WIOD

Before we do anything else, though, let's go now to my friend and colleague who once used to roam these very streets of Miami working at a place called WIOD, the Wonderful Isle of Dreams.

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I personally don't listen to WIOD, but I have it cued up on my radio pre-sets because in case of an emergency like a hurricane, I don't give a rat's ass what the station broadcasts the other times.

Radio Daze 2007

(And since WIOD and WINZ come out of the same facility, they simulcast in times of emergency, making the whole thing moot.)

Radio Daze 2007

Whoever suggested that the commission cancel the arrangement with WIOD has a tin ear and didn't take into consideration the one thing that Rush Limbaugh has in his favor: mindless mob psychosis.

Radio Daze 2007

WIOD has a sister station, WINZ, that broadcasts progressive talk such as Air America and Ed Schultz.

Radio Daze 2007

At Tuesday's meeting, four commissioners had been absent, and Ritter -- reasoning that the all-Democrat, nine-member commission is at the opposite end of the political spectrum from Limbaugh and other conservative hosts carried by WIOD -- made majority approval of the deal impossible by refusing to support it.

Radio Daze 2007

No one was telling WIOD that they couldn't broadcast the Limbaugh noise, and cancelling the arrangement wouldn't curtail the station's ability to broadcast whatever they wanted; the county just wanted to take their business elsewhere.

Radio Daze 2007

Thousands of media hounds nationwide jumped into the fray Wednesday after Commissioner Stacy Ritter blocked renewal of the county's partnership with WIOD-AM (610) to disseminate information during a hurricane emergency.

Radio Daze 2007

They weren't telling people not to listen to WIOD or threatening their advertisers.

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Radio station WIOD, AM 610, has been the official channel for emergency information from Broward County government for the past year.

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