Not sure about that. Why would any upper manager tell the subs they were not in the running? How would that encourage them to give their best? Pretty simple broadcast management 101, IMO.
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Premiere Announces New Hosts For Rush Slot
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Remember the subs have full time jobs at other stations. So they didn't work for iHeart. They needed to get permission from their boss to do the sub job.
They do their best because they have a much bigger audience for a short time, and hopefully they have pride in their work. And now they go back to their regular job with something very unique on the resume.
You could be right but that seems a bit idealistic. I still say these guide hosts thought they were partially auditioning but I have no way to prove that. A couple of them were really trying hard in this role.
Clay Travis explains what drew him to the idea of leaving his sports talk show for a political talk show with Buck Sexton:
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If you have read Clay's posts on Twitter, they were getting more political. He opposed athletes taking a knee during the anthem. He said it brought politics into sports. But he himself was becoming guilty of that. And his political opinions were the ones generating more comments than the sports ones. I wonder what will happen when his political heroes show themselves to be as unworthy of his support as some of his sports heroes. Because it will happen at some point.
Why Travis Said Yes to Julie Talbot - Radio Ink
It was 17 years ago when Clay Travis started ClayNation on Nashville’s 104.5 the Zone with his friend Chad Withrow. They met in an Atlanta bar. The pay was $50 per day and a sponsorship from Otter's Chicken Tenders, but they were talking sports, which is what they loved to do.
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If you have read Clay's posts on Twitter, they were getting more political. He opposed athletes taking a knee during the anthem. He said it brought politics into sports. But he himself was becoming guilty of that. And his political opinions were the ones generating more comments than the sports ones. I wonder what will happen when his political heroes show themselves to be as unworthy of his support as some of his sports heroes. Because it will happen at some point.
We just had a whole thing in Tennessee where East Tennessee State University's basketball team took a knee, and CLay was one of the "outraged", along with boosters and our state representatives shouting "Shut up, uppity negroes and dribble!". The coach, who stood with his players, ended up getting forced out.Clay Travis explains what drew him to the idea of leaving his sports talk show for a political talk show with Buck Sexton:
Why Travis Said Yes to Julie Talbot - Radio Ink
It was 17 years ago when Clay Travis started ClayNation on Nashville’s 104.5 the Zone with his friend Chad Withrow. They met in an Atlanta bar. The pay was $50 per day and a sponsorship from Otter's Chicken Tenders, but they were talking sports, which is what they loved to do.
If you have read Clay's posts on Twitter, they were getting more political. He opposed athletes taking a knee during the anthem. He said it brought politics into sports. But he himself was becoming guilty of that. And his political opinions were the ones generating more comments than the sports ones. I wonder what will happen when his political heroes show themselves to be as unworthy of his support as some of his sports heroes. Because it will happen at some point.
The rule we're taught in radio is that when you talk politics, you have a 50% chance of pissing off your audience. Leaving sports for talk helps him minimize that risk. The problem is that I know Clay isn't really a serious conservative. He is what passes for one now. So if and when the wind changes, he may find himself in a tough spot. But until then, he rides with his fan base.
Bottom line there are several hosts that will be taking over the Rush slot. It is going to be difficult for these individual hosts to maintain Rush ratings. It may take a year or two, but could this be the deathnell of AM?
My view is it's the opposite. What you're seeing is the democratization of media, in all radio formats, and in all forms of media. There is no monopoly in talk radio, just as there is no monopoly in radio. Everyone competes, everyone has access to an audience, and I hear people say competition is good for radio. With streaming, the audience has access to all of the hosts in this time slot. We'll see who the listeners choose.
I don't think it's necessarily the death of AM but it's more of some parts of the USA the talk format is being promoted as on their respective production company app as in this case iHeartRadio.
Because it’s their job?
Missed my point. Any good manager understands that you get the best of your employees when there is an incentive.
No. Internet radio growth and the vagaries of the economy may eventually do it in, though. Without money, stations go under. The political divisions that feed conservative talk radio are still there. The demographics are aging, obviously. But that would happen Rush or no Rush. And I think some of his replacements in the time slow may end up just as lively and entertaining, although as you have said earlier in another post the days of the AM 'radio star' are over.
Fair point. There could be new radio stars on AM and FM, but the territory is much different from when Rush became a star. Internet, podcasts, social media, have diluted this outcome. I will agree the divisions are as great as ever. I am sure this will continue to be reflected on AM radio but doubt this will ever be reflected on how consumers actually get their news these days.
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If Premiere iHeart were smart, I'd continue featuring Rush Replays on their streaming or podcast platform as part of a subscription package. That would do two things:
1. Provide another revenue source without having to rely on advertising within the stream or podcast. Can be promoted as: no ad's, 'just 100% Rush'. Adding all those recordings to the existing platform, is a minimal cost. He had a following similar to the Trump cult, so why not take their money while they're still alive? Er..I mean: Why not provide the service to those who still want to bask-in and relive Rush's brilliance?
2. Introduce his white older male audience to streaming and podcasts, rather than still relying on Antique Modulation for audio entertainment. Ultimately they may discover other hosts who are fluent in the language of Codger.
1. Provide another revenue source without having to rely on advertising within the stream or podcast. Can be promoted as: no ad's, 'just 100% Rush'. Adding all those recordings to the existing platform, is a minimal cost. He had a following similar to the Trump cult, so why not take their money while they're still alive? Er..I mean: Why not provide the service to those who still want to bask-in and relive Rush's brilliance?
2. Introduce his white older male audience to streaming and podcasts, rather than still relying on Antique Modulation for audio entertainment. Ultimately they may discover other hosts who are fluent in the language of Codger.
No. I got your “point.” The real point is professionals do their job to the best of their ability.
It's still a resume enhancer, if they want to move into a larger market or enhance their own syndication possibilities.
Absolutely.
WLW's Mike McConnell tells a story of filling in for Rush during or just before the holidays a number of years ago. He didn't do the show from Cincinnati, they flew him to New York and the WABC studios. A producer asked him what he was doing next week, and he said "I always take vacation during the holidays", not having quite dawned on him that they were asking him if he'd be interested in filling in the following week. He gets on the plane and thinks "well, duh, that was stupid".
I knew some people who filled in for Bob Kingsley on American Country Countdown. He did they same thing. He flew people to his studio (first in LA, and later he moved to Texas), and they would work with his team of writers and producers. Recording a 4 hour show would take all day, because they wanted him to read the script the way Bob read it. It was an experience. That obviously changed as various digital technologies made it easier to connect from other places.
It all makes me wonder how they'll do this new Clay & Buck show. When Clay started at Fox Sports, he did their Saturday morning college football show, and he flew to the Fox LA studios every week to do it. He has been doing the daily Fox Sports radio show from home, and did his last one on Friday. So he has three weeks to prepare for the new show.
If you go to RushLimbaugh.com, they have a billboard of Clay & Buck "Inspired By Rush...Starting June 21."
In the first couple of years at AT40, Casey did the show in real time. He asked Dick Clark to fill in one week and Dick was aghast and POed that he couldn't just record tracks. That changed shortly thereafter.
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