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Sharpton to fill in for Rush?

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From the New York Daily News:
<blockquote>Could there be any odder couple than Rush Limbaugh and Al Sharpton? Not if I have anything to do with it. Last week - after Matrix Media announced a deal for Sharpton to host a "Limbaugh of the Left"-type talk radio show - the conservative radio star said he'll think about mentoring the minister in the finer points of the medium. Yesterday, Sharpton contacted me to say he's eager to accept the sort-of offer to (as Limbaugh put it on his own show Friday) "let [Sharpton] guest-host the program for, like, 30 minutes at a time while I am sitting here critiquing him." Yesterday Limbaugh's producer, Kit Carson, assured me that he's in earnest...</blockquote>
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Now, this should be good.

I have to admit, I covered the Rev. Al during last year's primary and I was impressed with him as a campaigner. I also heard him preach and it was the best sermon I've ever heard (and I heard Billy Graham in his prime). He is already doing a local New York show for Air America's flagship station and they were really dump to let this guy slip through their fingers and sign with another syndicator.
 
> I have to admit, I covered the Rev. Al during last year's
> primary and I was impressed with him as a campaigner. I
> also heard him preach and it was the best sermon I've ever
> heard (and I heard Billy Graham in his prime). He is
> already doing a local New York show for Air America's
> flagship station and they were really dump to let this guy
> slip through their fingers and sign with another syndicator.

Soon, everyone will have their own syndicated liberal talk show.

:D

Though I gotta admit, Sharpton's a "name", certainly. It sounds like Limbaugh is trying to poke fun at him with this, much like he has over the years with Sharpton. ("He wants to learn from the master? Heh, heh.")

As far as AAR letting him go through...Sharpton's local show on WLIB is not connected to AAR, as far as I know...I was under the impression that it was in the hours still being programmed by WLIB licensee Inner City Radio, along with the overnight show with Dr. Carlos Russell. Former NYC mayor David Dinkins is in there as well.

Still, AAR is taking more of an active role in WLIB, hiring a local GM and GSM in NYC...and one would think they'd at least listen to the guy and see if he has a decent show on their "home" station.

-OA
 
What kind of station will this air on - libtalkers? I somehow don't see Sharpton having nationwide appeal on the new, more centrist-entertaining, breed of progressive talk stations. Maybe WHAT in Philly, but not KLSD in San Diego.

I doubt anyone will topple Franken (like Schultz did to Rhodes at least) until a major market radio vet with huge numbers (again, like Schultz, only 100 markets larger) goes into syndication noon-3. And no, Bill Press doing weekend fill-in when the KFI Kitchen was closed for extermination doesn't count.
 
WLIB, New York broadcasts David Dinkens and the Rev Al Sharpton Sunday mornings between 8 am and 10 pm (one hour each), pre-empting the national feed of "So What Else is News" (IMHO one of their better shows). The shows do sound like legacies but they are not in the overnight period (they are preceeded by "best of segments" and followed by the "Satellite Sisters" (distributed by ABC).

Apparently, some of the news people are legacies, too, including the (again IMHO) world's worst news reader, WWAAAAYYYNNNEE GGEELLLMMAAAAANN, who does news on Morning Sedition. The guy sounds like he should be in market 150. It's like Lurch (from AAdams Family reading news). Coming out of the news, they've got a guy doing their traffic reports who sounds like a network radio news anchor (Christopher Glenn calibre), making for a very painful comparison.


>
> As far as AAR letting him go through...Sharpton's local show
> on WLIB is not connected to AAR, as far as I know...I was
> under the impression that it was in the hours still being
> programmed by WLIB licensee Inner City Radio, along with the
> overnight show with Dr. Carlos Russell. Former NYC mayor
> David Dinkins is in there as well.
>
> Still, AAR is taking more of an active role in WLIB, hiring
> a local GM and GSM in NYC...and one would think they'd at
> least listen to the guy and see if he has a decent show on
> their "home" station.
>
> -OA
>
 
> Though I gotta admit, Sharpton's a "name", certainly.

So was Cuomo, among others. Same deal here.



> It
> sounds like Limbaugh is trying to poke fun at him with this,
> much like he has over the years with Sharpton.

Of course he was. He was saying he'd have Sharpton in and give him tips on how to do a show. Considering how many "celebrity talkers" have crashed and burned as the "Limbaugh of the Left" I'm sure Rush doesn't take such people all that seriously anymore.
 
FYI, many CC libtalkers air CC's own weekend show with Jesse Jackson. But it may be a stretch to see anyone running a weekday show with Sharpton. It's also not clear if he's aiming for a noon-3 ET slot, or if the stuff about "knocking off Rush" is time-slot independent...and just refers to Rush's general overall popularity as the number one radio talk show host in America.

(After all...if he hasn't already, ABC's Sean Hannity may soon surpass Rush for that title, but in afternoon drive!)

-OA
 
> WLIB, New York broadcasts David Dinkens and the Rev Al
> Sharpton Sunday mornings between 8 am and 10 pm (one hour
> each), pre-empting the national feed of "So What Else is
> News" (IMHO one of their better shows). The shows do sound
> like legacies but they are not in the overnight period (they
> are preceeded by "best of segments" and followed by the
> "Satellite Sisters" (distributed by ABC).

I'm pretty sure the Sharpton and Dinkins shows are, like the Dr. Carlos Russell "Thinking Things Through" overnight show, are Inner City productions, and that AAR has nothing to do with them.

BTW, I just flipped on Rush, and he's talking about the Sharpton thing and the NY newspaper article right now. He's reaming the paper for using the phrase "Limbaugh of the Left" going back to the days of Jim Hightower, Mario Cuomo et al.

And you're right...some of the AAR news anchors are absolutely awful. Some are good. I'm not sure what's up with that, aside from the obvious - the really bad ones are mostly in off hours and weekends.

-OA
 
> BTW, I just flipped on Rush, and he's talking about the
> Sharpton thing and the NY newspaper article right now. He's
> reaming the paper for using the phrase "Limbaugh of the
> Left" going back to the days of Jim Hightower, Mario Cuomo
> et al.
>
> And you're right...some of the AAR news anchors are
> absolutely awful. Some are good. I'm not sure what's up
> with that, aside from the obvious - the really bad ones are
> mostly in off hours and weekends.
>
> -OA

I'd say the same thing I said earlier in another post..i think some laws of physics are damaged if these guys share the same space even for a short time.

Seriously, it would be entertaining for me...because it seems so absurd to put two people who are so opposite. It sounds like some of the "debates" Al Franken and Ann Coulter put on for charity....there was nothing but entertainment value for all....and not much of substance...

that being said, Sharpton could maybe do a weekend show, I don't see Sharpton exhibiting the discipline it would take to host a show full time M-F. He, like Chuck D, spreads himself too thin in taking on several commitments. I could see him as a "buddy" for an existing host now and then and maybe as a guest host now and then. I've never heard him on the radio and I don't know how his performance is as a host (I certainly wont malign him without any real evidence). He does have a grasp on most social/liberal domestic issues and lacks a good grasp on foreign policy (I will ding him on that) but who knows,,,,,he might be fun.....in small doses on the weekend.
 
> Apparently, some of the news people are legacies, too,
> including the (again IMHO) world's worst news reader,
> WWAAAAYYYNNNEE GGEELLLMMAAAAANN, who does news on Morning
> Sedition. The guy sounds like he should be in market 150.
> It's like Lurch (from AAdams Family reading news). Coming
> out of the news, they've got a guy doing their traffic
> reports who sounds like a network radio news anchor
> (Christopher Glenn calibre), making for a very painful
> comparison.
>
I am way too forgiving I guess. I really don't get too concerned with the News at top of the hour and you don't really need it on the bottom. I rarely hear anyone but Crowley (sp?) and he does fine IMHO. I am not really crazy about ABC/CNN/CBS news so I prefer to hear the AAR people. Most AAR listeners are not looking for Great News Voices I bet. Most think anything as good as your local NPR station or Pacifica Affiliate would be fine.
 
> Apparently, some of the news people are legacies, too,
> including the (again IMHO) world's worst news reader,
> WWAAAAYYYNNNEE GGEELLLMMAAAAANN, who does news on Morning
> Sedition.

I like Wayne .............. Gilman (who was WLIB's news director pre-AAR).

News Daddy's got his own style, something sorely lacking in cookie-cutter radio these days.<P ID="signature">______________
also known as tombetz.</P>
 
Ironically, I have heard some good ones off hours and week-ends. The guy who does (or did - I haven't had a chance to listen that early for a while) weekdays was very good. But the worst of the bunch does weekday morning drive. And apparently to some of the extreme "politically correct" crowd who value "diversity" more than ability, he is beyond criticism.



>
> And you're right...some of the AAR news anchors are
> absolutely awful. Some are good. I'm not sure what's up
> with that, aside from the obvious - the really bad ones are
> mostly in off hours and weekends.
>
> -OA
>
 
> > BTW, I just flipped on Rush, and he's talking about the
> > Sharpton thing and the NY newspaper article right now.
> He's
> > reaming the paper for using the phrase "Limbaugh of the
> > Left" going back to the days of Jim Hightower, Mario Cuomo
>
> > et al.
> >
> > And you're right...some of the AAR news anchors are
> > absolutely awful. Some are good. I'm not sure what's up
> > with that, aside from the obvious - the really bad ones
> are
> > mostly in off hours and weekends.
> >
> > -OA
>
> I'd say the same thing I said earlier in another post..i
> think some laws of physics are damaged if these guys share
> the same space even for a short time.
>
> Seriously, it would be entertaining for me...because it
> seems so absurd to put two people who are so opposite. It
> sounds like some of the "debates" Al Franken and Ann Coulter
> put on for charity....there was nothing but entertainment
> value for all....and not much of substance...
>
> that being said, Sharpton could maybe do a weekend show, I
> don't see Sharpton exhibiting the discipline it would take
> to host a show full time M-F. He, like Chuck D, spreads
> himself too thin in taking on several commitments. I could
> see him as a "buddy" for an existing host now and then and
> maybe as a guest host now and then. I've never heard him on
> the radio and I don't know how his performance is as a host
> (I certainly wont malign him without any real evidence). He
> does have a grasp on most social/liberal domestic issues and
> lacks a good grasp on foreign policy (I will ding him on
> that) but who knows,,,,,he might be fun.....in small doses
> on the weekend.
>
Maybe Sharpie could have Tawana Brawley as his first guest!
 
> Maybe Sharpie could have Tawana Brawley as his first guest!
>

Maybe you could drop the worthless comments and make a point that may be of some value to others. Is that all conservatives, harp on one thing...maybe ill try it...

hmmmm... maybe Rush should bring on his drug shopper - his housekeeper


hmmmm... maybe Rush should interview his druggist

hmmmm.... if Rush could hear better...Sharpton may not have to raise his voice...

see...its not so fun the other way....

Please dont get me wrong...tongue in cheek humor is fine...but this wasn't..this is just another way to attack Sharpton for a prior mistake.
 
Amen, Doctor. I've noticed those who love to dish it out around here seem least able to take it. I now have a picture of pots and kettles calling each other smut. And of people living in grass houses and stowing thrones.


>
> Maybe you could drop the worthless comments and make a point
> that may be of some value to others. Is that all
> conservatives, harp on one thing...maybe ill try it...
>
> hmmmm... maybe Rush should bring on his drug shopper - his
> housekeeper
>
>
> hmmmm... maybe Rush should interview his druggist
>
> hmmmm.... if Rush could hear better...Sharpton may not have
> to raise his voice...
>
> see...its not so fun the other way....
>
> Please dont get me wrong...tongue in cheek humor is
> fine...but this wasn't..this is just another way to attack
> Sharpton for a prior mistake.
>
 
> hmmmm.... if Rush could hear better...Sharpton may not have
> to raise his voice...

Yeah, a disability versus involvement in a racially fueled fake rape story. Those two things are exactly the same. What a brilliant argument on your part.
 
What gets to me is that some of those conservatives contend to be the victim although they are the first bunch that start the whining first....or make the hostile comments...or throw the first flame and claim "its just a joke" when you know its thinly veiled vitriol.

Back to radio, this strategy is applied most by Sean Hannity rather than Rush..i don't hear Rush playing the victim....this strategy is more ineptly attempted by Glenn Beck and Laura Ingraham....who are even bigger crybabies than Sean Hannity...again its just my opinion....I had to find this funny as i stated in earlier posts.......its worth it to see sharpton/limbaugh one time for charity purposes...but not for the real deal...



> Amen, Doctor. I've noticed those who love to dish it out
> around here seem least able to take it. I now have a
> picture of pots and kettles calling each other smut. And of
> people living in grass houses and stowing thrones.
>
>
>
 
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