Re: Rush and Dr Laura

["Terrence M. Wood" <terry_wood@prodigy.net>]

WTSN's Don Briand, moving to WOKQ as News director as of Aug 1st.
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<boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; terry_wood@prodigy.net
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Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Rush and Dr Laura


>In a message dated 98-07-09 12:59:07 EDT, Terry Wood writes:
>
><< Dan, I was quoting the article in the Paper, those are the stations and
the
> words of the reporter who wrote the story.  <<snip>>  Now in
> order for a station to carry rush and stern and imus  they must be able to
> sell time on the air, when the cost outdistances the revenue available or
> the ratings donot cover the costs, then you cut,  Rush is going down in
> ratings and Imus up.  There is a difference though, Imus and Stern work
for
> Uncle Mel,  Rush is a Rush owned show! >>
>
>Did the story quote someone as saying "Smaller Stations are refusing to
carry
>him because the listenership is down and the GREED factor on his part" or
was
>this supposed to be an objective statement by the reporter?  If it was not
a
>quote, the statement is commentary not reporting.  My reaction to your post
>was based on my assumption that these were your words.
>
>I don't disagree with you about the reasons for cuts.  I have made the same
>point about cuts at other stations.  My point on WTSN is these cuts are
part
>of a series of moves being made that seem to be part of a race to the
bottom.
>What is replacing Rush and Laura?  Probably lower quality barter
programming
>like Ollie North or the Talk America Network.
>
>Rush's show is now owned by Jacor so he answers to a corporate master just
>like Imus and Stern.
>
>As for Rush's ratings, they are down, as are the ratings for poltical talk
>shows across the board.  Political talk was in, now it is not.  The
interest
>in politics generally is very low.  Rush remains the top national political
>talk radio show.  No other show comes close.  Rush may be past his peak,
but
>it is still a very successful show with a strong line up of stations.
People
>in the WTSN listening area can still listen to Rush on WGAN and WHDH.
>
>Dan Billings
>Bowdoinham, Maine

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