Schultz and Hartmann are cooperating on scheduling

[yurbud]

This must be great news for East Coast listeners, but we don't get either in LA now.

Schultz and Hartmann are cooperating for the greater good!

That’s right, get this!

It is no secret that the progressive branch of the news/talk world has had its share of obstacles to overcome – weak-signaled outlets, poor business strategies (Air America), a slow start jumping into the modern talk era fray and a less sharply-defined target audience than conservative talk has been able to galvanize — just to name a handful.

Then there has been “The Great Ed Schultz-Thom Hartmann Scheduling Conflict” – otherwise known in the laws of physics as two objects not being able to occupy the same space at the same time. (Well, I’m not really sure if that actually is a law of physics – especially with String Theory and all that far out stuff that Michio Kaku talks about on the Science Channel – but you get my drift.)

For years, station programmers wanting to cobble together a decent progressive talk radio line-up and create a time-spent-listening feeding frenzy have had to deal with the inconvenient fact that the genre’s two biggest players both broadcast their midday programs live at the same friggin’ time! They are both in the studio between 12:00 noon and 3:00 pm ET. How frustrating that must be for the good folks at Dial Global who represent both of these acts (and have for years been earnest supporters of the progressive talk radio movement).


http://www.talkers.com/2012/02/23/straight-from-the-lip-2/#more-6854

[mucifer]

1. Their styles are very different.

[itsrobert]

2. KTLK is suppose to make an announcement for their 9A.M. hour

that's going to start in April. Starting last week, they will have three weeks of programming sampling different talents. I listened to part of George Wallace braodcast. He was funny and entertaining, but light on the politcal knowledge.

Maybe Ed in April or some other new show from the ones they sampling now? http://www.ktlkam1150.com/pages/DiverseLA.html

[madrchsod]

3. this was announced last week on the chicago stations website

so the line up on that station is--press-miller-big ed-and thom..that`s an ass kicking line up!

[yurbud]

4. geeze--I hope LA does something like that.

[itsrobert]

5. Well, Randi Rhodes Show is own by Clear Channel

And KTLK is Clear Channel owned, I think Randi keeps her time slot.