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Karie and Chuck on KTAR

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azenergyfan

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Just wondering if anyone knows when this show will start. I would have thought this week sometime but not sure and no mention on their website.
 
azenergyfan said:
Just wondering if anyone knows when this show will start. I would have thought this week sometime but not sure and no mention on their website.
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I would think next week at the earliest. Powell is still doing his KDUS show.
 
Karie isn't doing a sports show. She and Powell are doing general talk on 92.3 FM. But... it is a crying shame that Asher is all-but-gone.
 
KTAR has been promoting Karie & Chuck by having short commercials where they talk about their background.

I haven't heard exactly what the format of their show will be.

I'm glad that KTAR made this move. When I moved to Phoenix in 2000, KTAR was Live, Local, First with Heywood, Leibowitz, Femino, Westmoreland and the Sportsline. Nice that they have in-studio programs throughout the day.
 
brian4 said:
When I moved to Phoenix in 2000, KTAR was Live, Local, First with Heywood, Leibowitz, Femino, Westmoreland and the Sportsline.
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And they still have Pat McBland interviewing civic leaders of the 80s ;D After a while, Beck..Limbaugh..Hannity..Savage, et al, blend together into mindless mush. By dropping the syndicated soundalikes, KT'R will sound not only fresher, but more relevant to a younger audience. A tip of the fez to TMISU for making this move. ...now if they could only do something about their Jurassic link to the pre-historic time they were on Osborn!
 
It's hard to take an on-air talent seriously when they can't decide who they are and/or who they want to be.
Is Chuck the "Sports Guy?" Or is he the "Morning Comedian?"
And now he's the "Talk Radio Host?"

C'mon...pick a style and go with it! It's impossible to be all things, to all audiences. Sports & mornings lend themselves to light-hearted BS topics...he can't be funny when serious folks are listening to talk radio.
 
Market15Schmifteen said:
It's hard to take an on-air talent seriously when they can't decide who they are and/or who they want to be.
Is Chuck the "Sports Guy?" Or is he the "Morning Comedian?"
And now he's the "Talk Radio Host?"

C'mon...pick a style and go with it! It's impossible to be all things, to all audiences. Sports & mornings lend themselves to light-hearted BS topics...he can't be funny when serious folks are listening to talk radio.
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Especially in this industry's current climate, it's important to be able to play deep and broad if you want to work. Re-invention is a survival technique.

---Michael Hagerty (KTVK news reporter/anchor 1986-2000; KTAR talk show host 2000-2004; Producer/Host of Autoshow on KAZT 2002-2008; Traffic anchor/reporter ABC15 2009-2011)
 
Well said, Michael. If Chuck can pull off sports, or general talk, or just beeing kinda goofy, more power to him. I find him likeable and entertaining on the air. Those qualities are in short supply.
 
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