Re: Complaints prompt 92.1 to bring back Thom Hartmann

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: : : Making waves: Complaints prompt The Mic 92.1 to bring back 'Thom Hartmann' : : : : : : Samara Kalk Derby/The Capital Times — 1/14/2009 8:54 am : : : ----------------------------------------- : : : : I take from this article - this was all just a publicity stunt for an underperforming Libtalk station a few days before the new Democratic Obama inauguration? : : Announce you are dropping a show, wait for the listener outrage to create a media hubbub, one of the hosts quits in protest about the change - and then have a meeting with upset listeners and announce that you are bringing the show back. : : Shrewd, and very well-played. : Two Thoughts: : 1.) OK - Sounds like it wasn't just a publicity stunt after all. : I was waiting for the WXXM listeners to demand that Lee Rayburn get hired back for the morning show - like the last time he was separated from CC. : After Rayburn's recent newspaper interview it doesn't look like it is going to happen this time. : : 2.) Past Precedence - Given that the station has announced changes twice - and caved in to listeners twice... : What happens if the station continues to underperform and real changes need to be made - what happens then? : The listeners will protest again, and think it will work again - and the station won't cave - that situation could get messy quickly. : Sort of like the boy who cried wolf one too many times...

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