More ads during Dr. Laura as well

[livingfruitvirus]

Following in the shoes of Glenn Beck, Dr. Laura's show will also have less program time come September. Currently all three hours of Dr. Laura have 21 minutes and 10 seconds of commercial availability. Hours 1 and 2 contain 5 minutes of network inventory, while hour 3 only contains 4 minutes. That will soon change to 23 minutes and 10 seconds of commercials, with 6 minutes of network inventory in all three hours. It looks like Premiere is trying to make up for the increased inventory by giving the additional minutes to the locals in hours 1 and 2 so they actually gain more ad time, even though they're still technically giving up more potential inventory. Plus one of those net minutes is a live read, so even the stations that pay a fee to regain the net slots can't buy that minute back. It seems to be a big move to make. Maybe Talk Radio Network really has been getting more affiliates on board and they have more advertisers who want in.

The other move being made is the segments are decreasing by one, down to four per hour. I've never liked the shows broken into 5 segments per hour myself. A lot of networks do that on weekends. Talk Radio Network is the worst of them all at it.

 

[Shoot From Hip]

Perhaps they're trying to reduce the number of programming minutes per hour so as to minimize the number of opportunities she has to spew the "N" word as she did earlier this week. Amazing that she isn't being held to the standard of most broadcasters. She said she "took herself off the air" for the remainder of the show, but in fact she needs a much more severe wake-up call than that to understand what led her to that unacceptable rant.

 

[RBA]

Perhaps they're trying to reduce the number of programming minutes per hour so as to minimize the number of opportunities she has to spew the "N" word as she did earlier this week. Amazing that she isn't being held to the standard of most broadcasters. She said she "took herself off the air" for the remainder of the show, but in fact she needs a much more severe wake-up call than that to understand what led her to that unacceptable rant.

;D

 

[UpstateNYBill]

Dr. Laura is actually still on the air somewhere?

 

[radiotower40]

We are hearing a lot these days about moving or simulcasting talk and sports on FM.

The amount of commercials on talk shows, both syndicated and local is way overboard.

There are shows that I enjoy, yet after 4 or 5 mins. of spots, 30 seconds of talk, two
more spots, news, two more spots, traffic(and 10 second live read), weather, then
back to the show for about 10 minutes then 4 more spots...you get my drift. These
shows have hardly any room for content.

Here in Chicago, we have WLS, I like the station, I like the hosts, and most of the topics,
yet somedays I just turn them off because I feel like it's all commercials and very little
show.

When I have a show on that other people around me are also enjoying, they don't care
that it's AM, they don't care if it's in stereo or HD. After less than an hour, I usually hear,
I like what there talking about, I am not going to sit through another long set of commercials.

The bottom line here is I'm in my mid 30's, and I'm getting sick of the constant stopsets,
people younger than me hate commercials on the radio, and will turn the station after
about 10 seconds into the first of six commercials.

If I was the advertiser, I would not want to be spot 5 out of 6. I know this happens with
FM music stations too, the talk shows are really taking the cake however. Unless you are
one of the top three talk hosts, good luck in the future, because in the end it's going to
be your demise, IMHO

 

[DToTheJ]

Perhaps they're trying to reduce the number of programming minutes per hour so as to minimize the number of opportunities she has to spew the "N" word as she did earlier this week...

You mean, this?
http://www.mediaite.com/online/dr-l...rds-and-advice-to-not-marry-out-of-your-race/

 

[Silkie]

LOL - yes, when you quote directly and verbatim what race hustlers have to say, you must apologize. Interesting that everyone from both sides of the aisle listen to conservative radio.

And they buy the products too. No worries, there will be plenty of time to say what they want to say. Radio people know how much time they have to do what they have to do.

 

[SeanMGilbow]

LOL - yes, when you quote directly and verbatim what race hustlers have to say, you must apologize. Interesting that everyone from both sides of the aisle listen to conservative radio.

And they buy the products too. No worries, there will be plenty of time to say what they want to say. Radio people know how much time they have to do what they have to do.

It goes both ways. Conservatives also do listen to liberal talk. Stephanie Miller, for example, regularly gets calls from right-wing callers John from Amherst, New York, and Don from Rockford, Illinois (the latter also occasionally spars with Ed Schultz).

Dr. Laura, by the way, was pulled from the Columbus market after 9/11 and replaced by Glenn Beck.

That said, the race hustler comment would cause me to respond with a quote from the movie "Billy Madison" I cited in another thread.

 

[Holland Cooke]

Prediction: The "N-word" thing will blow-over.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/vp/38698726#38698726

 

[Talk_Dude]

It goes both ways. Conservatives also do listen to liberal talk. Stephanie Miller, for example, regularly gets calls from right-wing callers John from Amherst, New York, and Don from Rockford, Illinois (the latter also occasionally spars with Ed Schultz).

That is a true and an accurate statement. If, out of a potential audience of 10,000,000 listeners who self-identify as conservative, 10 of them tune in liberal talk shows, then it is not incorrect to say that "Conservatives also do listen to liberal talk". The issue is how many conservatives tune in liberal talk to listen and who will hear the commercials, and how many conservatives like to tune in a liberal host to mock them and to call their shows to provoke some sort of controversies? I'll admit that many years ago, I used to often call a local liberal talk show host who was on opposite Limbaugh to give her a hard time. Apparently she didn't mind, as her call screener often put me at the head of the queue. She even gave me a prize once for being the first caller to make her laugh on the air. She was giving out tickets to a Jackie Mason gig at the local comedy club.

I do not think such anecdotes about a meager handful of conservatives who like to call liberal hosts (or vice-versa) is evidence that hosts on either side of the spectrum attract a significant amount of listeners who hold the opposing point of view.

That's not to say that there might not be other evidence of that fact, but what's in your post (and this post) do not make that case.

 

[Mainedude2007]

Dr. Laura, by the way, was pulled from the Columbus market after 9/11 and replaced by Glenn Beck.
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Dr. Laura was pulled from most major talk stations in favor of Beck after 9/11, he was being fed over satellight at the same time as Dr/ Laura and most stations started going in a more political direction with Beck at 9am over a one day delay Dr. Laura program (better lead in to Rush I'm guessing)

 

[livingfruitvirus]

Dr. Laura, by the way, was pulled from the Columbus market after 9/11 and replaced by Glenn Beck.

Beck took several Dr. Laura affiliates. I remember she was on WIOD Miami until one day they announced Glenn Beck.

 

[Talk_Dude]

When did Dr. Laura move from Hot Talk to News/Talk? The last time I heard her show (and it was a long time ago), she was doing an "advice to the loveworn" show, similar to a radio version of Ann Landers/Dear Abby. Is she still doing that tired old "I'm my kid's mom" schtick? Why would any station that programs news/talk put her show on the air? Her personal advice show fits in with news/talk programming about as well as the Prairie Home Companion would fit on a Hip Hop Urban station.

 

[SeanMGilbow]

When did Dr. Laura move from Hot Talk to News/Talk? The last time I heard her show (and it was a long time ago), she was doing an "advice to the loveworn" show, similar to a radio version of Ann Landers/Dear Abby. Is she still doing that tired old "I'm my kid's mom" schtick? Why would any station that programs news/talk put her show on the air? Her personal advice show fits in with news/talk programming about as well as the Prairie Home Companion would fit on a Hip Hop Urban station.

You sure you weren't thinking of Delilah instead of Dr. Laura?

 

[Talk_Dude]

When did Dr. Laura move from Hot Talk to News/Talk? The last time I heard her show (and it was a long time ago), she was doing an "advice to the loveworn" show, similar to a radio version of Ann Landers/Dear Abby. Is she still doing that tired old "I'm my kid's mom" schtick? Why would any station that programs news/talk put her show on the air? Her personal advice show fits in with news/talk programming about as well as the Prairie Home Companion would fit on a Hip Hop Urban station.

You sure you weren't thinking of Delilah instead of Dr. Laura?

Nope, Delilah does sappy dedications in between mawkishly sentimental soft rock songs. Dr. Laura has a PhD in Physiology (hence calling herself "Doctor") who pretends to know what she's talking about regarding social interaction between people. She parlayed being Bill Ballance's mistress into a radio career pushing a moral, ethical lifestyle. She encourages women to stick with their husbands no matter what "for the kids' sake" and to put child rearing ahead of their careers instead of breaking up other peoples' marriages and being a radio talk show host. In the dictionary of definitions of cliches, next to the entry "Do like I say, not like I do" her picture appears as an illustration.

 

[Signal_Faded]

Dr. Laura, by the way, was pulled from the Columbus market after 9/11 and replaced by Glenn Beck.

Dr. Laura was pulled from most major talk stations in favor of Beck after 9/11, he was being fed over satellight at the same time as Dr/ Laura and most stations started going in a more political direction with Beck at 9am over a one day delay Dr. Laura program (better lead in to Rush I'm guessing)
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I've been told by someone close to the situation that Dr. Laura refused to address 9/11 on her show at all and that was a reason that she began to lose favor. While the politics of 9/11 were/are not a topic of her show how people/children were dealing with processing it could have been. The choice was made by her not to address the subject and stations went with a show that would. Beck owes much of his success to Dr. Laura's bad decision.

 

[UpstateNYBill]

When did Dr. Laura move from Hot Talk to News/Talk? The last time I heard her show (and it was a long time ago), she was doing an "advice to the loveworn" show, similar to a radio version of Ann Landers/Dear Abby. Is she still doing that tired old "I'm my kid's mom" schtick? Why would any station that programs news/talk put her show on the air? Her personal advice show fits in with news/talk programming about as well as the Prairie Home Companion would fit on a Hip Hop Urban station.

You sure you weren't thinking of Delilah instead of Dr. Laura?

Nope, Delilah does sappy dedications in between mawkishly sentimental soft rock songs. Dr. Laura has a PhD in Physiology (hence calling herself "Doctor") who pretends to know what she's talking about regarding social interaction between people. She parlayed being Bill Ballance's mistress into a radio career pushing a moral, ethical lifestyle. She encourages women to stick with their husbands no matter what "for the kids' sake" and to put child rearing ahead of their careers instead of breaking up other peoples' marriages and being a radio talk show host. In the dictionary of definitions of cliches, next to the entry "Do like I say, not like I do" her picture appears as an illustration.

Maybe if Dr. Laura had stayed home, little Derrick would not be such a troubled young man and a pervert.

 

[DonTheTrucker]

Dr. Laura has a PhD in Physiology (hence calling herself "Doctor").

I'll call Stephen Hawking and tell him to stop using the title "Doctor".

You take all this talk radio stuff way too seriously. Seriously. Dr. .Laura has never even HINTED that her doctorate is in anything but physiology. Just like Mike Savage doesn't pretend his doctorate is in political science. They earned the titles, so why wouldn't they use them?

 

[Talk_Dude]

Dr. Laura has a PhD in Physiology (hence calling herself "Doctor").

I'll call Stephen Hawking and tell him to stop using the title "Doctor".

You take all this talk radio stuff way too seriously. Seriously. Dr. .Laura has never even HINTED that her doctorate is in anything but physiology. Just like Mike Savage doesn't pretend his doctorate is in political science. They earned the titles, so why wouldn't they use them?

In the case of Savage, no reason at all. In the case of Schlesinger, any time anyone gives out therapeutic advice on psychological matters and uses the title Dr., it is implied that the person doing the talking is a Doctor trained in psychology. Maybe you can split hairs over the difference between "hinting" and "implying", any person who calls themselves "Dr." and gives out advice and opinions that should come only from someone whose doctorate is in an appropriate field is a fraud and a charlatan.

As for Hawking, he has a doctorate in Physics and presents himself as a physicist. That's hardly similar to "Dr. Laura" presenting herself as an expert in interpersonal relationships when she is not qualified and who claims to present the moral high ground when she has a personal history of being the "other woman", which is a polite way of saying she's a marriage-breaking slut.

 

[DonTheTrucker]

In the case of Savage, no reason at all. In the case of Schlesinger, any time anyone gives out therapeutic advice on psychological matters and uses the title Dr., it is implied that the person doing the talking is a Doctor trained in psychology. Maybe you can split hairs over the difference between "hinting" and "implying", any person who calls themselves "Dr." and gives out advice and opinions that should come only from someone whose doctorate is in an appropriate field is a fraud and a charlatan.

As for Hawking, he has a doctorate in Physics and presents himself as a physicist. That's hardly similar to "Dr. Laura" presenting herself as an expert in interpersonal relationships when she is not qualified and who claims to present the moral high ground when she has a personal history of being the "other woman", which is a polite way of saying she's a marriage-breaking slut.

It's obvious you have some sort of grudge against Dr. Laura, but you can't possibly be suggesting that radio advice shows be done only by actual shrinks who have never done anything wrong in their lives.