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WIBC Adds Tea Partier Dana Loesch After Rush

I didn't know this until now (not much on here worth reading anymore!). But before switching over to 1070 after Rush today, which has become a habit since they started three hours of bland, generic canned interviews from 3-6 following Rush, but I thought I heard Wank. Has this changed actually happened?
 
It has. I listened yesterday. Wank comes on during the breaks to intro the traffic and talk about what he's going to talk about later in the day. They should give Dana a 3 hour show. She's very good.
 
I may be alone on this here, but this long, long block of conservative talk is a real turn-off to me. I'm an independent voter, and I feel WIBC has no credibility as a "news" station when there's nothing but right-wing talk all day. Would love to tune in for a quick local news update now and then, but I'm tired of all the conservative talk. And I cannot stand the slurring, slurping non-broadcaster who's on before Rush. I know this works for ratings, but I'd love to have a real, local news station here instead.
 
WXNT is not be a great local news station by any stretch of the imagination, but they were the only local radio station offering live analysis after the governor's state of the state address. WFYI carried the speech but had zero analysis. WIBC (soon to be sports radio 93?) had a Pacer game on.
 
bigtime said:
WIBC (soon to be sports radio 93?)
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It's comments like that that make me wish that Radio-Info had a "Like" button like Facebook does.
 
Sorry, Ed. You just don't do it for me.
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I know Ed and think a lot of him, but the show that he does (which may or may not be of his own choosing) doesn't do anything for me either. Dana on the other hand, does.
 
They'd probably carry more of the Dana Show for the better ratings if it didn't prevent them from running as many spots as they can during their afternoon traffic and weather fest.
 
When Dana ends, it's Hannity on WFDM 95.9.
 
badstevie said:
I may be alone on this here, but this long, long block of conservative talk is a real turn-off to me. I'm an independent voter, and I feel WIBC has no credibility as a "news" station when there's nothing but right-wing talk all day. Would love to tune in for a quick local news update now and then, but I'm tired of all the conservative talk. And I cannot stand the slurring, slurping non-broadcaster who's on before Rush. I know this works for ratings, but I'd love to have a real, local news station here instead.
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Yes, you are alone. Without Rush there is no reason for WIBC to carry talk. Sixy-percent of the country is leaning conservative, not necessarily Republican, but conservative. If you're involved at all in radio you know there is no one even close to Limbaugh ratings-wise. There isn't enough news in this small of a market to warrant large blocks of time for just news. They tried that after Rush went off and it's failed miserably.

Quick local news updates that you are asking about are there every hour on the hour and they a good job of that during the day.

What would you suggest instead of the 'right-wing' talk that you dislike? It's been proven time and again liberal-leaning or middle of the road shows go nowhere. It's ratings driven my friend, and WIBC isn't the only station in town for you to listen to.


BobOnTheJob said:
Sorry, Ed. You just don't do it for me.
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I know Ed and think a lot of him, but the show that he does (which may or may not be of his own choosing) doesn't do anything for me either. Dana on the other hand, does.
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No question he's given a script and told to basically be the traffic cop to get from point A to point B. Too bad. He has a good personality, but it's obvious he has nowhere near the freedom Wilson had.
 
dana sure isn`t a republicans do nothing wrong.she is tearing into the republican party today.
 
I'm not denying that Rush has talent, or that his act has made him rich and made a lot of money for radio stations. I'm suggesting that putting on yet another block of conservative talk further erodes any reputation that WIBC might have had as a "news" station. They call themselves "Indy's News Center. Live. Local. First." But the station would more accurately be called "Right Wing Talk! Oh, And We Also Occasionally Do A Very Hurried, Incomplete Newscast!"

If it's true that Americans are currently leaning slightly to the right, it's also true that the vast majority of us are really politically somewhere in the middle. The "reasonable middle." We know that Republicans aren't always wrong, and that Democrats aren't always wrong. We know that neither party has a monopoly on patriotism. For most of us, the very biased content coming from right-wing radio is virtually unlistenable. Sadly, and you're correct on this, no one in radio has really come up with a way to connect with this middle. Can't somebody who can see issues from both sides do a political-based show that's entertaining and compelling? Jon Stewart may have come the closest to hitting this mark, (Cue the howls of protest...) but nobody in radio is doing it.

I too noticed a change in Ed's show a few weeks ago. Sounds like he's been told to turn off his real personality, and stick to this bland, canned content. This is a real shame, because he's one of the few real quality personalities left on the air in Indy. It's got to be driving him nuts!
 
badstevie said:
If it's true that Americans are currently leaning slightly to the right, it's also true that the vast majority of us are really politically somewhere in the middle. The "reasonable middle."
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Simply not true. Most polls today show 70/30 on about all issues relating to national politics. AT LEAST 30% are earning their entire income from the government in the form of a free check, contributing nothing to society, yet taking earned income from the working class and wealthy. So when it comes to the people that count, those that work and contribute to our society instead of playing victim, it's closer to 90% conservative.

Those that don't have their votes purchased by a welfare check or other free UNDESERVED assistance have no voice in my opinion.

So Limbaugh does speak for the common-sense majority. Most middle-of-the-road voters typically just don't understand the differences in the parties, so they act like they're more 'free thinking' than those of us with actual principals and values that we won't allowed to be compromised.

It's a personal choice, but you do not represent a 'majority' by any means.
 
Wow, those are some, well, interesting statistics. Please list the sources for the statement that 30 percent of the country recieves all their income as a handout from the government. And don't say "Rush Limbaugh!" And I like the statement that you have "actual principals (sic) and values." That means I don't have any, right? Ya got me.
 
Your disputing something that you obviously did not bother to research, hence your 'opinion' is based on personal feelings and not facts. You are not in the middle my friend, typically when someone complains about right-wing radio, they will say they are open minded, but typically vote left. I bet you were an O'bama voter - no?

It took me all of about 10 seconds to google and the first stat I find comes from likely your favorite newspaper, USA Today, hardly a friend of the right.

"Updated 8/30/2010 9:25 AM

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washin...mpaign=Heritage+Hotsheet&loc=interstitialskip

stevie, this doesn't even include tax refunds to people that paid no taxes (earned income credits, child credits, etc) or the 99 weeks of unemployment that Dems use to buy votes from people out of work on the backs fo business owners that have to pay that unemployment trough, and so many other programs rolled out daily by the current administration. The one in six number was stated in August of last year, and as Mr. Wolf stats, it is 'continuing to expand.'

So, yes, I did get ya! Unless you have something that will refute what USA Today reported?
 
This USA Today story says that 1 in 6 people (17 percent) are recieving SOME kind of assistance, including Medicad or food stamps. That doesn't mean they're not working and doesn't mean they "don't count" or "have no values." Could you please show me the statistic that shows that "AT LEAST 30% are earning their entire income from the government in the form of a free check, contributing nothing to society..."?

I got some stats for you! According to Gallup, Rush Limbaugh is viewed favorably by just 19 percent, and favorably by just 60 percent of republicans. Hardly the man who speaks "for the common sense majority."

Listen, I didn't want to get into a political discussion with anyone here, and this is going nowhere. I just want somebody to give me a good local news station!
 
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