Posted on 02/19/2006 5:45:43 PM PST by anonymous_user
Fargo might soon lose its only local presence in the national media.
Ed Schultz, who has been on television, radio or both in Fargo since the early 1980s, evolving from sportscaster to political commentator, is thinking about moving the home base for his nationally syndicated liberal talk show.
He says he’s been talking about the potential move with station managers in some of the top markets where he’s doing well, like WINZ in Miami and KPTK in Seattle.
Two main reasons Schultz may split: First, he wants to have better access to a satellite uplink so he can raise his profile by appearing on the talking-head circuit more often. He hopes the TV spots will boost the radio show. He also wants to move out of the studio he rents from KFGO, the station that dropped him in late January. He found out his work with the Fargo-based station was over on a 6 o’clock KVLY-TV broadcast.
“It was classless,” Schultz said from his studio in early February. “I don’t deserve to be treated like that after making them millions of dollars.”
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What a wining, gutless liberal.
I'm surprised anyone outside Fargo knows who he is.
This guy takes "bitter liberal" to a new level :-)
I don't listen to him. He was to be the annointed demoncrat response to Rush.
Sounds like your run of the mill whining liberal, with his vast over estimation of his self worth.
"I'm surprised anyone outside Fargo knows who he is."
He is after Franken on Air America.
I've never heard the guy's show.
Sounds like it was completely appropriate... I have noticed his name showing up on the XM Radio talk lineup, but from what I've seen reported in the press, I don't see any good reason to actually tune him in. The radio world is filled to overflowing with talk hosts, and it's got to be someone special to motivate me to listen. From all accounts, this Schultz character is just a blowhard who doesn't have what it takes. XM Radio is full of self-promoting talkers just like Schultz that I just can't get excited over.
I'd contrast that with Hugh Hewitt, who for me was just another talking radio guy that I had never actually heard and never wanted to hear until I read a transcript of his interview of Lawrence O'Donnell last week - that transcript showed him to be a smart, competent, on-the-ball kind of guy, and not just another blowhard. So this coming week I will make the effort to hear his show, and if he lives up to what I've seen already, then he will have a new listener.
The putzes over at the DUmp were trying to talk him up as the Rush Limbaugh of the Left until they found out that he was the Fargo station's conservative voice before he went the other direction. Franken beat him out for the Err America headline slot, tho Schultz would have cost them at lot less. His first couple of years were hilarious. He had a rough time keeping the storyline straight.
couldn't be the message....
During his debut as the Red in the Red River Valley, listeners would call the show and really razz his derriere about being a turncoat, and a turncoat for money, at that. He'd be spittin at the microphone for awhile after each of those calls. I'm surprised he's lasted as long in Fargo as he did. Must have been the comic value.
The right is full up by the likes of Rush and Hannity so Schulz pretends to be a leftist who incidentally hunts, fishes, and drinks beer.
While there is no such thing, don't tell his audience, they'll believe anything.
He is on in my market. I'll listen to him on occasion. In his timeslot we have conservative talk guys who are local. I'll try ed's show when the local guys are wasting time on non-issues (such as a recent 'sex scandal' in a local boarding school, or a recent double murder)
Ed, while he doesn't grate on me like Stephanie Miller or Al Franken, is often misleading in action or omission. i.e. a caller once complained about the Kelo ruling and called it an artifact of a 'conservative' court. Ed of course did not bother to point out who ruled for it and who ruled against it (such as Thomas and Scalia).
Me either -- except back when he was calling NDSU football games and dodging whiskey bottles.
If he gets out of N.D., more people will hear him and then make it a point to NOT hear him anymore. Forget drawing ad revenue$ too.
Those of us who lived in Fargo for 35 years know all about "Special Ed". At first he was on WDAY as was Rush. He was nothing more than a Rush wannabe without the " brains tied behind my back" thing. He started as a backup to the local sports guy and then became the head sports guy on WDAY.
I could go on about his lack of any intellectual capability for some time but you will be able to figure it out in minutes just listening to him. Not an original thought in his head, ever. Just the typical liberal clone.
I wonder how much he bashed Cheney this week. Those of us in the know are aware that Special Ed shot and killed his own hunting dog once. Do you suppose he brought that up?
Ed Schultz is a typical liberal - colorless, humorless and ANGRY!
So you remember the whisey bottle incident too? Seems to me he pulled a "Franken" and went after the guy in the stands. Weren't there t-shirts made after that that said "Sorry we missed you Ed" with a target in the background?
Come to think of it he is a Franken clone; Hothead with no brains but tons of ego.
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