Friday, July 06, 2007

D.C. Radio Cans The Falafel Factor

Oh boo hoo for Bill O. Except for Rush, O'Reilly is the latest failed conservative talker in the Washington, D.C. market. Despite the want of the corporate radio world to have conservative talk dominance everywhere they go, the generally liberal area of metro Washington shuns conservative talkers and radio in general. I'm sure we'll hear a hissy fit from Bill over this one. Not being on the radios of Congressmen going to work will be a tough one to handle for his massive ego.

From ThinkProgress:


Washington DC FM talk radio station 106.7 WJFK yesterday announced it was dropping Bill O’Reilly’s nationally syndicated show, and replacing it with a sports-talk program. The Washington Post reports today that O’Reilly’s cancellation is a “case in point” of how poorly conservative radio programs have fared in DC:

With the exception of Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk-radio hosts have struggled for years to find a wide audience on the local dial. While Limbaugh’s afternoon program remains popular on WMAL (630 AM), not many other conservatives’ programs have.

Yet despite their underwhelming performance, numerous right-wing radio hosts have been given repeated opportunities to succeed in DC. “Such radio stars of the right as Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage at times have literally had no ratings in Washington, as measured by Arbitron.”


The article also highlights the Center for American Progress' report on the corporate media world, showing how media consolidation has hurt the diversity of the airwaves. So take heart Bill, it isn't all your fault. Some of the blame can be laid at the feet of the people that hired you to blather incessantly on the radio.