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kabc switches lineup again
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WAGG in Birmingham is known as "Heaven 610." The station airs gospel music, preaching programs and news. Would such a format work on KABC? Or KEIB? David can compare the ethnic makeup of Birmingham with that of Los Angeles. Is there anyone other than me who misses the gospel music format that aired on KGFJ in 1994-95? And I do not like the term "African-American." What does it mean? They're not true Americans? They're a sub-category? Of course the word "black" doesn't make sense either. Nor does "white" for caucasians. But enough editorializing.
http://www.610wagg.com/#
http://www.610wagg.com/#
WAGG is Black Gospel, and Birmingham is 30% Black.
LA is under 8% Black and slipping. There is negative growth in the community.
In addition, the station is really Southern Black Gospel, and I would guess that this makes the format less appropriate the farther you get from the deep south.
Of course, the station's calls are based on the heritage WAGG calls of the 1320 station in Birmingham owned by A.G. Gaston. The station was an institution in the market back 44 years ago when I was at WERC. Since gospel stations tend to be very much older demo plays, the use of those memorable calls is a great asset.
Talk abut understatement!
A G Gaston is a name I never heard of having never even been to Alabama, but in checking him out, what a story!
Founder of an insurance company as well as WAGG and various other enterprises, Gaston was probably the most successful back entrepreneur in Alabama, dying at the age of 103 after associations with Martin Luther King and others.
http://alafricanamerican.com/2012-honorees/a-g-gatson/
A G Gaston is a name I never heard of having never even been to Alabama, but in checking him out, what a story!
Founder of an insurance company as well as WAGG and various other enterprises, Gaston was probably the most successful back entrepreneur in Alabama, dying at the age of 103 after associations with Martin Luther King and others.
http://alafricanamerican.com/2012-honorees/a-g-gatson/
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Understatement indeed! The Ebony Figures website has an A. G. Gaston memorial page which includes links to five Birmingham News articles and an excerpt from Gaston's 1968 book Green Power. http://www.ebonyfigures.com/A_G_Gaston.htm
Speaking of black radio personalities, I keep hoping that KFI will give a weekday slot to Morris O'Kelly. He hosts a two-hour show on Saturday and Sunday while Tim Conway Jr., who continues to run his idiotic "What Did Jesse Jackson Say?" game, works five nights a week. KFI is doing far too much of the "frat boy" talk that we heard on KLSX from 1995 to 2009. Yes, Conway was there all those years. Hey, Robin, how about Conway and Kelly trading airshifts?
Speaking of black radio personalities, I keep hoping that KFI will give a weekday slot to Morris O'Kelly. He hosts a two-hour show on Saturday and Sunday while Tim Conway Jr., who continues to run his idiotic "What Did Jesse Jackson Say?" game, works five nights a week. KFI is doing far too much of the "frat boy" talk that we heard on KLSX from 1995 to 2009. Yes, Conway was there all those years. Hey, Robin, how about Conway and Kelly trading airshifts?
+1. Mo Kelly is good. (But I'd miss him on Saturdays and Sundays.)
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Don Barrett did not have an LARadio.com column yesterday and KABC needs all the publicity they can get, so I will post the April 9 Rewind here, for your amazement and amusement. This thread concerns KABC's lineup changes...and Peter Tilden has had four different stints at the station!
LARadio Rewind: April 9, 2007. Peter Tilden returns to KABC, replacing Marc "Mr. KABC" Germain, who had moved to KTLK in February. Born in Philadelphia, Tilden had spent a year as morning host at KLSX before joining KABC in 1992 as afternoon host. In 1994, he was joined by former KFI reporter Tracey Miller. In 1995, Tilden and Miller hosted the morning show at KMPC. In 1996, Tilden returned to KABC, replacing Roger Barkley as co-host of the morning show with Ken Minyard. From 2001 to 2006, Tilden did mornings at country KZLA, leaving when the station switched to a rhythmic hits format as Movin' 93.9 KMVN. Tilden rejoined KABC in 2007, calling his late-night program "America's Earliest Morning Show." He was laid off in 2008 but a year later he began his fourth stint at KABC, hosting the morning show. From 2010 to 2011, he was joined by Teresa Strasser. In 2012, Tilden was replaced by Doug McIntyre in mornings and moved to the 6-10 pm slot. Tilden has also worked as a television writer/producer and music video producer. He will host a European cruise in August. Details are at http://www.alicetravel.com/peter-tilden-european-cruise-8-2015.html
LARadio Rewind: April 9, 2007. Peter Tilden returns to KABC, replacing Marc "Mr. KABC" Germain, who had moved to KTLK in February. Born in Philadelphia, Tilden had spent a year as morning host at KLSX before joining KABC in 1992 as afternoon host. In 1994, he was joined by former KFI reporter Tracey Miller. In 1995, Tilden and Miller hosted the morning show at KMPC. In 1996, Tilden returned to KABC, replacing Roger Barkley as co-host of the morning show with Ken Minyard. From 2001 to 2006, Tilden did mornings at country KZLA, leaving when the station switched to a rhythmic hits format as Movin' 93.9 KMVN. Tilden rejoined KABC in 2007, calling his late-night program "America's Earliest Morning Show." He was laid off in 2008 but a year later he began his fourth stint at KABC, hosting the morning show. From 2010 to 2011, he was joined by Teresa Strasser. In 2012, Tilden was replaced by Doug McIntyre in mornings and moved to the 6-10 pm slot. Tilden has also worked as a television writer/producer and music video producer. He will host a European cruise in August. Details are at http://www.alicetravel.com/peter-tilden-european-cruise-8-2015.html
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This thread is about the changing lineups at KABC so I hereby deem it an appropriate thread on which to post this link. It goes to a 1997 Radio Guide page listing the on-air lineups at several stations, including KABC. This list is, as Gary Owens might have said, a real memory-flogger.
http://www.radioguide.com/magazine/vol2no8/frmain.htm
http://www.radioguide.com/magazine/vol2no8/frmain.htm
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Also including KYPA/KWPA during its "personal achievement" format period. And under that station, I note a listing for Bruan Clewer's Cynic's Choice on Sunday morning from 11:00 to noon. As the late Mr. Clewer was the subject of your Rewind feature on LARadio.com this morning, I'm wondering how you missed KYPA when you gave the history of his jumps between stations over the years ...
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I wrote that Clewer's program "moved to KFAC in 1969, then to KSRF in 1989 and continued until 2005." I was unable to determine which stations carried his program from 1995 to 2005. I discovered that 1997 radio page only this morning, so now I know that Clewer was also heard on KYPA. Every day I learn more and more so I can always say that "I'm not as dumb as I was yesterday." The World Wide Web makes research easy...but there are still many details that are impossible to find. Today, LARadio.com noted the death of longtime race announcer Bill Garr. Don said that Garr managed the UC Davis radio station at one time but I can't verify that he did. KDVS didn't go on the air until 1964, five years after Garr began his daily race reports from Santa Anita. And I've been unable to determine which television station Garr was on in the '60s. Ya wanna see what I wrote about Garr for a radio fanzine? Of course it has absolutely nothing to do with this thread, but.....
Bill Garr died on March 28 after years of declining health. He was 98. For nearly 40 years, Garr covered horse racing in southern California. He began on December 26, 1959, broadcasting live via telephone from the Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia. He also broadcast races from Del Mar, Hollywood Park and the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona and from 1962 to 1966 hosted a racing program on television. In the morning he would announce each day's scratches, at noon he would announce the Daily Double, and at night he would call the feature race and then recap the day's results. Many of his sponsors, including Canada Dry beverages and Kitty Queen cat food, stayed with him for several decades, Garr also hosted a Saturday morning show, Call About Racing. He was noted for his corny puns. On one call-in program, a listener asked, "Who do you like in the sixth race?" Garr quipped, "I like Hot Dog. He's a weiner." When a horse named Forty Winks finished first in a race, Garr called him "a real sleeper." When jockey Jerry Bailey was riding, Garr wondered aloud, "If Barnum runs a horse, does he have to put Bailey on him?" For most of his career, Garr was heard on KIEV but he was also heard on KNX in the 1990s. Born in San Francisco, Garr worked as a newscaster at NBC affiliate KNBR in the 1940s, wrote an autobiography in 2002 and wrote a racing novel, Dancer Boy, in 2005. William Radkovich, a contractor and horse owner who had installed the original turf course at Hollywood Park in 1938, named one of his horses "Bill Garr" in 1959 but after a few months changed his mind and renamed the horse "Ronnie's Ace," after Radkovich's son.
Bill Garr died on March 28 after years of declining health. He was 98. For nearly 40 years, Garr covered horse racing in southern California. He began on December 26, 1959, broadcasting live via telephone from the Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia. He also broadcast races from Del Mar, Hollywood Park and the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona and from 1962 to 1966 hosted a racing program on television. In the morning he would announce each day's scratches, at noon he would announce the Daily Double, and at night he would call the feature race and then recap the day's results. Many of his sponsors, including Canada Dry beverages and Kitty Queen cat food, stayed with him for several decades, Garr also hosted a Saturday morning show, Call About Racing. He was noted for his corny puns. On one call-in program, a listener asked, "Who do you like in the sixth race?" Garr quipped, "I like Hot Dog. He's a weiner." When a horse named Forty Winks finished first in a race, Garr called him "a real sleeper." When jockey Jerry Bailey was riding, Garr wondered aloud, "If Barnum runs a horse, does he have to put Bailey on him?" For most of his career, Garr was heard on KIEV but he was also heard on KNX in the 1990s. Born in San Francisco, Garr worked as a newscaster at NBC affiliate KNBR in the 1940s, wrote an autobiography in 2002 and wrote a racing novel, Dancer Boy, in 2005. William Radkovich, a contractor and horse owner who had installed the original turf course at Hollywood Park in 1938, named one of his horses "Bill Garr" in 1959 but after a few months changed his mind and renamed the horse "Ronnie's Ace," after Radkovich's son.
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