The Other Paper also is reporting that the former liberal talk radio station in Columbus is failing miserably as conservative talk. According to Radio & Records, WYTS-AM, is a the very bottom of the rankings in the Columbus radio market. When they switched from liberal to conservative talk, the ratings plummeted. With low ratings, they cannot even attract good advertisers. The station, which is owned by Clear Channel, must prove that the conglomerate wants to promote their conservative political agenda, even if they lose money.
>Kenneth Blackwell is still in the news--
(Dispatch)
On his way out of office as secretary of state, J. Kenneth Blackwell gave parting payments totaling $80,186 to 19 top staffers in December.
Jennifer Brunner, his Democratic successor, wants the money paid back.
Brunner is seeking to recover the payments on grounds they were illegal, after Attorney General Marc Dann determined that Blackwell did not have the authority to pay the money.
Brunner, who had requested Dann's opinion, asked Auditor Mary Taylor yesterday to declare the payments an illegal expenditure of public money -- a key step toward recovering the funds.
"The bottom line is this money doesn't belong to Ken Blackwell, and it doesn't belong to me," Brunner said. "It belongs to the state of Ohio."
It was so nice of Blackwell to give away Ohio money to his good pals. The Republican corruption in Ohio just makes you want to puke.