Fwd: Re: Rush Limbo

["Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@lycos.com>]

>DATE: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:39:31
>From: SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>
>To: "Boston Radio Interest \(E-mail\)" <boston-radio->interest@bostonradio.org>

>Bill O'Neill wrote:

>Glenn Beck, also a Premier talker, is slugged in the Evan Thomas Newsweek
>article as an up and comer or "heir apparant" to Rush.  He's already come 
>out as an alcoholic in
>recovery and has spoken of drug use, as well.  He's clearly conservative, 
>has a
>NYTImes bestseller out on America, is not even 40 and can be 
>funny.  Downsides -
>can play up the drama a bit (he has been a wee bit weepy, at times) a dose of
>self-importance  albeit blended with self-deprecating humor not found on the
>EIB, ever.

I've heard him in the past on WGY-AM 810 Schenectady;  I
was out there again over the holiday and didn't hear the
station in the morning, but a local newsguy was doing their
post-Rush 3-to-7 pm show while announcing that the period
would be given over the Sean Hannity.  This relates to Boston
radio in that WGY had a track record of local talk in afternoon
drive going back to J.R., then Scott Allen Miller (as in
the cheap watery beer)
who is now on WRKO.  It appears that WGY is taking the path of
least resistance and going bird-talk rather than hire and
groom a local guy for a bigger market later.  The Hannity
switch should have happened already...he was already on Pittsfield's 
WBEC-AM.  Will WGY insist on area exclusivity, and weill WBEC
be hunter for a new talk show?  Jay Severin, call your office.

Laurence Glavin


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