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Re: Changes at WRKO? (VB, Michael Savage)
I had heard that ABC was dumping being the syndicator for Howie Carr's
show...and that the Entercom folks were looking for a replacement
syndicator. (And I hear close to having one who will continue the show.)
Maybe Sean Hannity was part of the ABC deal. (???)
JP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@yahoo.com>
To: <paul@03038.com>; <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:18 AM
Subject: RE: Changes at WRKO? (VB, Michael Savage)
>
> --- Paul Hopfgarten <paul@03038.com> wrote:
> > This move may make sense....
> >
> > If Sean Hannety mentions his 9PM Show on Fox
> > Newschannel (obviously, I mean
> > during the 1st hour of the rebroadcast), and 'RKO
> > listeners say "oh yea!"
> > and tunr off the radio and turn ON the TV, that may
> > be a reason that they're
> > turning away from Hannety.
>
> VB got an email from someone who'd heard the Michael
> Savage promo and was wondering what was up. VB said
> that as of next Monday, WRKO will run Michael Savage
> from 7 to 10 pm, followed by VB's show from 10 pm
> to 1 am (VB gets an extra hour). "Sean Hannity is
> gone," he said, "because we wanted to have a show
> that was 'live', not tape delayed."
>
> Sean Hannity's show originates from WABC, weekdays
> from 3 to 6 pm. Of course, WRKO is the flagship for
> Howie Carr, so that meant they ran Hannity on
> delay from 8 to 11 pm. Now Hannity is gone from
> 'RKO, even though he has the second most popular
> show in the nation. (Rush is #1, then Hannity,
> with Dr. Laura and Stern tied for third and Savage
> in fourth.)
>
> Why would they want to dump such a "hot" show? Maybe
> it costs too much for Entercom to run it. Or for
> some reason Hannity might not be doing boffo
> ratings for 'RKO. ('RKO will also dump the syndicated
> Jim Cramer, whose money-talk show has been running at
> 7 pm).
>
> I'd expect WTKK to pick up Hannity off the waiver
> wire (wouldn't expect WBZ to mess with their
> Brudnoy/ Sullivan/ Leveille line up). If WTKK does
> pick up Hannity, I would expect them to also do it
> on tape delay, as they have their own guy (Jay
> Severin) in the 3 pm slot.
>
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