[Speed Gibson,
Wednesday April 19, 2006 at 11:06pm]
Reviewing: Bill Bennett's Morning in America
This is the last in my series profiling the various morning talk show offerings, which I'll recap in a later post. I saved this program for last, as it is a network show, with only a splash of local news and weather at the top of the hour. The abbreviated time breakdown:
I just don't like this concept. Morning (and evening) drive time radio has to be local. Barring that, you should at least have to be entertaining, like Laura Ingraham. But that's not Mr. Bennett's long suit, either.
OK, he's a smart guy, very personable, but he doesn't cover anything beyond what Rush and the many dwarfs do. What he does cover seems more headline than article, no real depth of analysis. He does do a good interview, but that's not enough.
I do listen now and then, particularly the first hour before 6 am as a quick read on the headlines. But after that, I return to KTLK-FM.
I wish Dr. Bennett every success, but it's too thin, too tame, and too national for me.
Content: 57%
Breaks: 36%
News & weather: 5%
Theme, promos: 2%
I just don't like this concept. Morning (and evening) drive time radio has to be local. Barring that, you should at least have to be entertaining, like Laura Ingraham. But that's not Mr. Bennett's long suit, either.
OK, he's a smart guy, very personable, but he doesn't cover anything beyond what Rush and the many dwarfs do. What he does cover seems more headline than article, no real depth of analysis. He does do a good interview, but that's not enough.
I do listen now and then, particularly the first hour before 6 am as a quick read on the headlines. But after that, I return to KTLK-FM.
I wish Dr. Bennett every success, but it's too thin, too tame, and too national for me.
I agree with the R5's content analysis, there's nothing special here.