Beck will find a new home?

[Lamont Cranston]

Talk is Glenn Beck may find a new home in Columbus - has anyone else heard this?

[redsfan1966]

Have not heard this---but am not surprised....Beck and his people can not be happy with the low profile he gets on TDA.  Plus, Beck is rolling out his new FOX News show in the spring--he wants all the exposure he can get.  Wonder if he is swallowing his pride and moving to 1230; which he was so against before the TDA from TVN move.

On a side note, this would be a good opportunity for TDA to go all sports---move Dan Patrick up to 10 am and make his delay only one hour instead of 9....nothing like hearing Dan and crew talk about whether Game 5 will be postponed again on Wednesday while its being played...

[Sean Gilbow]

Placing Glenn Beck between Bob and Tom and Dennis Miller is like putting ketchup in the middle of an Oreo cookie.

Considering Columbus has conservative talk, liberal talk, sports talk and Christian talk covered, the logical move for WTDA would be toward Hot Talk, with the possible addition to WTDA's schedule of the likes of Tom Leykis and Adam Carolla.

Pitting Dennis Miller and Stephanie Miller against each other should prove real interesting--something CNN should consider doing with Beck's old slot.  That's if we can keep Larry King from practically clinging onto Stephanie every time she makes an appearance.   

[Clayman43130]

Where was this "TALK" of Glenn moving heard??

I still listen to him when I can. The signal basically sucks at 103.9

Nothing but static when in the downtown area or out east from picktown to heath.

[Nu_Roo_2]

The signal basically sucks at 103.9

Nothing but static when in the downtown area or out east from picktown to heath.

Right.  I think talk is one of the worst possible formats for a terrible signal like this.  If your music starts fading you just flip the dial and come back later.  But if you can't hear the talker that you're loyal to finish his expose or tirade against whomever/whatever, you get pissed.  This would apply to sportstalk, too.

[jakej]

   Good point, Nu. Missing some everyday music on everyday radio sure isn't worth getting pissed about, or even mildly disturbed.

[Elephant]

Clear Channel has swallowed their pride and is putting Glenn back on stations that dropped him a few years ago, namely WKRC in Cincinnati and WTAM in Cleveland.  WTVN will probably be the new home, possibly WYTS.

[nmoore6676]

Have I missed something?

Glenn Beck is syndicated by Premier the same group that brings us El Rushbo so why would Clear Channel have any pride issues? Premier is owned by CC.

Glenn is on KGIL here locally but now delayed because he got bumped out of mornings for some reason when Laura Ingraham jumped ship from the Salem stations. Beck's show is so much more entertaining than Rush, or Laura, and he may want more and better markets for the radio when he goes to Fox. Beck works best live because he does commentary on the news and he may do more of that when his Fox show begins. It was a little disconcerting hearing him talk about the stock market happenings which were changing drastically from when he aired live and the local live news inserts were at dramatic odds with what he had been saying.

[Elephant]

Yes, you missed something.

Clear Channel swallowed their pride because somebody in the company apparently didn't like Glenn and took him off of his three Ohio powerhouse stations:  WKRC, WTAM, and WTVN.  Nobody at Premiere was actually sure why this was done, but ratings suffered in Cincinnati when Glenn was replaced by Tony Snow, and in Cleveland when he was replaced by Jerry Springer.  It was one of those corporate decisions that really had talk radio people scratching their heads.  Not sure if the person who made that decision is still at CC, but it appears the decision is being reversed:  he's back on WKRC and WTAM.  Could WTVN be next?

[columbus radio fan]

Yes, you missed something.

Clear Channel swallowed their pride because somebody in the company apparently didn't like Glenn and took him off of his three Ohio powerhouse stations:  WKRC, WTAM, and WTVN.  Nobody at Premiere was actually sure why this was done, but ratings suffered in Cincinnati when Glenn was replaced by Tony Snow, and in Cleveland when he was replaced by Jerry Springer.  It was one of those corporate decisions that really had talk radio people scratching their heads.  Not sure if the person who made that decision is still at CC, but it appears the decision is being reversed:  he's back on WKRC and WTAM.  Could WTVN be next?

If WTVN is next what are they going to with Joel Riley? He's getting as good of ratings if not better than what Glenn had?