[Speed Gibson,
Friday January 27, 2006 at 9:07pm]
P Miller and D Prager out
Rapper / athlete P Miller a. k. a. Master P finally got the boot tonight on Dancing with the Stars tonight. He was ready, the viewers were ready, and the judges were more than ready. Still, "P" acquitted himself very well and he truly did add some unique, enjoyable content to this season.
Here at home, I sadly had to give another "master P" his release, Dennis Prager. I was a charter subscriber to his premium service to get his commercial-free downloads in 64kbps mp3 high fidelity.
As you may know, Prager and his syndicator, Salem Radio, are in a legal squabble as to who owns his content, to the point where Salem apparently got an injunction to shut down the audio content of his site, including sales of his tapes and CD's.
Dennis Prager remains a staple of my talk radio diet thanks to my Pogo recorder. I'm in fact listening to yesterday's show right now at 150% speed. But should the impasse be resolved, I won't be back. Prager is the master of argument, focusing on reality with his mantra of preferring clarity to agreement. But he is a bad businessman.
This whole situation should never have happened. For once, he should have sought agreement, not clarity from Salem when he started this service. When the rug was pulled out, Dennis said virtually nothing, on advice of counsel, other than to offer a ray of hope. Given how poorly he has apparently managed things so far, this seems remote. After two weeks, I pulled the plug.
Like radio, a premium companion web site is also a business. The best is RushLimbaugh.com as you might expect. Rush offers a number of additional features over and above the radio program, including video, pod-casting, robust archives, and the occasional Internet-only fourth hour. Prager's site is almost totally about selling his audio. Initially, he also included a free monthly lecture from his many travels that he later abruptly withdrew without changing the price or providing some other new feature.
Finally, a pet peeve I wrote Dennis about is that he often replays hours without notice. There is no "you're listening to the best of" disclaimer aired at the start as almost all others do. Prager said on the air once that he feels it's important that we hear these hours again as if to justify fooling us. That's unnecessary arrogance that strains customer relations.
And that's why I'm done with "The Prager Perspective" on the web. Unlike my other two indulgences, Limbaugh and Ingraham, I just don't feel I was treated right as a paying customer, a charter subscriber no less. So now that I have some "open to buy" in my budget, I'm looking to possibly add a new show, maybe even one not aired here in the Twin Cities.
But as I said, I will keep listening to "P" on the "P" with my "P".
Here at home, I sadly had to give another "master P" his release, Dennis Prager. I was a charter subscriber to his premium service to get his commercial-free downloads in 64kbps mp3 high fidelity.
As you may know, Prager and his syndicator, Salem Radio, are in a legal squabble as to who owns his content, to the point where Salem apparently got an injunction to shut down the audio content of his site, including sales of his tapes and CD's.
Dennis Prager remains a staple of my talk radio diet thanks to my Pogo recorder. I'm in fact listening to yesterday's show right now at 150% speed. But should the impasse be resolved, I won't be back. Prager is the master of argument, focusing on reality with his mantra of preferring clarity to agreement. But he is a bad businessman.
This whole situation should never have happened. For once, he should have sought agreement, not clarity from Salem when he started this service. When the rug was pulled out, Dennis said virtually nothing, on advice of counsel, other than to offer a ray of hope. Given how poorly he has apparently managed things so far, this seems remote. After two weeks, I pulled the plug.
Like radio, a premium companion web site is also a business. The best is RushLimbaugh.com as you might expect. Rush offers a number of additional features over and above the radio program, including video, pod-casting, robust archives, and the occasional Internet-only fourth hour. Prager's site is almost totally about selling his audio. Initially, he also included a free monthly lecture from his many travels that he later abruptly withdrew without changing the price or providing some other new feature.
Finally, a pet peeve I wrote Dennis about is that he often replays hours without notice. There is no "you're listening to the best of" disclaimer aired at the start as almost all others do. Prager said on the air once that he feels it's important that we hear these hours again as if to justify fooling us. That's unnecessary arrogance that strains customer relations.
And that's why I'm done with "The Prager Perspective" on the web. Unlike my other two indulgences, Limbaugh and Ingraham, I just don't feel I was treated right as a paying customer, a charter subscriber no less. So now that I have some "open to buy" in my budget, I'm looking to possibly add a new show, maybe even one not aired here in the Twin Cities.
But as I said, I will keep listening to "P" on the "P" with my "P".
I would suggest Lars Larson, who can be found at Larslarson.com. He's my favorite radio show host but is relatively unknown in the TC.