What's Hannity worth? [View All]

[malachi]

Alas, Philadelphia has fallen. You should see the line-up on this wonderful stattion. All the major league fuckwads plus some local jitbags.

WPHT PAYS ZIP FOR HIS RADIO PROGRAM

NOW THAT HE'S squatting in WPHT/1210-AM's 3-6 p.m. slot, is it fair to ask what right-winger Sean Hannity is worth?

Nuttin', honey.

WPHT is not paying ABC Radio Networks for rights to air the show, and is actually receiving a bribe... I mean, a stipend, from ABC to put it out there. The money is designated for promotional and advertising purposes.

Station honcho Sil Scaglione said the money is "significant," without putting a price tag on it. (I've heard it could be as much as $500,000.) He'll spend the dough on magazines and billboards.

Philadelphia was important to ABC, Sil says, because it was the only Top Ten market not to carry the show daily. "They were willing to spend some money to help Sean and help the radio station."

Here's a secret radioheads know, but many of you don't: Most of the syndicated radio programs you hear are the result of what's called barter.
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