WMOH Daily Snooze Fest

[stereolane]

Having grown tired of WLW, I have been sampling WMOH as of late. The daytime line-up of syndicated talkers on this station has the same effect as Zanax followed by Zoloft. Mike Gallagher does a fair job, but Dennis Prager is absolutely awful. Prager tends to drone on and on, in a preachy monotone... not exactly a good choice for a show that begins at Noon. It seems to me that there are other second and third tier talkers who could give WMOH some afternoon "energy"... Michael Medved is okay, but I would guess that the "cume" falls off a cliff due to Prager. He has the same energy level as an NPR announcer.

Generally, I have to question how long WMOH can hang on. Lately, I hear ads for Richard's Pizza, Badin High School, and little else.

 

[microbob]

I'm not sure what they can put on WMOH. If they could find a niche format like oldies, local news and sports then maybe they could make some money. Their current format is basically the same as when Salem owned 1160.

 

[borderblaster]

Not much left out there after WKRC, Real, and the sports talkers are done.

 

[Troublemaan]

I have always wondered why a station that calls itself "The Ticket" has any poitical talk on it at all. Unless it's meant as a spin off of Jon Lovitz' SNL character, Tommy Flanagan (all liar radio?), I generally equate the name "Ticket" with sports.

 

[microbob]

Not much left out there after WKRC, Real, and the sports talkers are done.

Not for a conservative talker. Heck, Pick up Alan Combs, Big Ed Shultz, Stephanie Miller. I doubt it would ever happen on WMOH though.

 

[jry]

Well, be nice. They just lost their founder.

Vern was pretty firm on what he would put on his stations. The Salem talk stuff was a fit for him as it is fairly clean, language wise.
When Salem owned 1160 (WBOB), that stuff was parked over there.
Hey, there's a thought, if you don't like that line up, give good old 1160 a try....

 

[stereolane]

Well, be nice. They just lost their founder.

Vern was pretty firm on what he would put on his stations. The Salem talk stuff was a fit for him as it is fairly clean, language wise.
When Salem owned 1160 (WBOB), that stuff was parked over there.
Hey, there's a thought, if you don't like that line up, give good old 1160 a try....

Never met Vern, but he was well liked. Vern was NOT the "founder" of WMOH. He bought it just a few years ago... For awhile, there were some decent talk shows on 910 WPFB, before the switch to classic country. I recall hearing "The Jerry Doyle Show" on WPFB. That would be far better than ego-centric, monotone, preachfest that is Dennis Prager. Knowing Hamilton the way I do, I can assure you, Prager is far too, uh.... intellectual for the audience.

I can't hear 1160 up this way at all... but I do listen if I'm in Cincinnati.

 

[jry]

Well, be nice. They just lost their founder.

Vern was pretty firm on what he would put on his stations. The Salem talk stuff was a fit for him as it is fairly clean, language wise.
When Salem owned 1160 (WBOB), that stuff was parked over there.
Hey, there's a thought, if you don't like that line up, give good old 1160 a try....

Never met Vern, but he was well liked. Vern was NOT the "founder" of WMOH. He bought it just a few years ago... For awhile, there were some decent talk shows on 910 WPFB, before the switch to classic country. I recall hearing "The Jerry Doyle Show" on WPFB. That would be far better than ego-centric, monotone, preachfest that is Dennis Prager. Knowing Hamilton the way I do, I can assure you, Prager is far too, uh.... intellectual for the audience.

I can't hear 1160 up this way at all... but I do listen if I'm in Cincinnati.

The 1160 reception is a problem for you. Even after we did the ground work?
In the car, i can get it to "seek" when i am just a hair south of Dayton.

 

[borderblaster]

WMOH was co-owned the WFIN in Findlay under Findlay Publications for years.

 

[almaniac27]

Well, be nice. They just lost their founder.

Vern was pretty firm on what he would put on his stations. The Salem talk stuff was a fit for him as it is fairly clean, language wise.
When Salem owned 1160 (WBOB), that stuff was parked over there.
Hey, there's a thought, if you don't like that line up, give good old 1160 a try....

Never met Vern, but he was well liked. Vern was NOT the "founder" of WMOH. He bought it just a few years ago... For awhile, there were some decent talk shows on 910 WPFB, before the switch to classic country. I recall hearing "The Jerry Doyle Show" on WPFB. That would be far better than ego-centric, monotone, preachfest that is Dennis Prager. Knowing Hamilton the way I do, I can assure you, Prager is far too, uh.... intellectual for the audience.

I can't hear 1160 up this way at all... but I do listen if I'm in Cincinnati.

The 1160 reception is a problem for you. Even after we did the ground work?
In the car, i can get it to "seek" when i am just a hair south of Dayton.

The daytime signal in Sharonville at least is pretty damn good, but the night signal is still somewhat lacking. The station can't seem to make it above the other noise on that frequency.

 

[grey_dan]

Most often anymore when I'm in a mood for political talk radio, I'll listen to WMOH. The Salem talkers are a nice change of pace from Rush/Hannity/Beck and the WLW lineup.

Where they do lose me is when they start talking obscure stuff, like some of Medved's author guests or when Hugh Hewitt gets going about some California town's water supply.

Having grown tired of WLW, I have been sampling WMOH as of late. The daytime line-up of syndicated talkers on this station has the same effect as Zanax followed by Zoloft. Mike Gallagher does a fair job, but Dennis Prager is absolutely awful. Prager tends to drone on and on, in a preachy monotone... not exactly a good choice for a show that begins at Noon. It seems to me that there are other second and third tier talkers who could give WMOH some afternoon "energy"... Michael Medved is okay, but I would guess that the "cume" falls off a cliff due to Prager. He has the same energy level as an NPR announcer.

Personally, I think Prager's voice sounds more deep and booming than monotone and NPR. I do agree with what you said in your later post, though, that he's probably a bit intellectual for a mostly Hamilton audience.

(For the record, having lived in Hamilton for several years, I can say that. )

Generally, I have to question how long WMOH can hang on. Lately, I hear ads for Richard's Pizza, Badin High School, and little else.

Also the Great Miami Valley YMCA, though I'm not certain that isn't a PSA. And the commercial that's been airing recently about that clinic for men who've been disappointed by "Cy-alis."

One thing you have to keep in mind about WMOH, though... They air a LOT of high school sports content, and they're a flagship station for Miami University sports. I imagine hat's where they're making their money. It doesn't really matter too much what they program the rest of the week.

I have always wondered why a station that calls itself "The Ticket" has any poitical talk on it at all. Unless it's meant as a spin off of Jon Lovitz' SNL character, Tommy Flanagan (all liar radio?), I generally equate the name "Ticket" with sports.

"The Ticket" nickname actually originates from a brief period when they carried ESPN Radio. Before that, they were known as "WMOH - The Talk of Butler County." After ESPN moved to Clear Channel, they just kept "The Ticket" nickname.

(It was sometime around 2004-07 that WMOH carried ESPN, though my dates may be slightly off.)

I agree with you that I don't really think of "The Ticket" as a name for a poltalk station. Though with the heavy emphasis on local sports and carrying Yahoo! Sports (formerly Sporting News) at night, I guess it's not completely out of place.

 

[jry]

Well, be nice. They just lost their founder.

Vern was pretty firm on what he would put on his stations. The Salem talk stuff was a fit for him as it is fairly clean, language wise.
When Salem owned 1160 (WBOB), that stuff was parked over there.
Hey, there's a thought, if you don't like that line up, give good old 1160 a try....

The night chatter drives me nuts. Still working on it.

Never met Vern, but he was well liked. Vern was NOT the "founder" of WMOH. He bought it just a few years ago... For awhile, there were some decent talk shows on 910 WPFB, before the switch to classic country. I recall hearing "The Jerry Doyle Show" on WPFB. That would be far better than ego-centric, monotone, preachfest that is Dennis Prager. Knowing Hamilton the way I do, I can assure you, Prager is far too, uh.... intellectual for the audience.

I can't hear 1160 up this way at all... but I do listen if I'm in Cincinnati.

The 1160 reception is a problem for you. Even after we did the ground work?
In the car, i can get it to "seek" when i am just a hair south of Dayton.

The daytime signal in Sharonville at least is pretty damn good, but the night signal is still somewhat lacking. The station can't seem to make it above the other noise on that frequency.