tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post2802056519924343460..comments2023-11-05T03:23:48.526-08:00Comments on Talking Radio: ABC Radio Networks Cuts Back on News/Talkbaroooskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135048606474430019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-8688978126100323322007-09-19T14:06:00.000-07:002007-09-19T14:06:00.000-07:00Actually the fact that women like Randi Rhodes, La...Actually the fact that women like Randi Rhodes, Laura Ingram, Stephanie Miller, Tammy Bruce, Rachel Maddow,Rollye James, Laura Flanders, Kim Komando, etc. are performing in general market radio is a testiment to their broadcating skills and to how open the radio industry is open to women. <BR/><BR/>What the "Satellite Sisters" and Greenstone Media were trying to do is create programming appealing to female listeners. They (or the radio industry) have failed.<BR/><BR/>A significant per centage of ralk radio listeners are white, male, and over 50. That's not a very good demograhic.baroooskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135048606474430019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-18241471519349375372007-09-19T12:58:00.000-07:002007-09-19T12:58:00.000-07:00Baroosk, why do female talk show hosts only count ...Baroosk, why do female talk show hosts only count as such if they just talk to a women-only audience? Does that mean that male talk show hosts who talk to women along with men somehow don't count either?<BR/><BR/>This is similar to the reasoning used to bemoan the alleged dearth of A-list female bloggers, even though the biggest blogger of all is Arianna Huffington. Jane Hamsher's Firedoglake isn't chopped liver, either. (Disclosure: I write for Jane at FDL.) If a woman blogger blogs about the same general topics men do, she's not counted as a "woman blogger", as if women must be consigned to covering only a small fraction of the observable world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-80439403488091433922007-09-19T10:44:00.000-07:002007-09-19T10:44:00.000-07:00With the exception of Joy Browne (who's distributi...With the exception of Joy Browne (who's distribution has dropped over the past few years) the other hosts that you mentioned just happen to be women, but they are not doing talk radio targeted to women.baroooskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135048606474430019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-48229783866732366052007-09-19T02:32:00.000-07:002007-09-19T02:32:00.000-07:00> with the exception of Dr. Laura, > radio is, for...> with the exception of Dr. Laura, <BR/>> radio is, for the most part, a <BR/>> "no-mans land" for women’s talk.<BR/><BR/>Laura Ingraham<BR/>Dr Joy Browne<BR/>Kim Komando<BR/>Bev Smith<BR/>Janet Parshall<BR/>Diane Rehm<BR/><BR/>And our very own....<BR/>Stephanie Miller<BR/>Randi Rhodes<BR/><BR/>That's just national hosts on Michael Harrison's radar.<BR/><BR/>And let's face it, whatever the minimum audience or number of stations needed for syndicated talk shows to show a profit, the fem talk network didn't come close. Let's see how long the Rev Al and company can hang in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com