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Well, now, says the blind man (a phrase my dad used very frequently), here is what's up.

Don't look for Howard Stern to be back on our radio anytime soon. The BBC has reported that Stern says he has been approached by three companies with Big Suitcases asking him to come back to terrestrial radio. To which he replied, "No Deal!"

Stern has four years and seven months to go on his Sirius contract.

Jamie White is back doing mornings on Star 98.7. So much for prayers being answered.

One of radio's biggest annoyances was saved with an online polls asking Star listeners if that wanted Jamie and company back. Overwhelmingly, they did. That plus Star aping 93.1 JACK-FM by emiminating the jocks means that the human version of fingers-scractching-chalkboard works, and folks like Richard Blade do not...unless they are staffing the Star 80's Channel on HD.

Congratulations to KTLK-AM 1150 for cracking the vaunted full point barrier. Clear Channel, ironically, seems to have more luck generating ratings for AAR than AAR does. Stephanie Miller's strong showing helped, and don't count out the fact that the surging LA Clippers brought much to the table, but one thing I am noticing is that PM Drive Time Dominatrix Randi Rhodes is doing some of the local spots. That's a sign that advertisers are attracted to what 'TLK is putting down. With AAR in possible limbo in NYC and Atlanta, if worse comes to worse, do not be surprised if the Evil CCC becomes and AAR investor.


There may be some BIG holes to fill in LA radio very soon. Phil Hendrie has said that he is leaving radio to spend full time on prime time TV. If Phil took a look at the latest numbers for his NBC show, Teachers, he may want to rethink that idea.

If Phil leaves, KLAC-AM 570, his LA flagship can simply fill that space with local programming til the Lakers come back.

Also Tom Leykis could be conducting Leykis 101 on satellite. Leykis has been avoiding the bird up until recently and is reportedly mulling over an offer.

Unless Tom scores an Opie and Anthony-style deal, that would creat one huge hold in KLSX-FM 97.1's schedule. Currently betreft of Stern, Leykis' leaving would be a huge blow to the body. One suggestion: Danny Bonaduce. He was the better part of Star's paring with Jamie White, plus I heard him on Loveline and he did very good....better that the previous permanent host.

Hmmmm....


Finally, Clear Channel/Premiere has hired Whoopi Goldberg to do morning radio. The name of the show would be called "Wake Up with Whoopi!!"

One question. Why?

VIGILANCE!

The Continuing Saga......

In "Factor Fiction" segment, Olbermann responded to O'Reilly's
false
ratings claims

Summary: On MSNBC's Countdown, Keith Olbermann
responded to Bill
O'Reilly's claim that ratings for Fox News' The O'Reilly
Factor had increased
despite the efforts of the "Fox-hating print press,"
who want to "prop up
[O'Reilly's] competition," referring to Olbermann's
show. In a segment titled
"Factor Fiction," Olbermann noted that O'Reilly's
viewership actually decreased
3 percent in April 2006 compared to April
2005.

On the May 9 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann
responded to a segment from the May 8 broadcast of Fox News' The O'Reilly
Factor, in which host Bill
O'Reilly claimed that ratings for his show had increased despite the
efforts
of the "Fox-hating print press," who want to "prop up [O'Reilly's]
competition,"
referring to Olbermann's show. In a segment called "Factor
Fiction," Olbermann
noted that, contrary to O'Reilly's claim that The Factor
increased viewership in
April 2006 compared to April 2005, its viewership
actually decreased 3 percent.
Olbermann also debunked O'Reilly's assertion
that the 4 a.m. ET rerun of The
O'Reilly Factor boasted more viewers than
the first run of Countdown at 8 p.m.
ET, noting, "Well, here, when Bill O.
says, 'Here's more truth,' what he means
is he's lying. Last Thursday our 8
p.m. original had 85,000 more viewers. And by
the way, thanks for calling us
original."

O'Reilly also claimed during the May 8 broadcast of Westwood
One's
nationally syndicated The Radio Factor that "MSNBC's smear guy,"
apparently
referring to Olbermann, was "doing nothing" in terms of ratings,
after noting
reports of declining subscriber rates for major newspapers,
which O'Reilly
attributed to their supposed liberal slant. However, as
Mediabistro's TVNewser
weblog noted,
for the month of April, Countdown's total viewership increased 28 percent
over
the previous month, while The O'Reilly Factor's decreased four percent;
in the
25-54 year old demographic prized by many advertisers, Olbermann's
April ratings
improved by 37 percent, while O'Reilly's declined by 12
percent.

From the May 8 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with
Bill
O'Reilly:

O'REILLY: So, all of these papers are just absolute in
getting
their butts kicked. And the reason is they're just not fair. And
even if you're
a Democrat or a liberal -- not a crazy liberal, but just a
regular liberal. You
know, normal person, not a Kool-Aid drinker. You know
when you see something
that's unfair, you know, why you gonna bother, why
you gonna bother? Air
America, they're gonna be folding soon. MSNBC's smear
guy doing nothing. You
know, people walk away from that kind of stuff. So
it's very, very interesting.

From the May 9 edition of MSNBC's Countdown
with Keith Olbermann:

OLBERMANN: Speaking of somebody who also lives in
a bubble and is also
all wet, there's Bill O'Reilly. Back in the news for
playing fast and loose with
the ratings, again. So, once again we're in the
position of having to address
the third thing Bill O. shares with David
Blaine, the ability to misdirect your
attention. You know the drill, I will
read Mr. O'Reilly's on-air remarks from
the other broadcast, then translate
and/or correct what he said in a little
segment we call "Factor Fiction."
"The ratings for April are in, and for the
nights I anchored the Factor,
we improved our total audience over April 2005."
Unfortunately none of us
gets to fudge the ratings like that. Geez, Bill,
why not just subtract the
time when you're playing the commercials. Those
ratings are probably
fantastic.
"A nice achievement ... so we thank you all
very much."
Thank you for dropping The O'Reilly Factor ratings by three
percent last
month compared to April 2005. You can't just count the nights
you're on. To
try to finesse it that way is, well, let's just say on the
schoolyard it
would be greeted by chants of "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty." Well,
let's
return to Bill's ego already in progress.
"If you read some of the
Fox-hating print press --"
Print press? As opposed to what other kind of
press? Wine press? Bill Press?
"If you read some of the Fox-hating print
press, you'd never know how well we're doing actually."
That's because
you're not doing well, actually. Last month's audience was smaller than
March,
which was smaller than January, which was smaller than December,
which was
smaller than October -- the smallest since May of last year.

"The writers in the Los Angeles Times and Rocky Mountain News, among
others, want to prop up our competition."

Props. Never mention
props. Reminds people of loofahs and falafels. The
audience for the
competition -- that'd be us -- was up by a third from last
April.
"And
here's more truth. Last Thursday evening, the Factor's third
rerun at four
in the morning actually beat MSNBC's 8 p.m. original."

Well, here, when
Bill O. says, "Here's more truth," what he means is
he's lying. Last
Thursday our 8:00 p.m. original had 85,000 more viewers. And by
the way,
thanks for calling us original.
"So, the next time you read
nonsense
about cable news ratings, please understand it is disseminated by
people who
despise this network."

Like the A.C. Nielsen ratings company or Fox News
media relations.
"What counts is that millions of Americans continue to
choose Fox News over
the competition."
None of them under the age of 70.
Bill O's average viewer
is now over the age of 70. Ours just dropped to
under 60, and here's what
actually counts. The little secret Bill O. would
pay to keep you from knowing.
Not like he paid Andrea Mackris, but you know
what I mean. In what Fox itself
calls the "money demo," ages 25 to 54, The
O'Reilly Factor averaged 412,000
viewers last month. Down again from March,
the 13th month out of the last 17
months it has dropped, and that counts the
month everybody went up when the
hurricane hit. His ratings are the lowest
they have been since August of 2001.

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
— R.M.
Posted to the web on Wednesday
May 10, 2006 at 5:05 PM EST
http://mediamatters.org/items/200605100013

Oh, one last thing from old DP, O'Really.

"Air America, they're gonna be folding soon."

Tell that to Clear Channel, YES, good old, Dubya-luvvin Clear Channel, who is making mucho dinero off of AAR. You see, in a lot of markets, the one I am in, AAR stations have DOUBLED thier market share. DOUBLED! And by the way, for those neocon bloggers who say it's only a 1 share, may I point out that nothing has worked in the 1150 am frequency in Los Angeles EVER. This is the first time 1150 has seen those kinds of numbers. Rush IS King, but the knaves are moving up.

And what say you, Mr. O'Reilly, the man who was supposed to knock off El Rushbo? Despite all the drug charges and the decline in Bush's standings, Rush STILL kicks your scrawny ass in Los Angeles and everywhere else you go head to head.

"kitty....kitty...kitty, indeed!