UPDATE x 2: Rick Emerson Show Fans Want More Talk. CBS Radio Talks Back...and so does Rick.

By KELLY CLARKE
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Update Tuesday, May 19—Scroll down to the end of this post for Rick Emerson's first official response to the CBS/RES sonic kerfuffle.
Rick Emerson Show
KUFO had recently slashed the amount of time Emerson and co-hosts Tim Riley and Sarah X. Dylan spend jawing about local news
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Dave McDonald
Chris Patyk
(My apologies, I would have posted their responses earlier but I've been on deadline for other projects. I suck.)
Host Rick Emerson and crew still have no official comment on the format changes.
what's the hell was CBS thinking
“We didn't look at this as moving the Rick Emerson Show. We looked at it as making the best show for KUFO,”
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RES
RES
And they're pissed.
“It's a work in progress and it will find its rhythm.”
“Portable People Meter”
The business of radio is a very different landscape than it was 10, 15 years ago.
And, to be blunt, that's what this is about—ratings and ad sales
Mark and Brian,
Howard Stern
Freaks and Geeks
UPDATE TUESDAY, MAY 19:
Rick Emerson himself finally weighed in on the radio clash
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Stop the Music: Rick Emerson Show Fans Fight for More Talk.
Image courtesy of http://save-res.blogspot.com.

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