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Budget Cuts At KLOS

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calguy

Looks like Gary Moore is the odd man out along with the overnight jock at KLOS.
Pretty sad. The remaining deejays are doing 5 hour shifts and the overnight shift is now jockless.
Now they're like almost all the other stations in LA. Used to be cool knowing someone was actually there at 3am.
 
I understand the economics, I guess. But it still amazes me that in the biggest markets in America there aren't live jocks 24 hours a day. Back in the golden olden days, in the small markets I once worked, overnights was the "farm league," where new talent was cultivated.
 
And just to think that Citidel isn't in-the-house yet. This is just the beginning. And what until KABC sees what Citidel has in store for them. I'm sure "Red-Eye Radio" for one will soon be history.
 
"Red-Eye Radio" will soon be history - Replace with KGO Overnights

mostb1 said:
I'm sure "Red-Eye Radio" for one will soon be history.
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KGO has an excellent international affairs program on the Friday and Saturday nights hosted by John Rothman. This would be an affordable addition to the KABC schedule, and is a far superior to the Kevin James version or "Red-Eye-Radio".
 
Re: "Red-Eye Radio" will soon be history - Replace with KGO Overnights

David at USC said:
mostb1 said:
I'm sure "Red-Eye Radio" for one will soon be history.
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KGO has an excellent international affairs program on the Friday and Saturday nights hosted by John Rothman. This would be an affordable addition to the KABC schedule, and is a far superior to the Kevin James version or "Red-Eye-Radio".
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If they last. Don't think for a second that Citidel won't touch KGO. They're gonna cut deep at each ABC station. Citidel makes Cheap Channel look like a company that throws money at anyone or anything.

Expect local talent on ABC talk stations but not the ones they have now unless they don't earn much.
 
Archervox said:
I understand the economics, I guess. But it still amazes me that in the biggest markets in America there aren't live jocks 24 hours a day. Back in the golden olden days, in the small markets I once worked, overnights was the "farm league," where new talent was cultivated.
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Nearly all the Spanish langauge stations are live 24/7, which may explain why they have zero audience erosion as a group.

Interestingly, Piolin (Eddie Sotelo) was my overnight guy on KWIZ in Santa Ana in 1993; when the morning guy left (they came in a car with a gumball machine on the roof to take him... one of those) I moved Eddie to mornings, mostly because I could not keep him from talking too much, so he went to the shift where that was OK.
 
Old Gringo has a point about 24/7 staffing. As for Jim Ladd, can they put him out to pasture
about now? There's a walking cliche about everything that is dead about Classic Rock radio,
it's as fresh as a freeze dried burrito fart.
 
doublecashkgb said:
Old Gringo has a point about 24/7 staffing. As for Jim Ladd, can they put him out to pasture
about now? There's a walking cliche about everything that is dead about Classic Rock radio,
it's as fresh as a freeze dried burrito ------.
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I disagree, and believe me, I'm not a big fan of Jim Ladd, but it's the only shift on KLOS that goes deep into the library.
The real problem with KLOS besides a shrinking audience is too tight a playlist. It's the problem all oldies type formats have.
Most are programmed by old Top 40 PD's who come from the era of tight playlists. Yes I know Rita isn't an old Top 40 PD but with the demise of Arrow KLOS seemed to tighten up even more and worse, they started playing more of the burned out songs that Arrow played. There's a vast world of music that Classic Rockers like KLOS could play and they'd sound great. But in this over researched world, that ain't gonna' happen...

A for Ladd, well I used to think he talked too long and had a tendency to push the idea that he was the only Rock DJ to witness the golden era of AOR. Can you say narcissist? But he's improved a great deal since he came back to KLOS and I feel is the only true breath of fresh air on the air there...
 
OldGringo said:
Archervox said:
I understand the economics, I guess. But it still amazes me that in the biggest markets in America there aren't live jocks 24 hours a day. Back in the golden olden days, in the small markets I once worked, overnights was the "farm league," where new talent was cultivated.
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Nearly all the Spanish langauge stations are live 24/7, which may explain why they have zero audience erosion as a group.

Interestingly, Piolin (Eddie Sotelo) was my overnight guy on KWIZ in Santa Ana in 1993; when the morning guy left (they came in a car with a gumball machine on the roof to take him... one of those) I moved Eddie to mornings, mostly because I could not keep him from talking too much, so he went to the shift where that was OK.
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KWIZ-FM or AM? I thought the FM in 93 was brokered programming?
 
Joshua Messex said:
OldGringo said:
Interestingly, Piolin (Eddie Sotelo) was my overnight guy on KWIZ in Santa Ana in 1993; when the morning guy left (they came in a car with a gumball machine on the roof to take him... one of those) I moved Eddie to mornings, mostly because I could not keep him from talking too much, so he went to the shift where that was OK.
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KWIZ-FM or AM? I thought the FM in 93 was brokered programming?
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The FM in '93 was not owned by Liberman. They sold it and then bought it back several years later. Eddie was on the AM in the golf course.
 
calguy said:
doublecashkgb said:
Old Gringo has a point about 24/7 staffing. As for Jim Ladd, can they put him out to pasture
about now? There's a walking cliche about everything that is dead about Classic Rock radio,
it's as fresh as a freeze dried burrito ------.
Click to expand...

it's the only shift on KLOS that goes deep into the library.
The real problem with KLOS besides a shrinking audience is too tight a playlist. It's the problem all oldies type formats have. Most are programmed by old Top 40 PD's who come from the era of tight playlists. There's a vast world of music that Classic Rockers like KLOS could play and they'd sound great. But in this over researched world, that ain't gonna' happen...
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True. From AOR to Top 40 Style programming. Makes no sense. Somebody needs to take all the consultants outside and shoot them.
 
Jim Ladd is the last good thing left at KLOS. You may think he's "too old"...but hey, at least he brings some creative content to his show. That's more than the same old crap M&B have been shoveling for the last 5 years. How can they keep pretending to like each other? If they didn't have active syndication contracts still out there, they would be toast.
 
Jim Ladd . Wow....what a great jock. What more needs to be said ? Great pipes...great AOR/Rock delivery . Bob Coburn is another great rock jock . Those two pretty much inspired me to be a 'cool FM rock disc jockey in the late 70's ;D .

Carry On

Duff
APD/KRKR/Lincoln NE.
 
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