Hello Kurt,

Thursday January 27 2022 07:07, you wrote to Arelor:

 KW> I used to love lively talk radio, and on a lark tuned in to a fairly
 KW> well- respected local AM station while driving. The number of
 KW> commercials shocked me, and the host sounded like he'd been doing it
 KW> for decades, with sort of a gravely, slow delivery. If you're in
 KW> Radio, saying "um" more than once should be a sackable offense, IMO.

Here, all the good experienced local talk show hosts are dying off and their
shows are being replaced with canned syndicated shows.  These shows have good
content occasionally but the delivery of the content is more of a "talking head"
type rather than a good commentator style that adds value to the initial content
of the discussion.

Saying "um" all the time is the sign of someone who can't think fast enough on
their feet to be on the air.

-- Sean

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