Posted on 12/23/2006 1:57:53 AM PST by raccoonradio
...We also are hearing what will happen to sister liberal talk outlet WTPG/1230 "Progressive Talk 1230".
According to those who heard the above mentioned WTVN appearance, 1230 will become a sister talk station (without the current liberal lineup) to 610.
The lineup presented to us - starting January 8th - would include:
* WPGB/104.7 Pittsburgh-based Jim Quinn and Rose Somma-Tennant's "War Room" in morning drive.
* TRN's Laura Ingraham in mid-mornings.
* Premiere sports talk star Jim Rome making his return to both Columbus and an old frequency in the noon-3 slot.
* Self-syndicated money advice guru Dave Ramsey in afternoon drive.
* And...TRN's Michael Savage in evenings.
We hear Westwood One's Bill O'Reilly may also be in the mix, along with what we'd assume is a new affiliation for sister WLW/700-based syndicated overnight trucking show "America's Truckin' Network with Steve Sommers".
We know of one other change for 1230, thanks to long-time Friend of OMW Scott Fybush, keeper of world-famous radio/TV data site 100000watts.com.
He tells us that WTPG has picked up new call letters...WYTS. ("Your Talk Station", perhaps?)
bwa ha ha! The site of the doomed AAR station:
http://www.progressive1230.com
Other Columbus OH radio news via Ohio Media Watch:
OMW readers in Central Ohio tell us that rumored changes at Clear Channel's two Columbus AM outlets have been announced, officially.
This afternoon on talk WTVN/610, station management announced another reshuffling of the station's talk show lineup.
Losing yet another large market Clear Channel talk station clearance is Premiere's Glenn Beck, who will be bounced off of WTVN's mid-morning slot in favor of...local host Joel Riley, who's currently on the schedule from 6-9 PM.
The Riley move to the 9 AM-noon slot allows the station to expand popular afternoon drive host John Corby another hour (3-7 PM), and ABC Radio host Sean Hannity's show moves up to 7-10 PM. Hannity's show took hold in late evenings after the station dumped long-time late night host Steve "Boom Boom" Cannon.
Air America should just become part of NPR.
May as well, they patterned their business model after NPR....
Why am I not surprised? They sure don't behave like they think they should have to make money to stay in the broadcasting business.
Howie Carr (syndicated conservative host in New England)
yesterday: "We want to welcome the 2 or 3 listeners that
Air America had to our show...Why would anyone want to
hear crappy liberal talk shows on weak AM signals...when
they can just turn to NPR and get crappy liberal talk
on powerful signals? That's the thing: why do they need
another 'liberal network', when they already have one,
and it's taxpayer funded. It's called N-P-R!"
Wow. In the last week they lost their two Boston stations to Latin programming and in Cincy, it's even better where they are switching to Conservative Talk just like Columbus.
It seems as if Err Amerika is starting to now lose stations on almost a daily basis. Stick a fork in 'em...they're on life support, lol!
What a relief! WTVN is one of the few talk stations I get (I really live in the boonies), and Beck's insipidities were beginning to grate on my nerves.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.