Westwood One Brings Fred Thompson to Radio in March 2009

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Source: pr news

The Fred Thompson Show, hosted by the former U.S. Senator will replace The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly on radio stations nationwide -

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One is pleased to announce the debut of The Fred Thompson Show on March 2, 2009. The show will replace The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly when the program ends its successful six-year run on February 27, 2009. Former U.S. senator and 2008 presidential candidate, Fred Thompson will share his views on politics, topical issues, pop culture and water cooler stories, as well as welcome guest interviews and take listener calls. The Fred Thompson Show will be a two-hour daily talk show and will air live Noon-2pm, Monday - Friday from the Westwood One studios in Washington DC.

"There is no prerequisite for a great talk show host, but if I were going to make one up, senator, presidential candidate, federal prosecutor, radio commentator, film and TV star would be a pretty good start," said Bart Tessler, EVP Westwood One News & Talk Programming.

"When folks listen to a radio show, they make an appointment with it. It is the ideal way for me to continue my dialog with America about the issues we all face each day," said Thompson.

"Senator Thompson is a perfect fit for radio," said Gary Schonfeld, President of Westwood One Networks. "His unique set of qualifications will make him a huge hit with both listeners and advertisers."




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Officially to replace the O'Reilly Factor"

Mods, thought this was "breaking", but might be better in GD.

This could be the break Progressives have been looking for. As soon as all the Freepers are in a coma after listening to Fred's show, we can sneak into their mom's basement and steal their Cheetoes!

[marylanddem]

1. "will make him a huge hit with both listeners and advertisers"

wouldn't bet on it, Mr. Schonfeld. But then, he has really tiny shoes to fill...
Makes me sleepy even to think about this upcoming "show"

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Imagine all the car accidents involving sleeping drivers...

;)

[countingbluecars]

3. What fun.

Two hours of Fred clearing his throat.

[maxrandb]

7. What's disgusting is

when you think..."There must not be any progressive voices that could fill this time-slot".

I mean, really...that must be the reasoning. Westwood probably looked really, really, really hard to find a liberal, or even "moderate" talk show host, but they just couldn't find one with Thompson's charisma

:eyes:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. As the saying goes, he's definitely got the face for radio.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Aaaaaaaa.. ... You beat me to it.

[NOW tense]

6. Foghorn Leghorn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe0jlnlq8pg&feature=related

[FSogol]

8. Wow, that will put the makers of Ambien out of business!

Thompson: Blub, blub, blub, blub...

[StClone]

9. Old White Conservative gets AM Radio Show!

Blah! Replaces insaner old White Conservative nut. Joins Limbaugh.

[maxrandb]

11. Doesn't quite sound

like "Breaking News" when you put it that way.

[StClone]

12. It ain't an IT guru's plane crashing after Rovian threats.

That's for sure! Happy Holidays. :hi:

[gratuitous]

10. 30 seconds of excitement jam-packed into two hours every day!

Brought to you by "Hey you kids! Get offa my lawn!" Fences, Metamucil, Geritol, and of course, Anacin.

[ShortnFiery]

13. Oh geeze, Westwood One needs to dispense "No Doze" tabs with the promotion of Foghorn Leghorn's

bland show. Perhaps they can hire "Miss Prissy" to do a striptease? :boring:

[Ikonoklast]

14. Westwood One will soon be Westwood None

If I can find a few more coins in my sofa, I just may tender an all-cash offer for all the outstanding shares.

If they think that they can sell ad revenue for 'Ol Foghorn Fred's show, no wonder they are floundering as a company.

[maxrandb]

21. That, I think, is what pisses me off the most

What kind of competition was there for this time-slot?

Did they interview or audition any liberal, progressive, or moderate voices?

I know they are in the business of making money, and the "cookie-cutter-Rush" shows have made money for them, but I really think there is more to it than that.

These corporations have a vested interest in getting the "anti-labor, pro-corporate-tax-cuts, greed-is-good" message beaten into the heads of their listeners, and the American people as a whole.

I wouldn't be surprised, if you peel back the onion, you'd find some wealthy "right-wingers" paying these folks salaries and propping them up.

They sure as hell aren't making enough advertising money from ads from "Go to my PC".

[maxrandb]

22. Heaven forbid

Westwood even try to serve the community interest by looking for some local talent, or finding shows on the local level that people might actually care about.

[bluecollarcharlie]

15. Oh yeah.

This will be about as exciting as his run for the White House. The one thing we can be grateful for is that when he's on the air, the wingnuts will be even more zombie like.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

16. Can't you just FEEL...

The excitement? I have just peed myself on the news of this. Imagine what will happen when he begins to excite electrons.

Well, "excite" might be pushing things a bit...

[MessiahRp]

17. Otherwise known as Nap Time for Righties

I can't imagine a more boring host than the Basset Hound Thompson.

Rp

[not fooled]

20. Wrong Time Slot

They need to schedule this guy at 10 PM, when people need to hear a low uninteresting drone to help them fall asleep.

ZZZzzzzz......

[AllentownJake]

18. O Noh's 11111

If he puts as much energy into his radio show as he did his presidential run we are all screwn!!!

I'm series11111

[nolabear]

19. I'm betting he has the same laissez-faire attitude

toward radio that he had toward campaigning. He seems to me to be a chronically bored, boring, don't give a crap kinda guy, perfect for acting jobs that have a natural end. Thank the lord he didn't snowjob anyone enought for them to convince him being president could be done by a part-time, laconic, slow...oh, wait.

Maybe Dub should try radio. I know I'D call in.

[ThisThreadIsSatire]

23. Great Choice for Entertainment Value...

Just look at ol' Fred's progression in the entertainment field -- from the 'big screen' to TV, to radio...

Lookout Vaudeville, you're next!

[happygoluckytoyou]

24. The man who proved that you don't HAVE TO BE ALIVE to run for president... takes on a new frontier!!

[VP505]

25. Two hours of

Grandpa Fred snoring..... that ought to get some big ratings.:sarcasm:

[hatrack]

26. Maybe they need the business loss as a tax deduction when they file in 2010?

Beyond that, I can't think of a single reason for Paul-Harvey-In-Waiting to get a radio show of his very own!

:eyes:

[shadowknows69]

27. And now here's your host Fred Thompson and music to slit your wrists to.

[Ilsa]

28. Too fugly for TV. Listeners will need their

cuppa joes to be as thick as Fred's head to stay awake.

[bullwinkle428]

29. I'll keep this in mind when I run out of Ambien

[maxrandb]

30. Update: Apparently, there is also going to be a Rudy Guiliani Radio Show

as well.

What? Wasn't Sarah Palin available???

I give Rudy's show maybe a month, Fred's maybe 90 days.