Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison
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We just came out and decided we were going to let our defense fuel our offense.
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We get more reaction to this list than anything else we do.
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I'm ready. It's time. Shout it out loud, ... It's time. It's time. It's time.
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It's ironic two things are going on at the same time. There's a real predisposition in FM radio to entertaining new talk formats, just as they're losing their major talk talent.
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It's been good for him, ... His ratings are up.
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It slows the rate of fire spread. It actually will put the fire out and burn on through. This stuff, when the fire burns up to it, it completely puts it out ... if it's mixed right.
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It's a smart move. I think they are accomplished practitioners of the hot talk genre.
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It's very common in radio for people to re-hire someone they let go. Opie and Anthony have ratings in New York and a loyal following, and they know how to do the shock genre successfully, which not many people do.
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A lot of people in political talk radio are still on that left-versus-right formula because it's been working. You can be sure that if it continues to show a decline in ratings, they'll alter the course.
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Ratings are not the same as votes. (Some) people like to listen to people they disagree with. We learned that when Rush had his drug problem; it made him more interesting.
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Radio faces an uncertain future, but doom is not around the corner. It's just over the horizon.
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There's no question in my mind that satellite radio will take its place in the evolution of radio and that Howard Stern is a catalyst for it happening faster. But it's not going to replace FM or AM radio.
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There's only one thing that rules whether Howard Stern stays or leaves Infinity and that's money. If Howard Stern brings in more money than it costs to have him, he stays. If it costs more money to have Howard Stern than he brings in, he leaves.
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There's obviously a tremendous amount of tension between him and Infinity and it's getting closer and closer to the witching hour where he's going over to Sirius Satellite Radio, ... So many are watching, from stock watchers to radio programming watchers. It's ripe for rumors.