[BC] Building an audience

[Dale H. Cook]

At 10:58 AM 10/13/2005, Chuck Dube wrote:

>Did O'Reilly and Hannity get their national exposure on television and 
>then make the migration
>to syndicated radio (I'm not talking about local shows)?

Sean had a successful talk show on WGST in Atlanta, which attracted the 
attention of both Fox News and WABC. He moved to New York and teamed up 
with Alan Colmes on Fox News in September, 1996, and at about the same time 
started guest-hosting talk shows on WABC, getting his own overnight show 
there in January, 1997. He moved to the WABC time slot following Rush in, 
if I remember correctly, the fall of 1997. The strength of his afternoon 
show, along with his national exposure on Fox News and (if I remember 
correctly) his appearances as a guest host for Rush led to the ABC 
syndication of Hannity beginning on September 10, 2001.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, Roanoke/Lynchburg, 
VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
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