[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Lineup changes

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Lineup changes
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1198680645.shtml


   It's time to shuffle my talk radio deck for 2008. Too many shows, too
   little time.
   Rush 24/7 stays, that's a given. He's still the best and sets the
   pace. But I'm not renewing my subscriptions to Laura Ingraham and Bill
   O'Reilly.
   I added O'Reilly when Dennis Prager lost his battle and his premium
   web site with Salem. But while it's well done technically, something I
   always admire, too often it's either a promo for the TV Factor that
   evening or a recap of the previous show. I recently started recording
   the TV Factor on the DVR and found that covers most of his
   perspective.
   I do feel somewhat bad about dropping Ingraham, in that it used to be
   a better program than it is now. The production values have suffered
   and the show has largely lost its niche. It has given up far too many
   of the cultural segments I enjoyed to get immigration or the war
   rehashed. The value add is largely gone.
   By the way, I tracked the attendance records, how many live shows out
   of each host personally performed. Ingraham won at 224 out of 255 days
   (88%), though maybe I should knock that down a little for being late
   to work from time to time. Rush was live 218 days, and O'Reilly 212
   days (83%).
   This will free up considerable time, part of which I'll spend
   listening to Dennis Prager on Townhall. I hear Dennis on the weekends
   sometimes, and I still miss it. Maybe I'll have to try to get the
   podcast feed to work again. I had no luck with or without iTunes last
   time I tried.
   Most of that time, however goes back to Old Time Radio, which I
   enjoyed much too little in 2007. This year will be different - the
   Shadow knows!