I had not checked Larry's website in a while but I did today -- Check out this --- Is this new, anyone know? Speculation time (KFWB?) http://www.larryelder.com/
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Larry Elder anyone?
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SuperRadioFan said:
This is new; his website has had no action since he left KABC and I had checked a few weeks back.
Larry is the logical choice in my view to take the 3-6 slot at KFWB. He would do there what he has done before, compete, but not win. Nobody is going to win until John and Ken retire, but Larry still has a following and he can generate numbers on AM. Leykis is a bad fit because why would you put one of the biggest misogynists right on after Dr. Laura?
Of course the real issue is that radio development is so poor nowadays that there is not a single new name to suggest for the slot. The real question is, which out-of-work retread will work best for our situation? We'll get him.
The next issue is how soon will they ditch the news operation and go all-talk? Live syndicated Glenn Beck makes more sense in the morning than trying to keep the news on, and the entire pretense of news/talk seems ridiculous when all news KNX is owned by the same company and is just up the dial. The smart move would be to ditch news entirely, and co-brand and cross advertise the stations. Get your news on KNX, get your talk on KFWB. It's not like most of the audience isn't already using both stations already, so there would be little need to "train" the audience to use both frequencies. Trying to keep up this mirage (and for a long time, a reality) of two separate stations doing more or less the same thing has hurt CBS enormously over the years.
Leykis is a bad fit because why would you put one of the biggest misogynists right on after Dr. Laura?
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Although that is exactly how the schedule ran at KFI back in the day. And if Leykis switched back to politics as a focus, the misogyny might not be an issue.
---Michael Hagerty
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Although that is exactly how the schedule ran at KFI back in the day. And if Leykis switched back to politics as a focus, the misogyny might not be an issue.
---Michael Hagerty
Larry got the most votes (so far) in the LARadio.com subscriber poll on who should be the 3-6 pm host on the new KFWB in September.
SuperRadioFan said:
Where is the poll? Would like to see who else LA thinks should get the spot.
I should have clarified that it wasn't a "poll" with a running vote total. Subscribers were asked to e-mail Don Barrett with who they thought should take the position. The reponse was spread out between Michael Jackson, Sam Rubin, Peter Tilden, John Ziegler, Frosty/Heidi & Frank, Joe Crummey, Marc Germain, Dan Avey, Adam Carolla, Jerry Doyle, Conway & Steckler, Michael Savage, and John Ziegler. But Larry Elder was the clear favorite with readers. Can you believe there's still people out there that want to hear Michael Jackson, Peter Tilden or [OMG] Sam Rubin?? Yikes!!
SuperRadioFan said:
The only person that wants to hear Sam Rubin is his mom. Could there be a more irrelevant individual in an industry absolutely built on irrelevance?
The ratings have made it quite clear that the masses do not want to hear Michael Jackson. The original dinosaurs only got one chance, how come this fossil gets so many opportunities to fail?
Peter Tilden was entertaining. In the 80's. Nuff said.
I've always liked Joe Crummey but he was always a fit for lunch time listening and not evening drive. Conway & Steckler are off the table since KFI have him in their stable. Savage would work up to an extent. He'll definitely raise people's blood pressure but will fade quickly. John Ziegler is a bridge burner and torches everyone he comes in contact with. F/H&F are yesterday along with Jackson and Tilden.
Larry Elder seems like the right direction if Leykis cannot be coaxed away from squashing grapes in the Santa Ynez Valley.
Larry Elder seems like the right direction if Leykis cannot be coaxed away from squashing grapes in the Santa Ynez Valley.
I'd go for Elder. 'FWB is headed towards a right-of-center tilt (as if we needed another one of those). Elder is a proven commodity, and if nothing else, being ste aside for some NYC interloper would be just the motivation He'd need. I think the deal is done, all we're waiting for is the announcement, probablty before Wednesday (speculation, here).
Speaking of speculation: http://www.reddingnewsreview.com/ne...rry_elder_returning_to_radio_09_091000274.htm
And more spec on http://talkers.com/online/
Speaking of speculation: http://www.reddingnewsreview.com/ne...rry_elder_returning_to_radio_09_091000274.htm
And more spec on http://talkers.com/online/
This is not new. The stay tuned intro page has been up for a long time ever since he had the show on Fox News almost take on.
To me, this is an old page that hasn't been updated in a while.
To me, this is an old page that hasn't been updated in a while.
Don Paschal said:
What another right-of-center tilt talk station ??? OMG do we need more of that ???
After all, there aren't enough left-of-center talk stations like NPR in SoCal radio.
Or very liberal-leaning talk stations like KTLK. Or very far far left stations like on 90.7.
There's gotta be a huge audience that are interested, right?
Re. the "NYC interloper", I guess you mean DC-based Mark Levin?
BTW question for anyone-- One of those links from Don P. stated Larry Elder was fired in December. I thought his contract was not renewed. So does that mean that KABC "fired" him? When a baseball player becomes a free agent because his team did not sign him to a new contract, was he fired? When Joe Torre's Yankees contract was not renewed was he "fired". But when the Yankees told Billy Martin mid-season (several times) that his services were being terminated, then, yes, he was fired.
Ask the person whose contract wasn't renewed. I guarantee you that person believes he/she was fired. Any time you're not retained, you've essentially been fired...terminated...whatever.
SuperRadioFan said:What another right-of-center tilt talk station ??? OMG do we need more of that ???
After all, there aren't enough left-of-center talk stations like NPR in SoCal radio.
Or very liberal-leaning talk stations like KTLK. Or very far far left stations like on 90.7.
There's gotta be a huge audience that are interested, right?
My concern is that the LA market is saturated with talk, period. Think of it, off all of the non-left stations (that are commercial), the only station that has any type of identity truly is KFI. Love'em or hate 'em, they have honed that identity for the last decade or so, which is one of the reasons for their success. KLSX was, to a certain extent, the same way.
On the other hand, look at KABC. It has been floundering around for the same decade, with the only thing that can identify them being the 1st talk format in the country. No identity, no ratings. DGH having to deal with Citedel's "have2runs" like Levin and Sliwa do not help, IMHO.
For KFWB to succeed, they would have to create an identity that can compete with KFI's. They are starting with the "hear-the-news-then-talk-about it" vein, but that's been done to death. Ithink they will have to come up with something other that building a station around one guy in order to compete.
SuperRadioFan said:
The the man a box of Lee press-on Nails.
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Conway still is an employee of CBS...he has that show on KFWBRobnoxious said:
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