« Alycia Lane to court, maybe WWE too | Main | Honesty honestly not the best policy »
Public radio firing becomes public fight
Posted by Fired Fred on February 4, 2008 5:27 PM
It's not show friends, it's show business. Ex-Baltimore public radio talker Marc Steiner thinks his firing for low ratings is personal, and ripped WYPR president Anthony Brandon...
"Tony Brandon has been trying to diminish my power at the station and move me off the air for six years. It has been his agenda," Steiner said. "It has been one thing after another, and I've always tried to take the high road and never say anything about it publicly."If ratings mean listeners and more listeners means more people pledging money to support the station in exchange for t-shirts and tote bags, then yeah, they have to be concerned about ratings.
Steiner, while acknowledging that his ratings had fallen, questioned whether a public radio station should be primarily concerned about ratings.
Show business.
The guy's 61 years old. I'm betting whenever the station launches its new Statewide program in Marc's slot, the host and/or hostess will be a lot younger. He was getting like 37,000 listeners. Dude, start blogging, you can get that much online, especially when the Volvo-driving, Sideways-watching, yoga-stretching, patchoulli-smelling, sandal-wearing, granola munching, public radio types who already have blogs let people know about you.
Image courtesy Baltimore Sun