As her television debut looms, Ingraham blogs about radio show issues
Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As her television debut looms, Ingraham blogs about radio show issues
By Tim Cuprisin
Just as Laura Ingraham is about to start something new on Fox News Channel, the conservative talker is having some troubles in her current radio gig.
Ingraham’s syndicated radio show usually airs in the 2 to 4 a.m. weekday slot on WTMJ-AM (620), although Milwaukee radio listeners can hear her from noon to 2 p.m. on Chicago’s WIND-AM (560).
But the show has featured replacement hosts of late, and she posted this on her Web site:
“Due to contractual obligations, for the present I am unable to reveal why I am not currently hosting (the show). Rest assured, this absence is not of my choosing, nor is it health or family related.”
Ingraham battled cancer a few years back.
Her post, since removed from www.laura ingraham.com, closed with a call for listeners to contact Talk Radio Network, which syndicates the show.
The word floating around is that she’s expected back on the air by the end of the month, if not sooner. But the break may give her time to ease into her new 4 p.m. weekday slot on Fox News.
“Just In,” as the show is called, sounds like a step above a tryout for a more permanent Fox News Channel program.
With the end of the primary season last week, Fox News dropped its election show during the 4 o’clock hour. Although there’s no official word on Ingraham’s status, it sounds like she’ll be there for at least a few weeks. It wouldn’t be a surprise if she’s there a bit longer. There’s talk of other hosts being tried out in the time period, although there aren’t any other names out there.
For the record, Ingraham fills in for Bill O’Reilly tonight at 7 on Fox News, as she frequently does.
CHANNEL SURFING: Speaking of Fox News, it has added failed Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as a political contributor.
>Earlier: Changes at FNC
