Posted on 04/06/2012 7:56:02 AM PDT by Til I am the last man standing
RINO Radio? Republican In Name Only Radio? Taking on… Rush Limbaugh???????? And demeaning the audience of one's would-be customers… this is a business proposition? Seriously? There's two parts of this discussion: talk radio and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
You should post the correct title:
“Huckabee Stars in RINO radio.”
“Huckabee Stars in RINO radio.”
Make that Gomer..
Rush gave us Romney.
You can take this to the bank.
Therefore, Rush = RINO.
“Rush gave us Romney.
You can take this to the bank.”
Of the first tier pundits, Levin alone gave him any resistance as far as I can tell.
But let’s take the view from 30,000 feet.
Stories about “Dickey brothers vs conservatives” or “Rush vs Huckabee” are very likely to be Alinsky style propaganda.
It’s the replacement of ideas with personalities. Personalize, politicize, polarize.
Don’t fall for it.
The day my radio station replaces Rush with that idiot Huckabee is the day I stop listening. If Rush is replaced for poltical reasons, whatever station dropped him would see a decrease in the listenership lower than Death Valley. Which is where a lot of conservatives would like to place Huckabee.
Huckabee is in the same class of radio as Al Franken.
“The day my radio station replaces Rush with that idiot Huckabee is the day I stop listening.”
I like Huckabee’s little 2 minute interludes that are clearly modelled on Paul Harvey’s short narratives. That is about it. But an hour? Put it on late at night to assist those with insomnia.
Why don't you articulate it, instead of making these vague insinuations and cryptic comments.
I don't like anything about that banjo-pickin' clown.
Air-America failed in Dallas. Our home grown commies Bishop and Hancock failed in Dallas. The common sense republican that ran with Bishop and Hancock failed in Dallas. RINO’s will fail in Dallas. The postings were there to prop up my case for the “vague insinuations and cryptic comments” I made.
If Rush is gone you can bet Levin will be as well. He doesn’t fit the “more conservative, less confrontation” hogwash the Dickey Brothers are spreading.
All,
This is much ado about nothing. The author of the American Spectator article misses the entire point of the Huckabee rollout.
It’s about one thing and one thing only....Money.
Lew and John Dickey are part of a radio family that goes back to its roots in their father’s operation Midwestern Broadcasting that owned 2 stations in the Toledo Market.
Lew went off to start Stratford Research after college and John joined him. Two other brothers, Michael, David, and their sister were involved in the operation of the Toledo station when their dad and mom retired to Florida.
Dad fell into an opportunity to pick up WCNN in Atlanta for a good price, Lew and John talked a public employees’ retirement system to back them and Cumulus Media was formed.
Since they were buying radio stations as fast as they could get FCC approval, they had (have) a huge amount of debt. So the biggest cost for any radio station is on-air personnel.
That’s why there is such a push to syndication. It’s cheaper to have one personality cover multiple markets. Since Cumulus recently absorbed Citidel which owns WABC (New York)and WJR (Detroit) the easiest way to pay down your debt is to install your own syndicated personality.
If you replace Rush with Huckabee, you not only own the station, you own the syndication. That’s why the push to replace Rush with Huck. He is safe.
The fallacy of the argument is Rush still has a contract with stations in major markets (WABC) and Cumulus will have to honor those contracts thru 2013. They WILL roll-out Huckabee in smaller markets as they can. He is supposed to start on 180 stations. He will be killed by Rush ratings wise and will either have his time slot moved to go against a lesser personality or will be shopped as a conservative commentator that can be tape-delayed and played at a day-part of the stations choosing, ie: overnights and weekends.
Frankly, I don’t see him surviving a year. Huckabee would have a difficult time going against Art Bell / George Noory and Coast to Coast.
From what I hear, his show is going to be modeled after his Fox TV show with a mix of talk, guests, and music.
I’m sure Rush is quaking in his boots.
All,
This is much ado about nothing. The author of the American Spectator article misses the entire point of the Huckabee rollout.
It’s about one thing and one thing only....Money.
Lew and John Dickey are part of a radio family that goes back to its roots in their father’s operation Midwestern Broadcasting that owned 2 stations in the Toledo Market.
Lew went off to start Stratford Research after college and John joined him. Two other brothers, Michael, David, and their sister were involved in the operation of the Toledo station when their dad and mom retired to Florida.
Dad fell into an opportunity to pick up WCNN in Atlanta for a good price, Lew and John talked a public employees’ retirement system to back them and Cumulus Media was formed.
Since they were buying radio stations as fast as they could get FCC approval, they had (have) a huge amount of debt. So the biggest cost for any radio station is on-air personnel.
That’s why there is such a push to syndication. It’s cheaper to have one personality cover multiple markets. Since Cumulus recently absorbed Citidel which owns WABC (New York)and WJR (Detroit) the easiest way to pay down your debt is to install your own syndicated personality.
If you replace Rush with Huckabee, you not only own the station, you own the syndication. That’s why the push to replace Rush with Huck. He is safe.
The fallacy of the argument is Rush still has a contract with stations in major markets (WABC) and Cumulus will have to honor those contracts thru 2013. They WILL roll-out Huckabee in smaller markets as they can. He is supposed to start on 180 stations. He will be killed by Rush ratings wise and will either have his time slot moved to go against a lesser personality or will be shopped as a conservative commentator that can be tape-delayed and played at a day-part of the stations choosing, ie: overnights and weekends.
Frankly, I don’t see him surviving a year. Huckabee would have a difficult time going against Art Bell / George Noory and Coast to Coast.
From what I hear, his show is going to be modeled after his Fox TV show with a mix of talk, guests, and music.
I’m sure Rush is quaking in his boots.
What makes you think Rush and Levin are in danger of “being gone”?
That’s why I posted the Jeffery Lord piece.
Hey...Rush will just move over to the Clear Channel station and be able to use the “Rush Radio” tag they developed for Clear channel...no big deal
Dang. Your post was far more informative than Lord’s long article, which didn’t even approch the question in the article’s title “Who are the Dickey brothers...”
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