Re: Woody Woodland, Glen Beck and WGIR

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

I never heard Woody Woodland. In fact, until today, I 
had never heard _of_ him. I was exposed to Beck on a 
trip to Tampa in October. My reaction was "man, was this 
small-market non-talent lucky to land a gig in a big 
market working for America's largest radio company that 
syndicates him God knows where." I chalked it up to the 
low level of inteligence and sophistication of the Tampa 
audience and of Clear Channel's "we don't have to put on 
good programming; we own all the stations, so the 
listeners have nowhere else to go" attitude.
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> Sometimes it takes a while for a new host to be accepted, especially if
> he/she has a drastically different style than what they replaced.  When we
> started airing Mike Gallagher last spring on WKXL we had a number of
> complaints.  Stands to reason--when you replace a folksy
> be-careful-not-to-offend-anyone host with one who is intentionally
> controversial and in-your-face, you're gonna stir things up.  Eventually,
> listeners got used to him, and he (Gallagher) attracted his own audience.
> I personally find Beck entertaining, and hope he does well up here.