BlatherWatch

Radio execs: "We got fat and happy.”

What's happened to radio?

That question consumed the radio suits- the CEO's, the consultants, the media media- gathering in Philadelphia this week.

They were (slightly) less self-congratulatory than usual. As they should be, with their industry in revenue free-fall with no bottom in sight.

Another sign the end is near... KVI junks 'cop talk radio'

Effective immediately- if you were listening last week, you heard the last show.

We speak sadly of KVI's Cop Talk Radio (Saturdays 6-7p), another victim of media hard times in general, and KVI's problems in particular.

A peek into the obama-care future: a grim, horrifying, stupid world

Our patented Lens of Blather is an instrument which allows us to see into the fearful future as predicted by talk radio.

Willy cunningham: a two-legged, small-peckered, tiny-minded, foul-smelling reason why right-wing talk radio is doomed

Syndicated Christian talker and values huckster Willy Cunningham (KVI Sundays, 7-10p) said on Cincinnati local radio Tuesday of Barack Obama's childhood: "Imagine at the age of 1 or 2 seeing your father for the last time. See, his father was a typical black father who, right after the birth, left the baby. That's what black fathers do. They simply leave."

It's getting desperate. The electoral paths to victory for Olde John McCain are fewer and fewer: nothing that his campaign has thrown at Obama has stuck, so it's left to the talk radio slop-trough creepy-crawlers like Cunningham.

(With surrogates like Cunningham, is it any wonder Republicans rarely convince black voters -- or brown, for that matter -- to vote for Republicans?)

McCain was once an honorable man. KVI was once an honorable station, why do either one of these entities put up with him? This is certainly not the first time we've heard such inciteful rhetoric from this guy.

The shit machine: talk radio's case against barack obama

Joe Gandelman is the editor at The Moderate Voice, a wry and respected independent political blog. Last week he drove up the California coast where the radio choices are none but right-wing talk.

He writes: "... unless you’re a Republican partisan, this week conservative talk radio seemed infiltrated by Democratic Party moles doing caricatured, extremist off-the-wall broadcasts guaranteed to convince independent voters listening in to vote for Democrats." You think the rhetoric, verbal extremism and unbottled rage displayed at Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain’s recent rallies is something?"

Can talk radio save john mccain?

Nope.

But it's not for the want of trying... On the AM bands today, Barack Obama was a flesh-eating, vampire-socialist: "Bill Ayres, Bill Ayres, Bill Ayres, Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright."

Monday was about The Manchurian Candidate/Terrorist Edition, a frenetic hope by McCain to turn the page on the sinking economy, an unfolding Katrina for which McCain has no coherent plan.

Dave Boze (KTTH m-f, 3-6p) bemoaned the "creepy" Obama "cult-like" following.

"Push back the liberal whores!"  squeaked Mark LeVIN (KVI m-f, 6-8p).

Friday oddems: returning to obscurity; hemorrhoidal FCC tool; wiki quickie with rachel marsden; sex out of the box; nancy-frigging-grace; humble-frigging-dori; a latvian, two filipinos, and a truckdriver

 ~~ "Returning to obscurity" is how David Goldstein framed his future after a good run filling-in for Dave Ross (KIRO m-f, 9a-12p). We asked in a post, last week: "How's Goldy doing? hoping to get some feedback on the local, novice, liberal blabbermouth's radio performance. Of course, we got an earful. But there's some good advice there, once you get by the Goldy-haters. Does up-and-comer David have a chance in a local talk market that's shrinking before our very eyes? Probably not, unless, of course, he's willing to do celebrity astrology, and forsake his trademark wonk for awesomeness.

~~Speaking of Too Beautiful to Live, (KIRO m-f, 7-10p) Gay Gary says he's finally loving the new show since the sexual tension has been ratcheted up, "like," he says, "A LOT!" He noticed it when Jen producer was out sick and Sean and Luke were left alone. "... Luke was going into the control room with Sean where he was planning on doing the show the rest of the night. 'It's boys night tonight!' he gleefully announced. (OMG!) He then had Sean inspect a skin rash he'd developed. (OMG - x2!!!) What will happen next?! I don't know but it's like a radio soap opera you guys! I'm just hoping the prudes at the FCC don't make them move the show to Sirius or XM now that things are heating up." Gay sexual tension on talk radio? Gotta agree with Gary: that's thinking out of the box... (photo: Sean)

Bill cunningham: "barack hussein obama is a bolshevik."

National radio talk host Bill Cunningham (KVI Sundays, 7-10p) warmed up the crowd at a McCain rally in Cincinnati Tuesday saying Obama sympathizes with "world leaders who want to kill us" and invoked Obama's middle name three times calling him "Barack Hussein Obama."

Cunningham is the charming piece of shit who said Islam's goal is to have "sex with children for eternity." Audio here.

The Michael Savage wannabe is a local host in Cincinnati, who went national last fall and replaced Matt Drudge on KVI in October.

John McCain is shocked, shocked, and says he's distancing himself from Cunningham.

Another roadside oddems: hemorrhoid watch 2008; internecine KIRO; women masturbating horses; allan prell on the threes; bRyAn StYbLe is not racist, never has been racist; more billified hip-hopcracy; jen andrews exposed; one charming son of a bitch.

~ Like calling the aid car for a hemorrhoid? (or maybe vice-versa, in this case) did anyone besides us find KIRO's Monday night calling in the late Frank Shiers and going into full-on Storm Watch 2008 mode a little silly? While it was really nice to hear our close friend, Frank fill in for the syndicated Phil Hendrie who replaced him, (Frank's weather-talking mastery has earned him the nickname,"Shiver,") having all talk off the table except weather sent us to scurrying for Mike Malloy (KPTK m-f,7-10p). Besides, the weather wasn't all that daunting. Apparently, it was snowing on the Issaquah plateau, the mountain passes,north of the Snoho line, and in the wilds of Queen Anne Hill. The commute promised to be daunting, but WTF? Couldn't that have been well-handled on KIRO's many news breaks? Maybe it was to assuage KIRO's guilt for bringing in their first syndication in the weekdayparts and to assure us that they're still here to serve us live & locally. If the latter is true, it was gross overcompensation.

~ The new KIRO website will be all about "community" and shit; and will be up soon, according to everyone. They're lucky to have David Goldstein (Sat., Sun., 7-10p) already on their payroll. Goldy must have been a great resource since his claim to fame is that he's a NW blogger with national renown whose platform, Horsesass.org is one of the biggest online communities in the region. Nobody will talk to us yet, but with that kind of live and local experience on tap, maybe the site will go from the B- we gave it to an A. (Even KIRO's B- beat all the other talk stations' sites by a mile).

Islam's goal is "sex with children," according to new KVI talker

Last week, Bill "Willie" Cunningham told his Cincinnati listeners: "The great war of this generation's time is the war against Islamic fascists... They do not live for life, they live for death. Only through death can they believe they can be with those 72 virgins in heaven and have sex with children for eternity, which is the goal of that religion."