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In article bje@ripco.com says...
> Ok, but is he phoning in his show like he has been the past decade?

AFAIK he's doing in studio.
 
> He was pretty good (for the time) when live here in Chicago. Guess at some
> point moved to California and tried national syndicated or something.

I stopped listening well before that when he started taking short trips 
to hassle certain celebrities.  It was so long ago I forgot why I 
stopped listening.  I did make their morning traffic once when my car 
broke down in the middle of Lake Shore Drive in the middle of rush hour 
at around Oak street.

> Last few times he was back on the air here, sounded too generic. Without the
> local element, it disconnects from the audience to me.
> 
> I should point out though, I don't care. Total listening time to the radio
> annually for me, about 5 minutes these days. 

Ever since I stopped watching TV I listen to a lot of radio.  I don't 
know which medium is more retarded.  Roe and Roeper and Garry Meier are 
IMHO, the only decent daily shows worth listening to in the Chicago 
market.   NPR has some decent weekly shows.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a single radio show that has 
been successful nationally other than Howard Stern and right wing 
political talk shows like Limbaugh and his acolytes.  Limbaugh et. al 
succeed by drumming up the same topic every day -- hate -- which 
resonates to a loyal base of listeners that can be counted upon to tune 
in day in and day out to get their hate on.  Stern used to have that for 
comedy but he's gone now.  Brandmeier succumbed to hubris thinking his 
brand of goofiness could appeal to an entire country.  Getting people 
across the entire country to laugh day in and day out is a lot harder 
than getting people to hate something.  People find things funny 
differently in different parts of the country.  Hate is a common 
denominator that can glue a nation together.

I won't listen to Brandmeier when he's on but it's nice to see WGN shake 
up its lineup.  I wish they'd do something about the lame show that 
follows Garry Meier when the Blackhawks or Cubs aren't on.