Conservative talkers Jim Quinn and Rose Tennent (“The War Room with Quinn and Rose”) recently ended their run at CCME’s Talker WPGB-FM Pittsburgh. Since we’ve run the story (click here), there has been an overwhelming negative response to the move from Clear Channel from RBR-TVBR readers. In a statement, a CCME spokesperson told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette the station tried to reach new terms with Jim and Rose, but it was unsuccessful. The readers think it was a bit more sinister than that and are flipping mad about it.
Meanwhile, Quinn and Rose posted this statement on their website:
“The Quinn and Rose show has been on the air for 18 years with great success. Ten of those years were at 104.7. We love doing our show.
We want our listeners to know how much we have enjoyed bringing you the news every morning. We feel like we are all part of one big family. Your loyalty and support over the years has meant so much to us and we think you know that.
Please know that we appreciate each and every one of you. A morning without you is like a morning without coffee. And we HATE a morning without coffee!! You have always meant so much to us. We cannot find words adequate to express to you just how much.
As we have new information, we will keep you posted at www.warroom.com on the front page. Be sure to check in there periodically for updates.
Our commitment has been, and will always be, to conservative values and to this great country of ours.
Rest assured, we will be back on the air!
Thank you all for your kind words and your support. We love you.
Quinn and Rose”
Take a look at some of the reader responses here, and scroll down to the end of the story to see all of them (Click here to see the original story and all comments):
* Wow what a mistake they have made…….these two make a great morning show. A balance to all the crap that the liberal media brings. They are libertarians more than Republicans and I for one liked that about them. They will be missed until I find out where they end up. Semper Fi.
* Talk about shock and dismay when my radio came on at 6 a.m., only to hear a strange broadcast with no explanation. I’ve endured my favorite morning host’s vacations, knowing he’d be back, but this was something close to addiction withdrawal. Hopefully, Quinn will be back on the air soon, somewhere, with plenty of publicity to let his listeners know.
* Those people are CRAZY for doing that. They are the best there is in the business. Totally destroyed my mornings. More common sense from that show than any other. CCME sucks!!!!!!
* Pittsburgh is ashamed of clear channel…Quinn and Rose has the support of most people I know pluss,pluss,pluss…We will not listen to any of that other garbage…They have certainly ruined our ride to work…Silence until q &r find a new home…
* I have enjoyed listening to Quinn & Rose for many years in my truck. I would like to see them reinstated to WPGB. Me and 6 of my friends are not going to spend too many mornings listening to Bozo Bloomdaddy !
* I will not listen to this station anymore in the morning. I hope Quinn and Rose find another station in the morning because I enjoyed listening to them on the way into work. Take the rest of the line up off and I will stop listening to the station altogether. Way to go CCME!!!! Let’s see how your ratings are after this screw up.
* I’ve lived in Philadelphia, Baltimore/DC, and Allentown – struggling each place to find ways to listen to Quinn and Rose online before iheart came around. Now that I’m back in the Pittsburgh area again this happens?! Seriously WPGB is making a huge mistake. I’m done with them. I’ll find another way to get Rush, et al. Likely Quinn got too close to the truth that someone didn’t like. Can’t wait for them to return. There is no better radio host than Jim Quinn.
* Very disappointed in clear Channels’ short sightedness I will boycott sponsors of their replacement.
* I’m stunned – in shock. This is like losing part of my family. hopefully blaze or EIB network will pick them up. How can anyone be so stupid as to “not comes to terms with” them? I’ve been listening to them since 2001 and have turned so many people on to them. We learn the truth about things like Ben Gazi months, years, before the MSM “discovers” the facts. This is such a shock I can’t even think yet. Hopefully we hear something soon.
* It has nothing to do with the terms of their contract. The fact that they DO talk about the TRUTH on things like Benghazi is why they were let go. More freedoms taken away. No interest in listening to talk radio in the morning anymore! What a disappointment! Freedom of speech or any of our freedoms for that matter will no longer exist before long under this administration.
Wow! I thought Quinn and Rose were on vacation this week when I heard that bozo on the air Monday morning(which I switched off within 5 minutes). I didn’t find out they were let go until today and now that I’ve read the story WPGB 104.7 will not come in on any of my radios until they are put back on the air. Neither will I spend my money at any of their advertisers. I’m a conservative Republican-voting union member and I plan to talk to as many people as I can to boycott listening to this station and any others owned by Clear Channel.
Well, it’s been a week. Ater listening to the Quinn & Rose’s replacement for about 10 minutes on Monday waiting for some explaination, and then learning of their being let go, I turned the station for the 1st time this week to listen to Rush today (Friday. I will not be listening to 104.7 in the morning and it is impacting how much I listen to that station the rest of the day.
Clear Channel has made a monumental mistake. The replacement program makes me ill. I will switch to “QED” & listen to classical music during my recovery period with no interntion of returning to 104.7 in the morning after the healing has been completed.
Agreed!!!!
This is a major blunder by this station. I believe this is liberal thought police trying to silence a conservative voice. It will not work. Quinn and Rose will be back. I am sure they will bury your “rust belt” station. Good Ridance Chumps.
Are we all really that “shocked, just SHOCKED,” that Quinn and Rose were taken off the air? Why didn’t anyone complain when they took off Savage and then Doyle to put on more mindless “sports talk?” Do we really need another bread and circus sports channel in Pittsburgh to keep the zombie masses distracted? It appears this is what the clear channel and WPGB market research team thinks. Let alone the people who wish to silence other views. As others have already done, I will no longer listen the station. “The station that shall not be named!”
Do they know no shame?
Nathan Daschle has been hired by Clear Channel as executive vice president of political strategy, he is the son of former Senator Tom Daschle, would you say do away with conservatives. It is a sad day for all fans of Q&R.
I have been a loyal listener for over 10 years and have supported many of Q & R’s sponsors. CCMO has chosen the wrong people to side with. Why would you hire a devout Liberal to manage a Conservative/Libertarian outfit? Pittsburgh was a very important market for CCMO and they have remarkably chosen to turn away tens of thousands of loyal customers like me. I strongly urge them to reconsider these horrible decisions. I refuse to listen to a boring political hack from West Virginia promoting Moderate politics. Please use another station for Moderate talk radio (try Cleveland or Detroit). I don’t believe Q & R will be available much longer as any broadcast outfit looking to dramatically increase ratings, visibility, and sponsors will soon hire them.
I live in Columbus, and when I could get Quinn and Rose on WHLO in Akron I listened, and when that stopped I used iHeartRadio. I’ve been listening to Quinn and Rose in some form since the early 90’s growing up near Pittsburgh. I cant’ wait until they come back!
Quinn and Rose have one of the best local News/Talk programs in the nation.
Beyond that, Rose Tennent is one of the most dynamic conservative voices in the nation, regularly filling in for Sean Hannity and organizing some of the largest political rallies in the country.
What a disservice to the people of Pittsburgh for Clear Channel to take these two off the air.
Clear Channel surely has made a big mistake.
Jim Quinn is one of the most informed talk show host in the business. Up their with Rush, Levin if not better. On the other hand ROSE is one of the least informed, lo info news readers in talk radio, she really drags Quinn down. She cannot say 2 sentences with the words I, me or I am in it. If fact when comes on most change the channel and Clear Channel know this and Sirius/XM and that is one reason they got dumped. Bring back Jim Quinn asap but with another host even if it is RAJA (just kidding).
Add my comments to the growing stack of comments lambasting you (WPGB) for the short sighted decision to not renew Quinn and Rose. Since 2001, I have been a loyal listener. I tolerated you dropping Neil Boortz way back when as you presented a quality replacement with Glenn Beck. The clearly moderate to liberal Bloomdaddy you have replaced them with will not cut it. Your business sense is clearly misguided, thinking that those that tune in to your station will stay with this clown. 2 days of listening, and I’ve heard of arguments FOR minimum wage increases and continuous Wal-Mart bashing. I can listen to NPR and get the same information. As for the rest of the day’s line up, I will be looking for alternative ways to pick up Beck and Rush.
BYE-BYE WPGB-FM! You will be falling in the morning drive ratings and I bet the rest of the day…May as well go to elevator music.
After reading a number of the comments, I can’t stop laughing. So many of the commenters think that removing them was a plot by the “liberal media”, and in reality, isn’t this about money?
NO !
Big mistake Clear Channel. Several weeks ago the Q&R show was removed from one area by Clear Channel. This was the beginning of their demise and the finale came when they took Quinn and Rose off the air. They will be back, stronger than ever and you jerks lost out because you caved in to the liberal thuggery. What nitwits you are!! Freedom of Speech…..ever hear of it?
I am from Michigan. The only reason I kept XM on my two vehicles was for Q and R. When they were dropped, I upped my data plan so I could listen every morning on I Heart. I liked the show, I even talked to a friend who owns a small radio station to look into their syndication and sent emails to others.
No big deal, but I will probably drop IHeart as well. My other shows are everywhere. I may be wrong, but I think IHeart Radio is owned by Clear Channel, so that means that when they get their next gig, I still won’t be able to listen. Good luck and you will be missed.
suggestion, get a great app like Mark Levin and we can all listen live.
Yes, I cancelled my iHeart last night, rated them a 1, and left them a comment citing Q&R as the reason
You can listen to them on tune in radio when they come back on – been listening for several years every morning. Put the app on your phone- like it much better than I heart radio.
I’ve listened to Quinn and Rose since 2002 daily, and found them insightful, patriotic, respectful, and wise! They became a source of clear analysis that is desperately needed for our country’s future. If they have been cancelled for their views, then the station has made a choice to ignore true conservatism and accurate history. As a listener, I have no patience for the replacement discussion offered this past week. As an advertiser, I have to make a financial decision to remain associated with an uninformative morning drive program that is certain to lose listeners. Similar political decisions would likely cost more falloff throughout the remainder of the day. For those reasons I will be pulling my advertising dollars from WPBG and Clear Channel.
If, instead, their absence is a casualty of ongoing negotiations, and they return, then so will I.
It’s a very sad day that Clear Channel does not believe in FREE SPEECH!!! I just can’t believe they did this.
Clear Channel has done this again in Pittsburgh … such a disappointment. Removed 104.7 from my car radio and iHeart will be next. No more 94.5, 102.5, 104.7 or any other Clear Channel station.
Something smells rotten. There is more to this story that what we know.
Praying that we hear Quinn & Rose soon. They are missed!
First I dropped 640 WHLO from my I Heart Radio list, now bye-bye WPGB. Boneheads. #quinnandrose
Are you guys nuts? I’m sure someone with LOTS of cash is putting the squeeze on you. But seriously, don’t you know that they won’t be content and satisfied with your programming until they have changed your entire station. If you take a principled stand and loose, at least you did the right thing. If you give in to what you know is wrong, there’s no way to win! My guess is it’s too late to get back the dynamic duo. YOUR LOSS!
What’s worse is the Duquesne Basketball coverage. Really? These people think that conservative listeners are going to be excited by listening to sports?
While I don’t really care for Rose or her worthless commentary, I have been listening to Quinn since he was at B-94. I hope he finds a new home and shoves it in the face of this ridiculous 104.7 station.
Yesterday as I drove to work, I had to listen to some guy talk about the pet pig his boy got and now doesn’t want to feed. The only reason I listened was to know what sponsors I wanted to stay away from. My trip to work is really boring now. That is all I hear from everybody. I tell them just contact 106.3 and tell them all they have to do is pick up Quinn and Rose between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM and they will own the airway.
I’ve been searching for someplace to call, email vent about the axing of Quinn and Rose. What a huge mistake to take these two fantastic hosts off the air. I’m down here on the eastern shore of Virginia and listen to WICO out of Salisbury Md. This station reaches folks from the lower VA peninsula up to Delaware. Many of my coworkers have at least an hour drive in the AM and most (hundreds) listen to Quinn and Rose on that drive. I’ve asked many who they tune to now and it’s a combination of Sirus dumb music stations or their IPOD music but most don’t listen to anything. They haven’t filled the vacuum. The guy they have on 92.2 isn’t worth listening too. Quinn and Rose are a hard act to follow for sure. The advertiser down here shouldn’t waste there money as no one is listening in the AM anymore. Clear channel needs to fire whoever made the dumb decision to can Quinn and Rose then get them back on the air. If not I hope Sirus finds a spot for them. What a revenue maker these guys are. Ok said my peace.
Have been a loyal listener to Quinn and Rose since they were on 96.9 fm. WPGB lost another listener. Letting the two of them go was a big mistake. I do agree with the other ticked off people that have left comments. Hopefully Jim and Rose will be back on the air soon.
WOW!!! Have been a loyal listener since 1993. Can’t believe their not on this channel any longer. But they’ve bounced back before and hopefully will do so once again. Bad mistake Clear Channel. You’ll see a big drop in your listener ratings now. GOOD…you deserve it.
Well, they’re gone from Sirius xm (which was why we purchased it), and now this – we listened to them whenever we could when we picked up the station locally and when not on iheart radio. We too stopped listening when we figured it wasn’t their show playing, but only now are realizing their show is GONE. WHAT A MISTAKE – one of the BEST conservative talk shows on air. Hope they come back soon where we can listen to them!
Why didn’t WPGH have as much class if not more than WYSL Rochester, NY did in letting listeners know what happened via a posting on the front page of their website about Quinn and Rose. I don’t if they cared but since it was their home base they could have intervened:
1-by softening the blow to them personally as to not hit them 10 minutes before show time Monday
2-and letting US know even with a front page note on their website.
I don’t think yet they realize how many in the millions are furious about this. Is little timmy daschel’s boy –a big-wig in clear channel?
If so I answered my own question. You can’t but smell a demorat in this.
Shame for the treatment of those who did so much for the vets/military/Toys for Tots and the sick in their fundraising –and all to bring shared kudos to WPGB.
I hope that Hannity will help them in re-establishing one of the best talk shows who in many cases dug deeper into stories and had the country
had access to them in 2008 we would not be in the cesspool we are in now. They pulled no punches and called it like it was.
Wow…Clear Channel folding to the fascist ‘fairness doctrine.’ CC is about to learn the hard way how markets work! We get a vote too. We vote to ring the gong and give CC the hook! This fight ain’t over. Bring Q&R back and save your bacon!
I think CCMO has just invited a union lawsuit. CC beholds to CCMO that is skating on negative financial reports. CCMO must have succummed to
FFC pressure to hire the democrat hack Dashel who gave the order to get rid of Q&R. Q&R deserve a more solid financial base to work from. They just could not prop up the entire CCMO corporation. Quinn allways rebounds on better turf.
Jim Quinn is part of the TRINITY of radio for me. There’s Quinn, Rush and Levin. Those three give me truth,knowledege and history with facts to back up the true American experience.
@ Scott : Oh REALLY???? This station is the suspect party! They dropped Michael Savage, Jerry Doyle and Neil Boortz over past months AND have hired Sen. Tom Daschle’s son as Executive VP of Political Stragegy! Couldn’t be any clearer to me! Thank you to John who had that info about young Mr. Daschle! If that doesn’t run up a raft of red flags up every flagpole in sight you are politically tuned out / liberal / hopeless!!!!
I moved to Colorado 3+ years ago and still listened to Quinn & Rose. I will find them wherever they end up and continue to listen to them as I believe God knows they speak the truth and will direct them to another station and/or venue. Until then, I suggest all you great Pittsburgh people switch on over to IHeart to listen to Rush, et al. Leave WPGB in the dust heap of history where they and Clear Channel belong.
I too, cancelled my iHeart last night, rated them a 1, and left them a comment citing Q&R as the reason. Vive la Free market, apparently you are tone deaf.
As each day goes by, I realize more and more how much I miss Quinn and Rose being on the air. I listened to them as I got ready in the morning, and I listened to them during my long commute to work. I agree that I will no longer listen to 104.7. My rides home already stink now since they are talking about sports at 6pm instead of Savage Nation and now this. I can definitely listen to the others that I like on Iheart radio, so that is what I am going to do. Ok all you other Pittsburghers..you can do the same. To get rid of our conservative voices here in Pittsburgh is not acceptable and WPGB is going to have to get hit in the pocketbook to realize that. Quinn and Rose.. I hope you guys get back on the air soon. We’ll be looking for you!!
I retire and can’t listen to QR for awhile.Then I finally turn on my radio
and I get some guy talking about a pig.Some retirement. I now spend the 6-9
hours shaking,sweating heavily and staring at my radio just waiting .
I miss you Q and R. Please come back!
I have to echo all the other sentiments. A monumental mistake to take Quinn and Rose off the air. I cancelled my XM radio subscriptions (4 of them for me and family members) when Clear Channel couldn’t come to terms with XM. Now, I will no longer listen to WPGB via iHeartRadio. Very foolish move, Clear Channel.
This was a huge mistake. Do not underestimate the power of an audience scorned. Bring back Quinn and Rose.
I have listened to Quinn for years. Thats it for WPGB for me. Will catch Limbaugh on webcast. Clear Channel sucks.
I will not be listening to this station any more I will follow Quinn and rose where ever they go.
For 10 years the Quinn and Rose show are broadcast from wpgb and then….
New York, NY – June 17, 2013 – Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach in the U.S. than any other radio or television outlet, today announced that well-known political strategist and lawyer Nathan Daschle is joining the company as Executive Vice President for Political Strategy, effective immediately.
http://www.clearchannel.com/Pages/Clear-Channel-Media-and-Entertainment-Names-Nathan-Daschle-Executive-Vice-President-For-Political-Strategy.aspx
This wasn’t about money. This was planned. Out of Rush and Glenn Beck and Hannity, Quinn is the most dangerous in reporting on what is really happening here in America. I love the way he has with finding the stories you’d never ever hear about.
I always thought that it would be a sad day here in America when Quinn was removed from the radio. I hoped this day wouldn’t come. Especially during the Obama adminstration.
Wow! Looks like the commie libs are infiltrating our every existence and removing with it our freedoms and delivering the truth! I will not listen to anything on Clear Channel ever again and will stop honoring their sponsors
I must say I’m disappointed. I was a fan of their news segments, not so much of the name calling and funny attempts at sarcasm.
Their show was the only reason I was ever on 104.7
Guess I can move that off the favorite channel list.
In total shock over here. If I thought it actually had to do with the show, I would think it’s because of Rose’s increasing role. I have to say, I turn it off every time she speaks — honestly. I listen for Quinn and I’ve been hearing him less and less every morning. The result? I started listening to sports.
However, I’m guessing it has little to do with the show itself (ratings, etc) and more to do with something political behind the scenes. For this I’m outraged.
I am extremely disappointed in the removal of one of the best radio programs that I have listened to over many years. I have been a listener of Jim Quinn’s Warroom since back in the early 1990’s. The replacement show has zero interest to me.
WPGB has lost me as a listener during this time slot until Quinn and Rose is back on the air.
You have got to be kidding me. Quinn and Rose go packing? Well, they can take their audience with them to the next station and find bigger opportunities. INDEPENDENT TALK RADIO is ALIVE AND WELL. Just watch.
I’ve been a faithful Quinn and Rose listener, and… they were good. I couldn’t figure out what happened this morning; thought I had the wrong channel. Bring them back!
I am very disappointed with the decision to not renew Quinn & Rose’s contract. One of the dumbest business decisions I’ve seen. I hope that the rumor isn’t true….Hearing that Nathan Daeschle (Tom’s son) who recently went to work at Clear Channel is trying to get rid of conservative radio people across the country. (Perhaps at the direction of the Democratic Party and it’s leader.) Wish this wasn’t so easy to believe, but the way things are going with this country, it is very believable. Even socialists seem to understand MONEY, so hopefully they will BRING THEM BACK!!!
I really enjoyed Quinn and Rose in the morning. I will not listen to the replacement he is horrible.
I have been listening to Quinn & Rose since 1994 and the glory days of Magic 97. I can’t say I didn’t see this coming, what with the genius in the White House being threatened by those who disagree with his policies & ideology. I am also jumping ship from this and all other CCME radio stations. Maybe I’ll just put my cassette deck to use. Godspeed, Quinn & Rose! I will find you when you return to the airwaves!
I was out of state for a professional convention and found out that Quinn and Rose had been removed. I am totally disgusted. I listened to them every morning, either on my way to work or as I worked at home. I turned on my radio this morning to get the traffic report and then turned it off. If I wanted to listen to “Bloom Daddy”, I would have been listening to him for years. I will not support anything from Clear Channel as long as they take away our right to quality radio programs. God Bless Quinn and Rose.
I am very happy Quinn and rose will no longer be on our local radio..Is a victory for truth and common sense.
Hello Fred filopek,
If you didn’t like the show, you didn’t have to listen to it.
Thank you,
Bill Moore
If you had real common sense you would realize you have the option to change the station if you don’t like or refuse to except what your hearing.
Just as I did when I found out JIM and ROSE are off the air and some bozo is on the air.
You uninformed individual. It is because of people like Quinn and Rose that you can put forth the opinion that you have expressed today. I may not like what you posted but you have the right to do so. Their removal is not a victory for truth and common sense it is a victory for tyranny. If tyranny is allowed to prevail one day they will come for you and that is a fact.
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? THEY ALWAYS GAVE PEOPLE THAT DISAGREED WITH THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL. MATCHING WITS WITH QUINN WAS NOT AN EASY CHALLENGE. I LEARNED MORE FROM THIS SHOW THAN ALL THE OTHERS COMBINED. IF CC DOES BRING THEM BACK, I HOPE THEY WON’T AGREE TO BE REINED IN. IN THE MEANTIME, TRY READING GEORGE ORWELL’S “ANIMAL FARM”, TO REMAIN AWARE OF WHAT’S GOING ON. IN THEIR ABSENCE WE NEED TO STAND FIRM AGAINST THE MACHINE THAT IS TRYING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE OUR REPUBLIC
I am not surprised they were cancelled because they spoke not only the truth but thy were the only Pittsburgh media that kept the liberal media on their toes.
So what does the liberal media do? They eliminate the voice all together because as Mark Levine says “They can’t handle the truth and are never about fairness but pure tyranny”.
I was at the first Tea Party meeting that Q&R hosted an it gave me great comfort we had a local voice. CNN freaked out about that event.
We must have them back on the air or we must find a way to get them on another channel. Glen Beck had to start his own programming and so maybe this is just another opportunity.
Our voice will not be silenced nor will our leaders like Q&R.
VIVA Q&R!
My morning commute without Jim Quinn is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without the bread. Whatever reason Clear Channel booted Q&R from its lineup – failed contract negotiations, left-wing cabal or whatever – it was bad, bad decision.
And if Clear Channel really wants to save some money, give RINO milquetoast Sean Hannity the boot and give Q&R his time slot.
My question becomes is this REALLY about Quinn & Rose or is it really about control? How long will it be before others are silenced? I’ve tried to listen to left-leaning shows before and I just couldn’t take what they were selling so you know what I did? I didn’t listen! Just because I do not care for something doesn’t mean it should go away that would be an infringement upon the rights of other which I do not support. Is this a warning bell? My radio will not be tuned in to 104.7 from 6-10 AM Monday through Friday and I will miss getting all kinds of news in the morning.
I feel the same way. In fact, I turned fox on this morning for the forst time in years. And, fox could not hold a candle to Quinn and Rose. Clear Channel must not be allowed to get away with this. I too will not support them. And, I too will tell everyone that I know about Clear Channel any this very seriously WRONG decision. We should not let up until they are brought back.
You have got to be kidding that Quinn and Rose is off the air, Talk about stupid moves by a local radio station. I can now take that station off of my preset list, as there is no reason to tune in.
What a loss!
Hello Quinn and Rose,
I’ve been listening to you two for years.
When you find a new venue, let us know.
Thank you,
Bill Moore
I was always a little afraid that I would turn on the radio one day and not hear Quinn’s voice. Can’t believe that it happened this week. Goodbye WPGB, Clear Channel until you put them back on. Can’t wait to see your ratings take a nose dive for this stupid decision.
Anyone invested in clear channel should stop.
What a shame to quiet two independent voices.
What is happening to freedom of speech?
They will be missed but will return stronger than ever.
Still waiting for a response (promised)from the station regarding the comment I left them on Monday morning. Guess they are busy looking for new advertisers, hmmm?!
Have now switched to a non-Clear Channel station for the daily commute.
Absolutely stunned that the station would make a move such as that. I use to listen every morning. In fact my alarm clock was set to the station. As of today, that station will be changed! I like listening to Rush but I think I will start using iheart radio instead, and I will avoid the CCME stations as much as possible. Quinn will surface, as long as there is an audience that will listen, he will end up on another station.
What a Loss! I was amazed when they were no longer on the radio. I personally do not listen to that station anymore on my drives in the morning. I would rather listen to the public radio station. They lost this listener when they got rid of Q&R. I hope they bring them back. Very often I have found them to be a voice of reason in a choir of fools.
ditto to all of the comments already made. what a huge mistake CC has made. strength in numbers and the message is being passed on and on and on. Q & R will return, their support is far greater than wpgb.
I am looking forward to someone picking up Quinn and Rose in the near future. I just wonder how long before Rush, Hannity and Glenn Beck will be on the air in Pittsburgh? It a shame that a voice of reason in this are where the Democrats have a strangle hold on the minds of most people in this city!
I will not be listening to your station anymore. REally loved Quinn and Rose. Looks like you are more to the left than I knew. I will not support anything from Clear Channel as long as they take away quality programs like Quinn and Rose. You can count on losing me forever.
Unbelievable. But not surprising. Big brother is and always has been watching. I will never listen to that station again.
They made a huge mistake……….
I have listen to Jim Quinn since he was sandwiching political opinion between music. Rose has be a great compliment to him and their harmonity and passion come through the air waves. The drivel, that has is a poor substitute for programing, is far below standard. I guess they got too close to the truth!
Wow! It just proves that everything Quinn and Rose always have said is TRUE!!! They were right! I can’t believe they got canned!?
I miss them on my way to work and am wondering what I can do to help get them back on the air. Please let me know.
What a poor decision, and most likely politically motivated. The left always wants to silence their critics, since they can’t win the debate on facts. I will not patronize Clear Channel or any of their advertisers. Ever. Can’t wait until Quinn & Rose are back on the air.
My mornings are not the same without Quinn and Rose. I will not listen to bloomdaddy, what a joke he is. Hopefully some smart person will give them a show.
On Monday I turned on Quinn and Rose and there was a sports commentator on. Turned it off immediately. Tuesday the same guy was on and I called the station to be told that Quinn & Rose’s contract was up and they could not come to an agreement. I will never, and I mean never, listen to sports. I’m simply not interested. If they cannot see that Quinn and Rose drew a great many listeners, then shame on them. I’ll follow them. Not WWPGB.
I can’t believe that Quinn and Rose are gone. They are true conservatives who did so much for vets. Hope they get a bigger and better show in the future. I went to Italy via Conservative Tours with Rose, and she is a great lady.
Who is this Bloom Daddy? He was talking sports when I tuned in. Won’t be listening to him again.
So sad for no apparent reason Quinn and Rose are MIA. I am done with Clear Channel . This was so shady and under handed. Quinn and Rose are too good for these scum. I’m sure the will find a new station and a better deal.
It is shocking that Quinn and Rose suddenly vanished off the radio – we miss them, we loved their show, and we love them – it is not for us to know the intricacies of what happened between them and Clear Channels – however, it would seem advantageous to the company to reinstate this very popular morning show – Quinn and Rose have had loyal advertisers for years, and if this is all about money I am sure they have proved their worth over and over again – we, their public, have supported those advertisers – it does not seem to make good business sense to discontinue something so profitable – what then????
What abig disappointment when I tried to listen to Quinn and Rose Monday and they where replaced with some dude never heard of.I was changing channels to find them with no luck. So here I am on my laptop to find out what happened.I say oh my god.What idiots did that to them . You know the truth hurts does,nt it if you liberals had anything to do with this.Man it was so hard to hear that other voice replacing Rose and you to Quinn. LOL This country is going the wrong way man.I did,nt realize you two where gone until I remember hearing Jim talk about being cancelled. I just thought you where being moved to another channel.I searched but no luck. I sure hope you two come back.You know I met you two at Dean Diamonds in the Washington mall long time ago and got autograph picture. Quess I have to take picture to bed with me now.LOL Hell I was even at Roses’ house long time ago delivered ditch machine for plumber when she lived in peters township.I liked listening about Roses’ trips overseas.Well you two do what it takes to avenge yourselfs and will be listening to you again very soon.I listen to WDVE in your replacement.Well good luck Jim and Rose and God Bless the both of you.
I am so disappointed that Quinn and Rose are off the air. First thing every morning I turned them on. We must get them back
On Monday morning, I looked at my calendar to see if this was the week of Thanksgiving and that maybe Quinn and Rose had the week off. I can’t tell you how saddened I am without my morning truth fix. “Bloom Daddy?” Are you kidding? Hey clearchannel – is it the TRUTH you can’t take?
Fix this and put Quinn and Rose back on the air.
Clear Channel and 104.7 did the country an incredible disservice by dropping Quinn and Rose without any notice at all. They will never be able to replace that talent. The new show is just sports and other drivel, and the host is boring. I am sure this will show with the ratings and a subsequent drop in advertisers. I am sure somebody else will pick up the show. Too bad for Clear Channel and WPGB. WPGB is turning their self-proclaimed “news talk” label into a joke.
I was very disappointed and shocked to learn that Quinn and Rose were taken off the air. I enjoyed listening to them and have learned alot by doing so. I do have Sirius radio and will listen to the Patriot channel or Fox and other stations on my internet radio rather that support any of the stations that discontinued their program.
If you like your radio program- YOU can NOT keep it.
I look forward to Quinn & Rose being on the air with another
radio station.
104.7 talk radio- should now change it’s name to 104.7 radio!
Clear channel has made it crystal clear to me- that it does not want
my support or patronage.
PATRIOT for Office-2014 & President-2016 to save our Republic
More jobs and less government are the key to our Republics future growth.
Is this the beginning of censorship in America? Just asking. One day you hear those who speak truth, the next they are mysteriously absent from the airwaves. God help this, once great, nation. We are in a downward spiral and so many are giving up. We must stand for our principles. Our elected officials have lost their spines and other parts God gave them and allow this mess to continue. We need to be strong and demand Quinn and Rose be put back on the radio and push to stop this cleansing of those who disagree with the tyranny we are experiencing in our nation. God Bless America.
I really miss them. I couldn’t always listen due to travel (though they were in other places, too.). It was always great to hear a great duo with humor, intelligence, righteous anger, and fiery passion so always right on the mark. I don’t know the deeper reasons they’re gone, but, gee, funny thing: all the morning talk shows are gone from Philadelphia “just like that!” with no real explanation, no way to find out how the syrupy musical religious station showed up (nothing wrong with it, but it’s so “mild and meek” with no intellectual content or reality news. I really wonder if the liberal wonks found a way to “move all these shows off the air????” Semper Fi!
I miss Quinn and Rose. I am going through terrible withdrawls. It actually hurts my heart. I have been depending on them for intelligent talk radio. They are my morning information team. What am I to do? This is the worst decision a radio broadcasting company can make. Ratings will fall. Don’t they realize that Quinn and Rose have a following, NOT the broadcasting company. We will find out where they are going or find a rich sponsor to get them their own radio broadcasting company, so they won’t have to worry about their audience being left empty and void of intelligence.
Quinn and Rose are right up there with Rush and Mark Levin, as far as informing us of what is really going on and why. And they don’t mince their words, like saying Obama “misspoke,”misled,” or “was not correct” when he flat out lied about Obamacare and just about every other time he opens his mouth. They have stayed on Benghazi more than nearly every national show. And they are so entertaining! Like Mark Steyn, Quinn can make you laugh even as he is reporting on stuff that really ticks you off. WPGB is going to really regret not coming to terms with them (if that was really the problem). Listenership is going to drop like a rock. I think a lot of Quinn listeners are going to remember this for a long time and find other stations to listen to. Hopefully Quinn and Rose will get picked up quickly by someone else and be back on the air again in Pittsburgh and nationwide!
Jim & Rose, screw Clear Channel and the MSM! Stream your show over Warroom.com and sell ads and subscriptions. I’d be happy to pay to hear the show. It’s time to Lock & Load!
Here I thought they were just on vacation for a week. Now where do I to hear them since I am certainly not going to stay on 104.7 now that they are off the air. Why did clear channel decide to go with someone else? They were truly awesome at what they did.
BRING THEM BACK!!!!!
As a long term listener to Quinn and Rose, you should know they were the only reason I listened to your station. I listened to them daily with great enjoyment. I supported the advertisers of their show and the charities they promoted. I used to listen in the evening when Andy Dean was on and was upset when he was replaced by Dave Ramsey (whose philosophies I support but he is annoying on the radio). To lose Quinn and Rose seems like bad business, I am done with this station – I wait anxiously to listen to them again somewhere else. Goodbye.
Clear Channel has made a monumental mistake. The replacement program makes me ill. I will switch to CD’s listen to 80’s music during my recovery period with no intention of returning to 104.7
CC-WWPGH –What are you thinking??!!! Quinn & Rose have a great following with great ratings!! I hope they come back and when they do –their new station will get my loyalty.
Really, really miss Quinn & Rose!!!
CC -WPGH –What are you thinking??!! Quinn & Rose have a great following and great ratings! I hope they return on air and when they do their new station will get my loyalty. Really miss Quinn & Rose!!
I have been listening for 16 of those 18 years when I moved back to the area. It is a huge void in my morning without waking up to them every morning but more importantly the cutting edge information Quinn has always given us and the great stories. I will follow where they go! We miss you!
Big Mistake Clear Channel! Hopefully Quinn and Rose are back somewhere else soon. I can’t believe you replaced them with the loser “Bloomdaddy”…what a joke.
back to 102.5 DVE…..this sucks big time
Quinn and Rose were rated top in the Pittsburgh media market in every single age group. What was Clear Channel thinking? I will no longer listen to 104.7 until Quinn and Rose return.
104.7 is off the air ? Did they lose their license for sensorship ?
Oh well there is AM and I will listen to Rush and Sean somewhere else.
Quinn and Rose, good luck baby. Thanks for telling the truth. 104.7 knows you were right and PROGRESSIVES hate the truth. My daddy fought in World War II for nothing, the enemy is home grown and in charge.
How will we know where to tune in to find them if not here??
Until Quinn & Rose are back on I will not be listening to WPGB. Quinn is years ahead of the rest of the pundits. He was talking about Saul Alinsky years before anybody even knew his name.
I heard Clear Channel recently hired the son of Tom Dashcel so striking out against conservatives is understandable. Just remember that when revenues go down.
I would fire the son and the guy that hired the son of Tom Dashcel. One for being stupid and the other for hiring stupid.
Flippin’ mad doesn’t even begin to explain what we’ve been going thru. Quinn and Rose have been a part of my mornings for over 15 years. Because of Quinn, I’m an educated, informed voter! Quinn provides more information than the other national talk show hosts simply because he doesn’t spend half an hour talking about himself. His breaking news – right on the mark. His sources – right on the mark. His intelligence, credibility and tenaciousness – right on the mark! Quite possibly the hardest working man – and most dedicated – in talk radio. Pittsburgh has been proud of these two. You know how honored we are to have them here? Other than Rush, who else has been doing this for this long? Rose compliments Quinn to the T. She fills in for Sean Hannity for cryin’ out loud!
My heart aches – yes, aches for what has happened. When you have this type of talent, you pay to keep your talent. That’s why we can’t swallow the generic tweets from Gregg Henson, Program Manager. There’s just too much smell drifting over from Clear Channel, Nathan Daschle. et al. I encourage fans and listeners to call every phone number and tweet to as many other conservatives in the news that they can think of.
As for Quinn and Rose, I’ll follow them wherever they end up. Subscription, premium, I don’t care; not a problem. I haven’t listened to 104.7 since Monday at 6:30am. Alarm clock is now the iPhone, XM is now in the Chevy. While I wait for their return, I’ll do what I can to raise support for them.
This is a very poor decision by Clear Channel. I will not listen to the replacement. I will not support Clear Channel advertisers. I will listen to Q & R again when they find their next home.
Well Clear Channel and WPGB-FM just made a huge mistake not renewing Quinn and Rose’s morning show. It was not for a lack of listeners or ratings. Quinn and Rose have so many fans all over the country because they report on relevant issues….news stories that the mainstream media ignore. There is now a huge void in many people’s morning commute and CC and WPGB are going to hear from all of us. Please visit their website and support Q&R at their upcoming charity events. AND I for one will be spreading the news about Clear Channel and WPGB on all social media sites that I frequent. I will also be turning OFF the 104.7 radio station from now on.
I am in AZ & wake up @ 4:00 a.m. To listen to Q & R. I am having withdrawal. They are like no others. Can’t wait ’til they find a new place to broadcast from.
What kind of radio service in the “public interest” is this.They get rid of probably the most popular local show in their line-up over the weekend and stiff lip their listeners first thing Monday morning with some babble mouth named BloomDaddy.No mention on the air of anything about why. Just some press release BS later about not being able to reach an agreement. Agreement on what? Money or censorship. Something really stinks about this.It smells like some corporate political correctness especially when Clear Channel has recently appointed someone who would really know about that to be their “Executive VP for political strategy”,Democratic operative Nathan Daschle
I have been a devoted listener of Quinn and Rose for many years. I downloaded podcasts so I wouldn’t miss any of the show. I am just one of many, many fans. Whoever made the decision to take them off the air should be fired. Of course, the execs at Clear Channel couldn’t have anybody on the air telling the TRUTH could they? Well, WPGB is dead to me now. I’ll be checking in to the warroom in hopes that they will be back on the air very soon, and when they are, they’ll be even better than ever. Clear Channel will be the one to suffer for it’s bad decisions.
i’ve already switched to mike church on sirrius radio for the morning. can’t listen to the nonsense of bloomdaddy. i don’t even know what he’s saying…and don’t care. when quinn and rose are back or find a new home, i’ll tune in to them again.
I won’t listen to this channel in the morning ever again. I put I Heart Radio on my iPhone just so I didn’t miss a thing from the car into the office. You people are crazy.
Mr. Daschle,
Put on your big boy pants and tell us who is behind the cancelation of Quinn and Rose. Could it be GEORGE SOROS?
Listened to Quinn & Rose since WRRK days, now have a hole in my mornings. The Bloom off the Daddy, listening to Bill Bennett at one of Q&R former stations, WYSL, just not the same. I’m through with 104.7 as well as CC. Will find other outlets for Beck, Rush, and Hannity. I no longer Heart Radio.
For years I enjoyed listening to Quinn and Rose on my drive to work. Now that I’m retired I still enjoyed starting my day with them. the people who made this decision are not very intelligent therefore I can not support the sponsors whose products they say are quality products.
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