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Hurricane Hillary coverage on kfi
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KNX will cover it better.
For some reason, I don't believe that. In the last 30 years, KFI has generally done a better news job than KNX and now, with cuts at Audacy, I doubt they have gotten better.
I’ve never seen KFI as anything more than a talk station that has newscasts. I guess I’ll listen to them a little more
Adding another station to the mix, KOGO AM 600 from San Diego is currently live and local all night with their own reporters and personalities on air while KFI is playing Coast to Coast AM. Interesting, would have thought it would have been the other way around with KFI providing wall to wall coverage, but instead it’s sister station KOGO.
KOGO as a right wing talker is a station I never listen to. But I am impressed with their storm coverage, and being able to add reports from KFI's reporters gives it an advantage no other station can provide. KNX doesn't have a sister news/talker in San Diego, and listening to their storm coverage, it's obvious they have a smaller news staff than they used to. Nowadays, when a major event affecting all of Southern California happens, KFI and KOGO together can provide much better coverage. KNX just sounds small.
I think 30 years is an overstatement.
In certain emergency situations, such as earthquakes KFI will interrupt its talk programs. They relay EAS where KNX has not
With breaking weather events, it is essential the news station is actually covering the event when the listener turns on the radio. I've been listening to both KFI and KNX during the last half hour or so, around 11 A.M. on Sunday. I want to know what to expect in the coming hours with the storm approaching. KFI is running some sort of home show. The host is doing a good job of mentioning the tropical storm and is only taking calls from listeners with storm related questions/comments. The problem is - as someone wanting to know what to expect, hearing about a listener's downspout problems doesn't help me much. The newscast was fine, storm focused but had no live reporters. KNX has created a "special coverage" feel. The weekday morning anchors are on the air, I've heard live reports from reporters in Lancaster and Palm Springs, where there are already more serious threats. I'm also hearing live interviews with forecasters, public safety officials/politicians. Perhaps KFI is keeping its "powder dry" until later in the day when the storm peaks in the LA area - but my point is - the listener hunting for current information is going to be more attracted to and stick with the KNX coverage than what I'm hearing on KFI. It also sounds like KNX is beginning to drop spots, which helps with the casual tune in - you don't wind up in one of their dreadfully long breaks. (LATE amendment, they are still running spots but they went almost a half hour before running a cluster. I hope they drop them later on, but they do have that 80-cents a share stock to support!!)
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Not true. Both stations have EAS responsibilities. KNX aired the same EAS report on the LA flash flooding.
I tuned to KNX in the middle of the EAS alert that was airing on KFI and KNX was not carrying it, at least simultaneously
That's not how the system works. KFI is Primary Entry Point (PEP) station. KFI, KNX and KBIG monitor each other and other message originating sources. The three stations are monitored by other stations in the Los Angeles area. In most levels of alert, the system is not designed to trigger simultaneous messages.
KOGO was live and local all night because the hurricane/tropical storm is hitting San Diego first -- several hours before it reaches Los Angeles.
I don't know how long ago they started, but KFI is doing storm coverage with Tim Conway Jr. hosting.
KFI puts their focus on being a Talk station. Especially this year adding the Mo Kelly Show which doesn't deal with politics and serious issues, but entertainment and celebrities. For the first time, KFI didn't air the last State of the Union address, instead Mo Kelly did a another non political show.
So I view them as a Talk station that covers news.
KFI puts their focus on being a Talk station. Especially this year adding the Mo Kelly Show which doesn't deal with politics and serious issues, but entertainment and celebrities. For the first time, KFI didn't air the last State of the Union address, instead Mo Kelly did a another non political show.
So I view them as a Talk station that covers news.
In my opinion, Steve Gregory at KFI is an amazing reporter. Nobody I've heard at either station provides such penetrating reports. He covered the Maui disaster for a whole week at KFI. But I did notice today around 11 AM that KNX seemed focused on Storm Watch and a few seconds on KFI sounded to me like a computer or other weekend show. It's good that Los Angeles has 2 stations pretty good at covering news, though with fewer staff than a decade ago. Except for unusual weekends like the current one, the San Diego news stations (KOGO and KPBS) are generally dormant on the weekends. I guess weekend radio listening habits don't financially justify much local weekend news
I think even Andy (who was News Director at both KNX and KFWB) would agree that KFI is a talk station with a small-ish news department that hits well above its weight. But there are limits to what they can do, and even in its Audacy-weakened state, KNX is better equipped to go to lengthy (measured in days) special coverage.
Steve Gregory is a phenomenal reporter. Deserving of every award he has.
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