To be exact, Charlie Sykes, the longtime morning man at Milwaukee's WTMJ, who retired from his show recently after not supporting Donald Trump's candidacy (and catching hell from diehard listeners), will be hosting one night a week of "Indivisible," WNYC and American Public Media's Minnesota Public Radio division's new evening call-in talk show that's for now scheduled to run for 14 weeks (or the first hundred days of the Trump Administration) and starts next Monday--WNYC podcast host Kai Wright hosts on Mondays with two editors of the UK newsmag the Economist participation from London, WNYC morning talk host Brian Lehrer is in on Tuesdays, Sykes hosts on Wednesdays and MPR morning host Kerri Miller on Thursdays:
http://www.wnyc.org/press/indivisible/11217/ The show will air Monday through Thursday at 8 p.m. ET (probably on delay in the West because most stations are carrying "All Things Considered" at that time) and will be available as a podcast and if it clicks it will be the first U.S.-produced evening strip on public radio news-talk stations to be successful. Most stations that don't play music at night tend after "Marketplace" to repeat their local talk shows and/or Terry Gross or once-a-week shows at nights before the overnight pickup of the BBC World Service. Some stations air the CBC's "As It Happens" and/or "q," but many don't (and "q" is an afternoon show in Canada). PRI tried some years ago a show with "Sunday Morning" correspondent and "Wait, Wait..." panelist Faith Salie called "Fair Game" (described as a cross between "The Daily Show" and "Fresh Air") and failed. A sobering note: Allegedly, research claims that the hardcore public radio news audience doesn't care for call-in talk shows of any kind (which is why "Talk of the Nation" went off)--will they make an exception here? And will the Amy Goodman army be down on WNYC and MPR for hiring a veteran of commercial talk radio who still considers himself a conservative as a host? -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
