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Best talk show host in Phoenix radio history?

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Billkex

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Over the years, a lot of of radio personalities and DJs have come & gone in Phoenix radio.

It seems like many of the talk show hosts anymore are either loved, hated, or are tolerated/listened to for other reasons. Some like to lecture their listeners with their personal agenda.
Thinking back, as far as talk show hosts, who would you say was the most talented, had the gift of being entertaining & you enjoyed listening to on a daily basis?

For me it was a guy named Bob Mohan. (late 80s into the 90s?) He was personable, not arrogant & preachy, and was enjoyable to listen to everyday.
 
Agreed 100%. Mohan was one I never missed if I could help it. Like other conservative (and liberal) talkers, I didn't agree with him all the time, but he wasn't a condescending jerk like the other KFYI hosts, local and national. And Blow Out The Phones was a classic on Phoenix radio.
 
I always liked Pat McMahon, even though a lot of people found him to be boring. He was a good interviewer and always had good guests on his shows when he was over at KTAR-AM. He also seemed to avoid being too political about things, something that is hard to find these days in radio.
 
Billkex said:
Over the years, a lot of of radio personalities and DJs have come & gone in Phoenix radio.

It seems like many of the talk show hosts anymore are either loved, hated, or are tolerated/listened to for other reasons. Some like to lecture their listeners with their personal agenda.
Thinking back, as far as talk show hosts, who would you say was the most talented, had the gift of being entertaining & you enjoyed listening to on a daily basis?

For me it was a guy named Bob Mohan. (late 80s into the 90s?) He was personable, not arrogant & preachy, and was enjoyable to listen to everyday.
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Mike Barna brought Mohan back to talk radio for a brief time in 2004-05 when he was running KFNX. I miss that kind of non-abrasive talk radio.

I also enjoyed listening to David Leibowitz until he ended up leaving radio and going into public relations.
 
asugeorge1 said:
I always liked Pat McMahon, even though a lot of people found him to be boring.
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McBland boring?

It was a real snooze fest at KT'R until KFYI came along. Most of the top talkers in the Valley were found on 9~Ten, and later 5~Fifty. The Nearly Bald One, Tom Leykis, John Dahl, Liddy & Hill, Jamie McFarren, et al, made the station foreground instead of the vanilla pablum served on 6~Twenty. Bob Mohan was great because he didn't have a radio background. Equally great was the work of Joe Crummey, who did have a radio background, but was run out of town because KT'R made a big deal about out of town hosts sounding like they're local. hmmmm...Chad Benson is darned good, but does he live in the Valley?
 
DrAkbar said:
McBland boring?

It was a real snooze fest at KT'R until KFYI came along. Most of the top talkers in the Valley were found on 9~Ten, and later 5~Fifty. The Nearly Bald One, Tom Leykis, John Dahl, Liddy & Hill, Jamie McFarren, et al, made the station foreground instead of the vanilla pablum served on 6~Twenty.
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From a Time Magazine "Person of The Year" criteria (which can be anyone despicable or admirable), John Dayl pretty much laid the groundwork for Hate Talk in this market:
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-utterances-of-john-dayl-6423172

As for KFYI - two words: Charles Goyette.
 
Billkex said:
For me it was a guy named Bob Mohan. (late 80s into the 90s?) He was personable, not arrogant & preachy, and was enjoyable to listen to everyday.
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Well, yeah, as long as you overlook his rhetoric that brought domestic terrorism to Phoenix City Council. Nope, nothing arrogant and preachy about demonizing a local politician before national figures like Obama or Hillary became the go-to boogeymen.
 
Another guy that was likable was Bill Heywood. (or was he considered a DJ?)
 
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