NJ 101.5 & Politics

[RadioNation]

I'm actually a big fan of 101.5, I enjoy their mix of talk (Jersey Guys, Tommy G) ....but before and during the elections for NJ Governor, didn't the station take a big risk by endorsing Forrester? Looking back at this, Over 54% of New Jerseyans voted for Corzine, do you think those 54% listen to 101.5?

 

[eGillCVI]

> I'm actually a big fan of 101.5, I enjoy their mix of talk
> (Jersey Guys, Tommy G) ....but before and during the
> elections for NJ Governor, didn't the station take a big
> risk by endorsing Forrester? Looking back at this, Over 54%
> of New Jerseyans voted for Corzine, do you think those 54%
> listen to 101.5?

The station has been lobbying for the GOP for years, since Millennium got their team in place. I don't think they care much about the fact that most of the state disagrees with them.

 

[AngelBlue]

> > I'm actually a big fan of 101.5, I enjoy their mix of talk
>
> > (Jersey Guys, Tommy G) ....but before and during the
> > elections for NJ Governor, didn't the station take a big
> > risk by endorsing Forrester? Looking back at this, Over
> 54%
> > of New Jerseyans voted for Corzine, do you think those 54%
>
> > listen to 101.5?
>
> The station has been lobbying for the GOP for years, since
> Millennium got their team in place. I don't think they care
> much about the fact that most of the state disagrees with
> them.
>
NJ101.5 isn't big in the urban areas where Corzine got nearly all the Black vote so no risk there. The truth is there are more Democratics in NJ than Republicans and they are party loyal especially union members. I listen to Stern in the morning because he entertains me and for the same reason that's why I listen to The Jersey Guys and Tommy G simply because they entertain me and not who they backed in an election. If I recall in 2004 The Jersey Guys backed Bush and their ratings went higher after that. As long as the show is entertaining the audience will come regardless of who they may have backed in an election which is old news now.

 

[eGillCVI]

> > > I'm actually a big fan of 101.5, I enjoy their mix of
> talk
> >
> > > (Jersey Guys, Tommy G) ....but before and during the
> > > elections for NJ Governor, didn't the station take a big
>
> > > risk by endorsing Forrester? Looking back at this, Over
> > 54%
> > > of New Jerseyans voted for Corzine, do you think those
> 54%
> >
> > > listen to 101.5?
> >
> > The station has been lobbying for the GOP for years, since
>
> > Millennium got their team in place. I don't think they
> care
> > much about the fact that most of the state disagrees with
> > them.
> >
> NJ101.5 isn't big in the urban areas where Corzine got
> nearly all the Black vote so no risk there. The truth is
> there are more Democratics in NJ than Republicans and they
> are party loyal especially union members. I listen to Stern
> in the morning because he entertains me and for the same
> reason that's why I listen to The Jersey Guys and Tommy G
> simply because they entertain me and not who they backed in
> an election. If I recall in 2004 The Jersey Guys backed
> Bush and their ratings went higher after that. As long as
> the show is entertaining the audience will come regardless
> of who they may have backed in an election which is old news
> now.
>

We're getting into a gray area here. I somehow don't know that I believe that New Jersey's Democrats are more party-loyal than New Jersey's Republicans but let's not get into all that please.

As for the audience coming, the ratings clearly show that there's an audience but I am no longer part of it. Maybe if they'd let us forget who they backed in the last election... but the hosts just go on and on and on about their political ideals and agenda. It's unnecessary and I can not be the only person who finds it a turn-off.