And that would make Sliwa a sellout. If he has any sense of principle remaining, he should keep his word.
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WABC: Morano, Sliwa, Weiner off 770
- Thread starter Rollo-Smokes
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I hope Curtis Sliwa doesn’t go back to WABC or anywhere else for that manner. To me, he’s really not a Big part of that Station. They basically threw him crumbs. He’s old, His act is old. He’s done a wonderful job protecting the city all these years. But as far as radio goes. Times up, Time to retire. He doesn’t really have any energy anymore when he’s broadcasting
At last, this election season is over.
Frank Morano has won a full four-year term to represent Staten Island's council district 51. He won't be back to "The Other Side of Midnight" until at least 2030. In the meantime he'll continue to get his radio kicks thanks to Arthur Aidala, who allows Frank to be his guest "co-host" once weekly on Aidala's WNYM show. (I'm not so sure if he can get away with that under Council rules, though.)
Anthony Weiner, one of WABC's token moderate liberals, never got his show back after losing in the June primaries.
Then, there's Curtis Sliwa. Anything is possible, so we'll see where he turns up next. It won't be back at 970, and I still doubt it will be at 770.
Overall, it wasn't a good night for WABC and its sham "Editorial Board" as its top endorsed candidates (Cuomo and Ciattarelli) lost. Even an unknown Republican City Council candidate from the Bronx, a relative of John Catsimatidis', failed to get 10 percent of the vote in Riverdale against the incumbent Democrat councilator.
The station, its owner and his assembled Peanut Gallery of court jesters, really thought they could ride the coattails of Trump's return to D.C. to influence big gains locally. But NYC and NJ voters rejected that and left them with major egg on their faces.
Frank Morano has won a full four-year term to represent Staten Island's council district 51. He won't be back to "The Other Side of Midnight" until at least 2030. In the meantime he'll continue to get his radio kicks thanks to Arthur Aidala, who allows Frank to be his guest "co-host" once weekly on Aidala's WNYM show. (I'm not so sure if he can get away with that under Council rules, though.)
Anthony Weiner, one of WABC's token moderate liberals, never got his show back after losing in the June primaries.
Then, there's Curtis Sliwa. Anything is possible, so we'll see where he turns up next. It won't be back at 970, and I still doubt it will be at 770.
Overall, it wasn't a good night for WABC and its sham "Editorial Board" as its top endorsed candidates (Cuomo and Ciattarelli) lost. Even an unknown Republican City Council candidate from the Bronx, a relative of John Catsimatidis', failed to get 10 percent of the vote in Riverdale against the incumbent Democrat councilator.
The station, its owner and his assembled Peanut Gallery of court jesters, really thought they could ride the coattails of Trump's return to D.C. to influence big gains locally. But NYC and NJ voters rejected that and left them with major egg on their faces.
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John Catsimatidis: 'I Don't Have Anything Against' Curtis Sliwa, Would Welcome Him Back to 77 WABC
Curtis Sliwa said he'd never return to 77 WABC after John Catsimatidis and hosts on the outlet backed his challengers in the NYC mayor race.
barrettmedia.com
With the enormous percentage of registered Democrats in NYC, no other outcome could have been expected. But, because WABC and Catsimatidis have a position they believe in, they could not be expected to take any other position.
I don't think that any of the WABC commentators or its owner thought there would be a different outcome. The best they might have expected was to have Cuomo elected instead of the actual winner.
Losers in an election don't "have egg on their face". Anyone who backs an underdog can be expected to understand that their chances of an upset are slime to none.
New York City has a nearly 40% immigrant population. Those that are not eligible to vote, still, exercise considerable influence in their communities. If we look at a different subject, music, we see that markets with high ethnic (Black or Hispanic) populations tend to have much higher listening overall to rhythmic stations than markets that are overwhelmingly non-Hispanic white; this is due to the influence of the "minority" groups.
There is most definitely egg on the faces of several over there. Catsimatidis is bloviating loudly to anyone who'll listen that he's ready to pack up and leave New York. Personally, at the end of the day I think he'll stay. But at the same time, I (and others) would like to see him put his money where his mouth is.
As I write this, I'm preparing to edit this week's Cats Roundtable program. I'm looking forward to hearing how Cats and his guests analyze what went down on Election Night, and how far they'll go with the continued scaremongering.
The faux "fear" and "anger" aren't drawing serious attention, and not the kind that will bring in new listeners to WABC.
Sure, let's encourage those who provide jobs and services to leave the city. Do you think anyone else will come in to replace them?
I think that those who severely disagree with the new office of the mayor will likely want to hear more, not less, talk that reflects their views.
Yes but will that result in WABC gaining new listeners? While the new mayor's financial plans could certainly go afoul, most of the syndicated conservative talk programming in the NYC area has gone over to either IHeart's WGN or Salem's WNYM. So, unless one of WABC's personalities really becomes a "hit" with the local audience, my prediction is that, at least in the short term, WABC will see no audience gains even from those who disliked the NYC and NJ election results.
WOR, not WGN.
My take is that critics are over-stating the power of the mayor. The mayor must still get his policies approved by the city council. While they're mostly all from the same party, they don't all agree. One of those new council members is former WABC host Frank Moreno, who represents a district on Staten Island. You can bet he'll be vocal in his opposition to the mayor's policies. This is the way government should work.
Thank you for the correction. I caught one mistake in that post (using WMCA as the Salem talk outlet) but missed that one that was right under my nose.
I appreciate your candor, but Cats and his management team might not. I have no way to identify you, but they surely will be able to figure it out from the various breadcrumbs you've left. Maybe you should consider being a bit more circumspect?
I was thinking the same thing. Best to obscure things if the hand that writes your checks might take umbrage with your comments. Not that I think it ought to be that way, but knowing how few and far between radio jobs are - you gotta hold on to the one you got for dear life.
WABC is, based on 6+ or 12+, in the top 10 of all stations in the market. It is sustainable with local accounts and local agency buys. Since the "market" is less than 50% in New York City (Manhattan and the Boroughs), there is plenty of LI, NJ, Upstate NY and even SW CT audience for advertisers to want.
I don't work for Red Apple. I'm an independent contractor.
Curtis Sliwa To Make His NYC Radio Return.
After a failed run for Mayor of New York City, Curtis Sliwa will return to radio, however it won’t be on his longtime home of WABC. Sliwa will fill in
Sliwa will be returning to the NYC airwaves, at least for a bit filling in for Mark Simone from 12/22 through 1/02.
Who knows, WOR may find a slot for him thereafter.
He used to claim that WABC stands for "We're Always Broadcasting Curtis". Not anymore...
What slot? The purpose of WOR is to give iHeart a place clear Premiere's shows in Market #1. The schedule is already full unless the squeeze Sliwa in between infomercials for an hour or so on the weekend.
He had such a small role at 770 WABC didn’t he? how many hours was he on when he left ? I figured he would go to 710 WOR. Good thing he’s starting to run out of stations to work at. I guess he has a Pod Cast ???????? Maybe he could go to Sirius-XM