John Gambling, Back at WOR in NYC, Scoffs at Imus

New York Daily News ^ | May 6, 2008 | David Hinckley

[Clemenza]

Imus is brain dead. His show is unlistenable anytime he opens his mouth. He was mildly entertaining when I was a kid, but all of those years of drug use screwed up his brain.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

heard imus one morning mumbling a monologue about whatever and turned off the radio,and turned off it stays.

I know...

[nutmeg]

WABC ping!

BTW, does WABC still run that old music on Saturday nights with the old "Music Radio 77 WABC echo chamber" sound?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Happy to hear this! Thanks! May Gamblings ratings overtake Imus and make WABC think twice about what they’ve done. More power to you John!

I was also happy to hear this!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

does WABC still run that old music on Saturday nights with the old "Music Radio 77 WABC echo chamber" sound?

Mark Simone has an Oldies Show every Sat. evening on WABC.

[tropical]

Yes, as far as I know. 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (unless pre-empted by a sportscast). Mark Simone is the host.

[Tanniker Smith]

He doesn't look like he sounds.

I've noticed that they've kept the title as "The New John Gambling Show" and haven't gone back to "Rambling with Gambling".

Maybe they will after John's been there for a while.

[Dahoser]

I have a tremendous amount of respect for John Gambling. He’s a gentlemen and a fine host. In the aftermath of 9/11, he said something to the effect that even though he’s a Quaker, you can’t just let people come in and murder 3,000 people with impunity, you have to take them out. I would not have thought less of him had he not said that, but I was profoundly moved by his emotion when he did. It couldn’t have been easy to do, but like most of us, he was aching all over and it caused him to take a hard look at things. I’m glad he’s back on the air.

[JimRed]

He was a good morning guy, keeping topics of the day updated, with a dry sense of humor. Imus is nothing but a Howard Stern light, annoying at best. Curtis is...well, Curtis! Well informed most of the time, street smart and entertaining.

[Maceman]

It never ceases to amaze me that Imus has an audience.

He sounds like he’s drunk most of the time, he is completely incapable of filling five minutes of air time by himself without having other people around to fill the space, and his brilliant political insight consists of calling people he disagrees with “morons.”

Plus, he has all the charm of a temporary tooth crown.

He ought to refer to his network as MIB (Mediocrity in Broadcasting) — not that he actually has a network.

I just really don’t get his appeal.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

*Ping

[Dr. Scarpetta]

*Ping

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I've noticed that they've kept the title as "The New John Gambling Show" and haven't gone back to "Rambling with Gambling".

There are generations of history with John's father and grandfather behind the title of Rambling with Gambling...

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I have a tremendous amount of respect for John Gambling. He’s a gentlemen and a fine host. In the aftermath of 9/11, he said something to the effect that even though he’s a Quaker, you can’t just let people come in and murder 3,000 people with impunity, you have to take them out. I would not have thought less of him had he not said that, but I was profoundly moved by his emotion when he did. It couldn’t have been easy to do, but like most of us, he was aching all over and it caused him to take a hard look at things. I’m glad he’s back on the air.

I feel the same way...

[Dr. Scarpetta]

It never ceases to amaze me that Imus has an audience.

The show has gone downhill. Can't wait to see the ratings...

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Ping

[frogjerk]

long time listener to 77WABC AM’s programming and cannot understand why they did what they did.

Agreed. I will tune into WOR from now on in the morning. Imus basically has an orgasm every time they have the putrid Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stone is on.

[nutmeg]

Mark Simone... that's right! Thanks, I'll try to remember to tune in. I live in the area where WABC, WCBS and other NYC stations fade out (between Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA), although WFAN comes in fairly well up here. I'll have to remember to stream WABC.

That show - and especially Musicradio 77 "Rewound" - brings back lots of good summertime memories of my youth on the CT and RI shore (where WABC comes in strong), listening to great music and disk jockeys like Dan Ingram, Ron Lundy, and others.

Musicradio 77 WABC

*Ding!* "...and it's now 80 WABC Dee-grees in the City..."

[neverdem]

Thanks for the ping.

[qam1]

Can't stand John Gambling, he's a Liberal pretending to be conservative to get ratings. His ass kissing of Bafoonberg was nauseating

The only reason he was popular was because he was squeezed between Kurtis & Kuby and Rush. Kind of the way NBC 10 years ago on Thursdays could have put a test screen up between Seinfeld & Friends and ER and still get good ratings.

Good Riddence