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| Brad and Britt |
Starting today, the former WBT 1110 AM / 99.3 FM duo Brad Krantz and
Britt Whitmire take their act online.
Frustrated with the state of talk radio, they are launching The
Brad & Britt Podcast. Click Here.
According to the news-record.com, listeners will be able to download a free podcast each
weekday from BradandBritt.com and get the duo’s impersonations, skits, and
takes on politics, current events, sports and life.
It will be available through subscription apps such as
iTunes and Stitcher and can be played from any computer, smartphone or tablet.
“We don’t have to go through a program director, a general
manager, a radio station or a transmitter,” Whitmire said. “We can just connect
directly to our fans, which I am really excited about.”
He and Krantz decided to take to the Internet after WBT did
not renew their 2-year contracts.
Before that, they had teamed up for eight years on WZTK
101.1 FM (101.1), the talk radio station that covered the Triad and Triangle.
At WBT, “Brad and Britt” had aired in afternoon drive-time
for the first year, then moved to early evenings.
The show had good ratings, Krantz said, but station
management stopped supporting them after apparently receiving a few complaint
calls from legacy listeners.
“We are entertaining. We are funny,” Krantz said. “But we
are not right-wing, and in the insane world of radio, if you are not a
right-winger, then you are a Socialist, Marxist Commie.
“Right now, talk radio is a right-wing sewer. We refuse to
swim in the sewer, therefore we pay the price.”
The Relm Network in Washington, which hosts podcasts of
former radio personalities, will host their podcast and provide national
advertising.
They produce the show each weekday afternoon, and
upload it by 3 p.m. They will work from Whitmire’s home in McLeansville, where
they had produced their WBT show remotely for the past year.
The show will keep characters such as ‘Lil Rush, who mocks
the popular talk-show host; Satan; and Brad Harvey, who sounds like the late
radio broadcaster Paul Harvey.
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