Speed Gibson

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Fair and Balanced

Deborah Caulfield Rybak is making me wish for the return of Brian Lambert. The latter used to regularly draw the ire of Joe Soucheray and Jason Lewis for getting the most basic of facts wrong, like show times.

Today, she has a fairly big article on the launch of KTLK-FM next month and related changes at KSTP-AM. She also has an insert showing the KTLK lineup and its competition.

The Patriot (WWTC 1280) is not mentioned at all, which was a little surprising. But neither was Air America (KTNF 950), which was very surprising. Even Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) got only a passing reference in the sidebar. So I guess she was an equal opportunity snubber, fair and balanced.

I did agree with this sentence: "Rosenbaum and O'Connell, new to this slot, could be spoilers."
Tony (mail) (www):
Ron and Mark are too horrid to maintain a significant portion of Rush's audience, much less compete with Rush. Yeah, they are local, but I want to pierce my ears when I'm listening to them.
12.30.2005 6:42am
JACK BAUER (mail):
What I hate see happening is a return to "pre-Rush" talk radio.
Subjects? Social Security, Pet tips, Endless book promos, how smoking is harmful, what to with latchkey kids, hanging up on conservatives (then calling them Nazis),etc..
Or like Clearchannel had on last night...a book promo interview with a former stripper and her tell-all book. "RIVETING".
Or like the other day (KSTP new guy?) "when to turn of the Christmas lights". "CAN'T MISS".
1.4.2006 3:09pm