Alec Baldwin vs. NPR
Alec Baldwin has done a funny promo for public radio stations to run during pledge weeks, in which he urges listeners to not donate. Details and audio here.
Terry Gross & Jon Stewart
Over the years, I’ve had quite a few people say some very nice things about the interviews I conduct, which I appreciate very much. Recently, a listener asked me who I think does great interviews, and the first name out of my mouth was Terry Gross, the woman who has been hosting NPR’s “Fresh Air” […]
A Different Direction
A well-respected radio Program Director was fired this week in St. Louis after 7 highly-successful years. The company told him they thought it was “time to part ways.” It reminds me of a friend who ran a top-rated station in Chicago a couple of years ago. When he was let go, the General Manager told […]
Loudmouth Laura’s Leaving
Tuesday night, Dr. Laura Schlessinger went on CNN’s “Larry King Live” to announce that she’s quitting her radio show at the end of this year. Let’s pause to note she chose a TV show on which to make her announcement — she knows how unimportant her own radio show has become over the last few […]
Two Ends With No Center
Michael Smerconish, a radio host and newspaper columnist in Philadelphia, has an op-ed in the Washington Post today about how the political center doesn’t have a voice in daily American media — at least on the 24-hour TV news networks and talk radio. It’s a point I’ve been making for years, my 80/10 principle, in […]
A Column And More!
A new sandwich place opened near me recently, but I haven’t been in, and probably won’t anytime soon, for two reasons: 1) it’s in the same strip mall as a Jimmie John’s outlet, and I love their sandwiches; and 2) the shop’s name, Sandwiches And More, brings back memories of a bad meeting I attended […]