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Will Phoenix make Whoopi?

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azenergyfan

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Just wondering if any station is going to sign up for the new Whoopi show starting on the 31st. She has some big stations in NYC and Chicago but for phoenix the only station I could say picking her up would be Mix.
 
God, I hope not. The radio landscape is littered with the corpses of stars in other media who think that since they are successful in TV or film, radio will be a piece of cake. What a rude awakening it is for them when they find out that they have to fill 3, 4, or 5 hours with no scripts, teleprompters, etc. Radio is a completely different medium, and I'm afraid Whoopi is going to find that out. That show is destined to suck.
 
KKSF in San Francisco (Clear Channel) is taking her. Liberal city, her hometown, and crappy ratings in AMD on that Smooth Jazz station forever. If it creates interest there, Cliff Smith may be driving Nurse Jeff and me around in the '76 Gremlin! :eek:
 
Come on.. give her a chance.. she is a great comedian and a great actress.. maybe she will do great and maybe even make a difference.. time will tell.. we do need some "fresh" talk.. she may not be on the air here but let's see what she can do.
 
I know I may be in the minority but I would love to see Ellen get an hour or two radio show on the air. Her TV show is great and would be awesome to have her on the radio as well. Lots of energy, her jokes are pretty much every day stuff and think would translate very well to radio.
 
I agree Ellen would be great.Didnt I see her on a satelite commercial?
 
She's on KKSF/SF because smooth jazz hasn't figured out how to get ratings in the morning... nothing to do with the rest of the day. This "hometown" thing is a bunch of rubbish though; I don't think anyone bases what entertains them based on the fact that the person saying it was raised around the block.

Ellen's TV show is aired on XM's Take Five channel, as is the audio from Tyra Banks' show. Of course, Tyra Banks having a show is worse than Whoopi... at least Whoopi had to succeed on her merits, whereas Tyra became success by being hot. As if we actually thought she had something intelligent to say (or cared). But I'm not in TV, so they can ruin that medium all they want.
 
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