Re: SO where are the women these days?

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>]

Bob Nelson wrote:

>  If there are some
>out there who can do a great job, I'd think they'd
>hire them; but how about Elder's comment that
>"most women wouldn't want to hear women" hosting
>a talk show?
>
>If he's got ratings proof that the show (McCarthy
>and Vigue) did poorly among female listeners,
>then either Mc & V weren't doing a good job
>or his theory might be right.


Talk radio in general seems to do poorly with women.  I did an informal 
survey of female friends & acquaintances a few years ago, and almost none 
of them ever listened to talk radio.  None specifically mentioned being put 
off by conservative viewpoints or the lack of female hosts...it just seems 
that the genre does not appeal to women.  Now some may say that it's 
because talk radio is so male-leaning, but I'm not so sure.  I find it hard 
to believe that any format would deliberately set out to exclude 50% of the 
population...talk radio any more than soft AC (which has a largely female 
audience).  While there is no doubt a chicken-and-egg analogy here, my 
guess is that talk radio has gravitated to conservative male hosts because 
that's who the audience is.   Maybe more a Mars vs Venus thing?