Word: springered
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...mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Don't laugh. The city is home to statesman Jerry Springer...
...least a promising second act. As it hits its first anniversary this week, Air America has expanded from six to 51 stations. It reaches more than 2 million listeners a week, with greater appeal for the young and women than most talk radio. It just signed Jerry Springer (a piquant choice but a pity, since he replaces Maddow). "I give them every benefit of the doubt," says Michael Harrison of the industry magazine Talkers. "They have ratings to show, they get publicity, they're selling...
Koenig and his brother, Pace, set out in Springer Mountain in Georgia yesterday and they plan to finish the 2,174-mile trail at Katahdin Mountain in Maine in July...
...Springer, of course, is best known for his 14-year-old talk show, which is filled with dueling transsexual lovers and cheating midgets. Before that, he was a city council member in Cincinnati--during which time he was caught paying a prostitute with a personal check--and later mayor. Now that he has set his sights on the Governor's mansion, Springer seems to have embarked on an image makeover. For years, Democratic leaders have urged him to start a radio talk show and distance himself from his TV persona. Springer did just that a month ago. For three hours...
Just about the only subject Springer avoids these days is his own political plans, though he sounds like a man who is spoiling for a fight. "Unless Democrats start redefining the debate," he says, "it doesn't much matter who runs because they'll continue to lose." --By Chris Maag...