Pat White Fired from WOWO

[HoosierHelen]

So has anyone been listening to Pat Miller? I'd be interested in some opinions.

Mine is that he is not a great improvement. Very amateurish. Is it such a stretch to wonder why Ft. Wayne doesn't have anyone better to offer than these guys? Neither Pat has any ability to keep the program interesting. Even though I disagree with almost everything that Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity say, they at least are entertaining hosts. These local guys are just embarrassing. WOWO- oh how the mighty have fallen.

I love 89.1 FM. Give it a try...it's public radio and such an open format. I find it always interesting and it actually LOWERS my blood pressure. :-)

[hideaway70]

I love 89.1 FM. Give it a try...it's public radio and such an open format. I find it always interesting and it actually LOWERS my blood pressure. :-)

Oddly enough, that's where I end up flipping to once I get irritated by Fox Ne....I mean WOWO. My only issue is that I sometimes don't get a strong enough signal in my car.

[wickedacoustic]

What is your point, sir? When you joined this thread I thought it was in support of Pat White. Then you dissed Helen and furthered that assumption. Now here you are, explaining that either:

A. Because radios have a tuning dial people can choose who they wish to listen to
or
B. Most people enjoy listening to folks who share their same opinions

If you are correct in either of these, then:

A. Enough listeners tuned away from Pat White that the radio station felt he was not profitable for them
or
B. Many listeners did not share Mr. White's many (and often nonsensical) opinions

Then there's option C:

Huh?

I did enjoy Pat White. I did not relize that the thread was ment for Pat Bashing my mistake. my last post was in reference to people that normally don't like something but when it happens they can not look away, or for people who like Jerry Springer but in the company of others would never admit it. Helens opinions are hers and mine are mine she is able to share hers as I can mine. I don't think that I "DISSED HER OUT" I must have missed it? If so then I appologize to Helen I did not intend to do so.

[wickedacoustic]

i don't think he has one. his posts are about as relevant as john40's. that is why they both have such great reputations.(red squares) i think he is \\"trolling\\" for a response just like he did when he brought up the whole pollution thing a few posts back. try not to think about it too hard edeevee, he is a \\"pointless\\" poster.

What is your issue with the "RED BOXES" and "TROLLING" 1/2 of everything posted here on the Fence Post has an opposing view. Your signature should give others your general take on what you post! "I do not support this ad"

[hideaway70]

my last post was in reference to people that normally don't like something but when it happens they can not look away, or for people who like Jerry Springer but in the company of others would never admit it.

I am guily of this, as are a lot of us. It's the reason we rubberneck at car accidents. I find myself drawn to things and people that I know will make me angry (Limbaugh, Beck, Oreilly). I;m not sure why. I think it might be the adrenaline rush.

[HoosierHelen]

I did enjoy Pat White. I did not relize that the thread was ment for Pat Bashing my mistake. my last post was in reference to people that normally don't like something but when it happens they can not look away, or for people who like Jerry Springer but in the company of others would never admit it. Helens opinions are hers and mine are mine she is able to share hers as I can mine. I don't think that I \\"DISSED HER OUT\\" I must have missed it? If so then I appologize to Helen I did not intend to do so.

Wicked, There is no need to apologize, we simply have a difference of opinion on the Pat White show. Difference of opinions happen on the FP frequently. I was having trouble understanding the point you were trying to make. After your further explaination, I believe I get it now.

Originally Posted by wickedacoustic
my last post was in reference to people that normally don't like something but when it happens they can not look away, or for people who like Jerry Springer but in the company of others would never admit it.

If everyone liked the same type of radio shows we wouldn't have such a large variety to select from.

[wickedacoustic]

Wicked, There is no need to apologize, we simply have a difference of opinion on the Pat White show. Difference of opinions happen on the FP frequently. I was having trouble understanding the point you were trying to make. After your further explaination, I believe I get it now.



If everyone liked the same type of radio shows we wouldn't have such a large variety to select from.

Thank you Helen!

[wickedacoustic]

I am guily of this, as are a lot of us. It's the reason we rubberneck at car accidents. I find myself drawn to things and people that I know will make me angry (Limbaugh, Beck, Oreilly). I;m not sure why. I think it might be the adrenaline rush.

Hideaway it is terrible that this is the way media sources are marketed to the Public. It really does not matter if people like or dislike Pat White because the people that like him will find his word elswhere, and people that didn't like this man do not have to listen to him on WOWO. And let's look at all the so called great radio personalities that have been let go from a station, they normally get picked up by a bigger station with more marketing and production just because he was saying things that got the peoples blood pumping this is the exact response media is looking for.
Pat White needed this release from WOWO to move to his next level Higher or Lower it does not really matter because he is moving and this makes waves!

[zdog1962]

Looks like his time away from the airwaves was short lived. From the News Sentinel:

Pat White returning to local airwaves?
Radio station WGL may be hiring recently fired WOWO talk-show host.

By Kevin Leininger
of The News-Sentinel
Is a longtime local talk-radio host abruptly fired by WOWO in April planning a return to the airwaves?

Radio station WGL, 1250-AM, has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday, saying it will make a “major announcement . . . (that) will dramatically change radio broadcasting in Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana beginning Monday, June 14th, at 6 a.m.”

The announcement offered no specifics, saying only that executives from Summit City Radio, owner of WGL, would answer questions Wednesday. But the release was sent to The News-Sentinel by Pat White, whose afternoon show on WOWO, 1190-Am, was cancelled without warning April 23, ending White's 14-year tenure at the station.

When contacted Monday, White declined to comment, saying he had been asked to wait until the press conference to discuss his plans.

WGL's current format features music and other programming, but the station is no stranger to conservative talk radio. In fact, former owner Frank Kovas, who died in 2005, was a local pioneer in the field. Kovas and his wife, Connie, used the station's “Intercom” program in the 1980s to promote their views on a variety of topics, most notably an $11 million airport-improvement bond, but cancelled the show in 1991. The station – at one time owned by then-News-Sentinel Publisher Helene Foellinger – also aired the nation's No. 1 talk-radio show, Rush Limbaugh's program, before it moved to WOWO in 1996.

White told The News-Sentinel in April he was shocked by WOWO's decision to replace him with Pat Miller. “They told me they wanted to go in another direction,” he said. In a statement, Federated Media General Manager Mark DePrez said Miller would be more compatible with other WOWO programming, including Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

White's show on WOWO was often political but covered a broad range of other local topics.

[hideaway70]

Looks like his time away from the airwaves was short lived. From the News Sentinel:

Pat White returning to local airwaves?
Radio station WGL may be hiring recently fired WOWO talk-show host.

By Kevin Leininger
of The News-Sentinel
Is a longtime local talk-radio host abruptly fired by WOWO in April planning a return to the airwaves?

Radio station WGL, 1250-AM, has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday, saying it will make a “major announcement . . . (that) will dramatically change radio broadcasting in Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana beginning Monday, June 14th, at 6 a.m.”

The announcement offered no specifics, saying only that executives from Summit City Radio, owner of WGL, would answer questions Wednesday. But the release was sent to The News-Sentinel by Pat White, whose afternoon show on WOWO, 1190-Am, was cancelled without warning April 23, ending White's 14-year tenure at the station.

When contacted Monday, White declined to comment, saying he had been asked to wait until the press conference to discuss his plans.

WGL's current format features music and other programming, but the station is no stranger to conservative talk radio. In fact, former owner Frank Kovas, who died in 2005, was a local pioneer in the field. Kovas and his wife, Connie, used the station's “Intercom” program in the 1980s to promote their views on a variety of topics, most notably an $11 million airport-improvement bond, but cancelled the show in 1991. The station – at one time owned by then-News-Sentinel Publisher Helene Foellinger – also aired the nation's No. 1 talk-radio show, Rush Limbaugh's program, before it moved to WOWO in 1996.

White told The News-Sentinel in April he was shocked by WOWO's decision to replace him with Pat Miller. “They told me they wanted to go in another direction,” he said. In a statement, Federated Media General Manager Mark DePrez said Miller would be more compatible with other WOWO programming, including Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

White's show on WOWO was often political but covered a broad range of other local topics.

Wow. There must have been a clamoring from the masses for a painfully horrible conservative talk-show host. I figured we had enough of those already. WGL's 36 listeners have spoken.