On 16 Apr 2004 03:38:37 GMT, "Paul Jensen"
wrote:

They added 6 more today. After being on the air all of two weeks. That's
pretty good.

At this rate they'll be another Sean Hannity. In about a thousand years.

Understand that networks aren't like they were in the 40 and 50s where
stations plugged in and stayed. Today's networks affiliate on a show
by show basis. When someone says "they added 6 more today" it most
likely means that they picked up one show, probably Franken.

At some point a decision will have to be made about the viability of a
fulltime network if the other shows don't add stations, too. Or,
they'll do what many are doing and run reruns of the same day's show.
The drawback to that is that you can't be topical because the course
of the topic may have radically changed by the time the rerun airs.

As it is, stations that are delaying Franken are getting out of date
information when he deals with issues that are happening as he's
discussing them. Limbaugh, for example, is run live in all time zones.
Only a few stations delay the show and they do it by about an hour,
not another daypart.

Rich