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Notes from the Corner Office regarding important programming changes at 630 WMAL.
Beginning Monday, we welcome a name and voice familiar to many of you, deliver MORE from your favorite morning team, and say goodbye to a good friend and top-notch talk show host.
On Monday, the Grandy and Andy Morning Show will expand to 5 hours! The Grandy and Andy magic starts at 5am and won’t stop until 10am (or slightly earlier if Fred starts to choke on his daily ration of mixed nuts.) Between 5 and 9am, it’s all of the great stuff you’re accustomed to: 20 minutes of news and views commercial free at the top of every hour, opinion and analysis, lots o’ laughs, plus traffic and weather first on the 5’s. At 9am, Fred, Andy and Bryan tackle the big story of the day with plenty of your phone calls, an occasional guest and some great surprises.
We’re also pleased to welcome Joe Scarborough to 630 WMAL. The nationally syndicated Joe Scarborough Show will air between 10am-12noon. Joe is a former U.S. Congressman and current host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Mika Brzezinski, who serves as co-host on Scarborough’s morning television show, fills the same role on radio. The Joe Scarborough Show will offer thought-provoking commentary on the day’s leading issues and will feature many of the same A-list guests his television audience has come to expect.
Sadly, The Chris Plante Show has been cancelled. I will miss Chris (and I’d guess that I’m not alone.) He is passionate, smart, crafty, funny and unpredictable. I loved listening to Chris on the air and looked forward to our daily off-air strategy meetings (when Chris did the “cable” version of his show – if you know what I mean. Mark my words, Chris and his extraordinarily talented producer Geoff Holtzman will re-surface soon, I’m sure.
I’m excited that Joe and Mika will join our line-up. I’m thrilled that Grandy and Andy will keep us in stitches for 5 hours a day, but I will miss my friends Chris and Geoff.
Feedback? Be sure to let me know. Paul.duckworth@citcomm.com
Broadcasting career
Joe is now a Flaming Liberal and it is rumored that it was either become a liberal and keep his job at MSNBC or take his one ball and go home. We doubt it is 100% true because everyone knows Joe is ball-less since his "Scarborough Country" Show was cancelled.
Scarborough is the host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, a show Time magazine calls "revolutionary" and the New York Times ranked as the top news show of 2008[citation needed]. Morning Joe features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians, in-depth analysis of the day’s biggest stories and is described by the New Yorker as "appallingly entertaining." Previously, Joe hosted "Scarborough Country" a primetime news show the San Francisco Chronicle called "must-see TV." Joe and Mika Brzezinski also recently launched a syndicated talk radio show called the "Joe Scarborough Show" on ABC Radio Network.
Prior to his career in television, Joe was the publisher and editor of the award-winning newspaper "The Florida Sun."[citation needed]
In April 2003, he embarked upon a television career with the launch of Scarborough Country on MSNBC, until he began hosting Morning Joe full-time.
His 2004 book "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day" predicted the collapse of the Republican majority and US economy due to his party's reckless spending.
Scarborough briefly hosted a three-hour radio show in 2005. The show aired in a competitive time slot (10am–1pm US ET) and struggled to gain affiliates; those few that did carry the show usually carried it in the noon–3pm US ET slot or in late nights instead. After a few months, Scarborough left the show to focus his time on other priorities. (After being vacant for over a year, the slot was filled by Dennis Miller's radio show in 2007.)
In August 2005, Scarborough confirmed reports that he had been asked to consider a challenge to U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris for the Republican nomination to challenge Senator Bill Nelson's reelection bid. However, he announced later that month that he was renewing his contract with NBC.[20]
In July 2006, former aides to Harris's 2006 Senate campaign claimed that Harris had called potential Scarborough supporters and raised the death of an aide in his home district office as a means to prevent his entry into the race.[21] Scarborough, who had never intended to enter the race, initially considered suing Harris but decided to let the incident pass. He later told Nelson that drawing Harris as an opponent in the race made Nelson "the luckiest man in Washington."[22]
[edit] Morning Joe
As of May 9, 2007, Scarborough became one of the rotating hosts auditioning for the slot vacated by Imus in the Morning on MSNBC, as host of Morning Joe. Morning Joe won the slot permanently in July 2007. According to Nielsen Ratings, Morning Joe generally comes in third to Fox and Friends and American Morning, though a recent Washington Whispers article noted that Morning Joe had reached a viewership of 547,000 viewers[23]. He has also appeared on other MSNBC shows as a commentator or panelist, primarily Hardball with Chris Matthews and Race for the White House.
On November 10, 2008, Scarborough made headlines when he said the word "####" live on his show. In discussing the Obama transition team, Scarborough contrasted the reputation of Clinton era staffers with Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel by saying "These were decent steady men who don't go around flipping people off or screaming '#### you' at the top of their lungs." The comment was not bleeped out, and while Scarborough's guests and cohosts reacted with shock and amusement, he continued with his point, apparently oblivious to what he had said, until co-host Mika Brzezinski broke in and informed him of his mistake. Scarborough apologized for his mistake, saying that he thought he had only "said the letter, not the word" and commented that "my wife's going to kill me." As some bloggers have noted, Scarborough has, in the past, been a vocal opponent of profanity and indecency on television.[24] Morning Joe has subsequently been broadcast with a 7-second broadcast delay.[25]
[edit] Radio
On December 8, 2008, Scarborough and Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski began hosting a two-hour late-morning radio show on WABC (770 AM) in New York City.[26][27][28] He hosts the 10 am to noon time slot after Imus in the Morning.[29] As of February 2, 2009, his show can also be heard on KABC (790 AM) in Los Angeles.[30]
I really liked Chris Plante .... and I guess Clear Channel is trying to get ahead of the Fairness Doctrine .......
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