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Question About 96.9 FM Talk

They have Imus under contract for a couple more years. Rumors about jettisoning Barnicle recently were
disputed. Eagan and Braude's show is one hour long and I don't know if they'd get rid of it. Replacing
O'Reilly? Probably not. We know about 7-year-Severin (that's how long his new contract goes for) , who returns Monday. Michael Graham is under contract for another year or so, and Laura Ingraham is a favorite...where would there be room?
 
I don't agree with 95% of what Eagan or Braude say, but I do concede that they are good together and their show is interesting, articulate and generally well done.

Part of the problem might be that they talk so fast because they only have an hour and they try to cram too much into that time frame.

Why not put them on in the mornings, either instead of Imus or after him? It's just ridiculous to have Laura on at 10pm when she is live at 10am. Why not move here to a morning slot? That's my opinion anyway.
 
Graham - As in Crackers

Well, they are kicking Michael Graham...as in crackers to no man's land a time slot were he will never be heard again...assuming that he was ever heard in the first place.
 
Heres something I don't get, If the Republicans are literally going down in flames in their approval ratings then how the heck are the ratings not absolutely tanking on 96.9 and RKO (as I suspect they are) ? I can't help but think that part of the reason Boston has lost it's top 10 market placement is because the radio stations are not serving the populations interests. 15 years of overwhelmingly conservative talk in the most liberal part of the country! Talk used to be a very heavy part of the listenership in the market, now they "narowcast" to fringe crazies!
It absolutely baffles me!
 
Boston dropped out of the top ten because of shifts in the population not because the radio sucks, although that might have something to do with why so many people moved away ;)
 
Lucy is right. Market size is determined by the size of the market. Not by who is listening and to whom.

Secondly the reason we have two corporations here which are formatted with conservatively skewed talk stations is because of our largely liberal market. Controversy is what makes talk radio do well. If this was a heavily conservative market they would skew the other way. These companies are in the business of making money. They don't actually care what is on the air as long as it sells. It would be much less expensive for any of them to pick up Air America but they know they would loose their shirt here. The corporate policy of these large corporations are all really the same really. Its what is best for them, their stockholders and their business interests. That usually means supporting whoever is more likely to help them with deregulation and at the same time not be to controlling of content. This is why they have to cater to both parties to some degree but overall they worry about their profits and their bottom line. They will put on the air whatever sells. The idea that their corporate philosophy dictate there air products is usually wrong. Just as it is to assume that your local talk show host you hate the most actually believes the views he spouts or that you know his real life political orientation. These companies and their employees are in the entertainment business. And there is a sucker born every day. They want you to listen and they want their advertisement dollars. That's it and that's all they want. If you agree with the talk show host and guests your not going to call and soon your not going to listen. If they cause controversy and stir up opposing positions your going to tune in and call. Clear Channel as a corporation is just as right leaning (again really pro-radio corporate interests) as Entercom or Greater Media but here they choose to put Air America on their smaller AM signals. It makes sense against the larger talk formats here. The question will be what they decide to do when they improve the KOX signal. It's hard to think that they will still consider that a good business plan here when they have larger signal.
 
But here is the problem w/ that logic - people like me WON"T listen to those stations, they lost me years ago. I'm a typical person, a typical moderate liberal (the majority here in the North East) and I won't listen. You may be right if thats their philosophy but it's just wrong and stupid.
 
I'm not so sure that moderate liberals are the majority in the Northeast. I do know, however, that if enough people DON'T listen to a commercial broadcast, that show will be taken off the station.

I've always found it funny how liberals say how much they detest WRKO or 96.9 FM, yet they can tell you EXACTLY what was heard on either of those stations.

It's not unlike the conservatives who can quote you chapter and verse about Al Franken and Air America.

Is it a case of Knowing Thine Enemy, or conventional "wisdom"?
 
>>15 years of overwhelmingly conservative talk in the most liberal part of the country

Imus: probably liberal
Barnicle: probably liberal
E&B: liberal-moderate

yes it gets conservative after that...but if liberal talk is so badly needed in Boston why is AAR getting half
the ratings (of the two stations combined) that a 250w standards station from Cambridge is getting?

oh and there's NPR talk shows too...are they conservative? Is there really a dearth of lib talk here?

I can't say Sully and Leveille on 'BZ are exactly arch-conservative. Maybe to the right on some issues...
more moderate maybe.

conservatalk makes money around here/gets ratings because it's a response to TV stations/papers/
other radio outlets, etc., and it attracts those on the Right AND in the center.
 
>>the conservatives who can quote you chapter and verse about Al Franken and Air America.

Not me; can't take that stuff for the most part...conservative talkers can be more entertaining at least to my ears.
 
Well I can say I HONESTLY don't listen to 96.9 or RKO, It makes me sick! Ingram - Hanity - Severin? Talk about hurting my ears! Not to mentions insulting my intelligence! NPR? not local and not much caller interactive. And then Limbaugh!? Good God!!

WBZ is not a primary Boston talk station, the 2 that are are overwhelmingly cool aid drinking conservative and STILL Hialing Bush!
E & B are on for what, like 20 minets?
 
For the record, Hannity is on WTTT 1150. I would dare say Ingraham doesn't insult your intelligence,
though you probably find fault with her because of her political views. The "healthy radio addiction"...
interesting takes on the media and popular culture. Humorous bits like Larry King "Guess the Guest"
and the "Sound Bite Contest of the Week".

>>STILL Hialing Bush!
E & B are on for what, like 20 minets?

Great spelling.

Limbaugh: talent on loan from Oxy Contin! One thing's for sure: the EIB network is in no danger of
declaring bankruptcy.
 
E & B as in Eagan & Braude

Hailng Bush as in Hail Hitler, spelling stands corrected...

As for Ingram, any one who continues to totally and mindlessly defend Bush and cronies particularly at this point is indeed insulting my intelligence!
 
Barnicle isn't a talk show host. WBZ is great radio if you're 75 years old.
 
>>WBZ is great radio if you're 75 years old.

no, you can enjoy it if you're a lot younger--like tonight (plug!) when my friend Frank Ochieng joins Jordan Rich for Movie Night (mid-3:30 am on Sat night/Sunday morning)
 
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