Beck, Hannity dumped in Philly
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Beck, Hannity dumped in Philly
There may or may not be a Tea Party revolution in America, but two of the right wing's top voices will be silenced here in Philadelphia -- at least for now.
The Big Talker-1210 is dumping Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity for more local content. Of course, there are less popular destinations on the AM dial -- 990 springs to mind -- that would likely jump at the chance to pick up Beck and Hannity, the third- and second-most listened-to radio talkers in America, so they may not be off the air here for long, or at all:
There is a big shakeup coming to local talk radio bastion 1210 The Big Talker, as the radio station is dropping Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, and helping Michael Smerconish become a national figure.
Smerconish will not be on in the morning, as of January. He will move to a 3 p.m. to 7 p.m show, with the last three hours broadcast nationally.
Beck will also be dropped in January in favor of local radio staple Dom Giordano.
As a long-time Beck-basher, I should be thrilled at the move -- but then as a blogger I listen to Beck's show fairly often in trolling for new material, so I'm not as excited by this as you might think. On the other hand, I thought there was a real lack of good Philadelphia-centric talk on the radio, especially during the prime hours of the day. So from that local perspective, it's a good thing.
Next up, a liberal talk station in Philadelphia featuring Thom Hartmann and Stephanie Miller - hey, a guy can dream, can't he?
Hallelujah!!! I like Smerconish. I think he should get more national exposure. He did a great job subbing for Chris Matthews this week on Hardball.— EaglesFlyersPhilsSixers
Comment removed.- Dumb and dumber. I only listen to 1210 for the Phillies.— brio
Smerconish is a more mainstream alternative.— 1980- Good move Mr. Bloom
- Smerconish is great for the morning drive - now what?— themilkman
- Will, there's always Air America. Oh wait...
Seems like the liberal fascist thugs who are currently running this place have CBS doing a preemptive programming change as a sign of good faith to their masters. Now if Rockefeller and company can just figure out a way to block streaming audio and kick the conservatives off satellite radio America can return to greatness.
— JerryCurlan 
Hoo the hale are 'Thom Hartmann and Stephanie Miller'? Are these shining stars of the left? I give Will credit for finally coming out as a troll. If Beck and Hannity did not exist, he would have to invent them. Without those boogeymen and others like them, where would he be?— phluphya19147- CENSORSHIP!!!!!1!!!!!111!!11— Talking point sleuth
Never heard Beck on 1210. Hannity is no big loss. Sure wish they'd drop Limbaugh though...now that guy is annoying. I do like Bill Bennett on another station. Smerc is boring.— The Monk- Smerconish is a lady. 1210 is about to make itself irrelevant.
- Will - your distaste for true American values (freedom, pursuit of happiness, etc) is shameful. The "Tea Party" is more representative of true American values than any political party.
Smerconish is a joke - he will flounder on the national level.— USAFirst1 - Makes sense…since Philadelphia is just a poor man’s Chicago we might as well cut the ties with anything resembling a balance to the radical left wing voices (like Will) and go the way the elections go each cycle (lefty all the way and more irrelevant every year).— cb54
- no surprise here. philly voted 80% + for democrats this year. the radio station is trying to make money in advertising by reaching more listeners. but guess what?? Corbett and Toomey have been elected by the STATE. hooray! hey Will go over to west/north philly and have a cup of "tea" w your fellow democrats. I'm sure you would get a great discussion on the political issues of today. better yet, post the transcripts on philly.com to show what these voters really have to say. GOP IN 2012 lock it up babyyyy— 420Phillie
- Not sorry to see Hannity go. What a narrow-minded windbag.— AndyN
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