CARRY BOB GRANT BACK TO WABC' RADIO

NY Post ^ | September 11, 2006 | By JOHN MAINELLI

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September 11, 2006 -- IF Sean Hannity has his way, talk-radio titan Bob Grant will return from his WABC "exile" soon.

Grant, 76, was abruptly fired 10 years ago - right after Disney bought ABC - for making a wisecrack about the death of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown in a plane crash.

Now, WABC is awaiting the closing of a Disney deal to sell ABC's radio division to Citadel Broadcasting - which could open the door for Grant's return.

[kellynla]

I vote for George Putnam. :-]

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Why was John Batchelor dropped by WABC Radio?"
http://pundita.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-was-john-batchelor-dropped-by-wabc.html

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What did he say about Brown that got him fired?

Connect it to Clinton?

[Uncledave]

"It's your voice....use it!!"

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He call Brown a phony and it something about it could not happen to a...

Anyway Al Sharpton raised a stinked and Bob was let go!

[Mr_Moonlight]

GET OFF MY PHONE, YOU CREEP !!!

Gotta love ol' Bob ... didn't take s**t from nobody :)

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lately too much sports and infomercials the future don't look that good for Talk Radio

After all ABC already has 1050 on the dial for sports!

[kjo]

Read "Ron Brown's Body" (can't remember the author). You can order it through Barnes/Noble. I don't know about Amazon. Brown was apparently still alive when somebody put a bullet through his head at the crash site. His x-rays have disappeared.

An amazing read. Many, many questions about the crew, plane, flightplan which led to Brown's death. He was about to turn on Clinton to keep his kid out of jail.

Another notch on Clinton's gun. How many has he had killed? Estimates range from two to over a dozen.

[mware]

He wouldnt be the first talk show host to lose their job because of Clinton.

Richard Bey had just renewed his contract when he had Jennifer Flowers as a guest. He was warned not to have her on the show but decided to have her as a guest anyway.

The next day they told him he was fired.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Actually it was something to the effect of "when Ron Brown's plane crashed I heard that there was one survivor, but I'm a pessimist at heart"

.... something like that ......

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Sailing on to media suicide
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48903

Good old Ann Compton, the long-time voice on ABC radio and TV news, showed just how single-minded and out of touch the Old Media are.

She's part of it.

She's also out of it, was made the fool, and did it to herself.

With perhaps the most important news story of the day sitting out there, just waiting to be reported, she didn't have a clue and admitted it on radio for all to hear.

It was beautiful!

Compton was a guest of John Gambling on New York's WABC Radio last Thursday. They talked about Dick Cheney's hunting accident and Compton was intense about the news coverage.

Then Gambling asked what else was news at the White House?

Gambling's next question burst that balloon: "Is anybody talking about ... the Dubai Ports World Corporation running our major ports in the United States? You know anything about that?"

Compton's response along with nervous laughter: Whoops.

Gambling said reporters should get that story.

Compton: "Well, send me a quick e-mail, John. It sounds like something I need to see."

Uh, yes Ann. It is, but she'll depend on a radio host sending an e-mail about a $6.8 billion dollar deal that affects the security of the United States. In fact, ABC radio had nothing on it even two days later.

Good grief, Ann, you could at least have said you'd check into it and follow the tip. Your response shows that you and virtually every ABC reporter is a drone of the assignment desks. Those editors and producers decide what is news and the reporter is simply the means of getting it packaged to put on the air or in the paper.

What was the story they missed in their frantic coverage of Dick Cheney?

[Dad yer funny]

I would welcome the return of the VERY knowledgeable Bob Grant

... he wouldn't let the Wilson-Plame-Fitzgerald-Schumer scandal fade

... Bob Grant had Ed Klein on his show , when The Truth About Hillary was being supressed by most of the Antique/DriveBy MSM

"hey Bob , invite me to the Rio , I won't bug you , promise!"

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Index of moments in ABC TALK RADIO
http://www.hannity.com/forum/archive/index.php/f-10.html

[Solamente]

If they send John Gambling back to WOR, and shave an hour or two from Curtis & Kuby...!

[surrey]

I'd like to see them give Steve Malzberg his late night spot back.

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WOR is a cheap they don't want to pay their host good!

John is good at local news he should try for FOX channel 5 because he got the connection to get the news for NYC

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By 9 AM the radio hog Curtis should go home!

[nickcarraway]

No. When the first reports of the crash came in, before they knew exactly what happened, he said: "My hunch is Brown is the one survivor. I just have that hunch. Maybe it's because at heart I'm a pessimist."

[FormerACLUmember]

"Get off my PHONE, you fake phony fraud!"

"Straight ahead"

"Your influence counts ... use it!"

"And let's be heard! Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to another hour of the free and open exchange of ideas in the belief that as American citizen you have the right to hear, and to be heard."

"And what's on your mind today, heh?"

"Someone's got to say these things, it has to be me!"

Grant was also known for the derogatory names he gave certain public officials he did not like when referring to them on his show, such as Jim "Flim-Flam" Florio, Liz "Hatchet-Face, the Face-That-Could-Stop-a-Runaway-Train" Holzmann, Jimmy "I'll-Never-Lie-To-You" Carter, Dave "The Attendant-at-the-21-Club" Dinkins, Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy, Al "Sharpie" Sharpton, and "Jessie Jerkson". When bored with that, Grant, an Italian American, used several Italian almost-obscene phrases for the same purpose, such as calling Mario Cuomo "the Sfachim" or "il Supremo". It is a sign of his influence and power that both Florio and Cuomo cited Grant's merciless attacks as being instrumental in costing them their respective gubernatorial elections.

About society, "It's sick out there, and getting sicker," he would intone, or "We are sliding down a slippery slope, and there's no climbing back up." Callers were not spared either. Grant often would ask a caller to come to the studio in person "so that I can punch your dumb nose right down your dumb throat!" "Why don't you go gargle with a cup of razor blades," he would suggest to others.

A typical exchange with a caller: Grant: "Where are you from, Pal?" Caller:"Brooklyn, Bob," in a heavy accent. Grant: "No, I mean before you came to my country. Where were you born?" Caller:"I was born here in Brooklyn, Bob," accent just as pronounced. Grant: "Yeah, right, get off my phone, you creep!"