An FM talker may be good, especially in Greensboro -- it could probably beat the 600/1200 simulcast if done well and with Rush.
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Greensboro already has an FM Talker with WZTK 101.1! We don't need two FM Talkers PLUS 88.5 WFDD's NPR!!! As for WGBT, ratings aren't everything. I think that station pulls in a nice chunk of change and most of it is cash business! As for a local talk program, CC Greensboro DOES have former liberal talk show host, Dennis Elliot. Dennis in years past had a liberal talk show on WMFR AM and it drove the local conservatives wild! He knows how to do it if they want local talk flavor. Would be a great counter-Rush program to present both sides. I just don't want to see Talk 101 hurt in this. They've been brave to start an FM talk station in this market and I hate to see CC screw it up for them.
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Atticus said:
If FM Talk 101.1 WZTK loses the battle, it will mean that Clear Channel has the better product and promotion. It's business.
Agreed.Tower Hunters said:
If a new CC talk station is going to take on WZTK, they will need more than just Limbaugh. What other shows will the new station have? Hannity and Beck?
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,155378.0.html
Will the new station have any local programming? What news organization will they use?
If WSJS does replace Limbaugh with a local program, talk listeners will have one more choice.
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,155378.0.html
Will the new station have any local programming? What news organization will they use?
If WSJS does replace Limbaugh with a local program, talk listeners will have one more choice.
Personally, I've been tired of Rush Limbaugh for years. This guy, along with Sean Hannity, are the two biggest bags of wind to ever hit radio. All they do is talk negatively about anything that doesn't fit in to their personal agenda. They both think they know it all about everything. Their egos are far too big and they are so grossly overpaid that its sickening.
If they both disappeared from the air today it would be a victory for all of us.
If they both disappeared from the air today it would be a victory for all of us.
...agree with you Private Sector. Rush is the ultimate "Showman". It's a well honed act,
and he's very good at it, but it has grown tiresome.
Hannity and Beck are just scary!
The misinformation that comes out of their mouths is damaging. Stations that air the guys these
guys should be branded as TALK, not NEWS/Talk.
Show like Clark Howard and Dave Ramsey are mass appeal. We need more like them.
and he's very good at it, but it has grown tiresome.
Hannity and Beck are just scary!
The misinformation that comes out of their mouths is damaging. Stations that air the guys these
guys should be branded as TALK, not NEWS/Talk.
Show like Clark Howard and Dave Ramsey are mass appeal. We need more like them.
I can't get a grip on 101.1....is it considered a Raleigh or GB/WS/HP station? I'm sure there would be exclusivity issues but they could air Neal Boortz or Clark Howard. There's also Laura Inghram and Mike Gallagher (he's on down here in Greenville, don't like him)
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carolinaradio said:
I prefer Salem's talkers: Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, and Hugh Hewitt. I feel like I'm getting the intelligent conservative point of view without all of the hype that Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck spit out.
Via Twitter: Rush 94.5 website has gone live. 2010 is the date on it. http://www.rushradio945.com/main.html
Called it. Smart move and not really surprised. 94.5 is a good signal for talk. Mono (assuming they put it in that) will make it better.
I really think 94.5 has a chance to injure 101.1 and 600/1200. Will be interesting to see if they do Rush Radio in Raleigh, I bet they will (106.1?).
EDIT: I see Coast to Coast will be on the new 94.5...what will 600/1200 do to fill that slot? I'm assuming WPTF will lose it also?
I really think 94.5 has a chance to injure 101.1 and 600/1200. Will be interesting to see if they do Rush Radio in Raleigh, I bet they will (106.1?).
EDIT: I see Coast to Coast will be on the new 94.5...what will 600/1200 do to fill that slot? I'm assuming WPTF will lose it also?
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rf_chaser said:
Interesting what happens if you go to www.rushradio1061.com. Somebody at Highwoods is on the ball.
I know it's the "biz" -- but where is loyalty? I don't live in the Triad, but has WSJS and WPTF carried Rush from the beginning? Or how long? If either are a "heritage" Rush station, this is really throwing the middle finger at 'em.
kba said:
Well played! I understand that it's business but this stinks for the guys at Curtis. True pros who have paid the fees for years to carry Rush and Sean and CC just comes in and yanks them away.
Where do 'good guys' finish again?
Curtis does always seem to figure out a way around "corporate" radio's brilliant ideas.
Wonder what they'll do with 850?
Wonder what they'll do with 850?
So....
will WPTF lose Hannity and Coast to Coast (surprised no one else has mentioned it) also? What do you fill 12-5am with....repeats of talk shows from the previous day?
Wonder what they will replace Hannity's time-slots with?
will WPTF lose Hannity and Coast to Coast (surprised no one else has mentioned it) also? What do you fill 12-5am with....repeats of talk shows from the previous day?
Wonder what they will replace Hannity's time-slots with?
carolinaradio said:
TOM KEARNEY!
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