Perhaps it’s the circle of radio life. The First Team of the Northern Alliance gets shown the door…
…and Mark Dayton takes to the air:
Gov. Mark Dayton plans to do a governor’s radio show soon.
“I wish I could be on the air somewhere tomorrow,” Dayton said. “I can’t wait to get on the air. It is just a question of where and going through the proper procedure.
Dayton having a weekly radio show follows a tradition of past governors. Both Govs. Jesse Ventura and Tim Pawlenty had Friday morning shows on WCCO that were required, and sometimes interesting, listening for political geeks.
So gubernatorial radio will go from vain, to vapid, to…uh, is there a synonym for odd that starts with ‘v’?
Ventura and Pawlenty’s shows had their moments, but “fireside chats” they were not. Ventura used the forum as a ricktey soapbox from which to deliver a folding chair to his opponents while Pawlenty’s often politics-lite interviews were professional but dryer than a Martini in the Sahara. Unless Dayton wants to reminisce on his Haight-Ashburyesque days, 60 minutes of dead air might be more entertaining.
MITCH ADDS: While First Ringer would have no reason to know this, I’ll add that the First Team wasn’t “shown the door”. There were some revenue-driven schedule changes; management and John and Brian couldn’t agree on a change to the First Team’s schedule that worked for everyone. There were no aspersions cast on either side; the logistics and timing for both the station and John and Brian couldn’t be made to match up.
It stinks; I was one of the First Team’s biggest fans. But them’s the breaks in Freebie Radio.
He should move into the 21st Century and just release a podcast.
This shouldn’t be hard. Dayton’s been broadcasting on Radio Moscow for years. 😉
“I can’t wait to get on the air. It is just a question of where and going through the proper procedure.”
Open the window, Wendy. You can fly!
Vacuous.
Hey, listening to Dayton stutter for an hour might be good therapy for the idiots who voted for him.
But can radio really convey that “deer in the headlights”/”just got hit with a frozen flounder” look that makes Dayton so luvable?
Yes Ned. The genius that is Mark Dayton can transcend all media.
Sayyyyy, didn’t the DFL party complain the ‘CCO cannot give airtime to Governor Pawlenty unless they gave equal time to a Democrat? Yes they did. Mitch, if you feel energitic, you should try to find out which Democrats complained about T-Paw’s show.
The V word describing Mark Dayton’s radio show
Vacuous.
Vacuous. Mark Dayton’s potential radio audience.
I notice a distinct lack of caterwauling about the evil capitalists forcing out a valuable voice that spoke truth to power. Maybe if Brian and John had ripped off some boys and girls club that would be different.
Can I be the guy who does the wacky sound effects?
But them’s the breaks in Freebie Radio.
And we will all be a little poorer for the loss. That gate has closed for the last time, and the Loon of the Week will now go unheralded.
swiftee, At a minimum you’ll need a slide whistle, cow bell, cymbals, and whoopee cushion thrown in for good measure.
They can call the show “The Mad Mark Radio Hour”, I think that would be apropos.