Montel Williams joins Air America

Radio Business Report.com ^ | 11 March, 2009 | none

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Air America Media (www.airamerica.com) has signed a multi-year deal with Montel Williams to host “Montel Across America,” debuting April 6. The program will air weekdays from 9am-12pm ET on radio stations across the country, and streamed live online.

“Montel is a multi-media star and a familiar name to millions of people across the country,” said Bennett Zier, Air America Media CEO. “The addition of Montel to our talent line-up is an important step for the continued growth of Air America, as we look to distribute Montel’s show across America.”

“After being on television for more than 17 years, I’m looking forward to engaging in lively conversations and interacting with the American public,” said Williams. “Air America is providing me with the perfect environment to do this every day from New York City, as well as reporting from cities around the world as a travelling correspondent.”

[mylife]

Morning sedition

[mylife]

Randi Rhodes was a AF enlistee

[Graybeard58]

“Montel is a 20-year Navy vet guys”

After 12 years of military service he departed as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montel_Williams#Military_career

[Neverforget01]

The commercial link is about halfway down on the left Obama Coin Commercial

[SubMareener]

Yes, and he was a Submarine Rider, so that makes this doubly disappointing.

[o_zarkman44]

“talent line-up”

now theres a stretch of descriptions.

Montel will be a hit with the dope smokers. So he won’t have to have a lot of subject matter.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So was the late Hunter S. Thompson, IIRC.

[mylife]

He was a sub rider?

[mylife]

WTF over?

[mylife]

Well, we have met all kinds in our travels I suppose

[o_zarkman44]

Montel does appear have a decent show that isn’t flaming.
Usually I am at work so his audience consists of non workers, retired, stay at home moms, and invalids.

I think the game show network cut into his ratings with the retired people. The baby network got the stay at home moms.
So non working and invalids...great audience for advertising revenue.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“.. the continued growth of Air America” is a negative number.

[NavyCanDo]

I'm trying to think of an equivalent stupid move a Conservative radio station could make, but its hard to think of a Republican personality that would be as big of flop. Oh I know, Garry Coleman the little guy from Different Strokes. He would be as big of flop as Montel will be on AirAmerika.

[JillValentine]

I know the feeling. I felt really burned when Tammy Duckworth went liberal.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

No matter what people think of him, a major part of his persona is his reactions and facial expressions. How they expect that to translate to radio is anybody’s guess.

Here's so more info on this story;

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2009/03/air-america-radio-hires-montel-williams.html

[Mike-o-Matic]

Heeeey, that’s great! Air America doesn’t run enough baby-mama paternity tests. Montel will fix that, pronto.

[Ticonderoga34]

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has just reported Dick Cheney directly managed assassinations while serving as vice president.

Seymour Hersh also said that the Bush Administration was going to reinstate the military draft and invade Iran......in June 2005.

[ari-freedom]

“Hopefully now that he’s in radio we no longer see him in those stupid pharmaceutical commercials.”

what? at least he was defending capitalism...

[dusttoyou]

Who is paying his contract?

We probably are, it could be he’s claiming some PSA.

[Waco]

His face makes him perfect for talk radio.