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Yesterday, for the first time, I tried to listen to Glenn Beck for an hour to see what he is like.
I had to give up after 20 minutes, it was so juvenile. He was calling convenience stores in Atlanta and Houston to see which ones were the dumbest, asking simple questions, such as "what gulf borders Texas?" or what is the name of our national anthem? It was like something I would expect to find on MTV.
It makes me wonder why KTAR chose him? Are they going after the teenagers?
I would have thought they could steal Bill O'Reilly from KFNX and gotten a bigger audience. Or G. Gordon Liddy. I haven't heard him for a long time, but I used to find him interesting for a nationally syndicated show.
I remember when I first got hooked on talk radio. They were local, call-in talk shows. You got the pulse of what people were thinking about local events. I thought it was like reading the letters to the editor column, only better, because you sort of got to know what people were thinking.
What made it work was the feeling of participation. You would be tempted to call in and express your views, then somebody else would call in and say what was on your mind, as if you had called. Whether you called or not, you had the opportunity to do it.
Now with only syndicated shows, delayed probably 75% of the time, you no longer can per be a participant. How many calls does Rush take? 3 an hour? And he would not be talking about what you are hearing if you did call in. Same for all of the canned shows.
The only time I hear local calls on a syndicated show is when it is broadcast live. (Ray Lucia on KFNN comes to mind, I hear calls from Phoenix or Scottsdale almost every day).
Too bad local sations don't realize that when you delay a show, you are disenfranchising your listeners. If they broadcast the show live, your listeners have the opportunity to call in, and if they do, then the show takes on a local flavor. Listen to Ray Lucia on KFNN at 10 a.m. and see what I mean.
Some day I am going to do some research and see what local station broadcasts the most live shows, and who broadcast the most local talk shows.
I had to give up after 20 minutes, it was so juvenile. He was calling convenience stores in Atlanta and Houston to see which ones were the dumbest, asking simple questions, such as "what gulf borders Texas?" or what is the name of our national anthem? It was like something I would expect to find on MTV.
It makes me wonder why KTAR chose him? Are they going after the teenagers?
I would have thought they could steal Bill O'Reilly from KFNX and gotten a bigger audience. Or G. Gordon Liddy. I haven't heard him for a long time, but I used to find him interesting for a nationally syndicated show.
I remember when I first got hooked on talk radio. They were local, call-in talk shows. You got the pulse of what people were thinking about local events. I thought it was like reading the letters to the editor column, only better, because you sort of got to know what people were thinking.
What made it work was the feeling of participation. You would be tempted to call in and express your views, then somebody else would call in and say what was on your mind, as if you had called. Whether you called or not, you had the opportunity to do it.
Now with only syndicated shows, delayed probably 75% of the time, you no longer can per be a participant. How many calls does Rush take? 3 an hour? And he would not be talking about what you are hearing if you did call in. Same for all of the canned shows.
The only time I hear local calls on a syndicated show is when it is broadcast live. (Ray Lucia on KFNN comes to mind, I hear calls from Phoenix or Scottsdale almost every day).
Too bad local sations don't realize that when you delay a show, you are disenfranchising your listeners. If they broadcast the show live, your listeners have the opportunity to call in, and if they do, then the show takes on a local flavor. Listen to Ray Lucia on KFNN at 10 a.m. and see what I mean.
Some day I am going to do some research and see what local station broadcasts the most live shows, and who broadcast the most local talk shows.
