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Glenn Beck dropped by New York's WOR radio station over poor ratings, replaced by Mike Gallagher
N.Y. Daily News ^ | 1/4/11 | David Hinkley

Posted on 01/04/2011 8:09:29 AM PST by raccoonradio

Edited on 01/05/2011 11:23:48 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Glenn Beck may be one of the hottest talk show hosts in the country, but he apparently left New York's WOR cold.

WOR (710 AM), one of the city's two biggest talk radio stations, said this morning it is dropping Beck's syndicated show as of Jan. 17 and replacing him with a familiar New York name: Mike Gallagher.


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To: Will88

#90

Many thanks for the link!


101 posted on 01/04/2011 5:03:35 PM PST by chickadee
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To: All

That 10-12 timeslot sucks, it’s no wonder they can’t afford Beck. The 9-10 is where the profit comes from.
Unless they change their format like they did here in DC, a two hour show will never last. We had a local talker that does a great job but they fiddled with extending the morning drive to 10am and had Joe and Mika until Rush and it didn’t work so they brought him back.


102 posted on 01/04/2011 5:17:12 PM PST by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: Huck
In Northern NJ I can’t get WOR in very clear at all.

I've wondered about that. There are small areas I drive through where their signal noticeably distorts, maybe for a hundred feet of roadway. It's always in the same places, and it doesn't happen with the other AM stations that I listen to.

ML/NJ

103 posted on 01/04/2011 5:27:04 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: Alberta's Child
The offices of WABC in New York City were flooded with calls from irate listeners a few years back when one of the station's hosts conducted an on-air interview with "Michael Jackson" (Brian Whitman) that was one of the funniest things I've ever heard. Most people really thought it was Michael Jackson on the other end of the line, and they were calling to express their outrage that the station would have a child molester on the air like that.

I actually heard that!

104 posted on 01/04/2011 7:03:42 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: lormand

I usually hear Gallagher because I’m waiting for Prager’s show to start.


105 posted on 01/04/2011 8:10:26 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: ml/nj

It hasn’t really been a problem for me since Bob Grant left WOR :) Truly, I wish I could listen to Savage instead of Levin though. Levin is useless to me. Savage is a maniac, but I think he’s pretty entertaining sometimes. He’s a raconteur.


106 posted on 01/05/2011 6:49:56 AM PST by Huck (Do talk radio hosts get paid extra when they use the word "impugn"? It sure seems like it.)
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To: Huck
Why can't you listen to Savage? I probably listen to Savage more than Levin these days. He's had some pretty good shows recently. I think he uses his callers much better than Levin does. Yesterday he was speculating about Jack Wheeler's death and he had a caller who sounded like he knew what he was talking about. Savage asked him if he was in law enforcement. When the guy said, "No," Savage asked him if he was on the other side of the fence. The guy said, "Not anymore," and they went on to talk for quite some time about "hits." That sort of thing never happens on Levin's show. And Savage does remind folks from time to time that the Mysterious One has never released his birth certificate. Levin treats it like a third rail.

ML/NJ

107 posted on 01/05/2011 7:09:32 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

Savage may be a kook, but he is the only one who talks about what matters, as he says, “Borders, Language, Culture”, and talks about the threat of Islamo-Fascism.


108 posted on 01/05/2011 7:11:04 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: USS Alaska

Ditto


109 posted on 01/05/2011 7:20:52 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: ml/nj

Because I can never get a good signal from WOR.


110 posted on 01/05/2011 9:59:58 AM PST by Huck (Do talk radio hosts get paid extra when they use the word "impugn"? It sure seems like it.)
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To: ml/nj

You should listen to Jerry Doyle. He has his finger on the pulse of America’s Economic Condition more than any other host I have heard and he is entertaining too.


111 posted on 01/05/2011 12:27:12 PM PST by GraceG
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To: GlockThe Vote

“John Batchelor has a great show.”

Second that. I catch it on the internet each evening.


112 posted on 01/06/2011 8:31:32 PM PST by Pelham (Islam, the mortal enemy of the free world)
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To: KoRn
Glenn Beck probably gets closer to the truth of the Obama administration that any other talk show host, and I listen to him daily for that reason; but his show has a few critical flaws:

1) Way too much self promotion. When I listen to an hour of his show, it breaks out as follows:
15 minutes of great monologue
15 minutes of advertisements
10 minutes of Glenn talking about whatever new book he has out that month
10 minutes of Glenn talking about whatever crappy stage show he has out
10 minutes of Glenn teasing you about how blown away you'll be if you tune in to watch his tv show later in the day.

2) Glenn should cut down on the frivolous banter with his two cohorts. It's a sad waste of time.

3) The intro to his show lasts way too long. You can switch to a different station and catch some news, come back to Glenn's show and the intro's still playing.

4) Someone needs to take Glenn aside and let him know he isn't even slightly funny and shouldn't try to be.

113 posted on 01/06/2011 8:50:51 PM PST by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: Junior_G
"The intro to his show lasts way too long. You can switch to a different station and catch some news, come back to Glenn's show and the intro's still playing."

That's the damn truth! I've actually changed stations during the intro before. lol He has to have the WORST intro music in all of talk radio too, and it lasts longer than when Hannity used to play TWO intro songs on his show.

114 posted on 01/07/2011 12:09:24 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KoRn
I’ve always found Beck’s radio show to be terribly lacking.

Yep, absent all the conspiracy theories about Beck being treated unfairly, he has steadily moved from conservative politics to Faith, Hope, and Charity (translate - here's more of my Mormon beliefs) over the past six months. I, for one, don't care for him on TV or radio anymore, and I use to record the TV show every day.

I truly think Beck could take a lesson from the 112th congress ...get back to the basics. Said differently, he would do well to get back on the horse that brought him to town in the first place.

115 posted on 01/07/2011 12:26:13 AM PST by The Citizen Soldier (Obama: All turban, no camels.)
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To: dynachrome
Rusty Humphries would be a heck of a lot better than Gallagher

What you said.

If not Rusty, then either Mike Church or Andrew Wilkow. On the other hand, I already listen to them on Sirius satellite radio.

116 posted on 01/07/2011 12:30:15 AM PST by The Citizen Soldier (Obama: All turban, no camels.)
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To: Huck

Unless Imus hangs up the hat for good, there’s no room for Beck at WABC.


117 posted on 01/07/2011 12:34:32 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Yeah, the jokes Hannity giggles about are inside jokes that the listener is unaware of. He’ll giggle about something they talked about at a staff meeting or something. I’ve also notice he tends to talk to female callers over anyone else, and then he reminds everyone that the evil, mouthbreathing liberals are his “friends”.


118 posted on 01/07/2011 12:38:10 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: Domandred

The reason his TV show is slightly different than the radio show is because there’s a slightly different audience (dare I say more mature) watching Fox News than are listening to his radio show. The demographic who listens to his radio show are the same demographic who watch Red Eye.


119 posted on 01/07/2011 12:43:15 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: ETL

Beck targets the paranoid freaks who think Al-Qaeda is lurking under a can of Folgers at Wal-Mart.


120 posted on 01/07/2011 1:00:36 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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