[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Morning Radio 2008: Bill Bennett

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Morning Radio 2008: Bill Bennett
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1203731798.shtml


   I did a [1]detailed review of Bill Bennett's Morning in America last
   April 2006, where I said that smart as he is, he never gets very deep
   into an issue. I think that's still a valid assessment.
   Bennett doesn't take the straightest path to most points, though
   occasionally he does get in a profundity. He's too laid back for the
   time constraints of the program, the longest segment being about 13
   minutes including the bumps in and out. He spends too much time
   setting up the perfect question rather than simply guide his guests
   and callers. As a reliable commenter observed, he's more suited to
   overnights. Remember Hobb's House anyone, where Franklin Hobbs ran
   WCCO all night?
   I do see that we've lost another minute to the commercials since then,
   basically all those "Bulova studios" and "E-Fax" sneaks in the bumps.
   Net content is now down to just over 33 minutes per hour. (I measure
   that as from when the host starts talking to when the host stops
   talking each segment.)

References

   1. http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1145502360.shtml