Wall Street Journal Article on Huckabee v Limbaugh " 140 stations to start

[MC]

Not much new info ...slogan for show: "conversation not confrontation" Will be carried on 50 Cumulus stations to start and 140 stations total, Huckabee that is.
May go on WABC once contract is up with Limbaugh as well.


I don't know if link works well, may have to subscribe:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303863404577285963776745648.html

 

[raccoonradio]

http://www.radio-info.com/newsletters/taylor-on-radio-info

>>Reuters also catches up with Joel Hollander, the former CEO of both Westwood One and CBS Radio – who says “I can guarantee you that the minute Cumulus’ contract with Rush expires in New York [on talk WABC/770], they will replace him with Huckabee.” Of course Cumulus could do that even sooner. Presumably their contract's got a 90-day out. But is it ready to push that button? John Dickey tells Reuters that Cumulus has “no plans to drop Rush” from any of its stations at this time and will “honor its contracts.”

 

[HotTalker]

Remember Bill O'Reilly.

 

[KeyTimes950]

First off, one can access the article by that link.

Second, other conservatives have tried taking on Limbaugh as well. Dennis Miller comes to mind (whose show, incidentally, premiered today in Pittsburgh on McKeesport's WMNY-1360, the former WIXZ where Limbaugh once was a disc jockey).

Third, I suspect Limbaugh would not lack long for a New York outlet if WABC dumped him. As controversial as he is these days (and, really, when wasn't he all that controversial?) I'd still see him turn up elsewhere, be it, for instance, on Salem's AM 970 in New York.

Huckabee does do a good Saturday night show on Fox, including some entertainment elements on occasion (he's had bands on and played with some of them). Can he stretch his appeal to 16 hours a week? (One on Fox, 15 on Cumulus?) Might be interesting to see.

 

[MC]

Remember Dr Laura? guess she is on satellite and pod-casts now

 

[HotTalker]

Second, other conservatives have tried taking on Limbaugh as well. Dennis Miller comes to mind (whose show, incidentally, premiered today in Pittsburgh on McKeesport's WMNY-1360, the former WIXZ where Limbaugh once was a disc jockey).

I'm still surprised Dennis Miller isn't more successful as a radio host. He does a very entertaining show. And it's not "mean spirited" as people are always so quick to whine about. I think in a different time slot, he'd be huge.

 

[del_griffith]

First off, one can access the article by that link.

Second, other conservatives have tried taking on Limbaugh as well. Dennis Miller comes to mind (whose show, incidentally, premiered today in Pittsburgh on McKeesport's WMNY-1360, the former WIXZ where Limbaugh once was a disc jockey).

Third, I suspect Limbaugh would not lack long for a New York outlet if WABC dumped him. As controversial as he is these days (and, really, when wasn't he all that controversial?) I'd still see him turn up elsewhere, be it, for instance, on Salem's AM 970 in New York.

Huckabee does do a good Saturday night show on Fox, including some entertainment elements on occasion (he's had bands on and played with some of them). Can he stretch his appeal to 16 hours a week? (One on Fox, 15 on Cumulus?) Might be interesting to see.

Got to remember, Salem is a pay to play outlet. Think they'd let Rush on without a check or would Rush's cred be payment enough?

 

[MC]

Dennis Miller is hard to hear - he might speak in too much of a "low key" fashion, for my tastes.

 

[radiophiler]

Does anyone have a link to the affiliate list for the Huckabee show? And I mean the new, three-hour show, not the existing short-form commentaries.

Just curious who has signed on: Which owners, top-rated talk stations in a market or second-tier ones?

140 stations SOUNDS like a good launch ... unless you're on a bunch of 1,000 watt AMs that are not the primary news/talk station in their respective markets.

 

[HotTalker]

Dennis Miller is hard to hear - he might speak in too much of a "low key" fashion, for my tastes.

That's a good point. He certainly doesn't have a "radio voice". I don't think that's his problem, though. Plenty of big hosts with bad voices.

 

[MC]

Miller: in Vegas is on at 3 am to 5 am, Phoenix he comes on at 6 pm. Most stations seem to put him on at a second or third rate time slot. Like Glen Beck, having a frequently unnamed "side-kick" makes things a little less dynamic.