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Date Posted: 00:39:38 12/20/02 Fri
Author: "Vince from Villanova" (PD and host wannabe extraordinaire!)
Subject: Build-your-own talker.

Okay, there's been a lot of talk in the past about how to fix WPHT, or about how much this town needs a second talker. And after posting my idea of what WPHT's lineup should look like (as well as the likelihood, or lack thereof, of its being implemented), I figured it might be fun to put together a theoretical lineup for a competing station, and I'm curious to see what the other would-be PDs on here would try as well.

But there are a couple of ground rules that any such station would probably have to follow:

1.) No Clear Channel/Premeire hosts. Clear Channel and WPHT seem joined at the hip, and CC doesn't seem to like having its own shows competing with each other.

2.) No current WPHT hosts, since they probably have non-compete clauses in their contracts.

So, here's my crack at it. Feel free to rip it to shreds. Based on the private e-mail I've gotten lately, that might be therapeutic for some of you.

6am-10am - John Hancock (currently on WBT in Charlotte, NC)
A sock puppet could beat Imus, but you also want someone who meshes with the rest of your lineup, and alas, Phil Valentine is firmly ensconced in Nashville. I can hear Hancock at night in Florida on WBT's signal (AM-1110 if you want to try it in Philly), and he's talented, but stuck in a bad timeslot on a station that's overstuffed with local talent. He sounds like a morning host, and he'd work here.

10am-1pm - Neal Boortz (live, syndicated)
The most underrated talker out there right now, hands-down. He's a talented, humorous Libertarian and a ratings gorilla with a history of staring down Rush in that one-hour overlap.

1pm-3pm - Clark Howard (live, syndicated)
Boortz and Howard are both owned by Cox, and taken together, they're the next-best thing to having Rush mid-days. Howard's consumer advice skews him to a female audience, good counter-programming against Rush.

3pm-6pm - Sean Hannity (live, syndicated)
This one's a no-brainer.

6pm-7pm - Clark Howard (tape, syndicated)
This would be Clark's third and final hour on tape-delay, mainly to fill time until...

7pm-10pm - Michael Savage (live, syndicated)
Personally, I hate his show, and I think his big national numbers stem mainly from the lack of competition in his timeslot. But I still can't think of anyone else I'd rather have here. It's hard to argue with his ratings.

And here I get stuck. There's any number of syndicated daytime talkers that can be tape-delayed and run 10pm until 6am, but none of 'em do much for me. I'd rather split that time between two live-and-locals, but since I'm not a PD, I'm not privy to any demo tapes from around the country. So, I lack names to put here. Maybe John Ziegler, but he just moved out of Philly if I remember right, and isn't likely to move back right away.

Ideas, anyone?

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[> Never mind, I know how to fill overnights: the Sturdy Beggars 10pm-1am, followed by Austin Culmer, formerly of 'DB overnight weekends. There. That's my lineup, and I'm stickin' to it. -- "Vince From Villanova" (Ready... aim... fire!), 04:51:52 12/20/02 Fri


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[> [> Vince........ -- Captn Hank, 12:43:42 12/20/02 Fri

I could hang until 10:00 PM with your new line up. I turned to WPHT at 11:55 today for the start of Rush's show. Wanted to hear Roger's reaction to Trent Lott. I was hoping that I would catch a commercial during that time..... much to my chagrine, I had to listen to the last portion of Beck's show. I turned the radio off and went back to Fox News. I'll ask the question again.... "how pray tell, does this ASS have a job?"

Getting back to your line up..... Please add the G-Man.


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[> [> [> Add Liddy? No. I don't like him. But hey, I'm trying to get people to suggest their own lineups too. I'd like to see yours. :) It seems we both like Roger Hedgecock though. I find him a bit dry, but more than intelligent enough to make up for that. I doubt he'd leave San Diego for Philly though. -- "Vince From Villanova" (The V-Man.), 05:56:54 12/21/02 Sat


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[> I would add Phil Hendrie to the list. I even like Surf's "Best of Hendrie" idea. I like Phil when he does his characters but I find him boring when he is voicing his opinions. -- MD, 12:17:22 12/20/02 Fri


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[> [> I thought about Hendrie. (Again, I don't like him, but it's hard to argue with his ratings.) But he's a Premeire/Clear Channel host, so Rule #1 cuts him out. But I suppose if I were a PD, I'd at least look into it. -- "Vince From Villanova" (Options are good.), 05:59:23 12/21/02 Sat


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