Talk Show people

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 19 Nov 2006 at 14:41, Donna Halper wrote:

> And that is the big problem with many GMs, on both the right and the
> left-- they think they should hire "big names" rather than hiring
> skilled talk show hosts.  Franken is only one of many who may be good
> in their "day job" but couldn't do radio talk effectively-- he kept
> making it about him, interrupting the guests, being sarcastic, etc. 
> Yes it takes ego to do this sort of format well, but you have to know
> when to make it about the events rather than about yourself.
 
There's a place for big names.  Al Franken brought a lot of attention 
and creds to Air America radio as a start-up network.  It's no 
coincidence that all the taxicab signs that WKOX/WXKS had a couple of 
years ago had Al Franken on them.

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