Does anyone listen to "Car Talk" on NPR on Saturday Mornings?
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Yes, I listen to several NPR programs and 'Car Talk' is one of them. I used to listen to it more frequently when I had to work on Saturdays, as it was on the radio during my morning commute, but I still catch it on occasion. Like most NPR "comedies," it is definitely an acquired taste, so I'm not surprised to see that most of your respondents aren't very favourably inclined. But the fact is that they actually DO provide useful information along the way and can be quite funny (and yes, extremely corny), as well.\n\nGood on ya for being brave enough to openly acknowledge your fondness for 'Car Talk,' irrespective of the not-so-enthusiastic reaction. Anyway, at least now you know you're not alone. Cheers!
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I can take DW in small doses.  Instead, I would bring back Bob Jenkins, Dr. Jerry Punch and the gang from ESPN.  They were doing races before the networks figured it out how to screw it up.  Good call on Ned Jarrett, though.  The "Dale and Dale show" is one of my favorite calls.  \n\nThe only ones I would keep full-time would be Alan Bestwick, Chris Myers, and Mike Joy.  I used to like Weber, but he is just a stooge now.  \n\nI know that they wouldn't fit into the "new face of NASCAR," but John Kernan, Bob Jenkins, and even Bob Varsha did a better job than the pretty faces on the Speed Report.  Bob Jenkins has a neat voice to listen to and you can tell how much he loves the sport.\n\nNot sure who I would pick for pit reporters besides Matt Yocum and Winston Kelly.  I don't listen to MRN/PRN much so I am not sure who they have on these days.
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Only conservatives listen to talk radio. Liberals can think for themselves! That's why there's almost no liberal talk show hosts.
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No it was a bit.\nHe was on Howard Stern yesterday
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I tune in to an all-news AM station once in awhile but I avoid the ones with `Talk Show' programs; the hosts are usually obnoxious and opinionated. The reception on AM stations is very poor and distorted when my computer is running and I leave it on all day.
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Yes, I LOVE those guys!!!!!!  Which station were you listening to?
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try talksportradio.com
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I love the object lessons that Ron Hutchcraft comes up with every day. What a gift. \n\nHe has a daily radio slot about 3 minutes long.
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marklevin@wabcradio.com
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i live in orlando and i kept hearing about it on 101.1 but i have to share a car with my dad and if i didnt then i would have went glad to hear it was a good show
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well it seems that for the past year and a half dicky has been doing his job as a morning talk show host. but what happened to the mighty morning show before the last week of march has been a mistery to all of LA and the OC. dickie was fired by indie flat out and simple. as any fan can see that the indie website has erased all traces of having a morning show with dicky. rumors have been popping up for the past two months as to what happened to dicky. but there seems to be only two sides. dicky, probaly being polite, has said that he resigned from the station. but the alternate is that he was fired, and dickie does not want to turn fans against the station because of the station's low down dirty corperate decision. indie says that dicky left to work full time at the kimmel show, which was a lie. \n\nhere is what dicky had to say: \n\nThe station was built to fuck with KROQ (Infinity) by people from KISS-FM (Clear Channel) it was just supposed to be a short lived pain in the ass that that took away a few ratings points, and talked some shit about KROQ - Inadvertently (and you can credit Steve Jones and the other celebrity DJ's) it became good, and got a lot of national attention, and credible press ''the coolest station in America'' rolling stone etc. “ At that point the FCC said Clear Channel who operated Indie 103.1 out of the Entravision offices could no longer do so - All business ties on paper we're severed - It became a full Entravision property - But the hard right leaning Clear Channel program director and station manager (along with a lot of the behind the scenes technical employees) were already firmly in place - It is in Clear Channel's best interest that Indie 103.1 exist - the PD, Michael Steele (who brags about ''breaking Britney Spears'') and the station manager, Dawn Girocco (a long time radio sales women) are believing their own hype and considering themselves radio geniuses who masterminded the Indie 103.1 phenomenon, so it's now time to implicate their superior ''radio wisdom'' and conventional ''radio strategy'' - #1) Morning shows need to be musically formatted and the music needs to be heavily rotated - #2) All guests must be approved by Michael Steele (Dawn Girocco really, she's Dick Cheney, Steele's George Bush) ''no guests to controversial soccer moms are l listening in the a.m.'' - There were other things that were more annoying, then actually detrimental to the show ''say the time, and call letters till your blue in the face'' - I reluctantly, and unhappily against my better judgment went along with all this for about two weeks, hoping they would come to their senses - During this time they brought in a longtime radio guru, to consult (he also worked at one point for Clear Channel) - His assessment was the show was ''really good'' and I was a ''legitimate talent and a potential radio star'' - Not the information these people wanted me to have - When I made an on a r remark about not liking the new overplayed Morrissey track I was marched into the President of Entravisions office (Jeff Lieberman, a fan of Mighty Morning show) - In front of me, Jeff told Dawn he was not prepared to ''strip Dicky of his opinion'' she was obviously and visibly embarrassed - Then he asked her if she gave me the book about morning radio that he gave her to give to me ''no, it's at home'' she said, ''why the hell, is it there'' he asked, she looked humiliated - This was the beginning of the end for me, and the writing was most likely on the wall - Two weeks after that I had a substantial, unauthorized, pro-choice conversation on the air with a South Dakota disc jockey and a few callers, the straw that broke the camels back - This is not the direction supporters of the current administration want the station going in.\n-
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Try this but you have to listen to it:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5283527
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Yes, older people listen to it especially in the morning for the local news. And younger people like it for the music. Christians like it for the religious points. People still like to listen to it to get the local forcast.
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its been on espn2 and its called NASCAR drivers non-stop and it is on tonite at 900pm central time in about a hour
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I am in Australia and the Wiggles and Hi5 are huge for kids at the moment.  Breaking news this week has been that the yellow Wiggle has had to leave the band due to a mystery illness...if you check the internet you can find out more.  \n\nHi5 has a new person because Kathleen has had a baby, she had it about 6 months ago, but they still show eposides with her still in it.\n\nThis way they are relating real news events with something they are interested in.  \n\nIf your son likes cars, he talk about his favourite type of car, and how cars work.  I know this sounds far fetched, but my four year old son told me the other day that the wheels make the car move, and the engine makes the wheels move.  In simple terms he got it right, without my help.\n\nMy point is to tap into what he is interested in and research it to find out what is new and what he knows....
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I love listening to the FAN! Thankfully I can't listen to Mike and the Mad Dog! Early morning commutes always have me listening to the FAN! I enjoy hearing the "old timers" like Short AL talk about the good old days of sports! This morning was crazy on there!
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Her website has some information.\nhttp://www.marywalter.com/\n\n"Yes, you heard correctly, the station let me go on Friday.  \n...\nDespite management's belief that listener e-mail was 'not compelling radio', I truly feel that you have helped a lot of people."