[Speed Gibson,
Sunday March 27, 2005 at 6:32am]
Next Big Thing - Week 4
I actually heard the second hour of today's edition first. After services and a nice Easter dinner, including doing the dishes, I was thinking about a nap. But I decided to watch a little golf instead, and got the idea of listening to KSTP with the TV sound down. Annika Sorenstam was running away with the LPGA event, so I settled for the taped highlights from The Players Championship, the weather not co-operating again today. I then listened to the 2-3 pm hour via Replay Radio, watching more golf.
Today, it was Wendy Weiner. She made a pretty good joke about Joe O'Brien calling her to say he wanted her to be "The Next Big Thing" as if referring to her weight, admittedly higher than she'd like. She has a good radio voice and voice skills, certainly the equal of the Poli-Chicks and I mean that as a compliment. But basically, she babbled for two hours.
I say "she babbled" rather than "she is a babbler" because the first-time jitters would turn most of us into radio Jell-O. This is just style, though. My largest question in investing an hour remains, "did I learn anything?" Today, I did not.
It would be hard for anyone to avoid talking about Terri Shiavo; indeed, everyone on talk radio is. I will credit Wendy for trying to not make it two hours of this. I will credit that she tried to add to, rather than repeat the many points of view. But we as news junkies, talk radio addicts, and bloggers, had heard her views expressed by others before.
Good as her oral and verbal skills were, I have to give her a D on my KSTP grading scale:
A: Jason Lewis
B: Bob Davis
C: Dave Thompson
D: Chris Krok
F: Ron Rosenbaum
You would infer correctly from the above that I believe KSTP has yet to recover from the loss of he who is now "Charlotte's Mr. Right."
Today, it was Wendy Weiner. She made a pretty good joke about Joe O'Brien calling her to say he wanted her to be "The Next Big Thing" as if referring to her weight, admittedly higher than she'd like. She has a good radio voice and voice skills, certainly the equal of the Poli-Chicks and I mean that as a compliment. But basically, she babbled for two hours.
I say "she babbled" rather than "she is a babbler" because the first-time jitters would turn most of us into radio Jell-O. This is just style, though. My largest question in investing an hour remains, "did I learn anything?" Today, I did not.
It would be hard for anyone to avoid talking about Terri Shiavo; indeed, everyone on talk radio is. I will credit Wendy for trying to not make it two hours of this. I will credit that she tried to add to, rather than repeat the many points of view. But we as news junkies, talk radio addicts, and bloggers, had heard her views expressed by others before.
Good as her oral and verbal skills were, I have to give her a D on my KSTP grading scale:
A: Jason Lewis
B: Bob Davis
C: Dave Thompson
D: Chris Krok
F: Ron Rosenbaum
You would infer correctly from the above that I believe KSTP has yet to recover from the loss of he who is now "Charlotte's Mr. Right."