Scam Talk Radio

[billc...@my-dejanews.com]

I wonder why there are so many infomercials on AM radio. There's one station
in Tampa (570) that's nothing but a succession of stockbrokers and poorly
produced 30-minute "shows" for various scam products -- bee pollen, and
various "alterantive" cures for the colon and prostate, complete with fake
phone calls. 1010 and 1340 are almost as bad. Talk radio would have to be a
lot better if people would stop supporting this crap with their credit cards.
Are we all that stupid, that these con artists can make a fortune just by
berating us with phony information for a half hour at a time? I heard one of
the shows, hosted by Al Rantell, saying that "women" should buy their
prostate product. WOMEN! And "you need this whether you're showing symptoms
or not!" What a scam!

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[rfi...@my-dejanews.com]

billc...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> I wonder why there are so many infomercials on AM radio. There's one station
> in Tampa (570) that's nothing but a succession of stockbrokers and poorly
> produced 30-minute "shows" for various scam products -- bee pollen, and
> various "alterantive" cures for the colon and prostate, complete with fake
> phone calls.

It is well known that 570 "Wins" (what a misnomer) is a haven for crooks and
quacks and has been for years. Alumni include Jan Weeks, now doing time in
the federal pen for threatening a federal judge among other things, and one
or two people who've had to give up their licenses. And 'Mister Chelation',
Donald Kerrough -- Need I say more? No reputable stockbroker needs to buy an
hour of time on the radio to drum up business, and no reputable marketer
needs 30 minutes to harangue people into buying his product. If people would
just assume that these "bought and paid for" talk shows are con games, they
would go away and the big radio corporations would -- heaven forbid! --
actually have to improve their bottom lines by going out and getting more
LISTENERS, instead of shaking every last penny out of the (dwindling) number
they currently have.

> Are we all that stupid, that these con artists can make a fortune just by
> berating us with phony information for a half hour at a time?

Yes. Tampa and St. Pete are full of vulnerable retirees and minimum-wage
phone operators who are prime candidates for the Jerry Springer show, not to
mention scam radio. Let's just say the median IQ is dangerously close to room
temperature. The crime is that scam radio has almost driven listenable talk
and news off the dial. The people who run that con game ghetto known as 570
are about to acquire 970, WFLA, the prime news-talk station in this area.
Even 620, which carries the sound portion of Bay News 9, is starting to sell
out to the quacks. Help!