Bill Cunningham of Cincy's "The Big One" WLW, who got national attention during the 2008 campaign by saying 'BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA" several times in a speech at a GOP rally, is shooting a talk show pilot in Chicago at WGN for Tribune Broadcasting--if the pilot for "Willie" (produced by Springer's old showrunner) clicks, it will air on Tribune-owned stations and WGN America starting in January for possible national syndication in Sept. 2011, as the Trib's return to the syndication game after getting out shortly before Sam Zell and Randy Michaels took over the Tribune Co. (and the Tribune Co. plunged into bankruptcy):
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/05/tribune-broadcasting-taping-cunningham-talkshow-pilot-at-wgn.html#more Cunningham was at WLW when Zell and Michaels' Jacor owned the station (it's now owned by Clear Channel, where Michaels worked after Zell sold Jacor to CC)--'LW was Michaels' first big radio triumph in the late 80s, when he turned the sleepy old-school full-service MOR AM station into a strange-bedfellows mix of hard rock and right-wing commentators (over time, the music departed). Right now, Michaels, with the assistance of programmer Kevin "Pig Virus" Metheny, seems to be trying to turn WGN Radio in Chicago into something like 'LW, to the ire of many listeners and Rob Feder of Chicago Public Media's Vocalo, who has a grudge against Michaels going back to his days at the Sun- Times in the early 90s when ABC hired Michaels to turn Top 40 station WYTZ into a copy of Michaels' infamous "Power Pig" format at WFLZ in Tampa--and Michaels failed miserably, receiving special heat from Feder for his last-ditch attempt at success by briefly renaming the station "Hell FM," with liners like "go to Hell" and "this is Hell." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
