Billy Boy thought it was pretty funny, too.
Posted on 12/14/2005 7:53:50 AM PST by Revenge of Sith
LEGENDARY talk-radio titan Bob Grant is leaving WOR next month by what is said to be a "mutual agreement," The Post has learned. In a move sure to shock fans who made him New York's top-rated afternoon gabber for decades, Grant will do his last show of the year today, then take three weeks vacation and return for a final seven shows beginning Jan. 5. The station had planned to announce his departure after his vacation. WOR (710 AM) will replace Grant with chef Rocco DiSpirito, who was the central figure in NBC's star-crossed reality show, "The Restaurant," and who currently does "Food Talk" in the late morning. The move appears to be more about money than ratings. Grant has WOR's highest share of daytime audience, and DiSpirito nearly the lowest, but food shows — like the other specialty shows WOR carries — fetch premium rates from sponsors who target specialized, if smaller, audiences. "It's been a great almost-10 years, and I've really enjoyed it," Grant, 76, told The Post, indicating that retirement is an option. "I've been doing the 'Bob Grant Show' since 1963, and since 1970 in New York," he said. "Who knows. Maybe I'll write a book. Maybe I'll move to Florida. "Maybe somebody will make me an offer I can't refuse." The feisty and controversial Grant, who was mentored by rowdy-talk pioneer Joe Pyne at L.A.'s KABC, has been heard on all of New York's big talk stations — WMCA (twice), WOR (twice) and WABC, where he was fired in 1996 soon after making light of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's death in a plane crash. DiSpirito and WOR execs declined comment.
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A food show?
Billy Boy thought it was pretty funny, too.
Wonder if Grant's health is ok?
Also, "It's sick and getting sicker out there!"
He's one of the most literate and articulate of the talk show hosts; I'll miss him.
And who can forget how years ago the great Bob Grant used to sign off his show every day with his signature...GET KHADAFFI...GET HIM NOW!
Another (unfortunately accurate) Grant line from years ago:
"We're slipping and sliding to Third Worldism"
I am partial to "get off my phoooone", or "you fake, foney, fraud".
"And who can forget how years ago the great Bob Grant used to sign off his show every day with his signature...GET KHADAFFI...GET HIM NOW!"
Lol, yeah...
Grant spoke out against the involuntary demographic transformation of this country through massive third-world immigration for many years. He and others who have labored in the trenches for so long deserve credit for finally getting
immigration control on the national agenda.
I recently stumbled across his show.
I really enjoy it.
He's funny and he tells the truth.
It's sick out there and getting sicker.
How about:
"He's served notice on society that he's no longer fit to walk among us"
Eg: Tookie Williams
Yeah, WOR has a ton of unlistenable programs. Food, advice, etc.
If Rocco runs his show the way he ran his restaurant it won't last long. I was a great fan of the reality show based on his self-propelled crack-up. It was fascinating to watch this totally self-created and well deserved disaster in the making.
IMHO, WABC fired Bob Grant not because of what he said about Brown, but to make room for the young hipster, Sean Hannity. WABC just couldn't go to Grant and say, "You're fired because we want a younger guy," because that would have run afoul of Federal and State anti-descrimination laws. For those who never heard Bob Grant, he was a pioneer not only for conservative talk radio, but for all talk radio.
Anything funnier than a food show in drive time!!!!!
Guess they just couldn't put up with the conservative point of view any longer.
Bob Grant was the first talk show host to speak the truth about liberals.
Sad to see. I'll have to record the last week for posterity!
I always liked how most of his callers consistently called him 'Mr. Grant.' :-) That's RESPECT!
"Mario,...."
Grant was the first and still does a great show.
He was stabbed in the back by Christie Whitman when he got into politically correct trouble at his station.
This after he gave her total support when she ran for office.
When WABC gets unlistenable, I still turn to Grant for some good broadcasting.
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