raccoonradio said:
While they've been using Fox's 'casts, aren't they still affiliated with ABC?
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WRKO drops Coast to Coast for Howie Carr re-runs (1200 is coming!)
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While they've been using Fox's 'casts, aren't they still affiliated with ABC?
Jason Wolfe has posted a statement on the WRKO site under "Want More Howie? You Got It!"
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"Howie Carr is our #1 asset....we’ve decided to give our listeners more Howie by re-playing his show overnight. No host has the credibility to discuss these issues better than Howie"
A) I'm sure this has nothing to do with losing Coast to Coast
B) Hey Howie! Aren't those new studios you got great? Everything works? I'm really glad they gave
you these new studios instead of the sports guys. (/ sarcasm)
C) I'm sure Howie will appreciate all the bouquets he's been getting from upper management and
will continue to praise Entercom and WRKO. He'll be sure to re-up in 2012, right?
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"Howie Carr is our #1 asset....we’ve decided to give our listeners more Howie by re-playing his show overnight. No host has the credibility to discuss these issues better than Howie"
A) I'm sure this has nothing to do with losing Coast to Coast
B) Hey Howie! Aren't those new studios you got great? Everything works? I'm really glad they gave
you these new studios instead of the sports guys. (/ sarcasm)
C) I'm sure Howie will appreciate all the bouquets he's been getting from upper management and
will continue to praise Entercom and WRKO. He'll be sure to re-up in 2012, right?
blackgold said:
I assume you're a lawyer and can quote the sections of the anti-trust laws that CC has violated?
C2C began tonight on 1200...
Yes, we need another blowhard liberal talk station instead...oh wait, they just added some shows to
the powerful WGBH and I'm pretty sure they're not conservative... (in "Fairness", WBUR does get some
pretty good ratings!)
I might listen to Beck, Rush, Hannity (but mostly Howie) etc.
the powerful WGBH and I'm pretty sure they're not conservative... (in "Fairness", WBUR does get some
pretty good ratings!)
I might listen to Beck, Rush, Hannity (but mostly Howie) etc.
Uncle Kaimbridge said:
I thought WBZ still carried the ABC affiliation on a nominal basis despite switching to CBS years ago, but I could be wrong. Also, what news service does TRN provide? I've heard the USA/IRN service air at TOH for some of their shows, but they don't own that network (and it's typically used by small-market stations or religious stations not owned by Salem). That network would be a major down-grade for WRKO.
Listening to WGIR now (Hannity); I would guess 1200 would have Fox News Radio 'casts but also
some localized via some kind of Metro-Shadow-like service, or perhaps their own people (WGIR's
is called "New Hampshire News Now")
some localized via some kind of Metro-Shadow-like service, or perhaps their own people (WGIR's
is called "New Hampshire News Now")
RushRadio1200.com now has an "under construction, check back later" message up
raccoonradio said:
on "Greater Boston" last week, Emily said she believed in "trickle down" economics.
"Yes, we need another blowhard liberal talk station instead...oh wait, they just added some shows to
the powerful WGBH and I'm pretty sure they're not conservative.."
I am also sure that none are subtitled "The Stop The Republicans Express" (Hannity with the "Stop Obama Express"), or contain suggestions that Conservatives suffer from mental disorders (Beck, Hannity, Michael Savage with "liberalism is a disease" routine), or advocate a one-party system like Rush (direct quote: "If we could just eliminate the Democrat party, we would, my friends, have a lot stronger a country".
No comparison whatsoever.
For the record, I don't like Olbermann, either. He is just Rush for the left wing.
But I have said many times, commercial talk radio is set up as the audio version of the WWF. Lots of easy heroes and villains, and dumbed-down presentations exploiting people's fears ("he's a Communist!" from the right, "he's a facist" from the left), racism ("Barack HUUUUSSSSSEEEIIIINNN Obama" from the right, successful white male hatred on the left), and other stupid stuff aimed at some of the morons who post on AOL.com.
BTW, it is all OK by me. I just can't believe that anyone finds any entertainment from all this tabloid B.S. It is all so predictable, I don't even have to listen to know what was probably said.
But hey, The National Enquirer sells a hell of a lot of papers, so what do I know?
the powerful WGBH and I'm pretty sure they're not conservative.."
I am also sure that none are subtitled "The Stop The Republicans Express" (Hannity with the "Stop Obama Express"), or contain suggestions that Conservatives suffer from mental disorders (Beck, Hannity, Michael Savage with "liberalism is a disease" routine), or advocate a one-party system like Rush (direct quote: "If we could just eliminate the Democrat party, we would, my friends, have a lot stronger a country".
No comparison whatsoever.
For the record, I don't like Olbermann, either. He is just Rush for the left wing.
But I have said many times, commercial talk radio is set up as the audio version of the WWF. Lots of easy heroes and villains, and dumbed-down presentations exploiting people's fears ("he's a Communist!" from the right, "he's a facist" from the left), racism ("Barack HUUUUSSSSSEEEIIIINNN Obama" from the right, successful white male hatred on the left), and other stupid stuff aimed at some of the morons who post on AOL.com.
BTW, it is all OK by me. I just can't believe that anyone finds any entertainment from all this tabloid B.S. It is all so predictable, I don't even have to listen to know what was probably said.
But hey, The National Enquirer sells a hell of a lot of papers, so what do I know?
Gets some ratings at least, makes some money (depending on the host). There have been some hosts who have tried to be more centrist and at least some portray themselves as being not solid right or solid left
(Hendrie). Many may find they don't agree with every opinion the host has but will still listen if they're entertained, or maybe agree with most opinions.
Rush saying the Dems should be eliminated is playing to his base, but he's also said that libs/Dems should still stick around--so they can be made fun of. Savage has played off the far right/"lib. is a mental disorder"
deal for his base and no doubt there are some on the left who are the same way. Hannity for the record has said "I'm not saying you shouldn't be friends with liberals, have dinner with them, etc.--I just don't want them in power." And yes he turned the Stop Hillary Express into the Stop Obama Express and played to his base,
the red-staters, mostly conservative. (As for the one party deal Rush mentioned, to paraphrase JFK,
"I say, let him come to Massachusetts!"...to see what that's done for us
Olby is probably mostly an act and he's playing to his base too. Fun fact: He used to date Laura
Ingraham! Or who knows, maybe he really is that way..or at least ultra drama.
I can find entertainment from it--including that one-guy-does-all-the-voices guy, Phil Hendrie, who had on a "fat acceptance" group leader (voiced again by him) debating the Kevin Smith/Southwest deal. It's a talk show spoof and can be very funny.
(Hendrie). Many may find they don't agree with every opinion the host has but will still listen if they're entertained, or maybe agree with most opinions.
Rush saying the Dems should be eliminated is playing to his base, but he's also said that libs/Dems should still stick around--so they can be made fun of. Savage has played off the far right/"lib. is a mental disorder"
deal for his base and no doubt there are some on the left who are the same way. Hannity for the record has said "I'm not saying you shouldn't be friends with liberals, have dinner with them, etc.--I just don't want them in power." And yes he turned the Stop Hillary Express into the Stop Obama Express and played to his base,
the red-staters, mostly conservative. (As for the one party deal Rush mentioned, to paraphrase JFK,
"I say, let him come to Massachusetts!"...to see what that's done for us
Olby is probably mostly an act and he's playing to his base too. Fun fact: He used to date Laura
Ingraham! Or who knows, maybe he really is that way..or at least ultra drama.
I can find entertainment from it--including that one-guy-does-all-the-voices guy, Phil Hendrie, who had on a "fat acceptance" group leader (voiced again by him) debating the Kevin Smith/Southwest deal. It's a talk show spoof and can be very funny.
raccoonradio said:
Dave Ramsey also qualifies as one of these "light leaning" hosts. And it's not just because he hosts a show on "Fox Business"... I have heard some views leak out of him every now and then... But isn't the kind of show he does about saving money a dead giveaway that he is a "conservative"? ;D
Maybe they'll do better with Hot Air than they did in Boston with AM 1150...they dumped "Boston's
Conservative Talk" for Spanish language religion. I don't know how well Salem talkers do elsewhere, though.
Conservative Talk" for Spanish language religion. I don't know how well Salem talkers do elsewhere, though.
Not according to the ratings game.
"I don't know how well Salem talkers do elsewhere, though."
They have poor ratings pretty much everywhere, if I remember correctly. But see, that is my point. Here is a company with an obvious political agenda funding this network and O & O stations which can't possibly be turning any significant profit. Without the agenda and a company with the bucks to fund it, this whole setup would never happen.
They have poor ratings pretty much everywhere, if I remember correctly. But see, that is my point. Here is a company with an obvious political agenda funding this network and O & O stations which can't possibly be turning any significant profit. Without the agenda and a company with the bucks to fund it, this whole setup would never happen.
Don Juan said:
But I think that what Salem has shown it is super-serving is not its special audience but its love of making money. When the opportunity presented itself to make more money by LMAing 1150 in Boston to a Florida company that does Spanish religion, the commitment to conservative talk went out the window.
Nothing wrong with that, really; it's the good old American way. But why pretend that it represents some sort of higher calling? Despite its long-standing appeal to White Anglo-Saxon evangelical protestants, Salem was, is, and always will be focused primarily on only one thing--the almighty dollar. Again, nothing wrong with that, but don't try to make that focus sound like something it most certainly is not. Moreover, the REAL hypocrisy rears its head when the company's conservative talkers rail against the presence in this country of the very Hispanics that some of its own stations cater to.
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