Mark Belling (Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha: how much, house, high school)

[meetoo]

I made my second post last night about what many think is one of Milwaukee's glimering jewls!!!

And wow it got pulled why I dont know " for mentioning a local lightning rod?

I lived there for 38 years and cant wait to get back and now live less than an hour from nyc I see and listen to alot of local media from both Ct and the city I think I know.

From Earl gilespie, paul joseph, bob & bryan,Madison's sly,Bob Eucher, "homer"true, the lets talk nascar guys, Sally Severson, albert the alleycat, Mike Jacobs, Gus Gnorski to yes even Mark Belling.

Theise are without a doubt world class people!!

any of them could fill in nationaly and do at least as well as the regulars not to mention blow away the local NYC / Ct hosts!

I was just trying to start post to sooth my homesickness


I guess the bottom line is like me before I moved some of you just dont know how good you have it there!!

[EnjoyEP]

Meetoo -

I lived for the first 27 years of my life in Milwaukee, and for the past 3 years, I have lived in Albuquerque, NM, so I can relate to some of your "missing Milwaukee" feelings.

Why I am writing this reponse though...as I write it...from my computer in Albuquerque...I am listening to Mark Belling! (I like him quite a bit too).

Don't know if you have a computer, but if you do, you can listen each and every day to Belling's show. At my job (an office job), for background listening, I listen to WTMJ radio (Charlie Sykes and Jeff Wagner) in the morning, and then Belling in the afternoon. If I close my eyes for a second, it almost feels like I am back in Milwaukee!!

(Thank goodness for the age of the internet!)...

[kjs36]

is a world class person? hehe.

belling's an idiot

[dkmisol]

Originally Posted by kjs36

is a world class person? hehe.

belling's an idiot

I must agree...

However, Charlie Sykes/Jeff Wagner are slightly more acceptable. I don't like them too much either, and I've met/dealt with them in real life for a few years.

[dkmisol]

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Meetoo -

I lived for the first 27 years of my life in Milwaukee, and for the past 3 years, I have lived in Albuquerque, NM, so I can relate to some of your "missing Milwaukee" feelings.

Why I am writing this reponse though...as I write it...from my computer in Albuquerque...I am listening to Mark Belling! (I like him quite a bit too).

Don't know if you have a computer, but if you do, you can listen each and every day to Belling's show. At my job (an office job), for background listening, I listen to WTMJ radio (Charlie Sykes and Jeff Wagner) in the morning, and then Belling in the afternoon. If I close my eyes for a second, it almost feels like I am back in Milwaukee!!

(Thank goodness for the age of the internet!)...

I lived in ABQ for a while... and I miss it tremendously! I really miss the Green Chile Posole at Gardunos, the Tramway, and weekend trips to Santa Fe.

[mikki]

As a teacher, I think that Belling is ignorant. But thank God we live in the good ol' USA and can feel free to state our opinons without fear of punishment! Go America!

[illwauk]

Belling in no way shape or form represents Milwaukee. I wish they've refer to him as being based out of Waukesha County since that's where the overwhelming majority of his Greater Milwaukee listenership comes from. And it's because of people like Belling that people think Milwaukee is a conservative s**thole in the Midwest when it's actually very diverse and progressive. Any other country would tossed Bellings ignorant **** off the air years ago, but unfortunatley this is America where only money matters and plenty of it can be made by pandering to the lowest common denominator. I might not Steve True fan by any means, but I give him props for exposing Belling what he is... a fraud.

I'm also wondering how many of you Belling fans actually live/lived in the city or if you are/were somewhere like Brookfield and just tell everyone you're from Milwaukee... hmmm...

[EnjoyEP]

Originally Posted by illwauk

Belling in no way shape or form represents Milwaukee....

He represents Milwaukee as much (or as little) as any other single or sole individual. You can argue as a radio host/journalist/TV host, he does not have much "sway"...in some regards, this is true. However, he represents Milwaukee just as much as...say...Eugene Kane does.

Originally Posted by illwauk

I wish they've refer to him as being based out of Waukesha County since that's where the overwhelming majority of his Greater Milwaukee listenership comes from.

Well, obviously you do not like his politics, and that is your perogative. However, the MB Show is the highest rated radio show in the state of Wisconsin...as such, no, he generates a large listernership throughout the Metro Milwaukee area - not just Waukesha County.

Originally Posted by illwauk

And it's because of people like Belling that people think Milwaukee is a conservative s**thole in the Midwest when it's actually very diverse and progressive.

Gee, you aren't letting your political beliefs bias your thinking here whatsoever, are you?? If a place is branded as being heavily conservative (which indeed, Milwaukee in general is not), it is a "s**thole"...yet if it is ultra liberal [eg: socialist?]...it is "very diverse and progressive"? Please.

Originally Posted by illwauk

Any other country would tossed Bellings ignorant **** off the air years ago, but unfortunatley this is America where only money matters and plenty of it can be made by pandering to the lowest common denominator.

Hey, there are plenty of other countries in the world you can go ahead and relocate to...no one is stopping you - surely America is not the socialistic environment you seem to favor, and that is fine. But yes, in America we are proponents of free speech and capitalism, and legions of citizens (including myself) are happy that folks DO have free speech here, and are not able to at a moment's notice be "thrown off the air" because his opinion is that which you do not favor. Just as folks like Michael McGee and Eugene Kane get free reign to spout off their consistently outlandish points of view freely and openly with no threat of reprocussion, so may folks like Belling. As a former Milwaukeean who now resides in New Mexico, I can attest that the country of Mexico isn't too far away...Canada is just a bit north of you...plenty of options that are not of the American variety.

Originally Posted by illwauk

I might not Steve True fan by any means, but I give him props for exposing Belling what he is... a fraud.

Is that why Mark Belling audience was approximately 14-times that of what True's audience was?

Originally Posted by illwauk

I'm also wondering how many of you Belling fans actually live/lived in the city or if you are/were somewhere like Brookfield and just tell everyone you're from Milwaukee... hmmm...

Hmmm...well, since you asked, although I now reside in New Mexico, I lived for the first eighteen years of my life in the area around 68th and Silver Spring - dead in the heart of Milwaukee (and heavily African American). For my first 2.5 years of high school, I rode the MKE County Bus to and fro HS on the 76th Street line, straight through Milwaukee. For 5-years in HS and college, I worked in the area of 70th and Capitol Drive...very African American area. And then after getting married, I bought my first house and lived for 3 years on 95th and Bradley Road - NW Milwaukee...

But no, I have never lived in Brookfield, or any other suburb of Milwaukee. But yes, I am a fan of Belling's show. Do I agree with every slant or take he has? Of course not. But do I agree with him often times, or just like his show's format? I do.

Hey, there are an incredible amount of "left"-leaning voices in Milwaukee as well - Kane, Mayor Tom Barrett, McGee and McGee Jr. (or whatever his real last name is) - just because you may not agree with a "right"-leaning voice doesn't mean that it doesn't have a place in the community.

[Yac]

Calm down everybody, please.

[illwauk]

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

He represents Milwaukee as much (or as little) as any other single or sole individual. You can argue as a radio host/journalist/TV host, he does not have much "sway"...in some regards, this is true. However, he represents Milwaukee just as much as...say...Eugene Kane does.

Considering that Eugene Kane's audience is overwhelmingly Black and the overwhelming majority of Blacks in Metro Milwaukee live in the city, I would have to disagree.

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Well, obviously you do not like his politics, and that is your perogative. However, the MB Show is the highest rated radio show in the state of Wisconsin...as such, no, he generates a large listernership throughout the Metro Milwaukee area - not just Waukesha County.

Belling is a conservative talk show host and Waukesha County is the most conservative place in Wisconsin (according to the red-blue criteria). I don't doubt that he has an audience in other parts of Metro Milwaukee, but his show is designed to appeal to COMMUTERS. Commuters don't live in the city.

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Gee, you aren't letting your political beliefs bias your thinking here whatsoever, are you?? If a place is branded as being heavily conservative (which indeed, Milwaukee in general is not), it is a "s**thole"...yet if it is ultra liberal [eg: socialist?]...it is "very diverse and progressive"? Please.

For a city, being considered conservative is a death-knell. Why do you think that places like Charlotte and Nashville aren't often thought of as "big cities" even though both are now larger than Milwaukee (albeit due to annexation and government consolodation).

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Hey, there are plenty of other countries in the world you can go ahead and relocate to...no one is stopping you .

And exactly how much money are you willing to donate so that I could move somehwere else?

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

surely America is not the socialistic environment you seem to favor, and that is fine. But yes, in America we are proponents of free speech and capitalism, and legions of citizens (including myself) are happy that folks DO have free speech here, and are not able to at a moment's notice be "thrown off the air" because his opinion is that which you do not favor. Just as folks like Michael McGee and Eugene Kane get free reign to spout off their consistently outlandish points of view freely and openly with no threat of reprocussion, so may folks like Belling. As a former Milwaukeean who now resides in New Mexico, I can attest that the country of Mexico isn't too far away...Canada is just a bit north of you...plenty of options that are not of the American variety.

First off, I'd love to know what Eugene Kane has ever said that is so outlandish. Although I'll concede that McGee Jr. has done things to put his credibility into check, he has never said anything as prejudiced as Bellings' assertion that Milwaukee's Latina/o population is a bunch of "*******s" and "illegal aliens."

Yes, we have free speech, but the airwaves belong to the people. If Belling wants to use use vulgar and baltantly racist language, he should be speaking to neo-nazi groups, not using the public airwaves to spew hate.

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Is that why Mark Belling audience was approximately 14-times that of what True's audience was?

Again, I am not a fan of True. But I do find it interesting how Mr. Free Market (Belling) demands he get special privleges when marketing himself at WISN.

Originally Posted by EnjoyEP

Hey, there are an incredible amount of "left"-leaning voices in Milwaukee as well - Kane, Mayor Tom Barrett, McGee and McGee Jr. (or whatever his real last name is) - just because you may not agree with a "right"-leaning voice doesn't mean that it doesn't have a place in the community.

Barrett's not a liberal. A liberal would've scoffed at the idea of corporate handouts for Pabst City and approved the Milwaukee Connector. He's simply a white-collar Democrat who is extremely out of touch with the working-class minority population that is the majority of Milwaukee.