Franklin Avenue Scoops Drudge; Is McIntyre on Way Out?
We mentioned it here but it looks like our favorite little bohemian eastside blog Franklin Avenue scooped mega linker Matt Drudge on the resurrection of Don Imus.
Drudge reports that the "I-Man" has inked a 10 figure multi-year deal with Citadel Broadcasting, the new owner of ABC Radio for a show on their new york outlet, WABC (apparently replacing morning hosts Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa and civil rights attorney Ron Kuby).
The good news for Imus could be bad news for KABC morning man Doug McIntyre. KABC is also owned by Citadel.
We remember that Citadel went to the mat with KABC to bounce Marc Germain, formerly known as Mr. KABC, in order to air a two hour syndicated program from WABC hosted by right wing nutjob Mark Levin (I'm a hardcore Republican and even I don't find two hours of yelling at liberals or bashing Bill Clinton entertaining). As a domino effect this also led to the departure of Kevin James from KABC in order to air a syndicated and ill-fitting late night program by longtime morning man Peter Tilden.
Obviously Imus is a far bigger name than Levin and with a tens of millions of dollars on the line potentially, you've got to believe its only a matter of time before Citadel tells Doug McIntyre they're giving Imus his slot and if he wants he can have Al Rantel's 45 minute slot at 11:00 a.m. (maybe).
McIntyre - though hosting an intelligent, substantive and popular morning show - has never been able to break past the ratings behemoth that KFI's Bill Handel is. Handel has a years ahead jump on McIntyre on the slot and the benefit of a far more powerful signal that reaches most of Southern California as opposed to KABC's weaker signal that is concentrated on LA and most of Orange County. Though KABC's listeners skew higher demographically than KFI and gets them high end sponsors, Citadel still may find it more economically practical to air syndicated programming.
Companies like Citadel are turning to offering syndicated program on their local outlets as its more cost effective and can earn more profits. Nothing wrong with that and no we don't need a government solution for it.
What we can do is change the channel - and let KABC know that if McIntyre is let go, its hasta la vista baby. It probably won't work but they at least need to hear from us.
Labels: don imus, doug mcintyre, franklin avenue, kabc, matt drudge
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 10/15/2007 11:39:00 AM
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Don Imus has the perfect face for radio.
Good afternoon Mr. Mayor,
Thought to ponder, would the Dodgers want to be associated with a radio station that features Imus.
I can see the protests from the likes of Najee Ali, Sharpton, Waters, plus the "AFRICAN-AMERICAN CAUCUS" on our local city council.
Maybe the only one that may be cheering for Imus is Marcos Aguilar.
Imus looks like a nappy heades ho in his picture.
Don’t we have enough sports stations in LA and now I have another reason to tune out KABC being forced fed radio and the man is trying there best to black out internet radio as well.
The overnight spot that fit well with McIntyre when they gave him the morning spot the commercials got more airtime then McIntyre.
Bill Handel is entertaining but it’s the theatrics that make him McIntyre is good but facts
Can become uninteresting when you’re up ageist theatrics.
Mcintyre has a decent show but chooses to sully it with the same fool that you do, Sam.
The man is an albatross.
Mcintyre pwns the Am! There is no one better. We don't need no east coast interloper
I enjoy listening to Larry Elder (I know, he's what you liberals call a house negro), too bad his show might be preempted with dodger games.
Redneck Roulette, who cares?
Handel brags about his BMW and repeats lame jokes about his mother, wife, and schvantz.
McIntyre has a sense of humor and focuses on important local issues.
KFI, you missed out on Kevin James. Please don't miss out on Doug.
By the way, the new Sunday show with John Batchelor is excellent!
I think the Bachelor is pathetic for the women. Dozens of them throwing themselves on one guy on national tv, and this Brad guy seems pretty ordinary. And once they had a fisherman. Any of these women ever amount to anything, or are they just bigger media whores than ZD?
He's concerned that "maybe I'm not as refined a gentleman as you'd like me to be," he tells one girl.
Who did what her mama taught her, and acted like a lady. In other words, he admits he's a simple oaf.
If these bimbos are media whores, at least they're not attacking or hurting anyone -- except maybe the other bimbos.
The women after Chris Rock on his show are a lot worse, though. LAist called them haggard and skanky. And slutty. Now, that's sad.
As for the redneck rottion, who cares. But Doug is the least bad.
This is great news for many of us who would like to hear the show. Of course it will be delayed, but imo, he'll do wonders for the ratings. Take a look at this site for some idea of what his long time fans think of him and freedom of speech.
http://www.supportimus.org/
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Well, Doug is pretty good but Imus is great. The simulcast on tv was good, but Imus getting out to a broader audience on radio would also be huge. He deserves WAY more credit than he gets normally. The guy is sort of a modern Will Rogers.
Give him a chance. hey anonymous, you have a face for leaving comments on a website at midday.
'Imus in the Morning' from 5am-9am and then Hannity at 12pm? That's a powerhouse lineup for LA radio.
For the record, Imus is a satirist, not a racist. Taking his comments out of context was totally unfair and wrong. The people on the other side got this wrong. This is not "KABC bringing back a racist for money."
The JOKE is an old man talking hip-hop. That's the joke.
There was zero justification for firing him. CBS/MSNBC caved to Hillary/MediaMatters/Sharpton axis of race dividing evil.
This was not the market speaking. Threats of boycotts don't count. Let's see a real boycott that actually hurts the bottom line.
But against a satirist that has been busting through racial prejudice for three decades? Why bother, he's a symbol of the end of racism, not it's continuation.
The Black Caucus? They are the racists. What other clubs judge first on the color of your skin?
The Imus show sucks. Who wants to listen to a crotchity old man interview reporters from leftwing media from the east coast?
When I couldn't sleep occasionally I would turn on Mnbc. When I heard Imus and his crew ridiculing a woman who had breast cancer, I swore under no circumstances would I listen to his crap again.
Imus looks like Camila Parker Bowles BEFORE her facelift.
Or maybe like her horse.
Definitely a face for the radio.
But his voice is too crude to listen to, his relying on being old and ugly to get away with being nasty is like Howard Stern justifying making bimbos get naked because he's ugly and crazy looking. Imus only wishes he looked half as good as Stern, who really is one nappe looking ol ho.
That last comment is an insult to Camila's horse, and horses everywhere.
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