Re: WMEX business format

[Bill Piacentini <billpi@ll.mit.edu>]

At 01:06 AM 12/18/00 -0500, Dan Strassberg wrote:
[snip]
>I would think that, with a business format, it might make sense to pick up
>the Dolans instead of Dr Joy Browne from WOR. The Dolans air live from 
>1:00 to 3:00 EST.
>A less costly alternative to the Dolans is Don MacDonald's show from the
>Business Talk Network, for which WBNW and WPLM are the local affiliates.
>WBNW/WPLM don't carry MacDonald, however (or carry the show on delay from 
>2:00 AM to 5:00 AM), presumably because the advice MacDonald provides 
>conflicts with that of Barry Armstrong, who owns WBNW. MacDonald may just 
>have the best personal-finance call-in show on US radio.
I agree with you on Don McDonald being the best. His do-it-yourself 
"no-load" philosophy doesn't sit with commissioned Financial Advisors such 
as Armstrong.
One correction: As of December 4, 2000, after 12 years with the same 
syndicator (except for a brief period of self-syndication), he has changed 
his show to a new network. TalkAmerica Radio Networks distributes The Don 
McDonald Show nationwide. (www.talkamerica.com) for the audio feed. It 
looks like TalkAmerica is setting up a third network now: TalkAmerica3.
Their website is under construction so it's hard to tell.
Takin' it Easy99.1,
Bill Piacentini
billpi@LL.MIT.EDU
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