Fans of Quinn and Rose Daily Discussion - Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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[sneakers]

Quinn and Rose are off the air, (temporarily, I hope!) Gone, but DEFINITELY not forgotten! Meanwhile, our friendly group of dedicated FReeper Q&R fans will meet in our usual spot - same time, same station - as we always have! So grab your coffee - or whatever you choose to start your day - and drop in for some political chit-chat, or just to shoot the breeze! We are all coming from - or going to - work, but we all stop in to say ‘hi!’ Feel free to join us!

[sneakers]

"Is life so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

Patrick Henry

[sneakers]

A very appropriate quote from Patrick Henry, given the overt tyranny of the guy in our White House!

Obama to the President of France: “ ”That’s the good thing as a President, I can do whatever I want”

IMPEACH THE BAS@#&D!!!

[A. Morgan]

Mornin’ everybuddy!

IMPEACH THE BAS@#&D!!!

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Good morning. ‘@ everyone...and I agree! IMPEACH!!!

Just saw the news...Shirley Temple passed away. She was 85...May she rest in peace. Sadly, these pastings always seem to come in 3s...

Gotta go check the weather...the predicted east coast storm was tracking WEST last night. Interested to see what the system is doing this morn.

[prisoner6]

Good morning!

The Good Ship Lollypop has sailed.

RIP Shirley Temple.

[sneakers]

Morning! Listening to Jeff Kuhner on WRKO in Boston. I’m getting to really like him. He’s outspoken too. Calls Obama ‘Dear leader’!

[prisoner6]

Another, admittedly month or so old, radio discussion group came back online overnight. It was about a Bloomberg article and CC. The consensus was that WPGB could stay talk. The thinking was that they dumped Quinn because he is too old...makes mistakes with the equipment...and makes too much money. With him gone costs are cut.

The group was also very skeptical that any station would pick him up because of his age and the money he deserves.

Meanwhile other radio discussion websites are positively wetting themselves about more sports talk in Pittsburgh! Bleaugh!

[BikerJoe]

The thinking was that they dumped Quinn because he is too old...makes mistakes with the equipment...and makes too much money.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but...

"makes mistakes with the equipment..."...unlike the lost network feeds, or piping the network feed over the local feed (heard it again yesterday, although it didn't last too long).

"makes too much money"...He DOES have a 'vette, but he doesn't live in THAT great a house, so he might've been doing OK, but not spectacular. At one point, weren't Q&R claiming to be responsible for upwards of 7mil in advertising revenue?

"too old"...I dunno, he could kick at any time, but then, so could I. So could any one of us. Regardless, he still has a fast, funny delivery, I hope I'm doing that well at 70.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Obviously they are running Bloomdaddy because he works cheap.

Lord knows there is absolutely no other reason to be running that program.

[GreenAccord]

You can be sure, it’s ALWAYS about money, but...

I’d say a radio host makes a great bulk of money on advertising voice-over work and not necessarily on the base show they host/perform. I haven’t listened to the Pittsburgh affiliate since the morning of the 18th, deleting it from my iHeart list (I am a Florida resident and always streamed their show).

I am interested, does anyone know if the same advertisers switched voice-over talent for their ads on 104.7? Or are the Quinn & (or) Rose ads still being played in their original format? I am talking about advertisers like the plastic surgeon (Dr. Pautler?), the Dentist Dr. Voller or the - spelling warning - Vactronics.

Or did these companies pull their ads from 104.7 completely?

[BikerJoe]

I am interested, does anyone know if the same advertisers switched voice-over talent for their ads on 104.7? Or are the Quinn & (or) Rose ads still being played in their original format? I am talking about advertisers like the plastic surgeon (Dr. Pautler?), the Dentist Dr. Voller or the - spelling warning - Vactronics.

At least Dr. Voller (sp?) was also advertised locally by Glenn Beck, but I'm not sure I've heard the commercials recently. I still listen to 104.7 for Beck, Rush and Hannity, and Glen Meakem very occasionally on the weekend.