Laura Nachman steals from the best

[nwebster]

I admire Laura Nachman's radio column which appears in the Buck's County Courier Times, Philadelphia Metro and other papers - and I've said so on this board. It's a good column, not withstanding the flaccid competition from the likes of Mikey Klein and Gail Shister.

If immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Laura returned the compliment in this morning's paper:

On the News/Talk Board 03/29/06 05:09 PM (UTC)I posted,
Free Fall FM, a post about Free FM's ratings plunging in the current trends.

This morning in the paper, Laura published,
<blockquote>“Free FM” should be renamed “Free Fall FM,” as the ratings for WYSP continue to plummet since the departure of Howard Stern for Sirius Satellite radio. In the Arbirtron Winter “Trends,” WYSP dropped to 19th place overall for listeners 12 and up ... Read More - Laura Nachman</blockquote>

Glad to know you're reading this board, Laura.

 

[Zzzzz]

> On the News/Talk Board 03/29/06 05:09 PM (UTC)I posted,
> Free Fall FM, a post about Free FM's ratings plunging in the
> current trends.
>
> This morning in the paper, Laura published,
> “Free FM” should be renamed “Free Fall FM,” as the ratings
> for WYSP continue to plummet since the departure of Howard
> Stern for Sirius Satellite radio. In the Arbirtron Winter
> “Trends,” WYSP dropped to 19th place overall for listeners
> 12 and up ... Read More - Laura Nachman
>
> Glad to know you're reading this board, Laura.
>

"Free Fall FM" has been in use almost since it went on the air. It's hardly original. See this story from Feb. 28: http://www.suntimes.com/output/feder/cst-fin-feder28.html

 

[Wil]

> "Free Fall FM" has been in use almost since it went on the
> air. It's hardly original. See this story from Feb. 28:
> http://www.suntimes.com/output/feder/cst-fin-feder28.html


I've seen that a lot on the net as well. I have refered to YSP as FREEfall FM on several posts on this board since January, it fits them right now.