I live in Boston. WRKO is moving Jeff Kuhner to the 12-3 slot to assist him in going national. Rush will still be on in Boston.
-— WRKO is moving Jeff Kuhner to the 12-3 slot to assist him in going national. Rush will still be on in Boston. -—
I don’t think his weird accent will play nationally. I’d rather see Howie go national. He’s not as smart, but funnier. We need funny conservatives.
Predictably, the left selectively chooses information to paint a picture of Rush’s supposed woes.
Here’s the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey used to say. WRKO has been a train wreck for years. At one point, they had a former Democratic state representative (and convicted felon) hosting their morning show, and they even dropped Howie Carr for a brief period, which was followed by a near-collapse in their ratings. Dropping Rush will not improve their numbers and it will probably result in a further erosion of their audience. Just another mindless move by Entercom, which owns WRKO.
As for some of Rush’s other affiliation changes...in New York, WOR-AM (his new flagship) is now ahead of WABC, not just in the city but in the suburbs as well. Wonder if Lew Dickey (CEO of Cumulus), which owns WABC, still thinks he made the right decision to dump Rush.
In LA, KEIB has gone from hash marks to a 0.9 rating over the past year. That may not sound impressive, but it’s pretty darn good for a lower-powered AM in a market with more than 40 signals. Meanwhile, his former LA affiliate (KFI) is down about a point since the switch (KFI and KEIB are both owned by iHeart). The local Cumulus-owned talker (KABC) is at a 0.5 and slowly falling.
One host does not make or break a station. And more than a few outlets who have dropped Rush have lived to regret that decision.
Several years ago WJR in Detroit moved Savage into the two hour 3 - 5 PM Hannity time slot and Savage bragged for months.
Of course what he failed to mention is that the Patriot network picked up Hannity, gave him 3 hours ( 3 - 6 p.m.)and put him on both their AM 1400 station AND their 92.7 FM station..........LOL!
Kuhner is one of the most ghastly sounding hosts I’ve ever heard, maybe not in content, but delivery.