Prov. shuffle: Rush, Buddy, etc

[Kevin Vahey]

Buddy has been silent for almost 5 years. A lot has happened in RI
starting with the fire. It should be good radio. Meanwhile Citadel has
problems with WSKO which EEI just blew away.

On 9/6/07, David Tomm <nostaticatall@charter.net> wrote:
> September 20th is the first day of the fall book, which is why those
> midweek dates are there.
>
> My question is, did Clear Channel choose not to renew Rush on WPRO or
> was it Citadel?  WHJJ has had it's problems over the last few years,
> and a mostly local lineup of talkers hasn't worked for them.  Then they
> lost Imus.  Outside of Helen Glover, who is a marginal host at best but
> has somewhat of a following in the market, what else did that station
> have?  CC/Providence has been competing against Rush for years, despite
> being distributed by co-owned Premiere.  They may have just decided to
> finally bring Rush in-house to stabilize the station.
>
> Or, it could be possible that WPRO dropped him.   The bulk of his
> audience is rapidly entering 55+ land and Citadel may have decided to
> go with local hosts that appeal to younger demos.  WPRO is also the
> news and information station for the market, and they may have wanted a
> more local lineup to help reinforce that image.   WBAL in Baltimore
> dropped Rush last year for the same reasons.
>
> Looking at the Boston situation, I doubt that CC will move it's
> syndicated talkers to WKOX until the signal upgrade to 50,000 watts is
> complete.  If 1200 doesn't have at least a comparable signal to WRKO
> during Rush's time slot, they won't risk putting him on a weaker stick,
> even if it is a CC property.  If anything, I could see Premiere not
> renewing with WRKO and trying to get the show cleared on WTKK.  Why
> would they want to keep Rush on that sinking ship?  A lineup of Howie,
> Egan & Braude, Rush, Severin, and Graham Crackers at night would put
> WRKO out of it's misery once and for all.  Caliente 680, anyone?
>
> -Dave Tomm
> "Mike Thomas"
>
> On Sep 6, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Bob Nelson wrote:
>
> > A talk radio shuffle in Providence on Sept. 20 will have Rush Limbaugh
> > moving from WPRO to WHJJ
> > and Buddy Cianci back on the airwaves. Citadel's WPRO will have
> > DePetro moving to 6 to 10
> > am, followed by Cianci & Ron St. Pierre middays, then an expanded Dan
> > Yorke. All local--
> > as opposed to Clear Channel's WHJJ which will have Pittsburgh's Quinn
> > and Rose in am
> > drive followed by Beck, Limbaugh, and I guess Sean Hannity.
> >
> > (As far as I know, Helen Glover is gone from WHJJ unless they put her
> > in 3-6 pm and
> > move Hannity to tape-delayed, or move her to another slot). So WHJJ
> > would have the
> > powerful Rush (from Clear Channel's syndication arm, Premiere) added
> > but there
> > will apparently be no local hosts anywhere from 6 am to 6 pm, at least.
> >
> > It had been rumored Clear Channel would set up talk on its WKOX in
> > Framingham and they could have put
> > the likes of Beck and Rush there, but it hasn't happened. But Rush has
> > indeed been placed
> > on a Clear Channel property in Providence, though.
> >
> > By the way the change takes place on a Thu (two weeks from today). I'm
> > guessing
> > Rush's contract with WPRO expires after Sept. 19 (the same day Howie's
> > contract with WRKO is to expire) so he'd be moved to WHJJ the next
> > day. It's
> > kind of weird to have a new show/new lineup premiere in the middle of
> > the
> > week rather than "starting fresh on a Monday" but I guess if a contract
> > expires in the middle of the week, the change will also happen at that
> > time.
> > Similarly, Washington Post radio will give way to WWWT in D.C. on
> > Sept. 20,
> > a Thursday.
> >
>
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