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KTAR axes Leibo

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According to KTAR's website, the station and David Leibowitz have mutually decided to part ways.

The syndicated Tony Snow Show debuts Thursday.

In addition, Ted Simons will add the 1-4 talk slot to his hosting duties on Arizona's Afternoon News.

Leibo gone? I can understand. Tony Snow. Shocking, but understandable. Ted Simons? You gotta be kidding.

And now, we turn the board over to Dr. Akbar...
 
> According to KTAR's website, the station and David Leibowitz
> have mutually decided to part ways.
>
> The syndicated Tony Snow Show debuts Thursday.
>
> In addition, Ted Simons will add the 1-4 talk slot to his
> hosting duties on Arizona's Afternoon News.
>
> Leibo gone? I can understand. Tony Snow. Shocking, but
> understandable. Ted Simons? You gotta be kidding.

Fulfilling the rumor as to why KFYI dumped Snow.

You're telling me getting Dr. Laura, Glenn Beck, or a higher quality syndicated show wouldn't make more sense? As long as you're running a taped show, put it in early afternoons where listenership is lower than midmornings.

It's as if the Chickboss doesn't even have to show up anymore.
 
> According to KTAR's website, the station and David Leibowitz
> have mutually decided to part ways.
>
> The syndicated Tony Snow Show debuts Thursday.
>
> In addition, Ted Simons will add the 1-4 talk slot to his
> hosting duties on Arizona's Afternoon News.
>
> Leibo gone? I can understand. Tony Snow. Shocking, but
> understandable. Ted Simons? You gotta be kidding.
>
> And now, we turn the board over to Dr. Akbar...
>

You know what they say, "If you can't beat 'em ... join 'em." Is more conservative talk on the horizon? Hmmmm.
 
So much for Live Local First hahaa -

> > According to KTAR's website, the station and David
> Leibowitz
> > have mutually decided to part ways.
> >
> > The syndicated Tony Snow Show debuts Thursday.
> >
> > In addition, Ted Simons will add the 1-4 talk slot to his
> > hosting duties on Arizona's Afternoon News.
> >
> > Leibo gone? I can understand. Tony Snow. Shocking, but
> > understandable. Ted Simons? You gotta be kidding.
>
> Fulfilling the rumor as to why KFYI dumped Snow.
>
> You're telling me getting Dr. Laura, Glenn Beck, or a higher
> quality syndicated show wouldn't make more sense? As long as
> you're running a taped show, put it in early afternoons
> where listenership is lower than midmornings.
>
> It's as if the Chickboss doesn't even have to show up
> anymore.
>
 
> Leibo gone? I can understand.>

I can't. His voice wasn't great, but he's the only thing on KT'R that isn't vanilla. He does his homework, asks good questions and knows the state. It's a bad day for local radio. That's for sure.

How long until he ends up on 550? I give it until Monday.
 
Bummer, just heard him on monday saying about it being his anniversary and he will be back, unless they fire him.

I like Liebo, for KTAR, he is good.
 
> The syndicated Tony Snow Show debuts Thursday.
>
> In addition, Ted Simons will add the 1-4 talk slot
> to his hosting duties on Arizona's Afternoon News.

Sounds like KT'R is just giving up--spin with Snow on
a three-hour delay (two in winter) and then snooze
with Ted Simonize.

Unless--and I know this has been picked apart to death
here before--could they be secretly planning an all-news
try (at least from 5am-7pm) and are just using these two
shows as fillers until they're ready?
 
> So much for Live Local First hahaa -
>
Who will KTAR get rid of next? Atleast with David L he would tell you like it is, which I liked in a host. Maybe he will end up on KFYI. He would be a good fit with Joe Crummy too, as I do like his style.
Bruce St. I think probably chose the right choice into keeping the Power job. If he would have taken the KTAR job instead, how long would he have lasted? <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mikenaz on 09/21/05 01:41 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> According to KTAR's website, the station and David Leibowitz
> have mutually decided to part ways.
>
> The syndicated Tony Snow Show debuts Thursday.
>
> In addition, Ted Simons will add the 1-4 talk slot to his
> hosting duties on Arizona's Afternoon News.
>
> Leibo gone? I can understand. Tony Snow. Shocking, but
> understandable. Ted Simons? You gotta be kidding.
>
> And now, we turn the board over to Dr. Akbar...
>

Damn! Nurse Jeff and I were hopin to hear The Satellite Sisters once again on KT'R! This news is almost as shocking as hearing Dr Ruth Tuesday afternoon talking about happy vaginas with Michael Dixon (wonder if the men in secret underwear were snickerin'?) The Nurse is headed down Central right now to take KT'R off the power grid - it's over! And would someone please check their voiceover guy into an emphasema ward?
 
I swear, if somehow Grant Woods gets a job out of this, I am destroying all radios in my house.

Maybe Leibo can co-host with John Dayl!


LOL!

Most surreal radio show EVER!

Best of luck Leibo, you were the only thing I could take on TAR.
 
Re: What a Bummer

Leibo was the only guy that I made a point to listen to. The rest I can take or leave without missing anything.

Syndicated national talk shows do nothing for me. I want the local slant on my talk shows, whether it is national subject or a local subject.

So now I have another pushbutton available......that makes about 4. And it wasn't that long ago that I went out and bought a radio with 10 pre-sets!
 
All of the commentary aside, Liebowitz was never a ratings producer for KTAR, nor will he be for who ever decides to hire him. If his show was as good as some of you all think, then he might still have a gig at KTAR.

Just my opinion.
 
> All of the commentary aside, Liebowitz was never a ratings
> producer for KTAR, nor will he be for who ever decides to
> hire him. If his show was as good as some of you all think,
> then he might still have a gig at KTAR.

Yea... Tony Snow isn't a ratings getter either. He's a fourth-tier host for stations in markets like Phoenix with eight talk stations. Put him back on 1010.

The only way to beat Rush is with local talent, not with Rush fill-in rejects.
 
> You know what they say, "If you can't beat 'em ... join
> 'em." Is more conservative talk on the horizon? Hmmmm.

The radio audience in Phoenix has always looked at KTAR as a "neutral zone" in the world of partisan political talk. Even the hosts that have had loyalty to a particular political party/ideology always played fair with callers that disagreed with them.

They've also become accustomed to them being local. They're taking a risk trying a syndicated show during the day.
 
> According to KTAR's website, the station and David Leibowitz
> have mutually decided to part ways.
>
> The syndicated Tony Snow Show debuts Thursday.
>
> In addition, Ted Simons will add the 1-4 talk slot to his
> hosting duties on Arizona's Afternoon News.
>
> Leibo gone? I can understand. Tony Snow. Shocking, but
> understandable. Ted Simons? You gotta be kidding.
>
> And now, we turn the board over to Dr. Akbar...
>
I'm tellin' ya man, it's gonna be nothing but Mormon bicycle tips from here on out.
 
> All of the commentary aside, Liebowitz was never a ratings
> producer for KTAR, nor will he be for who ever decides to
> hire him. If his show was as good as some of you all think,
> then he might still have a gig at KTAR.
>
> Just my opinion.
>

I agree. He came in on a wave of bad feelings, having rudely crticized Pat McMahon while he was doing an evening show at KTAR, then replacing McMahon in the 9-Noon slot. He never seemed to latch on to the idea that the point of a talk show is to talk to the listeners, not the news anchor. That's also a failure of management for not taking the time to point that out to him.

That having been said, there may still be a place for him on the dial somewhere if he so chooses. In my opinion, his calling card when he came to talk radio was his reputation as a hard-edged newspaper columnist. Maybe he should retrace his steps.
 
At least to me, Tony Snow is just plain tedious listening. I was even sorry KQNA, Prescott put him on instead of three hours of CNN Headline News. I wasn't a big Liebowitz fan, but found him entertaining at times, and certainly logged a few hours a week listening to him. Tony Snow will get zero hours of my listening time. Unless I'm waiting for Headline News to come on in Prescott.
 
> > All of the commentary aside, Liebowitz was never a ratings
>
> > producer for KTAR, nor will he be for who ever decides to
> > hire him. If his show was as good as some of you all
> think,
> > then he might still have a gig at KTAR.
>
> Yea... Tony Snow isn't a ratings getter either. He's a
> fourth-tier host for stations in markets like Phoenix with
> eight talk stations. Put him back on 1010.
>
> The only way to beat Rush is with local talent, not with
> Rush fill-in rejects.
>

My opinion is that KTAR had lost it's ground by sounding too liberal, especially during the last election cycle. The erosion began at least 2 years ago. I would watch for more changes, and for KTAR to mirror more of the market's political appetite. While I am aware that this board isn't a place for politics, conservatism is alive and well in Arizona, and that's why KFYI has beat KTAR in ratings, time and time again.
 
> My opinion is that KTAR had lost it's ground by sounding too
> liberal, especially during the last election cycle. The
> erosion began at least 2 years ago. I would watch for more
> changes, and for KTAR to mirror more of the market's
> political appetite. While I am aware that this board isn't a
> place for politics, conservatism is alive and well in
> Arizona, and that's why KFYI has beat KTAR in ratings, time
> and time again.

KFYI is winning because it's more entertaining. I frequently disagree with Jacobs, yet listen because there's an excitement to it. You can only take so much of AZ's Morning News. Even as boring as Hannity is, I would still contend he's wholly riveting compared to the revolving door KTAR has in his slot. It's sad when a station loses to Hannity not on politics (as you might think), but on talent.
 
What has the world come to? Has KT'R given up, saying a local host can't beat El Russhhbo? They part ways with Leibo? I liked T. Snow on Fox News Sunday but I don't like his Hannity-Light radio show. Hopefully Leibo will bounce back soon.

I agree. Some "Live, Local, First." Oh yes, they don't say that anymore...
 
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