Where is the IQ? Al Gardner who was washed up down south teamed with Larry Mendte who is a complete sc*m bag that was fired and arrested for hacking a co-workers email account. Rush and Hannity are trending down nationally. As a matter of fact, Hannity's numbers were so bad in Philly WPHT finally said enough is enough. Walter Sabo said these Merlin Station were going to reinvent radio...well, Walter, that was a bit of an exaggeration. The only thing Walter is good at is marketing himself and taking credit for other people's work. Walter gave Philadelphia one more sh*tty AM talk station that happens to be on FM. I think it is safe to say that I will not be cancelling my Sirius account.
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Walter Sabo Half A$$es it in Philly
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In defense of Sabo, he's been out of the picture at Merlin for months and had, as I understand it, no say in what IQ now is. That said, you're right; the station ain't very good.
Even the normally good Jay Sorenson sounded awkward and out of place on WWIQ today. It seemed as if he hadn't done any show prep on current events relevant to Philly or the state of PA, because he'd spend 10 minutes talking about New Jersey, and then finish it by saying "...and I'm sure it's the same way here in Philadelphia, too."
I know the rotating mid-day hosts are all just there to fill the schedule until WWIQ gets Rush, but c'mon -- they've got to try a little harder than that!
I know the rotating mid-day hosts are all just there to fill the schedule until WWIQ gets Rush, but c'mon -- they've got to try a little harder than that!
Big Jay did discuss today's school workers demonstrations in Philly.
Here's the dilemma: You need local hosts. Typically, you would get local hosts from smaller market stations. But think about it; how many smaller market stations are developing new, fresh talent today? ZERO. (Well, maybe one. NJ 101.5) So it's only logically that talent from that station, which is in the shadow of Philly, would move into the Philly slots.
That's true. Premiere probably was pissed off at all the pre-empts for Phillies baseball, espwecially this year when you can hear the Phillies on WIP-FM. For years, I couldn't understand why day baseball games never went to WIP-AM. When WRKO in Boston had Rush and the Red Sox, day ball games went to WEEI. I do't think that Premiere likes that Beck & Hannity were taken off either. Were those 2 shows at the end of contracts? Why does WPHT even want to keep Rush on at this point or why does Premiere still want him there? It's already announced he's leaving. Couldn't both parties end the contract sooner?wpb1999 said:
Bill_W said:
Actually the last couple seasons before WIP went FM they did carry a bunch of weekday day games for that very reason.
very few days games m-f for the Phils. so, pre-emps were not a problem, especailly when PHT had to do make goods anyway. Didn't realize Sabo was fired at Merlin..but after what has happened in Chicago and NYC, it makes sense. I find it odd that they are trying out lifestyle talkers on merlin when the station is going to go right back to far right radio when Rush clears. Also, whoever is writing their imaging (I guess its Al Gardner), the whole "liberal CBS" means NOTHING to listeners. They think you are talking about CBS TV, not WPHT. Want to call out WPHT, call them out by name..not under the CBS banner. What a dumb move.
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