Ya mean Jim Braude and Margery Eagan droned everyone to death finally?
what ever happened to Jay Severin?
Again, when I went on Facebook a couple yrs ago to pass along that E&B would be getting an extra hour, my liberal sister replied, “Jim and Margery? I LOVE them!”
Did hear a few min. of their WGBH appearance. Not quite for me.
I interviewed Donna Halper, an admittedly left-leaning radio
consultant, PHD, and author of “Boston Radio 1920-2010”. She said she had consulted/trained talk hosts in the past, “righties and lefties” and said in the old days talk was a bit more civil. (Every time the lefties bring up “toxic talk” I reply that lefty talk can be really offensive
too! Maybe even more!) We mentioned the likes of
Brudnoy, Jerry Williams, etc. She mentioned how Brudnoy could have Ted Kennedy on despite the idealogical
differences. (But I brought up Jerry having Ted on
and the sparks flew THAT day!)
http://jukejoint.freehostia.com/Interviews/Halper2013.mp3
(a bit of a raspy voice on my part...35 min. or so, if you’re curious)
Maybe people are turning away from talk because more and more people are “low information voters”. Who cares about the fiscal cliff or gun grabbers, we want the Super Bowl!