THE GREATEST RADIO HOST IN THE WORLD, and the BIGGEST MORONS I EVER HEARD OF

[Cinnamon Girl]

The most brilliant, the most eloquent, the most entertaining talk show host on the air today, Michael Medved, has had his show spiked like a so-called meat burger in a middle school cafeteria dumpster. Apparently, his so-called home station in Seattle decided that Michael needed to be replaced by the Sean Hannity show.

I guess it shouldn't matter to me as long as I can still hear Michael every day, but after hearing his inspirational, and astounding holiday special today about "G-d's Hand in American History," I can't imagine that any station manager with a brain in his head would want to give this guy up.

[Mr. Mojo]

You wouldn't be dissing El Rushbo because of his constant (and unfavorable) mentioning of "soccer moms" would you?

;)

[Hank Rearden]

All Hannity does is push his damn book, hour after hour. It's boooooring.

Heard Medved's surprise signoff Friday on KVI; he'll be missed. Hannity blows by comparison, and anybody who really wants to know what he has to say can tune into Fox News - it's always the same topics as the radio show. And these days, it's nothing but pushing the stupid damn book!!!!!!

Arrgh.

[soccermom]

Nahhhh......Where do you think I first heard the term?

[soccermom]

In all fairness, ALL hosts push their books. Medved will even trumpet his "shameless plugs". Why does EVERYBODY think he has to write book?

[Mr. Mojo]

The liberal media EXCORIATED We Were Soldiers (as expected). I thought it was one of Gibson's best efforts, and up there with the best war films of the past couple decades.

[soccermom]

I'd rather watch him on Fox News. Hannity is pretty to look at, but his radio show offers nothing new.

[soccermom]

Yep -- it was, without a doubt, the best portrayl of Vietnam. (Not that I was there!) But that scene of him praying with his kids at night reminded me soooooo much of my childhood. Not that I was child when my dad was in Nam. I was conceived when he came home.

[Mr. Mojo]

Hannity blows by comparison (to Medved)

I hear you. Hannity is ill-informed, needlessly combative, conspicuously self-serving, and not too bright. He's downright unlistenable on the radio. I put Bill O'Reilly in the same boat, and I'd add a few more adjectives.

The only show on FOX that I enjoy is Special Report with Brit Hume. He's a truly professional newsman and commentator.

[GaryMontana]

Sadly Radio stations, like KVI, are only about making money.

You should not be loyal to a radio station.

If a monkey on the radio would get great raitings and advertising dollars, they would put a monkey on.

KVI is, like every other station, only intrested in money (so is NPR -- National PUKE RADIO).


I wish the radio stations here in Montana would put Chuck Harder on the airwaves. Chuck Harder makes both Medved and Hannity look like a mere amateur.

Perhaps you can listen to Medved through the internet.

[soccermom]

Well, this has been fun, but I need to turn in now and dream about MEL.............................just kidding! Goodnight all.

[restornu]

He is national and he used to be a guest-host for Rush, until he got his own national show. Rush is very insecure about such things. He won't let anyone with a national show guest-host for him.

That's not true Rush Noon-3:00 pm and Sean 3:00-6:00 pm both come out of 770 WABC NYC

THE BEST RADIO STATION IN NORTH AMERICA!

SEAN ~ FOXNEWS 9 PM nightly

[RonDog]

From http://www.michaelmedved.com/cgi-bin/mdv_ifetch?medved_data+10+HTML:

A message to KVI radio listeners

Affiliation News August 30, 2002

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CONCERNING MICHAEL MEDVED’S DEPARTURE FROM KVI

After six spectacularly successful Seattle years, the Michael Medved Show has been abruptly dropped by KVI Radio. One of my regrets about this situation is the inability to speak directly to my listeners about this change in my life, and in your daily radio schedule. Though I won’t get the chance to answer your questions during my broadcast, I can do so here. I’m enormously grateful for the opportunity I’ve enjoyed since July 1996, to speak with so many thousands of you every weekday from noon to three, and I look forward to further conversation.

Q: Michael, did you choose to end your association with KVI?
A: Absolutely not. I love the station, my on-air colleagues, and most of all, the listeners. I would have gladly continued to broadcast my show on KVI from noon till three, just as I have for the last six years. Unfortunately, KVI made a unilateral decision, without consulting me at any time, to drop the live broadcast of the show.

Q: Was the decision based on ratings?
A: You can’t make that argument credibly. My show has consistently earned the best ratings for any show originating at KVI — only Rush Limbaugh regularly wins a larger audience share. If they decided to replace a show based solely on ratings, they would have replaced Hannity, Carlson or Kirby before they dropped me.

Q: KVI says you were offered the 6 to 9 PM time slot as an alternative to 12 to 3. Why didn’t you take it rather than leaving the station?
A: Our show is broadcast across the United States, in more than 130 markets. That means that we go out live at noon Pacific time — and we couldn’t change the schedule of live broadcast simply to suit the whim of KVI. If I took the 6 to 9 slot, you would have heard merely a taped, “canned” version of my show — allowing no live participation from Seattle callers. I value my Seattle callers far too much to give them up.

Q: Do you feel that KVI really wanted you to take the early evening slot?
A: No. When KVI abruptly announced the termination of our live show, they also told us we could no longer broadcast from the KVI studios. This meant that even if we agreed to let KVI air tapes of our show in the early evening, or went along with other possible arrangements we later discussed, we’d have to find some other station to host our live broadcast. Part of what I always valued about my association with KVI was the feeling of “family” that prevailed at the station, working in the hallways, offices and studios with people I liked and respected. Even if we accepted another time slot, with our show tape-delayed and no Seattle callers, that sense of collegiality and team work would be gone -- since KVI demanded that we find another station or studio from which to broadcast our show. They also indicated they would cut off my family’s medical insurance plan, my 401K and other benefits, even if I accepted their proposal.

Q: Was there any secret conflict behind the scenes that led to this decision?
A: If so, I was totally unaware of it – and am still unaware of any such conflict. I enjoyed a wonderful working relationship with my on-air colleagues as well as with the management at KVI until the day in August that Rob Dunlop and Paul Duckworth telephoned my syndicator with the shocking, totally unexpected news that they had decided to drop live broadcast of my show.

Q: Doesn’t this decision reduce the local focus of KVI?
A: Absolutely. My show goes out across the United States, but I’ve always been proud to discuss the fact that I live and work in Seattle, and used local examples to illustrate national issues. Now Kirby and John are left as the only Seattle-based hosts on this radio station, surrounded by big blocks of programming from New York and San Francisco. KVI used to run an ad that asked, “Who’s got the best line up this side of Safeco Field?” I’m not sure that these hosts in other cities even know where — or what — Safeco Field is.

Q: What’s next for the Michael Medved show?
A: We will continue to broadcast across the country, live every weekday from noon till three. We are adding important new affiliates every week — recently picking up Washington DC, Detroit, and Cleveland, Long Island/New York, Sioux City Iowa, Albuquerque and Amarillo.

Q: Will you continue to do the show from Seattle, despite KVI’s decision to make facilities unavailable to you?
A: Certainly. For me, and for Diane and the children as well, the Northwest is our home and we love it here. We’ve put down deep roots in the area, with our many friends and connections to the community. Though it may be inconvenient to broadcast in the Seattle area for the next few months while we’re off the air here, we will continue to do so. We won’t allow a decision by KVI executives to uproot the lives we’ve built here.

Q: Will we be able to continue listening to the show in Seattle?
A: Yes, if you are connected to the internet. Between September 1, 2002, and January 1, 2003, the show will be available in Seattle only on the internet — where it’s streamed live every day at www.krla870.com and www.dcradio700.com. According to market research, 85% of our listeners are regular internet users. This means that most of you can continue to listen—and to call in live, at 1-800-955-1776.

Q: Why won’t the show air immediately on another local station?
A: Because of a “non-compete” clause in our contracts with KVI — a clause that prevents the show from airing on any other station in the Seattle market for six months. In our negotiations for a termination agreement, the KVI management did agree to cut two-months off our period of “exile” — so we’ll only be off the air in Seattle for four months, instead of six.

Q: When does the Michael Medved show go back on the air in Seattle?
A: At the very beginning of the New Year—January 2, 2003. We’ll be live as part of an impressive line-up at a new Seattle alternative in conservative talk. Please check our website (www.michaelmedved.com) for announcements and details. We will not disappear from Seattle radio, and beginning with the New Year I hope our listeners will take the trouble to find us. IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO NOTIFY YOU VIA EMAIL, ENTER YOUR EMAIL BELOW.

Q: Will Darth Sytman, Jeremy Steiner “Pride of Hillsdale College” and Fawn Rainforest continue to be part of the show?
A: Absolutely. Dan and Jeremy are the best producers in radio – with no exceptions – and I couldn’t do this job without them.

Q: Are you angry at this turn of events?
A: I’m more disappointed than angry. I’m also, quite frankly, surprised — since the KVI team of on-air talent had always functioned so well together, earned such substantial profits for the station, and established an unusually strong bond with the listeners. I will miss the station, and I know that many listeners will miss me.

Q: Are you a victim?
A: I am not a victim! Remember, that’s one of the mottos of the Michael Medved show. Even after going off the air on KVI, I get the privilege of holding down one of the best jobs in the world, broadcasting live every day to nearly two million people. The real victims here are my listeners in Seattle, who’ll have to improvise, or turn to the internet, for four months until they can easily hear the Michael Medved show again. I’m confident that those listeners are smart and committed enough to appreciate our show—and smart and committed enough to find it again when it comes back on the air on a major station on January 1, 2003.

Q: How can listeners contact KVI to express their reaction to this decision?
A: You can call the station management (Paul Duckworth, Program Director, or Rob Dunlop, General Manager) at 206-223-5700. These calls will register more clearly than calls to the KVI comment line. You can also write to the management at KVI Radio at 1809 Seventh Ave., Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98101.

Q: How should we stay in touch with the Michael Medved Show?
A: Please use our website www.michaelmedved.com. We post new movie reviews every week, along with articles, columns, commentaries, and updates on my speaking and public appearance schedule. If you send us emails about the Seattle situation, we will be happy to keep you updated on our future broadcast location. If you can make it to some local event here in Seattle, come up and say hello. But above all, stay in touch. I hope that you will enjoy a busy and productive Fall and Holiday Season, and I’ll be back on the air with all of you at the first of the year, on an exciting new affiliate with a dynamic conservative lineup, broadcasting again to the Greatest Region, in the Greatest Nation on God’s Green Earth. Upward and Onward!

Michael Medved

[Hank Rearden]

You're right there; Special Report is by far the best Fox show and Hume is their best talent. O'Reilly and Hannity & Commie are both on their last legs with me - just like All in the Family reruns . . . . once you figure it out, it's nothing but yelling all the time and it doesn't wear well at all.

[Captainpaintball]

I got it! You are a spurned caller mad at Rush because of the constant rejections by his call screener.

You used to call up every day with some earth shattering revelation or unbelievably intelligent analysis of the day's topics. You desperately wanted to hear yourself on the radio as well.

What you thought were "brilliant observations" were likely redundant at best (and incoherently inane at worst) ramblings to the call screener.

you couldn't believe Rush and his call screeners were so "stupid" to ignore you--and you eventually, thankfully, gave up.

I also think you are angry over his well-deserved trashing of soccer moms.

"As Rush says, the purpose of the caller is to make the host look good." Sure sounds insecure to me.

You also do not understand Rush's sense of humor. What you see as insecurity, long time LISTENERS know as his tongue-in-cheek bluster. Put the phone down and try listening to the show, it's more enjoyable that way.

But that's OK, I don't expect a soccer mom to understand this. In fact, you win. I give up.

[WaterDragon]

I recently read the book We Were Soldiers Once, and Young and pretty near cried all through it. Those guys....fantastic. This country really let them down.

[voa-davidk]

I hope I caan sstill get him on aaam 870 in Los Angeles . He is one of my favorites : very smart , fun . Some conservative shows can be draining to listen to because of their hard hitting nature ( can cause battle fatigue ,not becaause they are wrong , but becaause they are so right ; so much bad news about liberalism can be depressing ).

But Michael Medved's show is different . He has a positive playful way about him that lightens the load .

[FenianOfEire]

The local talk station here had him on the air for years and canned him for Sean Hannity...I called, voiced my complaint, and turned off the station...only to find out a couple of weeks later that he was back on the air due to a high number of complaints. I love it when great minds think alike. ;) I agree with your summary...eloquent is the first adjective I use to describe him, and he is objective as well. And I've yet to see him in the role of the "apologist".

And Signs is scary, but on a deeper level than aliens and special effects... Climb inside the head of a man who destroys his own belief in G-d, only to be faced with reality that what you've destroyed is the only thing that can save you...

[restornu]

Alright Cinnamon Girl what made you think Hannity is a Moron? Why did you choose the word moron over another disparaging word? Why did you make it plural? When he is only one person? Don't like NYer's!

He can get many things done and not just talk about it. He is an excellent motivator, and has rescued many in need. He is tenacious at times like a bull dog, so many times he is sucessful for getting to the bottem of an issue.

Many thinks he should go into to politics, but he knows he is more useful in the position that he holds now. Michael Medved is nice but we are in a win or lose era, so a person like Hannity not only keeps many focus, many do act and to keep this nation free!

[Misterioso]

The Shining scared me, and movies don't scare me. Just remembering some of the scenes (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy......) gives me a chill.

[catonsville]

Medved took on Hollywood years ago about the garbage they were spewing and its affect on our culture. It was an incredible brave move, for no one , not Rush, not latecomers Hannity, Liddy or Micheel Reagan, even Dr. Laura was thrashed so much by liberals, the film industry and their friends in the media.

Medved was mostly all alone fighting for his ideals and those of the country he loved. it was a brutal battle.

This religious good guy father of three prevailed against the barbarians at the gate. His ideas were gradually accepted and the industry did change, toning down its violence, making more kid-friendly films.

So he will always have my admiratation, he fought for the rest of us and helped change America for the better