If WISN is trying to educate the public about ethnic diversity, have they set up some educational seminars? Run any public service spots on ethnic diversity? Again, they should be called on this.
Isn't this the guy who subbed for Rush a while back?
Snail Mail address?
Belling has no one to blame but himself....it seems to me a temporary suspension is about right!!!!
He will find a place in the free market. If the idiots he works (worked) for are leftists, so be it.
Belling has a pretty acidic style that can turn people off sometimes. I have been listening to him for over 10 years. I got past the style thing.
He has connections in state and local government that a new host would have to have years of work behind him to equal. Belling is able to find out things that the liberal media giants in this town will not look at. This is his most valuable asset to this market.
We need him back on the air.
I thought it would be great to have a period where I could sample Hannity's show - until I had to listen to portions of it for two days in a row.
Compared to Belling, Hannity is boring and dumb as a box of rocks.
Mark made a mistake, and compounded that mistake by not addressing it with sincerity. But I think he is the smartest person on radio in America. Rush doesn't come close (although he has the best research staff of all), Hannity misses opportunities that fly right over his head, and the others are mental midgets compared to Belling. He'll be fine regardless of how long this *suspension* continues.
If I were him, I'd consider telling WISN that he'll be fielding other offers when this contract is up, unless they show more loyalty to him. He's by far the most powerful local voice on the air right now, and as I've said, he's the smartest radio personality in America (ahead of Laura Ingraham).
Check out the case of Bob Lonsberry, of WHAM in Rochester, NY, a Clear Channel station. He got booted last year for a perceived racial slur (compared the black mayor to a certain zoo animal during a comic riff). 1/3 of WHAM's listeners left, along with Lonsberry's sponsors. You can find the details at lonsberry.com. Click on Bob's past articles at the bottom of today's article.