Memphis Talk Radio Takes Another Hit

I was just thinking last week about how talk radio in Memphis has gone to the pitts. I had no idea it was Mike Flemming's last days at WREC. To others it might not be reason for alarm. Maybe because there just aren't a lot of people concerned with whether it is or not. Like Memphis wrestling fans, we are a dying breed. In it's heyday wrestling fans packed the Mid-South Coliseum weekly. Now they doen't even fill a big banquet hall when there is a match. You might have 25,000 dedicated listeners in a city of over half a million people. When I first started listening local talk radio was much more engaging and informative than it is right now. I looked forward to the daily and nightly discussions that were always bound to take place. Now I'm left to listen to whatever is on the air.

To me it's more of a loss in the general sense than him per say. I wasn't a big Mike Flemming fan anyway. I often agreed with his positions but didn't vibe with him as a host. I didn't like the way he talked long enough to pick up on your ideas and then cut you off. They are calling this a layoff and not what I really suspect has happened. The company is simply failing to renew his contract. Unlike many of the cutbacks at the sister station, for him this wasn't just a part-time job. We will never hear the details of exactly what happened. We just know talk radio in Memphis has taken another hit