Tilden was certainly never in the top ten in morning drive ratings-wise, and one key reason is that he was rarely on the air live at 5:00 AM; every other morning show host at all of the other adult-friendly formatted stations (KTWV/KRTH/KOST/KLOS/KBIG) was always live and greeting their audience at the top of the hour without fail.
Tilden was never cut out to be a music radio personality, and especially in the ruthlessly competitve morning drive timeslot, which can spell spectacular success or spectacular failure for any radio station; it's far and away the most important part of the day at any radio station, regardless of format.
Former KZLA morning show stars such as Ken Cooper and longtime WSIX/Nashville morning legend Gerry House were sensational personalities.
Cooper was arguablythe most hysterical air personality anywhere in LA when he worked PM drive at then top 40 KFI in the late seventies, and even funnier than KFI's beyond-legendary morning team of Lohman & Barkley.
I'll certainly agree that Parr does talk about himself too much, and is not the interviewer that someone such as KRTH's Gary Bryan, KOST's Mark & Kim (prior to Clear Channel's massacre last week), KBIG's Charlie Tuna, and several other moning show stars over the past 10+ years have clearly excelled at.
I also agree that I don't hear much evidence of pre-show preparation at KKGO either as compared to KOST, KBIG, KLOS or KTWV, let alone the fabulous morning show at Riverside's country powerhouse KFRG.
But at least Parr has made me laugh hysterically from time-to-time, where Tilden just didn't sound all that interesting to me, and starting his show live at anywhere from 10-40 minutes past the hour is no way to build a morning show, let alone a radio station, and especially one with as much clutter and eight-minute blocks of commercials hour after hour, which is certainly a recipe for disaster.
Parr's constant stream of double entendres are pretty funny, but the show does appear to be too much about him, as opposed to the other morning drive radio stars I've been blessed to have grown up listening to and enormously appreciated during my 50+ years of living in LA, and forty-plus years as a radio fan/junkie.
But he's still much funnier than Tilden ever was, and co-hostess Robin Banks is pretty sharp too, although she's certainly no match for someone such as ex-KRTH morning co-hostess Joni Caryl, as well as ex-KTLA/5 traffic reporter and Christian radio (KFSH/Orange County) host Jennifer York, who recently left KFSH for Atlanta.
Tilden belongs on a talk station, and not a music station; why he lasted several years at KZLA still amazes me, with so-so ratings and all the rest.
Tilden was never cut out to be a music radio personality, and especially in the ruthlessly competitve morning drive timeslot, which can spell spectacular success or spectacular failure for any radio station; it's far and away the most important part of the day at any radio station, regardless of format.
Former KZLA morning show stars such as Ken Cooper and longtime WSIX/Nashville morning legend Gerry House were sensational personalities.
Cooper was arguablythe most hysterical air personality anywhere in LA when he worked PM drive at then top 40 KFI in the late seventies, and even funnier than KFI's beyond-legendary morning team of Lohman & Barkley.
I'll certainly agree that Parr does talk about himself too much, and is not the interviewer that someone such as KRTH's Gary Bryan, KOST's Mark & Kim (prior to Clear Channel's massacre last week), KBIG's Charlie Tuna, and several other moning show stars over the past 10+ years have clearly excelled at.
I also agree that I don't hear much evidence of pre-show preparation at KKGO either as compared to KOST, KBIG, KLOS or KTWV, let alone the fabulous morning show at Riverside's country powerhouse KFRG.
But at least Parr has made me laugh hysterically from time-to-time, where Tilden just didn't sound all that interesting to me, and starting his show live at anywhere from 10-40 minutes past the hour is no way to build a morning show, let alone a radio station, and especially one with as much clutter and eight-minute blocks of commercials hour after hour, which is certainly a recipe for disaster.
Parr's constant stream of double entendres are pretty funny, but the show does appear to be too much about him, as opposed to the other morning drive radio stars I've been blessed to have grown up listening to and enormously appreciated during my 50+ years of living in LA, and forty-plus years as a radio fan/junkie.
But he's still much funnier than Tilden ever was, and co-hostess Robin Banks is pretty sharp too, although she's certainly no match for someone such as ex-KRTH morning co-hostess Joni Caryl, as well as ex-KTLA/5 traffic reporter and Christian radio (KFSH/Orange County) host Jennifer York, who recently left KFSH for Atlanta.
Tilden belongs on a talk station, and not a music station; why he lasted several years at KZLA still amazes me, with so-so ratings and all the rest.