Bunker used to say, "Let's hear it for the medical profession." Sound of Bronx cheer or "raspberry.")
In any case, AAR could have had an opportunity to promote a new station in New York, a new line-up and new shows. Instead they've got a discussion of what-are-these-idiots-doing-now.
Re: Stupidity is not a promotion strategy
I'm a fan of old-fashioned full-service radio (for example, what WJR used to be before the Reagan administration came along) and of the Fairness Doctrine.
Until those two things make a comeback, I'll take Progressive Talk as a palliative.
So I guess you've never dealt with anyone running a radio operation in a capricious manner before?
fred flintstone said:
I'm a fan of old-fashioned full-service radio (for example, what WJR used to be before the Reagan administration came along) and of the Fairness Doctrine.
Until those two things make a comeback, I'll take Progressive Talk as a palliative.
fred flintstone said:
So I guess you've never dealt with anyone running a radio operation in a capricious manner before?
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fred flintstone
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I've dealt with them. I don't admire them.
Either caprice is something you find outside radio (and Chevrolet dealers) or the radio newbies at AAR have managed to absorb the worst traits of radio managers.
What worked about the McCarthy/Cap Cities era at 'JR was it was:
Classy, very classy;
Very local, sometimes to the point of boosterism; supporting local service organizations, business, the auto industry, professional sports teams and the g.d. U of M. But Detroit is in many ways an over-grown, very parochial, small town (Lake Woebegone writ large), so local works;
And non-political.
They moved from the top of "the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building" to the ninth floor in more ways than one.
And the current state of AAR is a huge step down for the legendary Keener13, too.
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