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"The Big Talker 1580" To Rearrange The Titanic Deck Chairs In 2011?

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

On the News/Talk board, a poster citing "someone who should know" claims that Fred Thompson is leaving his daily radio show. His radio show is based in D.C. and airs on WHFS-AM, a.k.a. "The Big Talker 1580". In fact, I think the only station carrying it might be WHFS.

This on the heels of Michael Smerconish announcing that he is ending his daily morning show. He will continue his afternoon show, which airs live at 12 noon - the same exact time Fred Thompson does his show. So I suppose if Fred's departure is true, they could switch the airtimes of three of their shows and air them all live - imagine that! Dennis Miller can move from 3 PM to 10 AM, Smerconish at noon, and Lou Dobbs up from tape delay at 6 PM to live at 2 PM.

What do all eight listeners of "The Big Talker 1580" think about this?
 
The lineup that currently exists on 1580 isn't even worth being expanded to CB radio, let alone FM. They just let Glenn Beck go. That should give you an indication of which direction they're going.
 
With CBS dropping Beck in Philadelphia and DC, one can speculate that Premiere may have upped the cost to carry Beck. CBS was just using him to fill time on the hapless 1580, but in Philly he had some ratings, so it must have been about the buck$ there.
 
You can say that everybody who showed up at his "8/28" rally in D.C. showed up in spite of 1580.

FYI - CBS also carries Beck's show in another market, Charlotte, and I'm sure it won't be long before he's dropped from that station as well, given the circumstances.
 
Changes at AM 1580 thus far: Michael Smerconish is apparently nowhere to be found on their website, as Doug Stephan - whose show was occasionally carried in the 9 AM hour after the Glenn Beck ouster - is now airing daily, 6-9 AM.

Wondering if Smerconish will resurface in middays now that the announcement that Fred Thompson's departure is official. Or will they just plug in that Urbanski fellow?
 
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