>Who walks 20 blocks anywhere regularly? 

 

Me, and through Over-the-Rhine on a daily basis either on foot or on my bike.  I just rode through on my bike 20 minutes ago to Robin Imaging at Central Parkway & Mohawk.  There was a suspicious looking woman (by that I mean a police plant) at McMicken & Elm and some guys selling ribs without a vendor's license at Race & 15th but aside from that was uneventful, as it usually is.   

 

But Over-the-Rhine definitely isn't 20 blocks in any direction, either, which I think betrays Willy's ignorance of the matter.     

This site always makes me seem like I have to pick: Do I support downtown and OTR and our efforts there, or am I a conservative?  And honestly, I take less crap from my conservative friends when I bring up revitalizing downtown and OTR than I get from fellow supporters when I bring up being conservative.  I enjoy listening to the guy because he identifies the most glaring problems, and represents what the majority of those from suburbs think.  The entire point always comes to crime, and I agree that crime is by far the biggest problem facing revitalization efforts. 

 

1.  Who walks 20 blocks anywhere regularly?  Certainly not people who live in the suburbs.

 

2.  If I get asked for money, that means the neighborhood is dangerous?  Guess I better put on my bulletproof vest before walking down Calhoun Street.

 

He didn't mean asking for money.  He meant threatened or some sort of violence. 

 

As a side note, there are times of night you need a bulletproof vest on Calhoun Street.  I got an email from UC a few minutes ago about yet another two criminals "asking" for money via force and (probably unlicensed) handguns, just off of Calhoun St. 

 

But Over-the-Rhine definitely isn't 20 blocks in any direction, either, which I think betrays Willy's ignorance of the matter.     

 

The caller was up in arms about it, and was the one who mentioned the 20 blocks.  I think Willy ended up suggesting walking from Central parkway through OTR to Liberty and back.

 

I enjoy listening to the guy because he identifies the most glaring problems, and represents what the majority of those from suburbs think.

 

People don't tune in to hear someone talk about the very things they think about.  They tune in because he is sensational and throws out new talking points that they find intriguing.  People like Cunningham help to keep the city-hating contingent suburbanites alive in America.  It's not just that these people dislike "urban" living, it is much deeper than that and is often rooted in racial stereotypes and fear tactics that are promoted by these shock-jock radio hosts.

 

The entire point always comes to crime, and I agree that crime is by far the biggest problem facing revitalization efforts.

 

This is false.  The biggest problem facing "urban" development projects is finance related.  The inherent costs of urban projects are higher than those in green fields.  You immediately have that gap to fill, then you have to factor in the higher cost of land which makes you need to jack up the density which may not necessarily be demanded at those levels.  It's quite a predicament to say the least.

 

None of this even touches the fact that many tax incentives are structured to support business relocations to the suburbs and promote single-family home ownership that may not necessarily gel with what is demanded by those who desire "urban" living.

^ There's no question of their motive ... the simple fact that they have a short commercial with sirens, gun shots, screams, and a cries followed by something like; "The city of Cincinnati is a war zone" ... "be careful" ... this public service announcement brought to by your friends at 700wlw.

 

 

Seriously?

^ There's no question of their motive ... the simple fact that they have a short commercial with sirens, gun shots, screams, and a cries followed by something like; "The city of Cincinnati is a war zone" ... "be careful" ... this public service announcement brought to by your friends at 700wlw.

 

 

Seriously?

 

No, it's not serious. Often times their commercials for recent news are supposed to be sarcastic/comical. Like when Griffey was traded they would cut in with sad, slow music and the announcer would say "Ken Griffey Jr. has been traded, no longer will Cincinnati fans get to see him half ass it to first base, warm the bench as his injuries heal..."

I think the question was rhetorical.

And that's not the same thing at all. It's one thing to make fun of a GAME and people who play the GAME. By reinforcing negative stereotypes and actively working to make it sound like downtown Cincinnati is a hopeless and dangerous place, WLW is shaping the opinion of thousands of people who may have otherwise chosen to invest, live, work, shop or play downtown.

I think the question was rhetorical.

 

*ding ding ding*

 

This site always makes me seem like I have to pick: Do I support downtown and OTR and our efforts there, or am I a conservative? And honestly, I take less crap from my conservative friends when I bring up revitalizing downtown and OTR than I get from fellow supporters when I bring up being conservative.

 

Agreed. It's tough being an urban Republican.

 

This has nothing to do w/ being a Republican or being conservative. It has everything to do with the harm sensationalist radio can do to our city.

This site always makes me seem like I have to pick: Do I support downtown and OTR and our efforts there, or am I a conservative? And honestly, I take less crap from my conservative friends when I bring up revitalizing downtown and OTR than I get from fellow supporters when I bring up being conservative. I enjoy listening to the guy because he identifies the most glaring problems, and represents what the majority of those from suburbs think. The entire point always comes to crime, and I agree that crime is by far the biggest problem facing revitalization efforts.

 

I'm actually conservative myself, and I'm a big supporter of urban living.

 

I think perception of crime is the bigger issue.  I don't think crime is nearly as bad as the media has people think it is.

Why don't you guys organize an organization for Cincinnati Urban Republicans? There's quite a few on this site alone.

Willie may be correct that you can't walk through Over-the-Rhine without being accosted, whatever that's supposed to mean. But that's no different anywhere else in the city. If accosted means an unwelcome approach by someone of dubious character or intent, I can state flatly that people in the suburbs endure that on a daily basis.

 

How many phone calls come in from tele-marketers, or how much junk mail fills one's mailbox each and every day? And what about those religious missionaries such as Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses who feel compelled to assault their neighbors with their "special brand" of faith?

 

Kids are constantly ringing the doorbell selling candy, magazines, girl scout cookies, etc.

 

We live in a community and have to accept that not every encounter is going to be to our liking or choosing. Too bad.

And that's not the same thing at all. It's one thing to make fun of a GAME and people who play the GAME. By reinforcing negative stereotypes and actively working to make it sound like downtown Cincinnati is a hopeless and dangerous place, WLW is shaping the opinion of thousands of people who may have otherwise chosen to invest, live, work, shop or play downtown.

 

I agree.  It gets old constantly having people bash my neighborhood along with explaining why I live where I do.

People don't tune in to hear someone talk about the very things they think about.  They tune in because he is sensational and throws out new talking points that they find intriguing.  People like Cunningham help to keep the city-hating contingent suburbanites alive in America.  It's not just that these people dislike "urban" living, it is much deeper than that and is often rooted in racial stereotypes and fear tactics that are promoted by these shock-jock radio hosts.

 

Most people that listen to Cunningham and the likes do it for entertainment.  I think "city-hating contingent suburbanites" is really a made up generalization of people, and not a correct depiction of the average WLW listener.  I would honestly say I'm one of the average listeners.. a middle class white guy who grew up in the suburbs, went to UC, and loves his city. 

 

As for your other point, I have never heard Cunningham or anyone on WLW contribute to any racial stereotype.  In fact, I've heard a number of callers that start to sway toward the topic get cut off and called out for their ignorance.

 

This is false.  The biggest problem facing "urban" development projects is finance related.  The inherent costs of urban projects are higher than those in green fields.  You immediately have that gap to fill, then you have to factor in the higher cost of land which makes you need to jack up the density which may not necessarily be demanded at those levels.  It's quite a predicament to say the least.

 

None of this even touches the fact that many tax incentives are structured to support business relocations to the suburbs and promote single-family home ownership that may not necessarily gel with what is demanded by those who desire "urban" living.

 

I would say this is more so an opinion based debate than fact.  I can cite a number of tax incentives that come along with development in urban areas, as well as plenty of examples of low property values and land costs.  There's also the issue of residential vs. commercial development.  There are certain demographics of people that will generally live in urban areas, and certain others that won't.  Residential development has and always will be affected by this.  Business on the other hand is the more fluctuating of the two mentioned development types.  Crime is the biggest issue facing business development.  The common opinion of OTR and downtown held by suburbanites is that it is more dangerous and difficult to get to than closer neighborhood business districts.  The amenity doesn't outweigh the danger, or at very least - perceived danger. 

^ There's no question of their motive ... the simple fact that they have a short commercial with sirens, gun shots, screams, and a cries followed by something like; "The city of Cincinnati is a war zone" ... "be careful" ... this public service announcement brought to by your friends at 700wlw.

 

 

Seriously?

 

No, it's not serious. Often times their commercials for recent news are supposed to be sarcastic/comical. Like when Griffey was traded they would cut in with sad, slow music and the announcer would say "Ken Griffey Jr. has been traded, no longer will Cincinnati fans get to see him half ass it to first base, warm the bench as his injuries heal..."

 

Yes, I think you need to talk to the oddly-pirate-like Scott Stanley if you have a problem with the promos.

 

http://700wlw.com/pages/onair_scottstanley.html

 

No one takes the promos seriously, and I doubt anyone can find one on that page that you can't laugh at.

I enjoy listening to the guy because he identifies the most glaring problems, and represents what the majority of those from suburbs think.

 

People don't tune in to hear someone talk about the very things they think about.  They tune in because he is sensational and throws out new talking points that they find intriguing.  People like Cunningham help to keep the city-hating contingent suburbanites alive in America.  It's not just that these people dislike "urban" living, it is much deeper than that and is often rooted in racial stereotypes and fear tactics that are promoted by these shock-jock radio hosts.

 

The entire point always comes to crime, and I agree that crime is by far the biggest problem facing revitalization efforts.

 

This is false.  The biggest problem facing "urban" development projects is finance related.  The inherent costs of urban projects are higher than those in green fields.  You immediately have that gap to fill, then you have to factor in the higher cost of land which makes you need to jack up the density which may not necessarily be demanded at those levels.  It's quite a predicament to say the least.

 

Well, what developers are beginning to realize is that the best/most profitable greenfield sites have already been developed. Those wonderful, profitable greenfield sites that had few restraints are becoming more and more rare. Infill projects are becoming increasingly popular for this reason. Growing number of retirees and empty nesters who demand small spaces, hate yard work, focus on self improvement and love nearby amenities also bring optimism to urban infill projects.

 

Aside from young professionals, the only other demographic that could work in OTR is retirees/empty nesters but unfortunately there is the safety issue. It's a shame because they enjoy almosts all of the same amenities as YPs. The biggest difference is tolerance for crime.

I don't listen to AM radio much but when I do it's either conservative talk shows or discussions about conspiracy theories and anecdotal stories about alien encounters.

I listen to 700 all the time.. even when I'm up in Akron..   

I don't listen to AM radio much but when I do it's either conservative talk shows or discussions about conspiracy theories and anecdotal stories about alien encounters.

 

Lawd!

anecdotal stories about alien encounters.

 

Are you listening after midnight?

As for your other point, I have never heard Cunningham or anyone on WLW contribute to any racial stereotype.

 

Save this one for the archives.

 

This is false.  The biggest problem facing "urban" development projects is finance related.  The inherent costs of urban projects are higher than those in green fields.  You immediately have that gap to fill, then you have to factor in the higher cost of land which makes you need to jack up the density which may not necessarily be demanded at those levels.  It's quite a predicament to say the least.

 

None of this even touches the fact that many tax incentives are structured to support business relocations to the suburbs and promote single-family home ownership that may not necessarily gel with what is demanded by those who desire "urban" living.

 

I would say this is more so an opinion based debate than fact.  I can cite a number of tax incentives that come along with development in urban areas, as well as plenty of examples of low property values and land costs.  There's also the issue of residential vs. commercial development.  There are certain demographics of people that will generally live in urban areas, and certain others that won't.  Residential development has and always will be affected by this.  Business on the other hand is the more fluctuating of the two mentioned development types.  Crime is the biggest issue facing business development.  The common opinion of OTR and downtown held by suburbanites is that it is more dangerous and difficult to get to than closer neighborhood business districts.  The amenity doesn't outweigh the danger, or at very least - perceived danger.

 

Go talk to a developer or investor who deal with these issues on a day-to-day basis.  I'm confident they will tell you the biggest issue and the one they spend the majority of their time on is filling that financing gap to make the projects doable.  Urban Sites, Model Group and B2B Equities are a couple of the groups working in OTR's Gateway Quarter.  Also try someone at Middle Earth Developers (MED) who has done a lot of work downtown but also in Camp Washington.

 

As for your other point, I have never heard Cunningham or anyone on WLW contribute to any racial stereotype. In fact, I've heard a number of callers that start to sway toward the topic get cut off and called out for their ignorance.

 

look at reply 3 to this thread

look at reply 3 to this thread

 

As for your other point, I have never heard Cunningham or anyone on WLW contribute to any racial stereotype.

 

Save this one for the archives.

 

 

Again, if you get worked up over the promos you need to lighten up a bit.  I've seen Saturday Night Live and some of the late night shows do things along similar lines, not to mention the likes of Chris Rock, Carlos Mencia and Dave Chappel who base their entire routines/shows on racial jokes and stereotypes.  That's all the promos on WLW are: gags.  Did you visit the link I posted above and listen to a few of them?  Their Doppler 700 promos are the best depiction of what they're all about.

 

Go talk to a developer or investor who deal with these issues on a day-to-day basis.  I'm confident they will tell you the biggest issue and the one they spend the majority of their time on is filling that financing gap to make the projects doable.  Urban Sites, Model Group and B2B Equities are a couple of the groups working in OTR's Gateway Quarter.  Also try someone at Middle Earth Developers (MED) who has done a lot of work downtown but also in Camp Washington.

 

They can't get financing because financers believe the projects won't be profitable, based upon demand.  There will always be a steady but limited group of people willing to live in or visit OTR unconditionally, but with less crime it could be a much, much larger group.  If they could get financing more easily, I think the only difference we would see is a lot of vacant new construction. 

 

Back to the original point, the few guys on WLW that talk about this issue represent a good chunk of suburban Cincinnatians.  They all visit places like Oakley, Hyde Park, and Newport but not OTR.  Crime is the reason they make that choice.  Crime is limiting a demand that could be quite a bit larger.

^Just for the record, you don't consider:

 

"In June, a month after the station removed billboards with a Mexican man and a donkey, the Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA declared WLW-AM “non-friendly” to Hispanics, and urged members to boycott advertising on the region’s No. 1 station.

At issue now is a 30-second promotion with a man saying offering “a few useful phrases next time you converse with an illegal alien” who doesn’t speak English. A woman then spoke in Spanish, with the man’s voice translating the phrase. One was: “Be careful with those hedge clippers around the garden.”"

 

to be 'contribut(ing) to any racial stereotype' ?

Funny stuff.  People are too thin-skinned these days.  Doesn't really hurt anyone.  I was always taught to laugh off the Italian jokes. 

 

I've been picking on my Irish wife all week.  She made all this horrendous Irish food.  Boiled, boiled, boiled.  She said "at least the Irish are thin";  I said "the food is why they drink".

Again, if you get worked up over the promos you need to lighten up a bit.  I've seen Saturday Night Live and some of the late night shows do things along similar lines, not to mention the likes of Chris Rock, Carlos Mencia and Dave Chappel who base their entire routines/shows on racial jokes and stereotypes.  That's all the promos on WLW are: gags.  Did you visit the link I posted above and listen to a few of them?  Their Doppler 700 promos are the best depiction of what they're all about.

 

The difference is that Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, Colbert Report and other late night shows bill themselves as comedies.  They may comment on the daily news, but it's the basis for comedy and they don't try to make it out to be something it isn't.

 

If 700 WLW wants to promote themselves as a comedy sketch station with color commentary then fine, but as of right now they bill themselves as the spot to come for "News, Weather, Traffic and Sports."  This doesn't sound like the bill for a comedy show as much as it seems like the bill for a news station.

 

I can/do appreciate good political humor from both sides of the aisle, but it should not be mistaken for news, fact or reality.  This is why 700 WLW is so dangerous.  While they may be kidding around with the gun shot sound effects it plays directly into the fears of many suburbanites and reinforces those negative sterotypes they have about the city.  This is why you get the lady from Colerain Township claiming that she doesn't go downtown "because of the bodies piled up on the street."

Again, if you get worked up over the promos you need to lighten up a bit. I've seen Saturday Night Live and some of the late night shows do things along similar lines, not to mention the likes of Chris Rock, Carlos Mencia and Dave Chappel who base their entire routines/shows on racial jokes and stereotypes. That's all the promos on WLW are: gags. Did you visit the link I posted above and listen to a few of them? Their Doppler 700 promos are the best depiction of what they're all about.

 

The difference is that Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, Colbert Report and other late night shows bill themselves as comedies. They may comment on the daily news, but it's the basis for comedy and they don't try to make it out to be something it isn't.

 

If 700 WLW wants to promote themselves as a comedy sketch station with color commentary then fine, but as of right now they bill themselves as the spot to come for "News, Weather, Traffic and Sports." This doesn't sound like the bill for a comedy show as much as it seems like the bill for a news station.

 

I can/do appreciate good political humor from both sides of the aisle, but it should not be mistaken for news, fact or reality. This is why 700 WLW is so dangerous. While they may be kidding around with the gun shot sound effects it plays directly into the fears of many suburbanites and reinforces those negative sterotypes they have about the city. This is why you get the lady from Colerain Township claiming that she doesn't go downtown "because of the bodies piled up on the street."

 

Nice rebuttal, Randy.

 

This is true, case in point ... what does the comment section of the Enquirer, listeners that call in, and comments on the local news media all have in common? Writers and listeners all state the same phrases and the phrases are all almost word-for-word of what's stated on 700wlw.

This is why you get the lady from Colerain Township claiming that she doesn't go downtown "because of the bodies piled up on the street."

 

To be fair those bodies are real pain sometimes.  Hard to find good parking.

>Crime is the reason they make that choice.  Crime is limiting a demand that could be quite a bit larger.

 

What crime?  Have you or anyone you know who is not involved in drugs been a victim of violent crime in Over-the-Rhine?  It hardly ever happens.  Name an incident this decade when a random suburban white person was killed by a black person in Over-the-Rhine.  It hasn't happened. 

 

More recently when the SCPA girl was murdered, it was in the suburbs, not in OTR, but the media is still insinuating that OTR is part of the problem because he was at a halfway house there.  If that same incident had happened in OTR, there would be all kinds of calls for SCPA to move out of the neighborhood despite having a new building under construction.   

 

 

 

 

So you don't think the halfway house is a problem?  Some posters here advocate moving these services out to the suburbs!  Do you think this is what suburbanites would vote for if given the opportunity? 

 

 

The benefit of moving it out into the suburbs is that everyone is already cocooned behind locked car doors and alarm systems, whereas city folks spend real time in public on the streets and other public spaces.

So you don't think the halfway house is a problem?  Some posters here advocate moving these services out to the suburbs!  Do you think this is what suburbanites would vote for if given the opportunity? 

 

 

 

They should put it in Hyde Park Square  :angel:

So you don't think the halfway house is a problem? Some posters here advocate moving these services out to the suburbs! Do you think this is what suburbanites would vote for if given the opportunity?

 

 

They should put it in Hyde Park Square :angel:

 

Yeah... make it like the resettlement houses of the late 19th- early 20th-century!

 

So you don't think the halfway house is a problem? Some posters here advocate moving these services out to the suburbs! Do you think this is what suburbanites would vote for if given the opportunity?

 

 

 

They should put it in Hyde Park Square :angel:

 

All of these social services and half way houses should move to Queensgate. The homeless could still get there, albiet it would be a little further of a walk, and who would care if they congregated in that area?

 

All of the business already have high fences around them, and there are no residents you would need to worry about upsetting.

Again, if you get worked up over the promos you need to lighten up a bit.  I've seen Saturday Night Live and some of the late night shows do things along similar lines, not to mention the likes of Chris Rock, Carlos Mencia and Dave Chappel who base their entire routines/shows on racial jokes and stereotypes.  That's all the promos on WLW are: gags.  Did you visit the link I posted above and listen to a few of them?  Their Doppler 700 promos are the best depiction of what they're all about.

 

The difference is that Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, Colbert Report and other late night shows bill themselves as comedies.  They may comment on the daily news, but it's the basis for comedy and they don't try to make it out to be something it isn't.

 

If 700 WLW wants to promote themselves as a comedy sketch station with color commentary then fine, but as of right now they bill themselves as the spot to come for "News, Weather, Traffic and Sports."  This doesn't sound like the bill for a comedy show as much as it seems like the bill for a news station.

 

I can/do appreciate good political humor from both sides of the aisle, but it should not be mistaken for news, fact or reality.  This is why 700 WLW is so dangerous.  While they may be kidding around with the gun shot sound effects it plays directly into the fears of many suburbanites and reinforces those negative sterotypes they have about the city.  This is why you get the lady from Colerain Township claiming that she doesn't go downtown "because of the bodies piled up on the street."

 

WLW has different segments.  They have the news reports break in every half hour, the traffic and weather every 10 minutes, the talk shows in between, and the sketch promos during the commercial breaks.  They are distinguishable and not one pretends to be the other.

 

>Crime is the reason they make that choice.  Crime is limiting a demand that could be quite a bit larger.

 

What crime?  Have you or anyone you know who is not involved in drugs been a victim of violent crime in Over-the-Rhine?  It hardly ever happens.  Name an incident this decade when a random suburban white person was killed by a black person in Over-the-Rhine.  It hasn't happened. 

 

More recently when the SCPA girl was murdered, it was in the suburbs, not in OTR, but the media is still insinuating that OTR is part of the problem because he was at a halfway house there.  If that same incident had happened in OTR, there would be all kinds of calls for SCPA to move out of the neighborhood despite having a new building under construction.   

 

I know most crimes in OTR are black-on-black and/or drug related.  If I'm white and don't do drugs, I shouldn't care about that because I'll probably be fine?  The main reason no "random suburban white people" get killed in OTR is that they don't go there.  The percentage of people willing to put up with a nieghberhood where the police are called more than twice a year for every single person that lives there isn't very large.  My point is that the crime limits the amount of people interested in living/visting the nieghberhood.  It's my opinion that it's the biggest contributing factor to that limitation.

>So you don't think the halfway house is a problem?  Some posters here advocate moving these services out to the suburbs!  Do you think this is what suburbanites would vote for if given the opportunity? 

 

Were city voters given the choice?  No -- for decades inexplicably OTR as opposed to Queensgate has been the designated dumping ground for social services.  Are county voters given the choice where Section 8's go?  Why is section 8 so disproportionately on the west side of the county?  Would it not be more fair if Indian Hill and Glendale were forced to accept some of the section 8 burden?

 

As someone who has walked, driven, and bicycled through OTR hundreds of times, I did not know where this halfway house was or that it existed.  Again, the chances of being the victim of a random violent crime in Over-the-Rhine are minimal.  It's like dying in a plane crash or being struck by lightning.  If you own a car and park it on the street every night then yes, I would fully expect to have it broken into 1-2 times a year, but then again my brother's car was recently broken into while parked in the driveway of a $300,000 suburban house.  There are also meth labs and marijuana growing operations and domestic abuse in $300,000 suburban homes in every suburb in America. 

 

>The idea of begin accidentally caught in the crossfire or being in the wrong place at the wrong time is just as scary/threatening.

 

Good heavens.  I'd be a lot more worried for my safety as a white suburbanite in a rough country bar than walking through Over-the-Rhine at midnight. 

 

..Again, the chances of being the victim of a random violent crime in Over-the-Rhine are minimal.  It's like dying in a plane crash or being struck by lightning.

 

Good heavens.  I'd be a lot more worried for my safety as a white suburbanite in a rough country bar than walking through Over-the-Rhine at midnight. 

 

I'm not claiming OTR is a warzone, but these perceptions are a bit off.  You've had a safe existance there, but nevertheless last year almost 300 less fortunate people were robbed, 125 assaulted, 8 murdered, 18 raped... in a nieghberhood with a population of 7,000.  That is ridiculously unsafe.  Not being involved with drugs might help you, but it still doesn't make the odds as minimal as dying in a plane crash.

^ Comparing OTR's crime/population is like me asking how a city of only 330k can land a Nordstrom, Sak's, and Tiffany's.

^ Comparing OTR's crime/population is like me asking how a city of only 330k can land a Nordstrom, Sak's, and Tiffany's.

 

I'll let you add 100,000 annual visitors to the stats and you're still about 1000 times more likely to die there than in a plane crash or lightning strike. 

 

Even then, the fact that it attracts outsiders to come there and commit crime doesn't make it any better.

Funny stuff.  People are too thin-skinned these days.  Doesn't really hurt anyone.  I was always taught to laugh off the Italian jokes. 

 

I've been picking on my Irish wife all week.  She made all this horrendous Irish food.  Boiled, boiled, boiled.  She said "at least the Irish are thin";  I said "the food is why they drink".

 

Hilarious! It must be funnier than the Lawrence Welk Show around your house!

Okay everybody...I'm leaving my apartment at 7:54am to make it to a 9am meeting.  This journey will entail about my 452nd walk through Over-the-Rhine in the last 2 yeas.  Everyone say a prayer for me! 

God speed!

Well, I'm glad my point has been recieved with an open mind and understood here.

Open minded, huh?  :wink:

I'm in the meeting.  It was an uneventful walk other than the spectacular morning sunlight falling on Music Hall and all east and southern faces of buildings.  Two guys getting ready for a day of protesting in front of Planned Parenthood and some dude with an eye patch at 13th & Main.   

I'm in the meeting. It was an uneventful walk other than the spectacular morning sunlight falling on Music Hall and all east and southern faces of buildings. Two guys getting ready for a day of protesting in front of Planned Parenthood and some dude with an eye patch at 13th & Main.

 

Back when I used to play in a band, we were lucky enough to play a few shows at Bogarts in Clifton. At around 5 o clock in the afternoon on a Friday we were loading our equipment in through the back when a gentleman approached our van and started making small talk about music and where we were from, then offering us directions on how to get back to where we lived. After he gave us directions he began asking for money for providing us with "help," my friend Nick opened his wallet to give him a couple bucks, before he could even hand the guy a bill the guy had pushed down Nick, grabbed his wallet and taken off running. The guy didn't make it too far though before one of the Bogarts bouncers stopped him and called the police.

 

The man didn't have an eye patch though.

 

...fucking pirates.

Well, I'm glad my point has been recieved with an open mind and understood here.

 

Racist!

Paul Daugherty OUT!

 

WLW

Posted 4/29/2009 9:05 AM EDT

 

This is likely to be long and rambling, so if you're more interested in EE on the DL, feel free to check out early. Clear Channel put me on waivers Tuesday. Irrevocable, see you later, give us your card key, we'll walk you out release. There's really no word to describe it. Humiliating is good. Disappointing is better. Let's go with that.

 

WLW sought me more than two years ago for the Sports Talk job. I'd done a little radio previously, filling in for Furman, sitting in with Furman. Back in prehistory, I co-hosted a Friday show with, yes, Art Schlichter on the old WSAI. I never considered myself a talker. I didnt when LW came calling. I was shocked then, almost as shocked as I was Tuesday, when Chuck Frederick canned me.

 

I wasnt a radio guy. Radio is entertainment. It's an act. It's being "On'' when you don't feel like it. It's occasionally phony. I am lots of things, many of them unappealing. I am not phony. I didnt know if I could do it. Two years later, I still don't.

 

No link available for rest of article.

By John Kiesewetter • [email protected] • April 28, 2009

 

Local radio sports talk became a lot quieter Tuesday.

 

As part of nationwide budget cuts, Clear Channel eliminated all but one local show on “Homer” WCKY-AM (1530), and dropped Enquirer sports columnist Paul Daugherty after two years hosting WLW-AM (700).

 

WCKY-AM canceled morning shows hosted by Alan Cutler, who was laid off, and Mo Egger, retained by Clear Channel.

 

The company also eliminated the jobs of sports blogger C. Trent Rosecrans, and producers Matt Steinmann, Travis Holmes and Mark Chalifoux as part the 590 positions cut nationwide Tuesday.

 

Only Lance McAlister will talk local sports 3-6 p.m. weekdays on WCKY-AM. He also took over “SportsTalk” Tuesday before the Reds game.

 

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Observations:

 

Cutler?  I'm glad that guy's gone.  But I think it leaves so many weekend hours empty we're going to start hearing more reruns of weekday talk shows.

 

Sloan doing Extra Innings?  It's a shame he's not gone.  The recent appearance of Eric Deters shows how weak Sloan is.  Sloan's been doing radio for over 10 years, then Deters comes in off the street and is 1,000X's more entertaining. 

 

Was "C Trent Rosecrans" a real name?  It would be different if the guy was 88 instead of 28. 

 

It's also amazing that Seg Denison has a job, considering it's unclear what his job even is.  He does the racing show on Sunday night, and then just pops in and out all day long with a 60 second sports brief, with the exception, obviously, of the Stooge Report.   

 

I think if you're young you'd have to be incredibly dumb to go into radio, and it's even worse for mid-career people because starting over at age 45 while supporting kids is pretty rough.