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A Crime on KFYI Last Sunday

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Finally getting around to thinking back to last weekend...Did anyone catch new KFYI Sunday afternoon show, Crime Beat? Only heard a little...Bob Crane murder was the topic...A few elderly called in--Plus, more called in for a trivia quiz--that did not necessarily relate to crime...? One trivia winner gave away her free Subway sandwich because she would never drive to N. Scottsdale from her Mesa residence... Each time the host came back from a break, he said, "I am here with my co-host, Ray ____ (Could not understand the last name...)"--He never ID'd himself--nor the station. Though tough for Jim Sharpe to keep going, solo, on a slow Sunday, he did sound seasoned and professional. Hey, I want to give these guys a chance, but... Where's Rod Peterson?
 
The Nurse and I caught it as well. You're right A/C, it was lame. But the AM/AM/FM trimulcast of the Cardinals game on KT'R was even lamer!
 
I caught it too. I was impressed that they were able to get the guests that were connected with the original investigation.

Was this an audition, or is it going to be a regular weekly show?

I was also surprised that they got as many callers as they did. By the way......I wouldn't drive to Scottsdale for a sub sandwich.......now a Prime Rib dinner would be different.
 
The Crime Beat was off on 29 October. David Leibowitz was guest-hosting, but using a typical radio talk show format. The Beat will be back next week.
 
KFYI lost me..

they drop the third hour of the drudge report in favor of an art bell coast to coast re-run 'filler' hour; which was the second hour of that nights guest... so we don't even get the full interview.

six hours of coast to coast isn't enough? ..we gotta take eight hours of that nonsense. coast to coast is a good listen for a few months, but then you've heard all there is to offer and it gets old and tired.

just about every radio / tv talent checks the drudge report several times a day... and the one night that matt is on-the-air himself, we only get half the show from KFYI. ?

i would only tune-in to 550 for matt drudge. ..sometimes catching the terry gilberg show leading into it. now i have no use for KFYI. i'll have to pull-in 640 KFI or record their internet stream for later playback.

so long KFYI!

i'm gone.

:mad:
 
Yeah, they need to put Coast-to-Coast back on after midnight where it belongs.

Drudge is the only syndicated host I can stand on that station.
 
I listened to KFYI Crime Beat this afternoon....I thougth it was GREAT....The idea is to focus on the CRIME....the fact these guys did not keep repeating their own names and how great they were was, frankly refreshing...they never talked about Kerry or Bush....they were sincere and objective....they made me want to listen more...the guest were GREAT!

I am so sick of slick radio personalities trying to con me into buying floors or cars...these guy were REAL.....The case of Carmen Goll will haunt me for a long time...I hope the catch the SOB that killed her....
 
AZCOP said:
I listened to KFYI Crime Beat this afternoon....I thougth it was GREAT....The idea is to focus on the CRIME....the fact these guys did not keep repeating their own names and how great they were was, frankly refreshing...they never talked about Kerry or Bush....they were sincere and objective....they made me want to listen more...the guest were GREAT!

I am so sick of slick radio personalities trying to con me into buying floors or cars...these guy were REAL.....The case of Carmen Goll will haunt me for a long time...I hope the catch the SOB that killed her....
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Hey.......I like this KFYI show Crime Beat. I have listened to the show for several weeks and I find it amazing that they are able to get many of the actual victims, witnesses, suspects, investigators and yesterday they even had a psychic. Fascinating!

True, the two guys hosting the show may not be slick pros but they are very good and they obviously have done their homework.

Not often I hear people talking about a radio show.....at my office we talk about sports and tv shows we have watched the night before. Since this Crime Beat Show has gone live the general topic of conversation around our water cooler on Monday morning is about the unsolved murder that was discussed the previous day on KFYI.

I hope that KFYI gives this show a chance in the ratings war.
 
Is this a paid show? I ask because it's getting the kind of radio-info exposure only the backers of a paid show can provide!

Maybe I'm wrong, but I've NEVER heard ANYONE talk around a water cooler over what they heard on a weekend talk show!
 
Speaking of crimes on KFYI, someone might want to go back into the prophet system and pull a spot. It ran sunday, 11/5 at around 9:20 pm. It's a promo for Bruce Jacobs and it says he's on 8-10am. Slight problem had me wondering if there was a lineup change. I listened a little longer and there was another ad for Bruce with the correct time on it.
 
The Crime Beat was off on 12 November, replaced with Mike Broomhead. For a radio show that hasn't been on very long, it has missed at least two Sundays. I guess I understand since it does a thorough job of going over local crimes and it must be hard to prep for a new show every week and fill up three hours.

Also, according to KFYI.com, the Jim Sharpe Show is still on the air.
 
Here's the deal. Just look at KFYI's programming and they appear to be going the all syndication route with the exception of several of their primetime drive time hosts. Their weekly schedule has become the same old tired boring rants and raves about how the democrats are going to screw up our country - how un-American Hllary, Kerry et al are - how Nancy Pelosi is wicked.......all the same old tired rants and raves of the conservative talk show hosts.

What KFYI has not yet figured out - is that Arizona is slowly shifting from a red state to a blue state - why? Because of these assine rants and raves from bullys & blowhards like JD Hayworth.

Times change - and people change - yet KFYI is behind instead of in front of the curve - their Nielsen numbers are going to tank in the next six months because their audience has now turned a deaf ear to their lunatic rants.

Even a Jan D'Atri standing in front of a Kinkos has more appeal that most of the inane syndicated programming KFYI is now serving up.
 
They may not show up in the Neilsons, but Nurse Jeff and I bet they'll be #1 in the Hooper! ;D
 
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