Posted on 12/12/2012 12:30:26 PM PST by raccoonradio
Tom Taylor via his new radio biz newsletter tells us that DC-based righty political gabber Laura Ingraham should announce her new syndication deal today. Will it be with Cumulus? That was the hallway talk at last week's Arbitron Client Conference in Annapolis. Ingraham is the second high-profile talk personality to split from Talk Radio Network. The first one was Michael Savage, and he landed at Cumulus.
Ingraham joined TRN from Westwood in 2003 and was rewarded with a daytime slot instead of her previous nighttime gig. That helped free her up for other work, such as appearances on Fox News. When she left TRN, she said it was time to "expand and re-tool my radio program" - perhaps broadening it past politics to more topics around popular culture. DCRTV wonders: Cumulus owns WMAL. Might the DC talker put Ingraham in the late morning slot, replacing Chris Plante? Stay tuned.....
Better not. Chris Plante is a great local voice.
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Chris and Laura together? That could work....
I am NOT comfortable. Where could they put her except in the morning position? We love our Chris Plante! They made a mistake getting rid of him before, let’s not go there again.
Other alternative: sticking her in the time slot now occupied by Michael Savage. I can do without him completely. I was so disappointed when they cut John Batchelor to two hours, 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. and stuck Savage in that 9 - 1 slot.
WMAL management seems to have a real gift for making stupid decisions.
I hate not having my morning Laura here in the mitten.
I hate not having my morning Laura here in the mitten.
I'd like that, especially if it gives Chris a foothold onto national coverage!
Waiting to hear the official word.
Cumulus just re-upped with Imus. They also syndicate
Geraldo, Mike Huckabee, Mark Levin, and Michael Savage.
Thanks for ping.
WMAL would make an enormous mistake to replace Chris Plante with Ingraham.
Plante is in a league of his own. He could easily replace Rush...and WMAL considers replacing Plante with second-rate Ingraham???
What a dreadful idea. Say it isn’t so!
Sorry, but Laura is nothing but an inside-the-beltway, establishment type. I also get tired of her snarky attitude. I don't miss listening to her one bit!
Plante is in a league of his own. He could easily replace Rush
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I would say replace Hannity.
Then again, he is the closest thing they have to a non Conservative and they (mgmt) probably think he is the ‘lib’ in the mix.
Chris Plante is - and I’m making quotation marks with my fingers - annoying and repetitive.
Laura’s part of the problem these days. No thanks.
I wonder if this is why he was mysteriously absent without reason?
Even better.
I wasn't suggesting Plante should replace Rush---only that Plante is that unique. Very different but just as unique and brilliant.
However, Rush isn't ready to retire.
In the meantime, there is a thread for Hannity's radio show posted on FR every day. It rarely ever even has ONE post.
What does that tell us?
Hannity has good "gets," but he is a terrible interviewer. I don't know what Hannity's ratings are for his radio show, but I wouldn't miss Hannity if Ingraham filled his slot.
I rarely listen to either of them.
First I’ve heard about any of this. Lots to speculate on, here... Googling for any info.
It crossed my mind more than once or twice. The timing (coupled with the Thanksgiving experience I mentioned). Double whammy for Plante.
Why I think this may be more than a rumor is that Ingraham wants to be in Washington. Her ratings are probably stronger than Plante’s...and she would add diversity-— a FEMALE.
Yuk! I can’t bear to think of it.
As someone up-thread said:
“WMAL management seems to have a real gift for making stupid decisions.”
WMAL/Chris Plante Ping!
(Sorry for the repeat pings...)
Laura has more pull than Plante nationwide and with Cumulus bigwigs — so I wouldn’t doubt if she replaces Chris on that time slot (9am - Noon).
Chris go do 5am - 9am — and that way we can get rid of Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor, who talk over each other all the time! So annoying!
“go do” = could do
Yes, he is.
I still can’t find/haven’t heard anything about *why* he was AWOR for those days. Listening to Tue 11th Podcast now; will replay todays’ missed Podcast after tonite’s TGO stream.
Correction: Brian/Larry.
I hope Laura replaces or at least joins the morning crew and leaves Chris alone.
I don’t think Chis likes that early slot one bit.
Brian and Larry bicker like two little old ladies...
I absolutely HATE IT when they overlap each other in commentary — it’s so amateurish.
Larry replaced Savage last Friday, when Savage took the night off. He’s known nationally. Plus, Larry just got his deal at WMAL recently.
Methinks that Larry will stay put in the a.m. For now.
His family (wife, kids) all live in Los Angeles — and he commutes there every other weekend. He will eventually get tired of this and of the grueling morning schedule — which opens up a possibility for Plante in that time slot in the future.
(Although I’d much prefer Plante where he is right now).
I doubt she would join, but replace would work. It would be an upgrade for WMAL. Would she want that slot? Silvie thinks not.
Just leave Plante alone! lol
I rarely listen to either of them
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I never was a Hannity fan...Don’t think I really liked/believed that Hannity/Colmes schtick which, I would imagine, came about because of the ‘popularity’ of Madlin/Carville - (supposedly) oil and water blending.
I go back to WMAL/Rush during the GHWB I campaign when ‘they’ were accusing Bush of being a wimp.
I kind of lost ‘respect’ for Rush over the OXY thing and I think he ‘changed’ with his 1st marriage...maybe I(we) expected him to continue the passion of the show back when he ‘claimed’ they forced him to take vacations.
As of today, I sometimes don’t remember to cut Rush on, and the only thing that keeps me close is the Plante show, mainly because he follows him.
I’ve tired of Hannity, particularly his talking over folks he disagrees with. I’ve begun listing to Andy Parks, who use to be on with Fred Grandy on the WMAL morning drive, in the afternoons on the way home. He is on WTNT, 730 AM.
I’ve begun listing to Andy Parks,
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I always took him to be a bit far to the left.
Maybe he was just trying to be a buffer to the ex R Congressman/Gofer.
Remember for a while there stations were ‘forced’ to hire a little dissent (when talk radio was all ‘Right’, think they abandoned that when ‘left’ started having their own FAILURES, so maybe Parks was ‘acting moderate or ‘worse’’.
When he was doing traffic got involved in conversations he seemed pretty ‘right’ - did he team with Chris Core before ‘Grandy & Andy’?
Also maybe that is the only way Hannity could get major air time - NOT be a full “R” show so he teamed for Colmes??
I’ve never considered Andy as “Left” by his comments, which were often in my view to the right of Fred. Core did mornings with a WMAL legend Weaver. They probablhy had Andy on the show as the traffic reporter.
The Laura Ingraham Watch Continues——Cumulus Denies Rumors of Ingraham Deal.
But Cumulus Media COO John Dickey tells TALKERS there is no truth to the rumor she is joining his company for a national syndication deal.
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Rumors of where talk media personality Laura Ingraham will surface with a new, nationally syndicated talk show after parting from Talk Radio Network several weeks ago continue to pop up.
But Cumulus Media COO John Dickey tells TALKERS there is no truth to the rumor she is joining his company for a national syndication deal.
TALKERS sources are hearing rumblings that instead of hooking up with a broadcasting corporation that also owns stations (Clear Channel, Cumulus), Ingraham is busy working on a project for a new radio talk show with legendary syndicator Norm Pattiz in that effort.
Ingraham mentioned on Fox News Channel on December 7 that she would announce something this week but, as most broadcasters know, issues can pop up that delay these types of announcements.
http://www.talkers.com/2012/12/12/wednesday-december-12-2012/
Yes the Tom Taylor Now newsletter confirms this—Courtside (Pattiz a Lakers fan thus name ). More details later today
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