I think hiring fhf was a good move now hire ziegler. You guys need more local hosts the heck with all this syndicated crap!!!A bit is fine but radio goes over board today.Back in the early 00,s you guys had no syndicated shows which i loved!!!You should hire zig. He would bring the listeners in i guarantee!!! And bring back mr kabc or someone like him.
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Kabc should hire ziegler
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hotpatrick2004 said:I think hiring fhf was a good move now hire ziegler. You guys need more local hosts the heck with all this syndicated crap!!!A bit is fine but radio goes over board today.Back in the early 00,s you guys had no syndicated shows which i loved!!!You should hire zig. He would bring the listeners in i guarantee!!! And bring back mr kabc or someone like him.
Actually he was approached by the former management or at the time of the shift. The deal fell through just before it was signed which is apparently why he went to KGIL. I had heard that there was a possibility for syndication through TRN also as an incentive to go with KGIL which fell apart when KFWB poached Laura Ingraham and put Saul Levine into a hissy fit so that he pulled the plug on news talk.
This was all conjecture, except that Zig told the KABC story on KGIL. The rest is conjecture pieced together from bits and pieces I have picked up but seems plausible. In the end Ziegler was paid out to the end of the year and Retro 1260 was born. It is a good format but like the other Oldies and Adult standards attempts one has to wonder, given the history of Mt. Wilson's AM station(s), it will last.
He would be a good choice for either KABC or KFWB but he could be extremely leery of another LA radio deal.
Yes KABC needs good local hosts, but please God, not him. He's a nutcase and extremely hard on the ears. Plus he has some kind of weird obsession with Sarah Palin.
As for Retro 1260, it sounds good enough, but it's been this format how many times before? Please Saul, leave it as it is and let your poor staff make a little cash.
As for Retro 1260, it sounds good enough, but it's been this format how many times before? Please Saul, leave it as it is and let your poor staff make a little cash.
calguy said:Yes KABC needs good local hosts, but please God, not him. He's a nutcase and extremely hard on the ears. Plus he has some kind of weird obsession with Sarah Palin.
As for Retro 1260, it sounds good enough, but it's been this format how many times before? Please Saul, leave it as it is and let your poor staff make a little cash.
Yes he does have a puppy love crush on Sarah Palin but he is not the only one. His voice is not as grating as Mark Levin and both Bill Handel or John Kobylt are a little vocally annoying as well. As for a nutcase, how about Limbaugh or even better Michael Savage?
As an aside. one thing that is annoying to me is the habit of people on the radio now who inhale loudly while reading the news or commercials. One local news guy here sounds like he is about to suck his mike off the boom arm at any minute. I remember so many years ago when I was being coached by a PD and he had me read commercials while he listened and if he heard an air intake I had to start over and do it again until he didn't notice me breathing.
As for the longevity of the latest AM-1260 music format I suppose there should be a pool as to how many weeks/months it lasts.
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WTFman
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I'm not a Ziegler fan but better him than Hendrie or Mr.KABC.
Hendrie's phoney interviews are good for about two minutes max.
MrKABC is smug beyond words. Ziegler may eventually be institutionalized.
I feel these old retreads, along with many others, are like the Presidential candidates we keep getting--none of whom I'd like to see as even my city councilman. They just won't go away. There must be 10,000 people who want and could do this job but we're stuck with these losers all the time. It ain't brain surgery or rocket science. It pays reasonably well, I presume. What's the deal?
I find myself listening to Recorded Books more and more as time goes on.
Hendrie's phoney interviews are good for about two minutes max.
MrKABC is smug beyond words. Ziegler may eventually be institutionalized.
I feel these old retreads, along with many others, are like the Presidential candidates we keep getting--none of whom I'd like to see as even my city councilman. They just won't go away. There must be 10,000 people who want and could do this job but we're stuck with these losers all the time. It ain't brain surgery or rocket science. It pays reasonably well, I presume. What's the deal?
I find myself listening to Recorded Books more and more as time goes on.
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colininla
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Oh, Lord, please not Ziegler again! Crazy can be entertaining, but there are limits.
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musicfan101
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KABC should have NOT fired Tim Conway Jr., now that FHF are there...
Michael Jackson would not survive in today's talk radio climate. Talk Radio is filled with everyone and their uncle who can scream and yell the loudest and hide behind the safety of the microphone. To me most talk radio hosts are big mouthed cowards who say crap without any intelligence. Ziegler is another one of these nuts trying to make a name for himself, but the problem is that there are hundreds of them and all of them do the right wind nut case far better than he does, so no one will tune in to listen to him.
Los Angeles talk Radio is suffering in a coma right now. You have the national hosts who have become celebrities to fringe groups but they cannot seem to get listeners in this town and yet program director after program director have tried to bring these freaks to our airwaves without success (KABC and KFWB). Los Angelinos want local and that is why Bill Handel and John and Ken are successful. However the real key to their success is that they are neither too liberal nor too conservative. That is what most people are that is why they have large listenerships.
Los Angeles talk Radio is suffering in a coma right now. You have the national hosts who have become celebrities to fringe groups but they cannot seem to get listeners in this town and yet program director after program director have tried to bring these freaks to our airwaves without success (KABC and KFWB). Los Angelinos want local and that is why Bill Handel and John and Ken are successful. However the real key to their success is that they are neither too liberal nor too conservative. That is what most people are that is why they have large listenerships.
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