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KFI Debuts Show with LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva
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Unscripted is right. He’s makes for some interesting sound bites.
In the same tradition of them giving LAPD Chief Daryl Gates a show.
Villanueva sometimes butts heads against the entrenched interests at City Hall, so this is a big coup for him - two hours to say what he wants on a major media outlet.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
With all due respect to your intent, the Sheriff is a county law enforcement official and therefore butts heads with the County Board of Supervisors, who do not meet at City Hall (more accurately, they meet at the County Hall of Administration).
You are correct Mr. Technical. Missed the overall point, but still.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
No, I got your point. You always somehow manage to overlook when I say things like "with all due respect to your intent".
I just thought you would want to be accurate, since you pride yourself on that.
And, just for the record, I think Villanueva does create too much friction in the way he handles himself, and there are indeed also "entrenched interests" at the HofA.
HofA? House of Azazel? Anyway, 'Fairness Doctrine' ended in 1987, I believe, but isn't there still a time frame leading up to election day where candidates must temporarily get off air or give other candidates equal time?
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Thanks for the info! I wonder if this guy can actually entertain as well as do the police union narrative. If he can entertain then he may have a job if he looses reelection.
Yup, indeed it is!! Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
How is Sheriff Villanueva thought of in LA County? I don't know much about him and despite his last name it seems like any law enforcement based program is going to only appeal to the so-called "Old Angry White Male" demographic.
He's declared and debating opponents.
Candidates for L.A. County sheriff spar over budget, vaccine mandates
Candidates running for L.A. County sheriff take the stage together, trading ideas and some insults.
www.latimes.com
Most L.A. County Sheriffs are controversial. Villanueva has gone all-in on that:
COVID testing company says it plans to sue LA County Sheriff Villanueva for defamation
A coronavirus testing company is asking a judge to allow some discovery of the Los Angeles County sheriff's cellphones and to take a limited deposition of the sheriff.
L.A. County sheriff's unit accused of targeting political enemies, vocal critics
A little-known team of investigators in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department has pursued criminal investigations into some of Villanueva's most vocal critics.
www.latimes.com
KNBC did a special program on the candidates for Sheriff:
www.nbclosangeles.com
This radio show is going to become an issue.
www.fcc.gov
NewsConference: Robert Luna, Candidate for LA County Sheriff
2022 is an election year, and the race for Los Angeles County Sheriff is one to watch. NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with three candidates who want to replace controversial current sheriff Alex Villanueva. First up, Robert Luna, who until a few days ago was the police chief in Long Beach.
www.nbclosangeles.com
This radio show is going to become an issue.
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This is all good for KFI. They will ultimately conform to the FCC requirements as they need to protect the license, but they're not going to get their license taken for small and temporary teapot tempests such as this one. In the meantime this helps the station be a little more "stimulating" and generates a lot of cheap publicity.
The license isn’t at risk, but iHeart would rather not be fined.
The only way to conform is to not do the show. If they don’t do that this week, they’re going to end up paying lawyers to respond to FCC requests for explanation. Again, money.
And given that all this is for a Sunday show, the payoff is minimal.
KMR, as someone who is so quick to point out technicalities (and then keep hammering the point home in subsequent posts) you have a unique ability to miss the forest for the trees. The term "City Hall" is often used as a colloquialism to reference local governments in general, which is the manner in which I originally used it. This is an informal board where that and other means of informal communications are often used by many posters to make an overall point. You should focus your attention to their main points.
Actually they can offer equal time to the other candidates.
Is it? This board has been consumed with KROQ for a month now, but now we are talking about KFI. An anecdotal microcosm to be sure, but I am certain there are other such instances around town in various other communities. Someone earlier referenced that this was a gesture to appease the "angry old man crowd". Yes it is. That is their core audience, and KFI is serving it.
This story is generating press, which generates station sampling, which will lead to increased audience; almost certainly not enough to move the PPM dial, BUT, if the station continues to do stunts like this (and that is what it is, really) , then these become cumulative and eventually the effect is measurable.
In short, small payoff yes, but for almost no investment. I will take that anytime and KFI will too. Something small to build on. Besides, what kind of press have John and Ken been getting lately?
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