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Posted on 08/09/2007 12:36:26 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Going, going, gone — say good-bye to talk-show hosts Ron Reagan and New York Vinnie and soon, just about all sports talk on 710 KIRO.
In a major programming move, KIRO has eliminated Reagan's one-hour daily talk show and filled the time slot with "The Dori Monson Show," still three hours but now airing earlier, from noon to 3 p.m.
The shuffle, an attempt by KIRO to retake its once-dominant position, means listeners will hear the conservative Monson immediately after Dave Ross, whose show airs 9 a.m.- noon weekdays.
"With Dave and Dori you get one individual who leans a little bit left and another who is willing to go for the attack, and that makes for a winning combination," said Rod Arquette, program director for KIRO-AM and KTTH-AM. The changes were announced earlier this week and have already gone into effect.
Arquette called Reagan "a great guy" with name recognition (he's the son of the former president and also a former MSNBC talk-show host), but said it was tough to pull off a radio talk show in only a one-hour slot. The station considered finding another time slot for Reagan and even lengthening his show, but "it just didn't work out," Arquette said. Reagan, added the program manager, said he'd be interested in filling in for Ross down the road. Reagan himself could not be reached for comment.
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So Dave Ross only “leans a little bit left”, eh? HAHAHA! That’s a good one.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy!! /SARC
Laura Ingraham calls him Non Reagan
Laura I’s nickname for one of those hosts: Ron Reagan-Not-A-Junior
>>Non Reagan
ooh that’s even better!
So....Left Wing Radio fails in Left Wing Washington....
We need the Fairness Doctrine!
Well, he can always join the travelling ballet troupe....(chuckle)
My thoughts exactly!!!
Ron(non)Reagan, beat with an ugly stick, beat with a stupid stick and now given a pink slip.
Not sure you can find anything “adult” in a liberal... :)
I thought good ballet talk radio would sell in Seattle?
Houston's 950AM & 740AM have shaken up their lineups.
..both are Clear-Channel I believe.
Hey karl that cold getting dump for another person even if your last name is Reagan OUCH
How come Nancy kids with Ronnie turn out be mess up while Ronnie kids with Jane Wyman turn out be a-okay
Is generational thingy here
Dori’s a conservative? Since when?
The Blather Watch liberal blog does mention how “liberal
talk is failing” but they also go on to say conservative
radio is too
Libtalk has been off in Boston since Dec of last year
~ Liberal talk KPTK is tanking across the board- down 66% overall. Stephanie Miller (6-9a) lost 40%; Thom Hartmann (9a-12p) plunged 63%; Ed Shultz is in the bucket 68%; our Rachel Maddow is down 50%, and Randy Rhodes lost 33% of her audience. The only host who got over 1% of the audience was Mike Malloy- and even he dove 64%. Has everyone taken to reading blogs?
~ Konservative KVI: dead man talking between 9a and 6p.
KVI is down 14% overall; Kirby Wilbur (5a-9p) gained a few points but his is the brightest spot in the dim dayparts with a middling 2.6 share. It goes down from there
Michael had (maybe still does) a talk show that was probably among the most information-packed shows on earth.
The only problem was that I couldn’t bear to sit through more than 10 minutes of it at a time…
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