Paulsen bows out
Pittsburgh: After about six weeks of co-hosting an evening talk show with John Steigerwald, Scott Paulsen has told KDKA (1020) "thanks, but no thanks," according to the Post-Gazette.
The show, which aired from 7 to 10 p.m. weekdays when not preempted by paid programming, was on a "trial basis" through Monday.
The P-G's Adrian McCoy writes that Paulsen "didn't want to work the nighttime hours but had agreed to it on a trial basis," and is "keeping his options open for other possibilities at KDKA or elsewhere."
In a fictional, election-themed entry posted Friday on his website, Paulsen wrote that he's "going back to my position as all-night counter person at the Adult Maxi-Mart and 25 Cent Video Preview Booth World just off the interstate," where he'll be "cleaning the walls of trucker excrement."
Hey, like the old joke says, isn't that showbiz?
Readers’ Forum
Paulsen needs to do what he does best – a morning radio show host at WDVE. He needs to get back to that station and work with the current crew to liven things up a bit.
dave - March 31, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Paulson’s story reads a lot like a class and sanitized way of saying he did not want to work any longer with a condesending and dismissive guy who thinks he knows it all.
I don’t know if going back to ‘DVE is the answer (then again, I’ve never had any use for ‘DVE and never will). But Paulson did the right thing, just the same.
Rick - April 05, 2008 at 12:52 am