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Thought I'd let nearly a week pass before casting an opinion on Air America and WHLD.
Thought I'd take in the opinions on the board and see which way the wind was blowing.
Thought I'd hear something, anything, that had a pulse.
Really, I wanted WHLD to be a strong, locally staffed news-talk radio station to counter the talking wombats on WBEN.
KB sounds like a better station, although the jury is still out on Bill Press. Stephanie Miller and her laughing sidekick have are interesting enough for me to spend a few quarter hours during the day. Leslie Marshall loves to talk about herself because apparently, she can't get many callers to talk to her. Ed Schultz is solid and reasonable (there's that "reason" word again... except it's the other station.) He may even take some listeners away from WBEN. And I actually listened to an entire Buffalo Bulls basketball game. The most I've listened to KB in the last six months.
Now then, as for WHLD. Oy gevalt! All I can say is, ideology alone does not attract listeners. The only thing that sounds like a competitive radio show is Randi Rhodes. She'd sound better if WHLD produced the local and national breaks better. Hint, guys: Use bumpers and promos rather than letting the network filler music run for three minutes on the local avails. Do you really have to be told this kind of stuff by a guy like me who's been out of the grind for three years?
Have mercy!</font>
Thought I'd let nearly a week pass before casting an opinion on Air America and WHLD.
Thought I'd take in the opinions on the board and see which way the wind was blowing.
Thought I'd hear something, anything, that had a pulse.
Really, I wanted WHLD to be a strong, locally staffed news-talk radio station to counter the talking wombats on WBEN.
KB sounds like a better station, although the jury is still out on Bill Press. Stephanie Miller and her laughing sidekick have are interesting enough for me to spend a few quarter hours during the day. Leslie Marshall loves to talk about herself because apparently, she can't get many callers to talk to her. Ed Schultz is solid and reasonable (there's that "reason" word again... except it's the other station.) He may even take some listeners away from WBEN. And I actually listened to an entire Buffalo Bulls basketball game. The most I've listened to KB in the last six months.
Now then, as for WHLD. Oy gevalt! All I can say is, ideology alone does not attract listeners. The only thing that sounds like a competitive radio show is Randi Rhodes. She'd sound better if WHLD produced the local and national breaks better. Hint, guys: Use bumpers and promos rather than letting the network filler music run for three minutes on the local avails. Do you really have to be told this kind of stuff by a guy like me who's been out of the grind for three years?
Have mercy!</font>