"Host"

I don't really listen to the radio at all, let alone talk radio, so I don't have many people to compare John Zeigler to. If I do listen to talk radio, it's usually the televised versions of the show such as "Mike and Mike in the Morning" or "Fox Football Fone In". The only actual radio show I've ever listened to is "Mike and the Mad Dog" because my dad always had it on in the car when I was younger. David Foster, author of the article "Host" characterizes Mr. Ziegler as a stimulating host, and an entertainer, two characteristics that I figured most radio talk show hosts should have. So in this sense, Ziegler doesn't differ much from the other talk show hosts that I have listened to. Ziegler was hired to give his biased opinions and not to tip-toe around sensitive topics and be politically correct. In this sense, he is a little different from the talk show hosts that I am familiar with. Maybe this is because the talk shows that I have listened to all deal with sports and not politics, so there is less of an opportunity for hosts to talk about their favorite teams and athletes because they have to cater to a national audience who is interested in hearing what they have to say about all of the teams in the league as well as their favorite team. Ziegler's show consists of just his opinons, which he fuses with the day's events. There is a greater possibility for this talk show to be controversial than the sports shows that I listen to, and there in lies the biggest difference.