What might it take to bring back Chris Lydon to WBUR ?... or to WGBH ?

[thezak]

What might it take to bring back Chris Lydon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lydon to WBUR ?... or to WGBH ?... the current WBUR On Point broadcast isn't at as high a level of interviews, discussions as what Lydon does. On Point is less original and more a rehash of press releases that accompany, promote the guests.

 

[aaronread]

What makes you think Chris wants to go back? I've asked him and he doesn't. ;D

Besides, those bridges are kinda burned. The way he departed WBUR was, shall we say, rather less than amicable. And he had not one but two runs on WGBH already (first as a TV anchor, later in the initial iteration of Radio Open Source)

Besides, Chris has got the whole ROS global podcast concept going and, AFAIK, he likes it quite a bit. And IIRC he's 72 or 73 years old; I don't blame him if he doesn't want to bother with the stress and commitment of hosting a daily call-in talk show.

 

[thirdendorsed]

What might it take to bring back Chris Lydon to WBUR ?... or to WGBH ?

A: A studio huge enough for his monumental ego. (Think Montana)