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Title: Hannity and Beck taken off Philadelphia Radio Station ?
Post by: seabelle on January 07, 2011, 10:20:58 AM

Owner claims they're going in a new direction  :mental:  Sounds like they replaced them with a couple of jerks....

http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-philadelphia/the-new-format-at-wpht-sends-conservatives-into-a-tizzy

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Late last year, "1210: The Big Talker" a/k/a WPHT 1210 AM announced that they'd be doing a slight format change in the talk radio they present to Philadelphia and South Jersey. Just like a light switch, their format changed on New Year's Day and the station dropped Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity in favor of local guys Michael Smerconish and Dom Giordano...more

Title: Re: Hannity and Beck taken off Philadelphia Radio Station ?
Post by: TVDOC on January 07, 2011, 10:26:22 AM

Quote from: seabelle on January 07, 2011, 10:20:58 AM

Owner claims they're going in a new direction  :mental:  Sounds like they replaced them with a couple of jerks....

http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-philadelphia/the-new-format-at-wpht-sends-conservatives-into-a-tizzy

Don't know the other guy, but Smerconish is a limp-wristed psuedo-republican that occasionally fills in for other national hosts (he used to do O'Reilly's show when he was on radio).  He stated on-air that he was voting for Obama if that gives you any indication......

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Title: Re: Hannity and Beck taken off Philadelphia Radio Station ?
Post by: NHSparky on January 07, 2011, 10:33:52 AM

In an interview, the station manager was overheard to have said, "Hey, screw it.  It's not like we needed the ad revenues anyway, right?"

Title: Re: Hannity and Beck taken off Philadelphia Radio Station ?
Post by: Ballygrl on January 07, 2011, 10:37:58 AM

Glenn was also taken off 710 WOR due to poor ratings. I'm not a Glenn Beck fan so it doesn't bother me.

Title: Re: Hannity and Beck taken off Philadelphia Radio Station ?
Post by: true_blood on January 07, 2011, 12:04:56 PM

Quote from: TVDOC on January 07, 2011, 10:26:22 AM

Don't know the other guy, but Smerconish is a limp-wristed psuedo-republican that occasionally fills in for other national hosts (he used to do O'Reilly's show when he was on radio).  He stated on-air that he was voting for Obama if that gives you any indication......
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In other words, he's a socialist at heart. :hammer:

Title: Re: Hannity and Beck taken off Philadelphia Radio Station ?
Post by: Evil_Conservative on January 07, 2011, 12:06:59 PM

I guess that radio station can enjoy lower ratings.