Radio Talk Show Hosts
Just read a Facebook post about bringing back Gary Meier to drive time radio on WGN in Chicago. Secondly, I know nothing about Gary Meier and have never listened to his radio show but I do listen to local radio talk shows on the AM and getting fired is part of the radio business
Miami had Neil Rogers, Mike Reineri who spent almost their entire adult lives broadcasting on various stations up and down the radio. If I liked the personality, I would follow them wherever they went on the dial Some stations had clearer signals than others and you could hear them for quite a distance and others might disappear a few blocks from the house.
Talk show hosts can develop devoted fan bases. Talk show hosts with fan bases can alienate those that don't like the host and that can bleed over into other shows and the station itself.
These days, you are lucky if you have a local talk show with a local host. There are so many syndicated shows these days radio is pretty vanilla.
I sympathize with folks who are upset that their friend got demoted and they won't be able to listen to him easily on their drive home. Afternoon drive time has been replaced by a quick nap or the early evening local news, All Things Considered is even in the rear view mirror because a teenager will change the channel five times looking for a song and avoiding anything that might sound like a commercial.
Miami had Neil Rogers, Mike Reineri who spent almost their entire adult lives broadcasting on various stations up and down the radio. If I liked the personality, I would follow them wherever they went on the dial Some stations had clearer signals than others and you could hear them for quite a distance and others might disappear a few blocks from the house.
Talk show hosts can develop devoted fan bases. Talk show hosts with fan bases can alienate those that don't like the host and that can bleed over into other shows and the station itself.
These days, you are lucky if you have a local talk show with a local host. There are so many syndicated shows these days radio is pretty vanilla.
I sympathize with folks who are upset that their friend got demoted and they won't be able to listen to him easily on their drive home. Afternoon drive time has been replaced by a quick nap or the early evening local news, All Things Considered is even in the rear view mirror because a teenager will change the channel five times looking for a song and avoiding anything that might sound like a commercial.
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