CBS Loses Another Radio Affiliate In Rather's Hometown Of Houston - the 11th largest US market)

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[Happy2BMe]

CBS Loses Another Radio Affiliate In Rather's Hometown Of Houston

By Jimmy Moore
Talon News
September 29, 2004

HOUSTON, TX (Talon News) -- Just days after CBS lost an affiliate for their news at a radio station in Virginia, another CBS radio affiliate announced it was dropping a segment featuring news and analysis from CBS News anchor Dan Rather over a "60 Minutes" report using fake documents questioning President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service.

KPRC-AM, the CBS radio affiliate in the 11th largest media market in the United States, Houston, Texas, has decided to drop Rather's segment.

Interestingly, Houston is considered Rather's hometown because he was born in Wharton, Texas, grew up in Houston, went to Sam Houston State University and worked at Houston's KHOU-TV.

Program director for KPRC Ken Charles told the Associated Press on Monday that never should Rather or any other anchor "be the story or bigger than the story."

"I thought it was appropriate to take [Rather] off the air," Charles explained.

Although Rather apologized for the story that defamed Bush's integrity and character last week for the September 8 story, Charles did not believe that gesture was good enough.

"For right now, I'm not convinced there's any reason to put [Rather] back on the radio station," Charles revealed. "Until CBS or somebody is able to do that, I feel like there's no place for Dan Rather on KPRC."

Pressure is mounting on CBS to deal with Dan Rather or else risk losing more radio stations and possibly some television affiliates over this debacle.

Doug Forrester, a Republican New Jersey Senate candidate in 2002, released a new radio, television and Internet ad campaign on Tuesday to force Rather out at CBS.

"Dan Rather is a classic example of liberal media bias," the ad begins. "It wasn't just sloppy journalism; it was political bias."

The ad points listeners and viewers to a web site entitled DanRatherMustGo.com to gather names for a petition.

"He needs to be held accountable for an egregious political piece, and I believe that CBS and America will be better if he retires," Forrester exclaimed in the ad.

Talon News reported on Monday that WNIS-AM radio in Norfolk, Virginia abruptly switched their top of the hour news broadcast from CBS News to ABC News in reaction to listener feedback over the Rather gaffe.

WNIS, located in the 40th largest media market in the country, ended a 12-year relationship with CBS News because of intense complaints from local listeners.

Charles stated that he had also received in excess of 300 e-mails from local listeners in Houston asking KPRC to drop Rather.

CBS spokesman Dana McClintock, who responded to the news that WNIS was dropping CBS News by commenting that it was the only one of CBS's 1,000 radio affiliates who had decided to do that, declined to comment on KPRC's decision to do the same.

[Happy2BMe]

The more the better.

[Happy2BMe]

Houston ping.

[Limbaudda]

Poor Dan Blather! LOL

[Cooltouch]

I live in Houston and listen to 950 KPRC almost every day. Their website is http://www.950kprc.com by the way. Ken Charles made a wise move, but it wasn't a unilateral decision. KPRC's listenership is very conservative on balance, and we were demanding that CBS news be pulled in entirety. Ken Charles met us less than halfway by removing Rather's 4 o'clock segment. But we're still stuck with that network for the rest of the day. Interestingly, they switch over to Fox News Radio at night (as well as for the 4 o'clock segment). I really wish they'd drop CBS altogether and go with Fox News instead. At least we don't have to listen to Blather anymore though.

[MeekOneGOP]

CBS Loses Another Radio Affiliate In Rather's Hometown
Of Houston - the 11th largest US market

Excerpt:

HOUSTON, TX (Talon News) -- Just days after CBS lost an affiliate for their news at a radio station in Virginia, another CBS radio affiliate announced it was dropping a segment featuring news and analysis from CBS News anchor Dan Rather over a "60 Minutes" report using fake documents questioning President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service.

KPRC-AM, the CBS radio affiliate in the 11th largest media market in the United States, Houston, Texas, has decided to drop Rather's segment.

Interestingly, Houston is considered Rather's hometown because he was born in Wharton, Texas, grew up in Houston, went to Sam Houston State University and worked at Houston's KHOU-TV.

Program director for KPRC Ken Charles told the Associated Press on Monday that never should Rather or any other anchor "be the story or bigger than the story."

"I thought it was appropriate to take [Rather] off the air," Charles explained.

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[Dallas59]

Americans are getting tired of being accused of everything under the sun from the around the world, while some rich snob and his "scumbag" wife degrade America.

[Happy2BMe]

VIACOM is saying the forged document scandal and the attempt by CBS to sway the election won't impact their wallets.

Houston is *not* convinced.

[MeekOneGOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1224680/posts?page=155#155

To: MeekOneGOP; Slip18; Argh; xsmommy; Gabz; VRWCmember

BALLAD OF DAN RATHER

(Think "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song)

Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Dan,
The documents were fake and he didn't give a dam*;
He put 'em on the air, an' he thought he'd done the job,
But up from the web come a howlin' mob.

Blogs, that is.
Web logs.
Checkin' facts.

Well, the first thing you know ol' Dan's a-runnin' fast;
Made a false report an' it bit him in the a$$;
He said 'dog-gonnit, I done thought I'd get away!'
But it turned out to be his a-reckonin' day.

Busted, that is.
Red-faced.
Mud in the eye.

Well, now it's time to say goodbye to Dan and all his men;
And they would like to shoot you folks for turnin' them in;
You're all invited back next week to watch the Evening News,
And see which correspondent's picked to fill Dan's empty shoes.

Y'all come back, now, hear?

155 posted on 09/23/2004 4:15:51 PM CDT by TheGrimReaper

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Media Research Center:
Dan Rather on Bill Clinton:
"I think he’s an honest man."

   O’Reilly: "I want to ask you flat out, do you think President Clinton’s an honest man?"
    Rather: "Yes, I think he’s an honest man."
    O’Reilly: "Do you, really?"
    Rather: "I do."
    O’Reilly: "Even though he lied to Jim Lehrer’s face about the Lewinsky case?"
    Rather: "Who among us has not lied about something?"
    O’Reilly: "Well, I didn’t lie to anybody’s face on national television. I don’t think you have, have you?"
    Rather: "I don’t think I ever have. I hope I never have. But, look, it’s one thing-"
    O’Reilly, jumping in: "How can you say he’s an honest guy then?"
    Rather: "Well, because I think he is. I think at core he’s an honest person. I know that you have a different view. I know that you consider it sort of astonishing anybody would say so, but I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."
    O’Reilly: "Really?!?"
    Rather: "Yeah, I do."
    O’Reilly: "See, I can’t. I want my government to be honest across-the-board. I don’t want people lying."

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[TheGrimReaper]

BALLAD OF DAN RATHER

[mewzilla]

The affiliates will feel it long before the net does.

CBS doesn't give a dang.

[MeekOneGOP]

Houston is *not* convinced.

hehe! A LOT of Freepers aren't!

Just so ya'll will know, I'm ashamed
that Dan Ra^ther is from Texas!

[Happy2BMe]

"CBS doesn't give a dang."

______________

CBS is owned by VIACOM (a socialist entity).

VIACOM said that even if it lost CBS entirely, they would still continue to make money off of "I Love Lucy" reruns.

[mewzilla]

Yup. Earth to affiliates....

[Eaker]

CBS Loses Another Radio Affiliate In Rather's Hometown Of Houston - the 11th largest US market)

Houston is the 7th largest US market, not the 11th.

Even more impact.

[fishtank]

Does someone have a list of the markets in order?

[tx_eggman]

Old news. Ken Charles, KPRC's program director, dropped the Rather 4:00 PM segment 10 days ago. He was the first one to do so.

[Brownie74]

KPRC dumped Rather shortly after the 60 Minutes debacle. Did I miss something somewhere?

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[Texagirl4W]

What??? No picture today??? I want to see a picture.

[Texagirl4W]

Sorry, I didn't read far enough down the page. You did good.

[MeekOneGOP]

Oh, Jeez. I totally misread this. I read "another" to mean
another station in Houston. As in a second station.

Sorry folks. :^(

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. :^D