Andrew Wilkow Live Show Thread 01/15/06 (10:00 a.m.

1 posted on 01/15/2006 7:01:43 AM PST by AliVeritas

To: xcamel; Solamente; milford421; andyssister; varmintxer; who knows what evil?; mware; ...

2 posted on 01/15/2006 7:03:06 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

Wilkow first came to the attention of WABC Program Director Phil Boyce when he was doing a mid-day rock show on a Hartford FM music station. Boyce heard the show, and wasn't that impressed with the music, but liked the 2 to 4 minute rants from Wilkow, that ran the gammit from "getting stuck in traffic" to what he thought about female liberalism. "I thought if he could do that for 2 to 4 hours instead of 2 to 4 minutes, we might be able to turn him into a talk show host," said Boyce, who began using Wilkow on the weekends as a sub host.

Wilkow loved the new freedom of talk radio, where he did not have to shutup and start playing more rock music every few minutes. He also loved the outspoken and often controversial callers that lined up to get on the air when he was doing a show. WABC decided to find a spot for the rocker....who wanted to be a talker. That was right about the time that his FM rocker in Hartford changed formats to country, leaving Wilkow out of a fulltime job.

Word soon spread however about his stints on WABC, and soon WGY in Albany came calling, and offered Wilkow the fulltime talk show gig he had been craving, and allowed him to continue his weekend shows on WABC. WGY is no stranger to providing talented hosts to WABC, as it once was the home of Mike Gallagher, who enjoyed several very successful years on WABC after his WGY days.

Wilkow is not sure where this wild radio ride will taken him, but he seems happy to have survived the format slippery slope that radio can often become. He's now living his dream of turning his early rock radio experience into that of a successful talk show host, and loves his weekend show on WABC, the most listened to talk station in the nation.

3 posted on 01/15/2006 7:06:38 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

Call in number: 1-800-848-WABC

4 posted on 01/15/2006 7:07:40 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

Good morning Ali. Thanks for the ping. Hopefully my kids will go play in the snow so I can listen for awhile. :)

5 posted on 01/15/2006 7:16:01 AM PST by andyssister

Hopefully my kids will go play in the snow so I can listen for awhile. :)

Here's how that goes...

"Get out of the house and play in the snow!"

6 posted on 01/15/2006 7:18:34 AM PST by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing. Become a Monthly Donor!)

Famous last words. Oh blessed hope... for one moment.
I know the feeling.

7 posted on 01/15/2006 7:23:14 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

I'll give it a shot but they're still young enough to want me to join them for EVERY single adventure!!

8 posted on 01/15/2006 7:23:32 AM PST by andyssister

Punk Rock is dead
Michael Graves

Need that website again Andrew... I got a design company.
Hopefully it's on Conservative Punk

9 posted on 01/15/2006 7:27:06 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

Andrew... please address the grilling of Alito. There are no words. The MSM were unbelievable.

10 posted on 01/15/2006 7:28:03 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

Believe it or not... you'll miss that one day.

11 posted on 01/15/2006 7:28:49 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

How about Tom and Katie Andrew... can you go there?

That was the question I would've loved to hear on Roe and fallout... the cost in Medicaid.

12 posted on 01/15/2006 7:30:45 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

I know. Not looking forward to the day that they become mono-syllabic teens!

13 posted on 01/15/2006 7:39:49 AM PST by andyssister

14 posted on 01/15/2006 7:42:27 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

"liberals suffer from social munchausen"(sp)? Love it!

15 posted on 01/15/2006 7:45:10 AM PST by andyssister

"liberals suffer from social munchausen"(sp)? Love it!

16 posted on 01/15/2006 7:45:10 AM PST by andyssister

That's a tag line for sure.

17 posted on 01/15/2006 7:51:27 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

Andrew is a blue twisted steel conservative with a rapier wit!

18 posted on 01/15/2006 8:00:58 AM PST by Solamente

Indeed. That caller had some nice ones too.

19 posted on 01/15/2006 8:04:16 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

Impaling party? ROFL!

20 posted on 01/15/2006 8:11:49 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

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