Those other people aren't radio talk show hosts. Why would they get the Talkers award?

Going from no experience to a morning show in a year? Unlikely. Unless you mean it's at a brokered station, in which case you're going to pay morning drive rates and not be heard by anyone.

Quality contribution to the discussion, sir.

A pretty successful guy that gets badmouthed a lot on radio forums always said it best on this topic: A host should be prepared to do his or her entire show without calls. You never know when the old Telos is going to die. Callers are important to many formats, but they are but a tool to be used by ...

Good old fashioned Hot Talk is non-political, but hardly MOR. I think the cyclical nature of radio is swinging back in that direction again. All of the FMs flipping to talk can't be ESPN affiliates or simulcasts of political talkers. Some of them will do Hot Talk sooner or later.