Classic Rock WCXR
From the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, I was the morning man on 105.9 WCXR, the classic rock radio station in Washington, DC. We had a lot of success thanks to a crew of very talented people in every aspect of the station, both on the air and behind the scenes. The...
Classic Rock Still Rocks
One of the great successes of my radio career was the 5+ years I spent as the morning man on WCXR/Washington, one of the first major-market classic rock stations. The format had been launched in 1985 at WMMQ/Lansing by consultant Fred Jacobs, who brought it to DC in...
My Jon Miller Story
When I heard that ESPN has dumped Jon Miller as the play-by-play man for Sunday Night Baseball, I thought back to a day in the late 1980s. At the time, I was the morning man on WCXR in Washington, DC, and Jon was the voice of the Baltimore Orioles. Since DC didn't...
Why The Right Hates NPR
Joe Conason explains the real reason the right hates NPR:These same voices have reliably exploited every chance to damage public broadcasting, not because of any supposed liberal bias, but because they disdain the straightforward, probing journalism that the public...
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...
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...
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...