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WQRT picks up Savage

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Funk Arschlach

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WQRT trading Dave Ramsey for Michael Savage with WKRC if report is accurate? Why would WKRC allow Savage to get away, figured he had a ton of night time listeners. If Savage is on Noon-3p, is that a delay of the previous west coast drive time show?
 
Yup. KRC took a run at Ramsey and got him.
IN MY OPINION and JUST MY OPINION, they probably think that this would knock 1160 out AND they probably thought that
Savage wouldn't leave.
But, something had to give. Either you bump Levin to 1 AM or place Savage there.
Levin would have bolted.
Now, Savage had a STRONG showing at his current slot. Its quite the gamble, IMO.
For the record, Savage does well on some of the stations where he is aired on a delayed basis (Noon to 3).
He has a few stations airing him there and you never know, he may decide to go "head on", live against Rush.
The nighttime Savage audience numbers are higher than the daytime, live, Ramsey numbers.
We'll see.
 
Does a stronger signal trump Christian values and a Christian network? I always thought that was one of the reasons Dave R was on 1160. I don't get it. jry good luck with Savage. I realize it's talk and a big name, but does it fit on a Christian network? Just asking.
 
It does seem that Savage is getting bumped off a lot of stations lately. Recently WHIO AM/FM dropped him for the unknown Andy Dean from WSB.
 
Sorry to be a Dummy---So is Dr Savage to be on 1160?... Live?

a really fun non-linear show from a super smart (though sometimes tone-deaf) host


JRY are you on TuneIn so I can hear him in Cleves?


marty
 
microbob said:
It's obvious 55krc wouldn't have done that when they have Coast to Coast live at 1AM.
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It is interesting, Mirco. What were they going to do? Something had to give. There is only so much time in the day.
By taking Dave at 7 PM, Savage would have to be bumped to 1 AM as Levin (currently 10 PM to 1 AM) certainly
wasn't going for that.
Coast to Coast would have been the one to go, right?
 
Bizman said:
Does a stronger signal trump Christian values and a Christian network? I always thought that was one of the reasons Dave R was on 1160. I don't get it. jry good luck with Savage. I realize it's talk and a big name, but does it fit on a Christian network? Just asking.
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All i know, Biz, is that KRC wanted it bad. Yes we are the Christian Broadcasting System. No, WQRT is not a Christian Radio Station. Savage would not be on WCVX but he is a fit for WQRT.

Marty, WQRT is available on a few of these streams. The local guys could better answer your "tunein" question.
I know its I Phone accessible and Radio Loyalty has it.
 
Ramsey for Savage? No way- 55 KRC just lost a die hard 7-10 evening listener in me. It wil be great to have Savage on in the daytime. 1160 comes out on top with this one.
 
jry said:
All i know, Biz, is that KRC wanted it bad. Yes we are the Christian Broadcasting System. No, WQRT is not a Christian Radio Station. Savage would not be on WCVX but he is a fit for WQRT.

Marty, WQRT is available on a few of these streams. The local guys could better answer your "tunein" question.
I know its I Phone accessible and Radio Loyalty has it.
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Savage was entertaining at first, but he started grating on my nerves after a while. Rush can be caustic, but underneath it all he seems like a decent guy. Savage, on the other hand, does not seem like a very nice man and from what I've read about him, he isn't. Politically, I kind of agree with him though.

But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what I think. If people listen to him, that's all that counts. Good luck on your new acquisition.
 
Funk Arschlach said:
Ramsey for Savage? No way- 55 KRC just lost a die hard 7-10 evening listener in me. It wil be great to have Savage on in the daytime. 1160 comes out on top with this one.
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Ramsey took a little time for me to get used to. Not only was the bible stuff was hard to get used to, but I assume that most talk show advertisers are selling various kinds of snake oil. When Ramsey promotes his financial planning on the radio, I just roll my eyes. He may be legit, but I'm always skeptical.

That said, once you get used to Ramsey coming from a Christian angle, it's a little bit like listening to a low-key Bruce Williams. I like listening to the show from time to time.
 
Dave is genuine and still a good friend.
Doesn't really "sell" anything.
His advice works, we're living proof.
 
jry said:
Dave is genuine and still a good friend.
Doesn't really "sell" anything.
His advice works, we're living proof.
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I agree with you 100%, but for me it was jarring to hear Christian talk and references to biblical passages on commercial radio. It took some getting used to.

I'm still skeptical when I hear financial services being advertised on radio. Doesn't Dave "sell" the right to be considered one of his preferred counselors? (I'm cynical these days and probably with good reason.) Even if Dave's legit, I can't help thinking of some of the fly-by-night things you often hear advertised on radio. (I wonder how many people are going to ultimately get burned by all the gold they bought from the radio.)
 
The gold thing is scary. Look at the Larry, FAMC, Bates lawsuit.
Dave has high standards for the "Endorsed Local Providers" you mentioned.
I know some of these providers and use one of them here. Stand up people. The fee is nominal, BTW.

After 11 years of doing business with Dave (he is a client of mine separate of secular radio), i can still say that he is a person of integrity.
 
jry said:
The gold thing is scary. Look at the Larry, FAMC, Bates lawsuit.
Dave has high standards for the "Endorsed Local Providers" you mentioned.
I know some of these providers and use one of them here. Stand up people. The fee is nominal, BTW.

After 11 years of doing business with Dave (he is a client of mine separate of secular radio), i can still say that he is a person of integrity.
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With regard to the integrity of the ELP's, it is more an ELP with integirty than the program. The ELP program seems to be one of the blind spots with regard to Dave. And yes, overall, he does seem to run his organization with higher levels of integrity than many business folks. And yes, if you do his program you will get out of debt and begin to build wealth. It will work if you do the work. Living proof.

But there are some forums where active ELPs discuss that they kind of do what they want to do and use the program purely as a lead generation system. Dave's own forum frequently has posts from forum members unhappy with ELPs. And many have noted ELPs putting referals into products that Dave does not recommend (such as bonds or target date funds or whole life insurance). The quality control seems to focus more on how Dave's fan was treated as a customer, not they types of investments recommended by the ELP or whether they are products like Dave teaches should be used.

Remember, Bernie Madoff had customers that believed he had the the heart of a teacher becuase he seemed to be a nice guy, followed up and kept appointments.
 
jry said:
Dave is genuine and still a good friend.
Doesn't really "sell" anything.
His advice works, we're living proof.
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I'll second that from a debt-free Ramsey affiliate in Central Ohio!
Imagine a debt free radio station in 2012- what a far out concept.
 
del_griffith said:
With regard to the integrity of the ELP's, it is more an ELP with integirty than the program. The ELP program seems to be one of the blind spots with regard to Dave. And yes, overall, he does seem to run his organization with higher levels of integrity than many business folks. And yes, if you do his program you will get out of debt and begin to build wealth. It will work if you do the work. Living proof.
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I don't know the specifics of Dave's financial advice other than what I've heard on the air, but for the most part he hits the nail on the head. When people see immigrants who came here and are able to accumulate a good chunk of wealth, they are basically using the same techniques. A couple of clients of mine have accumulated very nice little nest eggs by basically shunning debt in their personal lives, and in their business lives taking on debt only when absolutely necessary and paying it off as quickly as they can. Many successful family-run companies operate this way such as White Castle and the Wolfes/Dispatch/WBNS/WTHR.

Anyway, this is a long-winded way of saying that Dave is 100% on the money.
 
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