People are outraged. People are sad. People are in shock. People are now, finally, speaking up over the execution of one of America’s former great and “heritage” stations, KGO-AM in San Francisco. Why now? What happened last week to KGO has been happening to radio stations, personalities, talk hosts, support personnel and news staffs for…
Translation: If you’re going down, you might as well go down in a memorable way. Donald Trump sure is memorable and the same could have been said about talk radio some 20 years ago. Conservative talk radio and the Republican party are connected, once again trying to energize their common “base.” Each are equally disconnected…
A number of people seem to be “excited” about Rush Limbaugh’s new radio homes in Indianapolis and Boston. I just don’t believe Rush is. In Indianapolis, the heritage news/talk radio station is WIBC. Most radio geeks, me included, remember the bigger than life top-of-the-hour ID voiced by Chuck Riley. “Radio Indiana. (sfx) W-I-B-C Indianapolis.” …
Mark Twain, the legendary American writer and humorist said, “Buy land, they’re not making anymore.” History has shown the wealthiest in the world today and throughout history gained significant wealth by acquiring land. The world’s royalty have wealth because of large land holdings. Many commoners today and in history gained and held their wealth through…
There was a regular caller on 700WLW back in the day, so regular we created a jingle for him: “He hates blacks. He hates Jews. Here come some more of his Aryan views. It’s Ken!” Ken reads this blog and while I don’t agree with the majority of his views (few would), I respect him…
I’ve had the opportunity to program some legendary news/talk stations. At each of these stations I was blessed to work with legendary morning talent. At 610WTVN in Columbus it was Bob Conners, who passed away on November 23rd at his home in Florida. I first met Bob in 1996. He was already well into his…
FM’s recently taken away in Pittsburgh and Cedar Rapids. His station’s ratings in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago in the tank. And now his name being purged from a station moniker in New Orleans. How much more can Rush Limbaugh’s ego take? I say this as a joke, because once you have a reported…
I am one of the last believers in AM radio. I love the AM medium. I truly believe as long as the signal is good, great content will overcome the band’s technical limitations. Outside of just a few years, I spent the majority of my career on AM. There was some career failure, but…
A few years ago, a talk host at a very “Big” (hint ONE) radio station told me, “I just want another 20 years.” My reply, “20 years? You’ve got 5.” I’m an optimistic guy by nature. I always think positive, maybe to a fault. I’m also a realist and a competitive son-of-a-bitch who has no…
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