Here in the NY area we now get the John & Ken show from 9 to 11 pm ET on WOR 710 AM. Great show! But for the past couple of weeks, it's both John and Ken for the first hour (simulcast of KFI's final hour) -- then John by himself during the additional hour that's exclusive to WOR. He calls that hour "The John & Ken Show" but Ken is absent. Anyone out there know what gives? Thanks.
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John & Ken question from the East Coast
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I thought Ken was on vacation last week, but didn't tune in long enough to know for sure.
Ken was indeed on vacation for the week following July 4th.ChannelFlipper said:
wadio said:
I am not happy at all that the Moist Line Hour has become an hour of entirely prerecorded material. Not only are the Moist Line calls themselves prerecorded, obviously, but the actual playing of the calls and John and Ken's reaction to them is also obviously prerecorded. (The giveaway is the lack of reaction from Shannon Farren who used to give feedback but is now mysteriously absent during these segments.) Then sandwiched in between the Moist Line segments are two segments of previously aired J&K material, and after that it's Ken's (prerecorded) Friday weekly movie review. I'm guessing that while this prerecorded material is airing on the West coast they're busy recording material for the East coast broadcast. If I understand things correctly, the first East coast hour (9PM EST) is a rebroadcast of a previously aired West coast hour, and then 10PM EST is a completely new hour that only you lucky Easterners hear, right? My question then is, shouldn't the West coast 6PM hour be prerecorded EVERY night if this is the schedule they have to follow? Maybe I just haven't been paying attention, but it seems like they're totally live on the West coast at 6PM Monday-Thursday.
Unless I'm mistaken the live 6 pm West Coast hour is simulcast live at 9 pm on the East Coast. Then the 10 pm East Coast hour is a live hour not broadcast on the West Coast.
I've never heard the Moist Line segment but it's possible I've missed it because I haven't been listening to the radio on Friday nights.
I've never heard the Moist Line segment but it's possible I've missed it because I haven't been listening to the radio on Friday nights.
Good for WOR listeners. :-\ At least when J&K had an extra hour in the Bay Area circa late 2009 through 2010 we L.A. listeners got to hear it. Of course, that was because KFI had yet to fill the 2PM hour after the departure of Dr. Laura.norman881 said:
Thanks for the info! But I'm still wondering, is Ken's absence from the exclusive WOR hour temporary of permanent. I'm not sure when that started -- I think about two weeks ago. John carries on as though they were both there, calling it "The John and Ken Show." He's doing a good job but the show really shines with both of them.
WOR is a horrible talk station and Clear Channel has only made it worse. The only two bright spots are the legendary John Gambling who is at the top of his game having made the transition from fluff talk to relevant news talk, and John & Ken. The rest of the lineup is hacks like Dave Ramsey, Andy Dean, George Snorey and what might be the worst afternoon drive show in the history of talk radio hosted by Rita Cosby. You guys get J&K, we get Rita Cosby.
CC has even managed to screw up the Gambling show by adding drop-ins from "The Weather Channel" delivered by a squeaky voiced young woman who's trying to be a humorist. The traffic and weather were previously delivered by J.J. Kennedy, a soft spoken woman with a great low-key sense of humor -- now she just does traffic. This is similar to what KABC has done to Doug McIntyre by adding a bunch of incompatible and annoying elements.
WOR's 6+ ratings that traditionally hovered around 2.3 now barely crack 1.0. John & Ken from 9 to 11 pm can't do much to change that but they are a great listen.
WOR is a horrible talk station and Clear Channel has only made it worse. The only two bright spots are the legendary John Gambling who is at the top of his game having made the transition from fluff talk to relevant news talk, and John & Ken. The rest of the lineup is hacks like Dave Ramsey, Andy Dean, George Snorey and what might be the worst afternoon drive show in the history of talk radio hosted by Rita Cosby. You guys get J&K, we get Rita Cosby.
CC has even managed to screw up the Gambling show by adding drop-ins from "The Weather Channel" delivered by a squeaky voiced young woman who's trying to be a humorist. The traffic and weather were previously delivered by J.J. Kennedy, a soft spoken woman with a great low-key sense of humor -- now she just does traffic. This is similar to what KABC has done to Doug McIntyre by adding a bunch of incompatible and annoying elements.
WOR's 6+ ratings that traditionally hovered around 2.3 now barely crack 1.0. John & Ken from 9 to 11 pm can't do much to change that but they are a great listen.
You guys are lucky if you get an hour of John by himself. I wish all four hours were John by himself. Anyone listening to that show more than 15 minutes will realize that Ken is an empty headed doll, that always goes into Broadway songs and pointing out whenever John mentions the worked "naked or nude" particularly if it concerns men. He rarely has anything intelligent or consistent to say. John is light years ahead of him in intellect. Even if you don't agree with John he at least knows how to articulate and argue his side which he does very well. Ken is just annoying and always seems to interrupt John in mid sentence.
I relish the times when Ken is away. The show is so much better then.
I relish the times when Ken is away. The show is so much better then.
I'd rather WOR hand pick their own hosts than cherry pick from KFI if that means we can get our live Moistline hour back.
I miss Shannon's reactions to the nutballs that call in
I miss Shannon's reactions to the nutballs that call in
To be honest I haven't been a listener long enough to be able to tell the two apart -- they sound very much alike -- but I do enjoy the banter when they're both there. Maybe it wears thin, I don't know.
Then there's the way the John minus Ken hour is being presented -- as the John and Ken show. John keeps referring to "we," and in, "Coming up next we'll talk with ..." The only clue that that Ken is missing is at the beginning of each segment where John mentions his name only.
Seems like the typical management attitude that "the audience won't notice." Years ago a PD told me, "Don't ever assume they won't notice. Listeners are smart and they care about the programming so they will notice if you try to con them."
Of course the whole show is a sham because CC tries to pretend that John and/or Ken are in New York, or at least not mention that they're in LA. Who cares? I used to stream Neil Boortz out of Atlanta before he retired and I enjoyed his local references.
Then there's the way the John minus Ken hour is being presented -- as the John and Ken show. John keeps referring to "we," and in, "Coming up next we'll talk with ..." The only clue that that Ken is missing is at the beginning of each segment where John mentions his name only.
Seems like the typical management attitude that "the audience won't notice." Years ago a PD told me, "Don't ever assume they won't notice. Listeners are smart and they care about the programming so they will notice if you try to con them."
Of course the whole show is a sham because CC tries to pretend that John and/or Ken are in New York, or at least not mention that they're in LA. Who cares? I used to stream Neil Boortz out of Atlanta before he retired and I enjoyed his local references.
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