Re: Pat Whitley Replaces McCarthy & Vigue At WRKO

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

Beck's (awful) show WAS syndicated out of WFLA, but part of the deal for 
Infinity's WPHT to pick up the show was to change the point of origination to 
WPHT. CCU (or more specifically, its Premiere subsidiary) is still the 
syndicator, but for probably a year now, the origination point has been the 
studios of a competing group owner. As we all know, radio--among many other 
businesses--makes strange bedfellows.

BTW, the buzz on the Philadelphia board at radio-info.com is that Beck has been 
laying a gigantic egg at WPHT. In my opinion, based on what I've heard of the 
show, Beck really deserves that degree of "success." But then, nobody else on 
Infinity's "Big Talker" in Philly appears to be doing much better--
notwithstanding the 50-kW nondirectional Class A AM signal--far and away the 
market's best AM signal. There seems to be general agreement on the Philly 
board that the suits who run WPHT don't have a clue.
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> --- SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com> wrote:
> 
> > Pennsylvania?  I thought his show was syndicated out
> > of WFLA in Tampa.
>  
> From his website:|
> "Glenn Beck, 38, is the host and star of a daily talk
> radio program based out of Philadelphia, that has
> jumped to syndication on more than 100 stations across
> the US in two years."
> 
> > Is Whitley as much of an overbearing a** in
> > "regular" programming as he is 
> > on his restaurant show? 
> 
> I don't think he's that bad; other than
> mispronunciations (he pronounces "Rowley" as if
> it were "Raleigh"...?)