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Michael Reagan: Stick a fork in him - he's done! (Well, almost.)

DToTheJ said:
FTL_Ian said:
I'm not sure who's the most shameless self promoter, Holland or myself. I'll defer to him as he has years of experience over me. ;)
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Do my thousands of posts with my Internet station's info in my signature count as being a shameless self-promoter? :D
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Eh, that only counts as consistent self-promotion, I think.
 
You're the one, bud, who has been attacking him.

Who you self-servedly going to go after next?

Rusty Humpheries?
Jerry Doyle?
G. Gordon Liddy?
Savage?

I'm just kindly and tactfuly pointing out information, for factual use here. Your show pales compared to most others. Kind of like a flea going after a dog...
 
Don62 said:
You're the one, bud, who has been attacking him.
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I'm observing and analyzing industry changes, not attacking.

Who you self-servedly going to go after next?

Rusty Humpheries?
Jerry Doyle?
G. Gordon Liddy?
Savage?
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Savage is my ultimate target - he's the king of my daypart. As of last month, Free Talk Live is finally clearing in a market where we are up against Savage. Perhaps he will clean our clocks, perhaps not...

I'm just kindly and tactfuly pointing out information, for factual use here. Your show pales compared to most others. Kind of like a flea going after a dog...
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Opinions are like assholes. Luckily, enough people disagree with you to provide me with a comfortable living. :D
 
Say what you want, Freeman, but once you come on these boards, and use your real name as a talk host, your posts are subject to challenge.
You can't pot us down and cut us off. You aren't the ruler around these parts.
 
Don62 said:
Say what you want, Freeman, but once you come on these boards, and use your real name as a talk host, your posts are subject to challenge.
You can't pot us down and cut us off. You aren't the ruler around these parts.
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Really? Gosh, I've never been on a message board before!
::)

I wouldn't pot you down on my show either - we take calls from everyone, including grumpy people.
 
Don62 said:
Who you self-servedly going to go after next?

Rusty Humpheries?
Jerry Doyle?
G. Gordon Liddy?
Savage?
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Three of those four hosts are still in mainstream syndication (all TRN, I believe). Savage is obviously the biggest of those three, but the other two still pick up some clearances alongside him.

The G-Man is what, with Radio America? He's definitely in the waning days of his syndication - long gone from many stations he used to have back when he was with WW1 and doing middays from home base WJFK/Washington DC, but he's hanging in there.

As for Mr. Reagan, well, even if you're buying those numbers from Talkers Magazine - another question entirely - that's now down the tubes.

He's no longer on ANY mainstream talk station, anywhere. He's exclusively doing his show on the AFR Talk network collection of a handful of full-power stations and a boatload of translators. Those million-plus listeners? Gone. Ian may have more listeners now!

(This is all with my assumption, as of yet unchallenged, that AFR is keeping Reagan "in-house", and not breaking him out for syndication to mainstream stations. That'd be against their MO, anyway.)

Me? I have no agenda in this. I don't have a talk show, and I can't hear either Reagan (no AFR outlets here) or Ian (no affiliates in Northeast Ohio as far as I know) unless I go online.
 
So the fake Reagan is getting a one hour show. Is he trying to copy Ron Reagan (the real Reagan) radio show format?

Plus the only non conservative political talk radio show that makes a profit is Stephanie Miller and Ed Schultz. There is no news that Free Talk Live is making a profit.

Then does anyone listen to Free Talk Live, besides the Libertarian geeks?
 
Ian's show has 43 affiliates, according to its website, but only one here in Ohio: tiny WAIS/770 (Buchtel) Nelsonville, OH, which can be charitably be called an "Athens rimshot". Needless to say, you can't get it up here.

It's a 1000 watt daytimer, which means the station is off the air during Ian's show in the winter...but they do a 24 hour simulcast on a local cable channel.

So, I can't hear it, unless I go online.

There are some interesting affiliates on the list, including some mainstream stations in mid-sized markets.
 
FTL_Ian said:
Don62 said:
Talker's Mag. shows Reagan having 1 million listeners and tied for 15th place as one of the country's most listened-to radio hosts.

http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34
Tell us where your show is on that list, FTL?
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For a fair comparison, ask me when I'm Reagan's age. Besides, I don't really care. I profit and am adding stations. Life is good! 8)
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/lurk mode off

Did anyone catch the license plate number of that Dodge that just sped by?

/lurk mode on
 
OhioMediaWatch said:
Ian's show has 43 affiliates, according to its website, but only one here in Ohio: tiny WAIS/770 (Buchtel) Nelsonville, OH, which can be charitably be called an "Athens rimshot". Needless to say, you can't get it up here.

It's a 1000 watt daytimer, which means the station is off the air during Ian's show in the winter...but they do a 24 hour simulcast on a local cable channel.

So, I can't hear it, unless I go online.

There are some interesting affiliates on the list, including some mainstream stations in mid-sized markets.
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That's what you find with a lot of his stations.. weak signals, rimshots, daytimers. Kind of like what Stephanie Miller is on...
 
Oh, I didn't come on here to bash Ian or his affiliate list - now updated to show 46 stations. That is, after all, 46 more affiliates than any of us have. :D

Some of the affiliates I recognized in relatively decent sized, mid-sized markets: WFTL/850, that West Palm Beach market station that rimshots Miami/Ft. Lauderdale...WSC(C)/94.3, the FM home of Clear Channel's Charleston, SC talker...the other Charleston (WV), WVTS/950...WTKG/1230, a CC talker in Grand Rapids (sister to WOOD, if I remember right)...and Entercom's Indy talk station, WXNT/1430.

(Oops. I passed over one - WFLA/970 in Tampa, the market's dominant talk station. All of the above clearances except WVTS are only for his weekend show.)

Is it the most powerful affiliate list? No. Are Savage and Levin towering over him in evening clearances? You bet.

Does it matter? No, not really. If it's working for him, and 45-plus radio stations, more power to him.
 
It's just the facts, sir.

None of his competitors come to these boards and crow over the apparent downfall of their competition.

I imagine he does other tasteless things behind their backs, like stabbing them in the back or some other dirty tricks.

I know Ian hates Adult Standards. I believe he in other parts of this board has recommended PDs gut their timeless standards and bring on his subpar show.

Yep. Go and junk another decent format that's increasingly hard to find anymore.

Does he go on the air and rant against the other hosts? Does he openly attack Reagan, Colmes and Hannity?

Shows real class.

Some of us I'm sure are waiting for the day when his show falls out of favor.

Trust me, that day will come.

"For every one on top there's one who can replace..."
 
willcail said:
There is no news that Free Talk Live is making a profit.
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Guess you'll just have to take my word for it. ;)

Then does anyone listen to Free Talk Live, besides the Libertarian geeks?
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Maybe - we're #1 in Florence, AL on WVNA AM, Males 18-54.
 
Don62 said:
Does he go on the air and rant against the other hosts? Does he openly attack Reagan, Colmes and Hannity?
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Nah, we usually open the phones to anyone, and approach issues from a pro-liberty perspective. If another host is mentioned it's usually because a caller brings them up. (A rare occasion. Callers are usually interested in their own lives, not talk hosts.)

Some of us I'm sure are waiting for the day when his show falls out of favor.

Trust me, that day will come.
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Not if I go out on top. ;) Of course, you're presuming my show is "in favor", in the first place. You shouldn't give me so much credit - I'm a novice independent at this stage, at best. Time will tell, hmm? :D
 
Don62 said:
I imagine he does other tasteless things behind their backs, like stabbing them in the back or some other dirty tricks.
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Huh? How would I stab them in the back even if I cared to? I focus on building my show, period. Part of that is securing clearances left open by hosts like Reagan and O'Reilly. That's just business.
 
Your Point Ohio Media Watch? Ed Schultz is on 100 plus stations and Dem Now with Amy Goodman is on 500 plus stations. Heck Air America Radio (since I don't care for that network/syndicator) have more affiliates than Free Talk Live. Is Free Talk Live broadcast in New York City no. The Ed Schultz Show does broadcast in New York City, live. Free Talk Live is a poorly produce show for Libertarian geeks.

I can pick up WAIS 770AM from my east side downtown Columbus Ohio apartment.
 
willcail, there's room for everybody...FTL, Ed Schultz, Amy Goodman, Air America, all of 'em.

Ian's operation is a small, self-run syndication effort that right now, is on more secular mainstream talk stations than the subject of this thread, Michael Reagan - now doing an hour on an in-house network of mainly translators run by a religious-based radio operator.

Ian has much more of a chance of being heard by me than Mr. Reagan does. We have not a single AFR station anywhere near here. I think you have a couple or three small AFR outlets down your way...we have none in this part of the state, so Reagan's new show will only reach my radio if AFR puts in a translator around here.

I dipped into Ian's show via his webstream the other day, and my only complaint is echoed here in his message:

Nah, we usually open the phones to anyone, and approach issues from a pro-liberty perspective.
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I know what he's saying, and where he's coming from, but the "pro-liberty" catchphrase makes him sound like one of those fringe shortwave radio shows that buy time on WWCR. IMHO, he needs to come up with better wording that doesn't make the show sound like something connected with the fringe extremists.

There's a reason shows using that phrase are not widely syndicated...they sound like they've stacked up their gold and their guns and are heading for the woods of Montana. Maybe Ted K's old land is still available. (And no, I'm not saying Ian or his show is like this...but the catchphrase will turn people off from listening, assuming he hopes to continue to grow the show commercially.)
 
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