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WLW's Gary Burbank to retire

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From the Enquirer:

Gary Burbank, WLW-AM’s longest current on-air personality, says he’ll retire when his contract expires Dec. 31.

Burbank, who turns 66 in July, has talked about quitting radio since his failed attempt in national syndication in 1995.

“I plan on retiring this year, for sure,” Burbank says. Burbank came to WLW-AM in 1981 as a morning host, after leaving a radio job in Louisville. He moved to afternoons a few years later.

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been a long time coming. Hasn't been funny in 10 years since Nurse Burns left. I guess CC can save a ton of salary when the staff is also let go...
 
ilovescotch said:
been a long time coming. Hasn't been funny in 10 years since Nurse Burns left. I guess CC can save a ton of salary when the staff is also let go...
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I can't wait to see who/what gets that time slot. There's a tremendous need for more syndicated conservative talk radio. I hope they provide more asap.
 
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How much longer before somebody takes Clear Chump-nel,puts THEM in a trunk and throws them away in the name of profits?

'ol man Crosley created it,AVCO institutionalized and solidified it, Jacor bought it and CC is destroying it!


WAKE UP COR-PRIT UMERIKA!!!
 
Note to Mr. Parks,

HIRE KEVIN WOLFF and keep the 3-6 block intact.

We don't need more talk or sports...we need a palate cleanser.

That's what Burbank has been for years. I agree with the prior post, Leah Burns and Kevin Wolff made Burbank very entertaining without an obnoxious laugh track. It's been intelligent comedy.

And it's been LIVE RADIO!

So how about it Mr. Parks??? As Earl would say, show us that you have some hangy down thangs and hire Kevin.
 
wow... just this morning i wondering if any more of my radio wishes would come true this year and here we have it! yay! nothing personal, and i've only lived in the area for about 4 years, but that stuff is not funny, entertaining, or even remotely relevant in any way, shape or form. then add yet another cincinnati high pitched voice in "duke" and you have a double-whammy of crappola.

my first hope, for what it's worth, was that jerry and craig would go away. done. then i hoped that lance would get a competetor - furman arives. horray. and that was a win-win because it dismanted half of my other wish, that the 2AGs would go away. now we're left with "skinny," whom remains one of my last wishes to go away. the final wish is that lance be moved to a mid-day or night spot where he belongs. flipping between him and furman is a lesson in how that format should (furman) and should not (lance) be conducted.

but back to gary - best wishes to him in retirement. he seems like a nice enough guy, but his time is passed.
 
Gary Burbank's humor is as fresh as the jokes on the old Johnny Carson Tonight Show, or Life With Lucy. There's a reason he never made is natonally - he isn't as funny as edgier entertainment shows or as engaging as that nassy conservative talk so many people despise. If you find the Jerry Lewis Telethon entertainers hot stuff, you are in for a dour next few years.
 
master_of_muppets said:
wow... just this morning i wondering if any more of my radio wishes would come true this year and here we have it! yay! nothing personal, and i've only lived in the area for about 4 years, but that stuff is not funny, entertaining, or even remotely relevant in any way, shape or form. then add yet another cincinnati high pitched voice in "duke" and you have a double-whammy of crappola.

my first hope, for what it's worth, was that jerry and craig would go away. done. then i hoped that lance would get a competetor - furman arives. horray. and that was a win-win because it dismanted half of my other wish, that the 2AGs would go away. now we're left with "skinny," whom remains one of my last wishes to go away. the final wish is that lance be moved to a mid-day or night spot where he belongs. flipping between him and furman is a lesson in how that format should (furman) and should not (lance) be conducted.

but back to gary - best wishes to him in retirement. he seems like a nice enough guy, but his time is passed.
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Did you get rejected from Clear Channel or something? Seems like you have alot of angst towards CC employees. Who really cares if someone's voice is as you put it high pitched? Not everyone is going to sound like Barry White or James Earl Jones. Also how is Duke's voice high pitched? Its lets see a natural voice. 2 Angry Guys were very entertaining. You just don't get it.

Burbank is very good and even today is entertaining.
 
A truly great talent that stayed too long at the dance.
 
I will miss Gary a lot. He was my radio hero back when I was in sixth grade. I would get home around 4:30 and run straight to the radio and just listen. Over the past few years (I'm in eleventh grade now) I haven't been listening as often. When Ed Schultz came to town and I started getting into sports, him and Lance were first priority. I have Sirius now as well, so my comedy appetite is filled by Howard (don't tell my parents). Gary was the guy who got me into AM radio in the first place and I will miss him.
 
Elephant said:
Don't ask Mr. Parks for anything. He's next to go.
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Now that the safety net is working at cumulus...Watch out 96.5 PD, your new PD may be coming soon...
 
Gary is the man..from the time I first heard him doing mornings at The Big 8, CKLW. He will be missed. As I recall, Burbank had a decent amount of clearances in syndication so I don't know that it was a "failed" effort..but I do remember reading that ratings on WLW sufferred because of the lack of a local focus..big, humourous things were happening especially with Marge Schott and garish couldn't touch them with the national show.

And, guys, its not like CC is blowing him out. The Right Reverend Deuteronomy Skaggs from the little Radio Church of the White Winged Gospel Truth wants you to turn them pockets inside out!
 
I'm really going to miss Gary Burbank's show. I've been listening on and off for ten years and I still find the show as entertaining now as it was when I first found it.

Right now I am listening via the live stream in Kansas City because local radio in KC is the pits, especially the AM dial. In fact, most of my radio listening is of stations via the live stream because I can't find much of anything worth listening to except for traffic reports. Consider yourselves fortunate you still have a high caliber show like Burbank. His humor is going to appeal to people in specific regions of the country, not full scale and this is the most likely reason why he did not succeed in syndication.
 
titoisradio said:
master_of_muppets said:
wow... just this morning i wondering if any more of my radio wishes would come true this year and here we have it! yay! nothing personal, and i've only lived in the area for about 4 years, but that stuff is not funny, entertaining, or even remotely relevant in any way, shape or form. then add yet another cincinnati high pitched voice in "duke" and you have a double-whammy of crappola.

my first hope, for what it's worth, was that jerry and craig would go away. done. then i hoped that lance would get a competetor - furman arives. horray. and that was a win-win because it dismanted half of my other wish, that the 2AGs would go away. now we're left with "skinny," whom remains one of my last wishes to go away. the final wish is that lance be moved to a mid-day or night spot where he belongs. flipping between him and furman is a lesson in how that format should (furman) and should not (lance) be conducted.

but back to gary - best wishes to him in retirement. he seems like a nice enough guy, but his time is passed.
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Did you get rejected from Clear Channel or something? Seems like you have alot of angst towards CC employees. Who really cares if someone's voice is as you put it high pitched? Not everyone is going to sound like Barry White or James Earl Jones. Also how is Duke's voice high pitched? Its lets see a natural voice. 2 Angry Guys were very entertaining. You just don't get it.

Burbank is very good and even today is entertaining.
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my relationship (past or previous) is of no consequence. i'm a stickler for quality radio, and cincy is rather polarizing on the quality scales. it's either really good or really bad. the afore mentioned guys i have hoped would leave were wishes based on the sore quality of their shows. the high-pitch thing is just something i noted about cincy - there are a lot of locals who have high-pitched natural voices. to name a few: john phillips, "duke" sinatra, larry handley (now does weather on 96.5, richard skinner, lance (when he gets excited or if someone disagrees with him), tom gamble (when he inturrupts himself...constantly), and sloan. it's just odd that so many locals have that fem-voice thing going on. i don't want barry white - i just don't want to try and figure out if it's a guy or woman talking when i tune in. if you're a local (life-timer) you would not understand. as for finding the 2AG's "entertaining" - i now regret spending time to respond at all. if that is entertainment for you, i'm sure you'll be at peace reconing back to the Big Red Machine days for a while to come.
 
Master, I'm a lifer - as you put it - and I agree with YOU. Burbank is a legend in this market and is very funny & talented. However he's more comfortable a listen than an entertaining one. I would say that in your native city, Steve Dahl is the same. Not funny anymore and just there on WCKG because nobody at CBS has a better solution for that time slot. Angry Guys are over too. Just not a fun novelty like they were on WBOB back in the day. That act hasn't refined itself enough to be listenable. A perfect sports station in this town would have McAllister in middays and Furman in the afternoon. Mornings? I don't know.
 
First, yes, Gary was funny at one time....approximately mid 80s or so till the mid 90s...then Gary fell into the trap of becoming what he once mocked...some call it "selling out"..some call it maturing...whatever..he lost the edge which attracted listeners to him and started to play it safe...so good luck in retirement, Gary and good job on knowing its finally time to get out...
 
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