Today at Noon (ET), former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee takes to the radio airwaves of Cumulus Media. \u00a0While the Obama “fellow travelers” (Think Progress, Media Matters, Huffington Post, Daily Kos) are trying to set up a “war”, that seems unlikely. \u00a0The motivation of the Dickey family who run Cumulus is simple – they are frugal to the point of being counterproductive. \u00a0They are locked into carrying Limbaugh on the former ABC radio stations for now, but are laying the foundation to drastically cut back what they are paying Clear Channel for programming.<\/p>\n
Unlike Dennis Miller, Doug Urbanski, Lou Dobbs, Monica Crowley, Geraldo and others, Mike Huckabee is not entering national syndication as a radio novice. \u00a0 Huckabee got his first job in radio at age 14 doing news reports at a local station. \u00a0After college and his religious training, he went to work for a TV evangelist as his communication director. \u00a0 When Paul Harvey died in 2009, Huckabee stepped in to his shoes to do a similar (but shorter) daily syndicated short form newscast.<\/p>\n
Cumulus claims they have 140, 170 or 200 affiliates for this show. \u00a0So far, I’ve located 21 – most are carrying the show in the evenings for less than three hours, reflecting a cautious wait and see attitude.<\/p>\n
KSFO-AM in San Francisco (owned by Cumulus) will be carrying the entire show live. \u00a0WOR in New York (not Cumulus) will be carrying the show from 8-10 PM (but NOT streaming the show. \u00a0KLIF-AM in Dallas Fort Worth will be carrying the first two hours live.<\/p>\n
Everyone plays games to inflate affiliate counts – does it include simulcasts? \u00a0Is it the entire show or only a weekend best of? \u00a0Are they there launch day or just have agreed they might carry the show in the future to keep a competitor from having it?<\/p>\n
http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/radio-show.php?showid=9212<\/a><\/p>\n Let the fun begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today at Noon (ET), former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee takes to the radio airwaves of Cumulus Media. \u00a0While the Obama “fellow travelers” (Think Progress, Media Matters, Huffington Post, Daily Kos) are trying to set up a … Continue reading