{"id":549,"date":"2006-03-27T08:12:33","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T08:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=549"},"modified":"2025-06-12T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:58:13","slug":"radio-talk-shows-6-traits-of-ideal-hosts-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/tv-radio\/radio-talk-shows-6-traits-of-ideal-hosts-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio talk shows: 6 traits of ideal hosts, guests"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re trying to figure out how to be a great guest on a radio talk show,\u00a0just exhibit the same traits that stations demand in their\u00a0hosts.<\/p>\n

In the February issue of Talkers magazine<\/a>, talk show consultant John Mainelli who also\u00a0covers radio for the New York Post<\/a>,\u00a0lists these six traits of the best hosts:<\/p>\n

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  1. A sense of<\/strong> humor.<\/strong> The most important.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  2. Misanthropic\/sarcastic.<\/strong>\u00a0“Cranky, curmudgeonly” such as\u00a0Don Imus<\/a> in New York and\u00a0Larry Lujak<\/a> in Chicago.<\/li>\n
  3. Passionate:<\/strong> If you don’t have passion,\u00a0forget about faking it.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  4. Boldness:<\/strong> He chides the wimpification of hosts like\u00a0 Imus,\u00a0Rush Limbaugh<\/a>, Neil Rogers and Howard Stern<\/a> who he says “started out boldly but, sadly…they’ve become increasingly accommodating, wishy-washy, and even annoyingly self-indulgent.” His definition of bold?\u00a0Bob Grant<\/a>, Opie & Anthony, Michael Savage.
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  5. Phone flair:<\/strong> As in Joe Pyne’s<\/a>\u00a0“Go gargle with razor blades” line or Bob Grant’s “Get off my phoooone.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Exhibit those same six traits and you’ll probably be invited back, especially if you\u00a0disagree with the host.\u00a0In talk radio, the more heat, the better the show.<\/p>\n

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    If you’re trying to figure out how to be a great guest on a radio talk show,\u00a0just exhibit the same traits that stations demand in their\u00a0hosts. In the February issue of Talkers magazine, talk show consultant John Mainelli who also\u00a0covers radio for the New York Post,\u00a0lists these six traits of the best hosts: A sense\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":1,"wds_primary_category":609,"footnotes":""},"categories":[609],"tags":[29,205],"class_list":{"0":"post-549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tv-radio","7":"tag-media-relations","8":"tag-pitching","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41267,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions\/41267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}