What? This makes me sad. Driving home just now, I heard David Johnson’s last report for the NPR show Marketplace. “Our man in Dallas” has contributed wit and wisdom to the show for 19 years. I, for one, will miss him.
I dont know why but,I the arty no money kinda guy, always enjoyed his insight about Big Buisiness. where is he going, and who is gonna replace him?
@ 9:40 pm on August 29, 2008
Man, I’ve been listening to David Johnson since I was a kid — either on the radio, or he used to do the same kind of reports for Channel 8 News. Going to miss hearing him. Guess I’ll have to rely on Alan Sloan to get my unique-voice fix.
@ 11:20 pm on August 30, 2008
Is he still on KRLD?
@ 1:09 am on August 31, 2008
Yes, Johnson is still on KRLD-AM (about 20 times a day); plus, he provides a monthly column called Closing Quotes for D CEO magazine. A major-league world traveler, Johnson says that while he loved doing Marketplace every week, he won’t miss the problems it sometimes created when he was on the road. NPR’s a stickler for audio quality, so he often had to track down radio stations in way-out-of-the-way places in order to do the broadcasts.
@ 12:54 pm on September 2, 2008
Definitely will miss him on Marketplace. He was the “regular guy” who could interpret the financial news with plenty of humor along the way.
@ 6:51 pm on September 10, 2008
I will definitely miss hearing him on Marketplace. I won’t miss hearing Kai Rysdall act like he was a pollyanna anytime the market looks good. I would think that if O is elected, Kai will stop harping on how BAD THE ECONOMY IS!
@ 2:23 pm on September 11, 2008
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
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Here’s the story, as they told it today:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/29/week_on_wall_street/
I dont know why but,I the arty no money kinda guy, always enjoyed his insight about Big Buisiness. where is he going, and who is gonna replace him?
Man, I’ve been listening to David Johnson since I was a kid — either on the radio, or he used to do the same kind of reports for Channel 8 News. Going to miss hearing him. Guess I’ll have to rely on Alan Sloan to get my unique-voice fix.
Is he still on KRLD?
Yes, Johnson is still on KRLD-AM (about 20 times a day); plus, he provides a monthly column called Closing Quotes for D CEO magazine. A major-league world traveler, Johnson says that while he loved doing Marketplace every week, he won’t miss the problems it sometimes created when he was on the road. NPR’s a stickler for audio quality, so he often had to track down radio stations in way-out-of-the-way places in order to do the broadcasts.
Definitely will miss him on Marketplace. He was the “regular guy” who could interpret the financial news with plenty of humor along the way.
I will definitely miss hearing him on Marketplace. I won’t miss hearing Kai Rysdall act like he was a pollyanna anytime the market looks good. I would think that if O is elected, Kai will stop harping on how BAD THE ECONOMY IS!