Thank you, you beat me to my point.
Even if it's a million and a half, (some say it's less) maybe 1/3 of them watch Idol, and maybe 1/3 of that 1/3 might pick up the phone and vote.
I personally can't stand Stern, he bitched and moaned for years that he is the King of All Media because there is no competition, begged for comptetion, Opie and Anthony came along, Howard's Arbitron numbers were getting smaller because of O and A's popularity, so what did sissy boy Howie do?
Went crying to Mel K to have O and A silenced.
I will give Stern props for being a master self promoter.
He's the best I have seen at self promotion.
yes it is a shame,they were silenced but now they are not and here are the winter rankings from some markets.
MEAN OL' HOWARD MUST STILL HAVE AN IGGY WITH SOME OF THE STATIONS.AND RICK MILLER(HARDLY A HOUSEHOLD NAME) MUST BE IN ON THE PLOT ALSO!
DETROIT...........
Opie & Anthony, who shifted from WXYT to WKRK with hopes of winning back the Howard Stern audience, was down to a 0.9 from a 2.5 for the same period in 2005-06. On the other hand, country WDTW-FM's Rick Miller -- hardly a morning household name -- scored a 0.5 surge to a 2.3 and 15th place, just 0.4 behind rival veteran morning voice Dr. Don on country WYCD in 13th place.
FALL RATINGS IN CHICAGO.......
And the market's biggest loser?
It's a toss-up between Emmis Communications' alternative rock WKQX and CBS Radio "Free FM" WCKG. Both stations brought up the rear among the Top 30, crippled by morning shows few are listening to.
At Q101, Mancow Muller's replacement, an ensemble cast of wise guys (and gals) who talk about the day's news, saw two-thirds of Muller's spring share vanish. Though billed as "The Morning Fix," the conceptually promising radio experiment could prove to be anything but a fix.
The only morning show doing worse is WCKG's latest replacement for Howard Stern -- the syndicated duo of Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia. They're faring no better than Shane "Rover" French, who lasted only seven months here.
The ongoing calamity at WCKG is costing CBS Radio millions in advertising revenue, prompting the inevitable talk of adjustments to the station's lineup -- if not a total overhaul of its format.
FALL RATINGS FROM NEW YORK.......(WHOOPI IS IN ON IT TOO)
MORNINGS: WSKQ (7.1), WINS (6.5), WLTW (5.7), WHTZ (5.4), WBLS (4.2), WPAT-FM (4.1), WRKS & WCBS-AM (3.8), WABC (3.3), WQHT (3.2), WAXQ & WPLJ (2.8), WFAN (2.7), WWPR (2.4), WQCD (2.2), WKTU (2.0), WADO & WQXR (1.9), WOR & WCBS-FM (1.8), WFNY (1.6), WNEW (1.4).
Whoopi Goldberg's morning show at WKTU (103.5 FM) is a quiet No. 16, but Clear Channel's Jim Ryan, who works with the show, says, "We're very optimistic for 2007."
WKTU (2.0), WHOOPI
WFNY (1.6), YOU KNOW WHO
IT IS A CRYING SHAME ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE GANGED UP ON THEM.
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