Bob is a legend and a professional in my eyes... I am also thankful he has made the decision to hang up the cans one last time before someone forces him out .. We all know the direction of Radio is about saving as much money as possible with as little talent as possible. I am glad to see Bob leaving on his own terms to enjoy the rest of his life.
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The end of an era
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I don't recall anyone speaking negatively about Bob Conners on this thread although that's not the case on another thread
on Bob Conners. Yes, it's shocking and deplorable someone would take cheap shots at Bob Conners. In makes one wonder
why and what their motives are for doing so ???
Now two loved Columbus Icons are leaving Columbus radio and TV! Andrea Canbern announced she is also leaving WBNS-TV
this afternoon:
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/10/27/wbns-andrea-cambern-leaving-10tv.html
on Bob Conners. Yes, it's shocking and deplorable someone would take cheap shots at Bob Conners. In makes one wonder
why and what their motives are for doing so ???
Now two loved Columbus Icons are leaving Columbus radio and TV! Andrea Canbern announced she is also leaving WBNS-TV
this afternoon:
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/10/27/wbns-andrea-cambern-leaving-10tv.html
It was done in other threads in the past and it just made me mad.antares said:
In the age we live in there will unfortunately be bitter comments even if, say, if someone reports that the sky is blue. You probably would have seen even more (unfounded) bitter comments had this story appeared before the Dispatch started requiring registration to comment.
antares said:
I heard BC comment this morning about getting some hate posts on his blog. He said he has a "sense of humor" so he spent about an hour to laugh the hate responses off.
According to BD, The typical hate response goes something like this:
"Well, it's about time you retired!"
Ohio Media Watch,
Doesn't Bob Conners have almost ten years longer of continuances employment at WTVN then Lanigan has at Magic FM in Cleveland? Just curious.
Oh, and BC talks about his pending retirement the same as pending "unemployment". Like he almost feels some shame for retiring because then he will
be unemployed.
Doesn't Bob Conners have almost ten years longer of continuances employment at WTVN then Lanigan has at Magic FM in Cleveland? Just curious.
Oh, and BC talks about his pending retirement the same as pending "unemployment". Like he almost feels some shame for retiring because then he will
be unemployed.
gabigley1 said:
http://www.wmji.com/pages/lanandmalone.html
So, yes, Bob does have Lanigan beat by some years both at their current stations, and in lengthy careers. IIRC, Bob is somewhat older than Lanigan.
It's "Majic", by the way, with a J.
He's hinted, to be sure...and yes, the recent death of WGAR/WMJI's Chuck Collier was a recent impetus for that discussion. (Chuck was actually mostly a "WGAR personality" because it was his main job...he just voicetracked middays on WMJI.)
He's hinted in the past as well. I just hope WMJI has "Plan B" in the works for when Lanigan does do it...
He's hinted in the past as well. I just hope WMJI has "Plan B" in the works for when Lanigan does do it...
antares said:
I with no ill will toward Bob or anyone in Columbus in general, but all this praise to "hiney-gate", the Danger Brothers, college football, and not much more makes me ask this about Columbus radio. Take a look at a standard day of interviews and discussion on BC's counterpart blowtorch heritage AM. WMAL in Washington.
http://www.wmal.com/article.asp?id=2325074&SPID=40282
Did BC have this level of guests each day? Did he go into details about economics, Obama, terrorism, or local society with guests like national security advisers, magazine editors and owners, national news anchors, or prominent authors? No - in Columbus you get the "Cat Lady" and Larry Larsen. Similarly, in Cleveland WTAM leads off with the Browns. Don't Ohioans know enough to listen think about what is said in a seven minute discussion of quantitative easing or Herman Cain?
What makes Washington listeners different from Ohio listeners? Is BC or Korby as smart as The Morning Majortiy? What is the Ohio equivalent of WMAL?
Jimme said:
BC has a big audience which he's consistently entertained, and he's consistently helped bring in revenues for the station. What law says a talk station's morning show has to be weighty or political talk with interviews, especially when that's already prevalent in the rest of the schedule? If someone in Columbus wants those things in the morning they can tune to NPR.
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I doubt we'll ever know whether he was a budget cut or not.
Let me preface I've always been a huge fan, but it just seemed odd that the things he mentioned he would do in retirement just didn't add up. Winter in Florida? He already does that. He's broadcast from Florida during the winter months for years. Learn a new language? Lot's of people either Rosetta Stone or attend adult foreign language classes and maintain a full time + schedule. Read more? His job requires that he constantly be up to date. So is he going to start reading romance novels? He already has an ample vacation and/or leave schedule. I've joked it rivaled Johnny Carsons. He's always claimed he loved what he was doing and never looked at it as a job. So why walk away from something you love?
I'll give him sleep in.
It just seems so superficial.
Let me preface I've always been a huge fan, but it just seemed odd that the things he mentioned he would do in retirement just didn't add up. Winter in Florida? He already does that. He's broadcast from Florida during the winter months for years. Learn a new language? Lot's of people either Rosetta Stone or attend adult foreign language classes and maintain a full time + schedule. Read more? His job requires that he constantly be up to date. So is he going to start reading romance novels? He already has an ample vacation and/or leave schedule. I've joked it rivaled Johnny Carsons. He's always claimed he loved what he was doing and never looked at it as a job. So why walk away from something you love?
I'll give him sleep in.
It just seems so superficial.
Jimme said:
Wow! That's all you can come up with? Cat Lady? Hineygate? Danger Brothers? First off Hineygate ended several years ago when the Holiday Inn closed, hence the danger brothers ending their thing with WTVN too except for the thing he did on the first day of Summer. Larry Larsen left at the end of July for California, and he hasn't been on the station since. Cat lady was a Saturday morning open phones thing only...he has never had her on during the week. This morning he had on candidates for Columbus City Council and for Columbus Mayor. He has on Governor Kasich, both Ohio Senators, and a host of other important people to this state every morning. As for college football...yes, he does all the time because we are in Columbus Ohio, home of The Ohio State University! If you don't talk about it, you're stupid and you'll have no ratings period! Corby is just Corby. He doesn't do a lot of political stuff, just like Trivasano on WTAM in Cleveland. As for a WMAL equivelant in Ohio...NPR! WLW talkes about Xavier, UC, Reds, and Bengals all the time. WTAM talks about Indians, Browns, Cavs, and all those college sports in NE Ohio all the time too, so you're not going to a WMAL type station here in Ohio. That works for Baltimore/D.C., and WTVN, WLW, and WTAM works for their respected cities in Ohio. Sounds like you haven't listened to BC in a long time!
Geez, Del, he's 76 years old! Let him "retire" or do whatever the heck he wants. He's done a good job and he is fortunate to not only have lasted as long as he has, but to go out on his own terms as well.
As far as Florida, it never mattered to me if he did his show from Columbus, Florida, or a bathroom on a tramp steamer; he kept us informed and entertained, which is what his audience has wanted.
As far as Florida, it never mattered to me if he did his show from Columbus, Florida, or a bathroom on a tramp steamer; he kept us informed and entertained, which is what his audience has wanted.
antares said:
Looking at Bob Grant, Barry Farber, John McLaughlin (hit the big 8-0). Imus, and the recently-retired Bruce Williams, 76 is just getting started. Maybe he has another job offer! Bob Barker was going strong at 83, and the only reason he "retired" was because he was allegedly harrassing someone and (for the first time) CBS was named in this lawsuit as a defendant.
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