Re3: This can't be true..but it would not shock me

[radiotony]

I would agree with this point but it really all comes down to ratings and
results for clients and advertisers. 
At a rumored $40K, Reece on the Radio was a pretty good bargain. He seemed
to get quality calls and there were ads on whenever I listened.
But will Schilling produce the same results while being paid handsomely
more? 
Or, why isn't he on 'EEI, in a network slot, playing on all the stations? 
That would seem to be a bigger play both for air content, quality, and
advertiser results.

Best, 
Tony Schinella
Politizine.com: Random musings about politics, music, the media and modern
times. Since 2002.
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From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Dan.Strassberg
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:51 PM
To: Bob Nelson; Robert F. Sutherland; boston-radio-interest; Donna Halper
Subject: Re: Re3: This can't be true..but it would not shock me

On the other hand, someone's NOT being a celebrity doesn't guarantee
that he can do a good talk show either. I wouldn't call Jeff Santos a
celebrity--except in his own mind, and I would put his show in the
same category as you put Franken's. Some people are likely to say that
Franken's show was better than Santos's', while others would call
Franken's show worse. But I think that virtually everybody who had a
chance to hear both shows would agree that both were/are pretty bad.
Franken did have the advantage of national distribution, which helped
to get him some good guests, of whom he often asked some good
questions, albeit usually in a most uninteresting way.

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From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
To: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@mail.com>; <madprof@ix.netcom.com>;
"boston-radio-interest" <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Re3: This can't be true..but it would not shock me


> At 03:34 AM 12/4/2008, Bob Nelson wrote:
>
>>WRKO is also welcome to have the team's bigwigs do a talk show;
>>Henry, Werner, and Epstein
>>are all liberals and there are photos on BostonDirtDogs.com (Nov.
>>2004) showing them campaigning
>>with Kerry. Kerry was allowed to throw out the first pitch just
>>before the 2004 Democratic
>>National Convention. Don't know if they ever allowed Mitt Romney to
>>throw the first pitch but of
>>course he never made it to the nomination...
>
> I am not being critical of Schilling's views-- although I do find
> him a bit of a blowhard.  I am saying that as a radio consultant, I
> can tell you that just because somebody is a celebrity, that doesn't
> mean they'll be a good talk show host-- it's an art.  Al Franken is
> a leftie and his talk show was generally awful.