O'Reilly Brings The Factor to Radio

FoxNews ^ | 5/2/02 | FoxNews

[Elkiejg]

Fox News Channel star Bill O'Reilly is not going into radio alone.

O'Reilly — who will host The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly beginning May 8 — will share the mike with "some very bright women" for the first few months of the show.

And if he likes one, she may become a permanent co-host, he suggested yesterday.

"We're going to bring in the feminine point of view," he said. "We're going to give them a shot and see how it works for us."

O'Reilly said he has invited Sen. Hillary Clinton to be his first co-host — but had not heard back yet.

The show will air from 3 to 5 p.m. on WOR Radio in New York and KABC in Los Angeles among others — pitting O'Reilly against his Fox colleague Sean Hannity, whose show airs at the same time.

"I told Hannity it's my job to make his life as miserable as possible in all areas," O'Reilly joked with reporters yesterday.

"It's a lot of fun in this business to go up against the best; we're going to do our program and he'll do what he does," O'Reilly said. "It's just healthy competition and all the pros know that.

"Nobody is brooding about it. I'll mock him and he'll mock me. It will be a very interesting scenario."

Elsewhere around the country, O'Reilly will be going up against Rush Limbaugh in most markets.

The Post reported last November that O'Reilly was preparing to launch a radio version of his top-rated TV show, The O'Reilly Factor.

"We didn't target anybody to go up against," O'Reilly said. "I talked to [Limbaugh's brother and agent] David Limbaugh for a good half hour and told him that if Rush had any problem with this, if I'm giving him any angst at all . . . and he said Rush had no problem at all.

"If we're half as successful as he is, we'll be pleased."

O'Reilly's radio show will originate from a radio studio at Fox News Channel. He says the show will include listener phone calls and e-mails.

O'Reilly also said his radio show will be "a natural extension" of his nightly TV show.

"It's not going to be a political show — we're going to take the hottest story from The O'Reilly Factor and get everybody in the country and work to get in their views," O'Reilly said.

"It's a melding of radio and TV in the best possible way with immediacy," he said. "It's going to be an entertaining, informative two hours. We'll keep it moving quickly — and we're not going to take ourselves all that seriously."

Westwood One president Joel Hollander said he hopes "to have close to 100 affiliates" for O'Reilly's show by May.

"We really expect this to spread pretty quickly," Hollander said.

Fox News Channel is owned by News Corp., which also owns The New York Post and foxnews.com

Click <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,51692,00.html> here </a> for a list of Stations Carrying the Radio Factor With Bill O'Reilly. <p>

[Elkiejg]

Did a search for this, but didn't find previous post. Always like to see more honest people doing talk radio shows.

[Elkiejg]

OK my link for the radion stations doesn't work - what did I do wrong????

[princess leah]

Yes, the more people we can get on the radio that will expose the wrongs of society and our politicians, the more people will see them for who they are and start voting more intelligently...

[Elkiejg]

<A HREF="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,51692,00.html> here - to make links</A>

[Pokey78]

Click here

You left out a " after html.

[Elkiejg]

GRRRRRRRR - still doesn't work - sorry!

[montag813]

O'Reilly is a simple-minded blowhard with charisma. Nothing more.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"O'Reilly said he has invited Sen. Hillary Clinton to be his first co-host — but had not heard back yet."

More free air time for the witch.

[ErnBatavia]

Hannity is on KABC in Los Angeles from noon to 5pm; it's my understanding that Bill-O is going to be here from 9 to noon, on KABC, going up against El Rushbo, who's on competitor KFI. Anyhow, in L.A., O'Reilly won't be competing against Hannity as they're on the same station.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Fox News Channel is owned by News Corp., which also owns The New York Post and foxnews.com"

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[OldFriend]

Sounds like the exact format that Alan Keyes is using on MSNBC and frankly, I'd rather hear Keyes.

[ken5050]

Actually, we, the listeners, win this one, because with the 5-6 minute commerical blocks the stations use now....I just jump to another station.....

[MayflowerMadam]

Hope he doesn't bring on that Arthelle Neville bimbo who used to be on his TV show. She has no place in legitimate broadcasting -- probably the reason she left Fox for CNN. I do expect to hear her on the radio program, though; there seemed to be some major chemistry happening between them on TV.

[harpu]

This show will last about as long as Mario's failed attempt at radio lasted - NOT LONG! New Yorker's will listen to Sean Hannity over this moron, and the rest of the country will be listening to Rush.

The only affiliates O'Reilly will pick-up, will be in those liberal markets where the liberal station want to try to disrupt the 'Limbaugh Express!' WON'T HAPPEN - GONE BY YEAR END!

[FryingPan101]

I can't stand him anymore. Talk about a huge head. Our local station fired a local talk show host so they could bring in O'Reilly and put him up against Rush. Can't wait to see Rush eat him for brunch. It may take a couple weeks, but it will happen...as long as Rush doesn't bring Walter Williams on to sub for him.

[Bommer]

O'Reilly is pompus enough to think he can even compete with Rush? Guess whos going to get his ratings clocked cleaned in 3 months? He'll have to compete against Hannity (after Rush kicks his ego up his ass)to even stand a chance. Prediction: He fails miserably and 1 year from now is doing only TV.

[bybybill]

Damn, I wish he was going to do politics since Rush stopped talking about them after he joined the IDF

[Elkiejg]

Thanks Pokey - stupid me!!!!

[Inkie]

Agree with your take on OReilly. An ill-informed, self-aggrandizing, opportunistic blowhard.

[johnny7]

Oh yeah... he was good showing the Red Cross for the a-holes they were.

But now that he's busting his buttons, look for a “cross-fire” type radio show.

Maureen Dowd would fit right in. Dingy broad.

O'Reilly is solidifying into a block of media wood... a whore with no loyalties.

He was never a lit bulb, just a guy who would attack an issue.

He filled a purpose, but now it's up and up. I wish him well in his new endeavors.

We conservatives will suffer from this watering of talk radio. Be assured, O'Rielly wants money...

from anybody! He'd follow Hillary to the whitehouse as a speachwriter.