Greater Media confirms WTKK ends talk at 10 AM tomorrow (1-2-2013)

[A Joseph Ross]

On 1/1/2013 5:15 PM, Donna Halper wrote:

> I rarely agree with Michael Savage, but he warned conservative talkers 
> that they were gonna die out as a format if all they did day and night 
> was just bash President Obama-- no matter how you may dislike the 
> current administration (whichever the party in power), if all you talk 
> about day in and day out is one topic, you gradually turn off people 
> who are tired of hearing about it.  So what is next for talk radio as 
> a format?

I also think he had something there.  When Air America was on in Boston, 
I tried listening, but I got tired of the long rants, even though they 
were somewhat in tune with my own politics.  The only Air America show 
that held my interest for very long was Al Franken.  Not only was he a 
comic, but he also discussed issues seriously and had guests, even 
conservative guests, and treated them with respect.  That's what I like 
about Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. Keith O. may have started MSNBC's liberal 
politics, and specifically given Rachel her big break as his regular 
substitute host, but I got increasingly tired of his rants.
The rest of the MSNBC hosts tend to be a lot more like Rachel than like 
Keith, and I think that's an important part of their continued appeal.

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