[BC] WSJ on replacing Howard Stern

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

IIRC, most stations were playing music most of the time; Larry was the only
convenient filler that was a bit different. His successor, the
paradigm-challenged Jim Bozo, seems to be filler on the few stations that
get can't something better.
_Alles ist relativ_
M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] WSJ on replacing Howard Stern


> I wish I had heard that.
>
> BTW, I'm no Larry King expert, but I recall that around 25 years ago, he
> seemed to own the overnight, with a show on Mutual that was carried on
> hundreds of stations.  This was before Limbaugh, Art Bell, et al., and
L.K.
> on CNN.   I thought it was pretty damn good radio, and I'm under the
> impression he showed that a daily nationwide satellite feed talk show
could
> work on commercial AM (for good or il).
>
> Rob Atkinson
>
> From: "cldube" <cld at admin.umass.edu>
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> To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] WSJ on replacing Howard Stern
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:49:29 -0400
>
> I find him enjoyable when he has a good guest on- preferably male as if
it's
> a woman he tends to focus on her anatomy for
> a bit too long which can get tedious. But when he had William Shatner on a
> few months ago it was a scream. Absolutely hilarious
> as he will ask questions (with a great delivery) that no one else would-
and
> the guests sometimes get surprised.
>
> Chuck Dube
> Amherst
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cowboy" <curt at spam-o-matic.net>
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> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [BC] WSJ on replacing Howard Stern
>
>
> >On Friday 01 July 2005 11:11, Fred Gleason wrote:
> >>On Thursday 30 June 2005 14:36, Rich Wood wrote:
> >> > Howard is a very talented and intelligent man. So intelligent that he
> >> > created this bad boy character and made it into a huge success. I >
> >>believe
> >> > Howard is bigger than Larry King ever was.
> >>
> >>Hmm.  The few times I've tried listening to him, I've always moved on
> >>quickly.
> >>Not so much because of the vulgarity (bad as that is), but because it's
so
> >>*boring* -- some of the most inane and repetitious drivel I've ever had
to
> >>sit through.
> >
> >Same here, or close. I don't find Howard a "superb broadcaster" by any
> >stretch.
> >I just find his show to be bad radio, but I guess that's why I'm not a PD
?
> >;-)
> >Don't misunderstand. I don't begrudge his success, but it's not only just
> >"not me"
> >but also it's just bad radio !
> >
> >--
> >Cowboy
> >http://spam-o-matic.com
> >http://cowboys.homeip.net
> >
> >You know you've been spending too much time on the computer when your
> >friend misdates a check, and you suggest adding a "++" to fix it.
>
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