MY THOUGHTS:
Am I reading that Austin Hill will be on-air for 2 hours (10am-Noon), while Plante will be on-air solo for 1½ hours (8:30am-10am)?
This makes no f*&%ing sense!! As much as I like Hill, Plante should be given ‘first dibs’ on any hypothetical morning schedule or itinerary at WMAL... he’s the only local talent whose fans suffered and acted in unison for months to get him back on-air. After endless e-mails, letters, switchboard calls, fan pages, etc., we the “Plantistas” demand more respect in getting our guy back to a decent and normal morning schedule.
I’ll save my commentary for when the show(s) actually start (and perhaps within a few weeks I’ll make my own analysis of the situation), but we the fans do not like it that Plante is or might be squeezed out of valuable on-air time!
I can already imagine Fred saying every day at 0830: “Let ‘er rip, Chris, I’m outta here.” For me, I’m learning more and more that streaming and iPod and XM are my friends. For instance, John Batchelor comes on at 9PM at AM770, so I can avoid that odious Scarborough. The new line-up at least allows me to stay parked at WMAL in the AM (pun intended: will miss Andy: God speed good buddy!).