Interesting. First, regarding Rush, where would he land? WTTT 1150 would be a safe bet since WTKK has
no room (unless they tape delayed him till night). Or we could again speculate about Clr Chnl doing conservative talk on 1200 (and poss 1430, too). 1200 of course not the best signal but I guess they're in the final
stages of the new tower, etc., and Clr Chnl's syndie arm is Premiere, so you could have Beck and Rush
at least, with other syndie shows and some local.
830 would indeed be a good way for 680 to reach Metro West better, esp. in winter. They had signed on
to do Howie Carr but abanded the Fried Clam Man when his situation became unknown and went to local talk with Hank Stolz.
>>If that's the recipe for compelling radio in the Boston market, Air America would be a rousing success
There's still a chance prog talk could do well if DONE well, but as has been said before a) there already is
quite a bit of left-leaning media in this country, so maybe talk would just be redundant; b) past libtalk
attempts have tried to reach just the Left but not really gone for the center and Right (here's where
Donna would say, but what about Ed Schulz?); c) perhaps they'll
find the right mix of hosts (on one libtalk message board, even one libtalk fan had to admit that Franken's
voice was "molasses-laden". But it's true that in this state, even though Dems and libs dominate politics,
they haven't had much success in talk radio (it could be argued that signal strength or lack of local
hosts are part of that)...but it's also true that despite our image as the People's Republic of Mass.,
there are many here would would consider themselves fiscal conservatives, social conservatives,
advocates for a strong military, and so on.
It could be said that libtalk didn't take off here because they didn't really give it a chance. Similarly,
conservative politicians here have been lackluster and lacking so thus the Dem dominance, but I don't
want to go too far off topic. Anyway, the idea I'm getting at is that maybe Mass. isn't as liberal
as one would think, and those whose political opinions are center-right have found a home with
conservative talk.
>>if WRKO leans further Left in a state that is already capsized to the Left, that doesn't make for compelling radio
If Entercom had thought Air America/Jones shows would be a great ratings success, WRKO would have
gone to them long ago (similar to what they did at another 680 they own, down in Memphis--though
THAT station has given way to Fox Sports Radio)
Weekends on WRKO: better stuff in offing than informercials or weak hosts?
And if they're looking for two locals to co-host a morning show, what happens to the Felon?
Poss. lineup:
6-10 am: 2 local hosts, TBD
10-noon: Finneran (still under contract) or Hopkins
12-3: more local (Finneran?)
3-7: Howie
