WWWT Talk Radio to Replace Post's Programming (Boortz, O'Reilly, Beck, Steph Miller)

Washington (Com)Post ^ | 8/29/07 | Paul Farhi

[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."

[MinuteGal]

Miller, 46, is from Lockport, New York. She's a comedian (Laugh Factory, etal) and has had a talk show in LA.

Talkers Magazine ranks her the 36th most important talk show host in 2007.

She's the daughter of former U.S. Representative William E. Miller who was Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election.

On April 30, 2007 through May 2, 2007, Miller filled in for the recently fired Don Imus. She and her staff received generally favorable reviews for their appearance.

She has never been married.

Leni

[Christian4Bush]

"DC libs awready call it Wite Wing Wadio"

"Wascawwy wetched wibewals! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

[raccoonradio]

Her dad was on one of the first American Express commercials:
“Hello, do you know me?” Definitely on the left side of
the aisle...she does a segment of comedy bits about the news
“Stand Up News”. Her former show (which ended around 2000)
used to air on stations like WRKO in Boston, at night.

The loss of several Air America stations (Boston, Burl VT,
Akron, etc.) meant she lost quite a few affiliates (though
Burl VT picked her show up again recently)

[raccoonradio]

I did listen to WaPo radio last year when I visited DC,
but only to hear the Nationals game I was attending (on
a Walkman). They have been re-running Nats games in the
middle of the night (1500 signal does very well at night)
though I’m hearing the games may move elsewhere next year.

[raccoonradio]

>>one of the most obnoxious on the air,

but liberals love that stuff (and also Olbermann) because it reflects their viewpoints. Talk radio is one medium that libs have had a tough time cracking and they embrace whatever
they can. I’m surprised Rosie O’D hasn’t tried to do a show yet. Boy, she’d make a WHALE of a talk show host :)

[brannon]

they weren’t listening in droves.

[raccoonradio]

This is why a few Air America stations wound up dumping it for conservative hosts (most changed to sports). Stations in Columbus OH and Providence
RI come to mind. The one in RI currently has the likes
of Quinn and Rose, Hannity, and Mark Levin. I remember when the prog dir of that station, WHJJ, admitted “The Air
America experiment is over”. The ratings had plummeted
under Franken et al.

[raccoonradio]

for the rest of this year, the Nats will def be on, but I read somewhere that the deal expires and who knows who will pick them up next year.
While I’m not a DC area resident (am in Boston) I do know of a site covering DC radio and TV and it might reveal who gets the Nats next year: http://dcrtv.com/

or certainly the local papers would say

[puroresu]

I saw Miller on a cable TV talk show one night. She’s arrogant as hell. Obnoxious, too. Her entire schtick is that the GOP has been taken over by the “radical religious right” and that in her father’s day the GOP was “tolerant”. Like Bill Moyers, she has a mythical view of the past, acting as if abortion, homosexuality, and public nudity were accepted, cherished institutions until Jerry Falwell & Ronald Reagan rose to power in 1980.

Try as I might, I can find no record of her father promoting abortion or homosexuality during his political career. He was a rock solid GOP conservative from the Buffalo area of New York. Yet she rants on and on about how, by opposing abortion and same sex “marriage”, the religious right has stolen the GOP away from people like her father.

It reminds me of Moyers’ idiotic assertion that when he first got involved in politics in Texas back in the fifties, you didn’t see politicians trying to ban abortion or same sex “marriage” like you do today. He says this is proof that Taliban-like fanatics have taken over the GOP. Uh, Bill, the reason you didn’t see politicians talking about abortion or homos circa 1956 is because abortion was illegal and same sex “marriage” wasn’t even on the radar screen. Even Democrats took a conservative position on those issues back then.

[Duke Nukum]

Her eyes look a bit filled with madness to me.

[raccoonradio]

sounds like a daughter rebelling against her dad’s
politics...like Rebecca diMornay, the actress daughter
of the late Wally George.

>>Even Democrats took a conservative position on those issues back then.

Yes there were such things as conservative Dems once.
Miller has probably gotten more and more angry on air but
libs LOVE to hear from fellow angry libs (lib talk radio’s failure
is basically its blend of conspiracy theory ranters,
NPR-style snoozers, and unfunny comedians.)

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

As is her soul,if she has one anymore.

[Just Lori]

WTWP, which features journalists from The Post, failed to generate enough interest from listeners and advertisers.

People DO get tired of listening to whiners.

[Just Lori]

Whatever THEY accuse US of, you can bet they’re looking in a twisted mirror.

[DoughtyOne]

I could live with it...

[DoughtyOne]

I too think she’s attractive, but oh what a headache.

[DoughtyOne]

I’m not quite sure why Franken became so popular as a comedian. His Saturday Night Live stint was minimal and not all that funny. His act had it’s moments, but it wasn’t A material by any means IMO.

Then he was placed on the Radio as if he actually had something relevant to say. Instead he spouted material convincingly that revealed not only he himself wasn’t relevant, but the left as a whole was made up in large part by hyenas and chimpanzees.

They may be nice as a neighbor, but as a leader or a contributor to an intellectual subject, they were by appearances just stunted, no growth in decades.

[DoughtyOne]

BTW, I meant to say I agreed with your comments and found them informative, but I goofed. Heh heh heh...

Take care.

[ReagansRaiders]

newswriters make lousy on-air voices

In other words, while some people have a face for radio, these dorks have a voice for newsprint.