02 August 2006

Whoopi Goldberg, New York City, Seattle Talk Radio

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Right on the heels of former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth's recent spectacular failure on FM morning drive radio, comes another attempt to turn a celeb into a radio star. This time, it's Whoopi Goldberg taking a stab at the incredibly competitive medium.

Does Whoopi have what it takes? Will she have enough material for the show, or resort to filling it up with her extremist political views?

In my latest Inside Radio column, see the early reviews on her performance.

Also in the piece: after last week's massacre at a downtown Jewish center, did Seattle talk radio stations let down their listeners?

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5 comments:

  1. The Benson Report02 August, 2006 15:01

    I think the sensible American public will remember when she starred in the infamous Kerry-Edwards fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall, where she laced her monologue with profanities and obscenities. She even compared the President of the United States to her genitals.

    That little knee-slapper quickly cost Whoopi a six-figure endorsement contract with Slim Fast.

    Goldberg returned to Broadway to push the "artistic envelope" once again.

    In one of her skits, Goldberg plays an ex-drug addict who decides to go back on heroin for as long as George Bush is president.

    "What makes [Goldberg's drug addict character] so wonderfully funny is the rhythm and tone of [her] delivery," says BroadwayWorld.com. "Her abundance of off-color language that can't possibly use on any network television is absolutely necessary to contrast with the esteemed office in question."

    Yeah, a real laugh-riot!

    Republicans can only hope that Goldberg remains politically active through the next presidential election.
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  2. The Benson Report02 August, 2006 15:44

    Yeah, you're right.
    I am a bit more straight than you.

    I'm not crazy about women who talk about ther genitals and pubic hairs at a public fund-raiser.
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  3. raccoonradio03 August, 2006 03:35

    Phil Hendrie has predicted her show will bomb.

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  4. Crimsonfisted03 August, 2006 10:58

    Her extremist views? How about on her show when she threw down a cardboard cutout of President Bush and stamped all over it? (Her show was cancelled soon after. I know I did not watch after that.) That is not "extreme" behavior? For some reason, I cannot imagine Rush Limbaugh or Laura Ingraham behaving like that.

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  5. The Real Bob Anthony03 August, 2006 21:20

    I can say recently WNPR (nee CT Public Radio) has become more NPR News/Talk programming with BBC Radio overnight.

    The stations of WNPR are:

    WNPR 89.1 Norwich

    WPKT 90.5 Meriden/Hartford (which is the Flagship)

    WEDW 88.5 Stamford/Greenwich (where I used to work when they had a facility in Stamford. Since 2000, everything's run out of Hartford, first near Trinity College, now on Asylum Street)

    WRLI 91.3 Southampton, LI

    W258AC 99.5 Storrs

    They used to air more classical music but has since cut back.

    And ohio, you're right, there are some cringing commercials on radio and WAY too many of them. Look I support the free market capitalist system, but sometimes there are mistakes--commercials for a certain "dysfunction" among them!

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