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WMAL’s Ham Abruptly Signs Off
FISHBOWLDC ^ | 3/6/12 | Betsy Rothstein

Posted on 03/06/2012 6:05:36 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks

So this is fishy.

WMAL’s Mary Katharine Ham has dropped off the airwaves. According to a letter she posted on her personal blog dated today, she’s elated not to have to wake up so obscenely early. She delicately explains why she and the station are parting ways:

“If you’re a regular listener, you may have noticed I wasn’t on the radio this morning on 105.9 FM WMAL, where I’m wont to be from 5-9 a.m. Alas, I won’t be there anymore, which means I didn’t have to get up at 3 a.m. today (Yay!), but also that I will miss the WMAL crew and my buddies Bryan and Brian who will carry on the morning show without me.

“The folks at the company had a vision for a different, independent role for me at the station, but we just weren’t able to come to an agreement that would make it work, so I’m off to do my other jobs. I’m constantly thankful I have the freedom to make decisions like that, and realize it’s a tremendous blessing to have such options.”

Ham will be on a plethora of Fox News programs this week including on The O’Reilly Factor tonight as well as Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: foxnews; marykatharineham; talkradio; wmal
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To: Clint N. Suhks; Perdogg

Meh.

She was a great analyst, but not radio material. She flubbed her lines a lot and was awful in the machinations of carrying a radio show (weather, traffic, radio call letters).

I wish her well, though. Her ‘niche’ seems to be writing and TV appearances.

Good Luck with your future endeavors, MK!!


41 posted on 03/06/2012 9:23:40 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: Clint N. Suhks; Perdogg

Meh.

She was a great analyst, but not radio material. She flubbed her lines a lot and was awful in the machinations of carrying a radio show (weather, traffic, radio call letters).

I wish her well, though. Her ‘niche’ seems to be writing and TV appearances.

Good Luck with your future endeavors, MK!!


42 posted on 03/06/2012 9:23:45 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: Hawthorn

Well put. English is a fun language.


43 posted on 03/06/2012 9:34:58 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (May Mitt Romney be the Paul Tsongas of 2012.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

I wonder if Mary Katherine’s parents were even slightly tempted to name her Virginia?


44 posted on 03/06/2012 9:38:07 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (May Mitt Romney be the Paul Tsongas of 2012.)
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To: cuban leaf

She’s also one of the “young guns” who make regular appearances on the Hugh Hewitt show. (Can you make an appearance on the radio?)


45 posted on 03/06/2012 9:41:55 AM PST by Ranald S. MacKenzie (It's the philosophy, stupid.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

More like the ‘Maul’....


46 posted on 03/06/2012 10:00:21 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: faucetman
O'Reilly interrupts her and talks over her all the time.

BOR does that to all his guests...even after telling them "I'll let you have the last word."

Don't know why he bothers to have guests at all.

47 posted on 03/06/2012 10:06:57 AM PST by Churchillspirit
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To: Truth29

I foresee a left turn if Obama gets reelected.


48 posted on 03/06/2012 10:07:47 AM PST by newnhdad (Soylent green is people..)
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To: Tax-chick

Didja see the video she made a few years ago when she pretended to drop a puppy off a high-story balcony? I laughed at the video for a week.


49 posted on 03/06/2012 10:20:20 AM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: Cyber Liberty

No, I missed that. (And JohnnyZ didn’t have a crush on her - it must have been one of the other NC guys.)


50 posted on 03/06/2012 10:25:02 AM PST by Tax-chick (Maybe it IS about contraception. Read "Planned Parenthood v. Casey" decision, 1992.)
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To: cuban leaf
IMHO, here is the piece that put Mary Katherine Ham on the map! I couldn't/still can't imagine someone seeing this and still voting for the bamster.

Obama On Your Shoulder

Regards,

TS

51 posted on 03/06/2012 10:37:15 AM PST by The Shrew (www.wintersoldier.com; www.tstrs.com; The Truth Shall Set You Free!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

She definitely had a tough time initially and even recently sounded awkward making commercials. But she was learning.

Now if they just get rid of that liberal Nehman....


52 posted on 03/09/2012 3:42:51 AM PST by FUBO (and EFF EWE Al Gore)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Or Honey.


53 posted on 03/09/2012 3:53:34 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: FUBO

Nehman is good at the machinations of running a radio show and a radio station too, IMO.

I’ve always liked him.

Liberal — yes.

But, he’s ok otherwise. I’ll keep him.


54 posted on 03/09/2012 10:08:03 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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