"DC libs awready call it Wite Wing Wadio"
Posted on 08/29/2007 12:52:02 AM PDT by raccoonradio
Bonneville International Corp. will launch radio station WWWT to replace WTWP, its radio-station venture with The Washington Post that will end next month.
The new station will feature local and syndicated talk shows to replace programming provided by The Post. WWWT, dubbed "Talk Radio 3WT," will begin airing Sept. 20. WWWT will be simulcast on the same frequencies on which Washington Post Radio now airs: 1500 AM, 107.7 FM and 820 AM.
Bonneville has lined up four nationally syndicated programs for the station: three featuring conservative-libertarian personalities -- Neal Boortz, Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly -- and one with liberal Stephanie Miller. Reflecting its ideological diversity, the station's slogan will be, "Left, Right, and Whatever We Want."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Washington Com-Post’s radio experiment ended in failure...
More from the article:
“The station will air some programs that began under WTWP, including its locally originated morning program, hosted by David Burd and Jessica Doyle, and Pat Goss’s automotive program. The station also will continue to carry Nationals baseball games through the end of this season. The team has no radio or TV deals lined up for next year.
“As reported yesterday, WTWP, which features journalists from The Post, failed to generate enough interest from listeners and advertisers. It will end its run 18 months after signing on.
“In an e-mail message to The Post’s newsroom, Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. yesterday called Post Radio “a noble experiment.” He wrote that the station “had a loyal and enthusiastic core of listeners, whose numbers were growing, but that growth was not as rapid as we and Bonneville had hoped to see.”
“The newspaper does not expect to lay off any members of the small in-house department that helps produce The Post’s radio and TV projects.”
That's what they get for building a station of straw.
yitbos
It was supposed to be a 3 yr deal.
3 conservatives, 1 liberal. Guess who won’t have enough advertising revenue to support the program and will have to be supplemented by the rest?
Exactly! And if the station becomes a success due to the conservative talk hosts, the libs will claim it’s due to
their own Miller.
I would suggest a little better business plan. Air America found out that Left and Whatever We Want didn’t work. I’d suggest Left, Right and Whatever We Want won’t either.
What will work is Whatever the largest segment of the local listener’s want. And that’s probably going to turn out to be Right...
as long as the Nats games are still on. Liberalism makes everything boring, it was NPR without the Celestial Seasonings overtones. Good Riddance.
yitbos
...possibly into the hundreds.
The wopo could institute it's own fairness doctrine and have equal numbers. Why did they not do that? Hmmmm.
Stephanie Miller.
At least she's not the typical looking lib. Like Rosie, Whoopie, Jeanine, et. al.
Without either Laura, Hannity, or Rush, they will fail to get ratings. And it would just kill the management at WaPo to do it.
“and one with liberal Stephanie Miller.”
Who?
Dont breed liberal women.I dont care how good looking they are.From the eyes up does not think right.
No doubts there.
I’ve heard of the 3 conservatives. Other than Alan (Allen?) Colmes, I couldn’t name one lib talk radio host. Any others I could think of are just playing one.
Speaking strictly from an entertainment point of view, Stephanie Miller is a horrible choice, her show is one of the most obnoxious on the air, kinda like a really really bad morning show. There are much more entertaining liberal talk shows out there that would at least draw advertisers if not a few listeners also. Miller has a hard time drawing flies.
I like listening to David Burd (USMC Vet) and enjoyed him on WMAL, however with WaPo radio there are traffic reports at 15 and 45 after the hour.....to Dang infrequent for commuting in DC. In the morning traffic info is a MUST and WMAL and WTOP have it every 10 min (on the fives and eights) and thus I listen to them. Especially Fred and Andy. In the afternoons WaPo was deadly dull, newswriters make lousy on-air voices.
Liberals already have a network - it’s called National Public Radio.
BTW, who is Stephanie Miller? Never heard of her.
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