The last days of Stacy on KLSD

[Jacmac]

I've been listening to the last few weeks of Stacy Taylor in the mornings. I'm surprised by the lack of Bush bashing. Oh there's still a snide remark and a few looneys here and there, but by and large the show is more bareable and worth listening to. That Scooter is gone has also improved things, it's very nice not hearing him chime in every other minute (sorry I just hate most sidekicks, Batman is better off without Robin). There's also plenty comic relief on the show lately with all of the desperate and kooky plans people think will save Air America and Stacy's show. Everything from collecting donations to launch a satellite for Air America to holding your breath until you turn blue. Stacy for his part is certainly not burning any bridges, he's supporting his fans and their protests, but not really fanning the flames or calling anyone at CC out on the change.

I hope Stacy lands somewhere quickly with a new show, hopefully one of his own making.

 

[Ben Shaton]

I enjoy Stacy Taylor and catch him in the time it takes to drive to the Trolley Station. I hope he gets his own show as well!


"Batman is better off without Robin"

Could you say the same thing about Howard Stern?

 

[ABQTom]

I hope Stacy lands somewhere quickly with a new show, hopefully one of his own making.

Stacy is Another excellent candidate that we can ad to the list for Air America - the sinking ship now brokering their air time.

So far we have

Stacy Taylor

Jay Diamond

Doug Basham / Lydia Cornell

Peter B. Collins (self-syndicated)

Enid Goldstein

Erin Hart

Carl Jeffers

Who did I miss?

So much great liberal talent, and a network (Air America) that seems to think that presenting talk radio in both an NPR-ish/intellectual AND obnoxious fashion will succeed. It does on NPR, but not on AM.

 

[amfmxm]

I hope Stacy lands somewhere quickly with a new show, hopefully one of his own making.

Stacy is Another excellent candidate that we can ad to the list for Air America - the sinking ship now brokering their air time.

So far we have

Stacy Taylor

Jay Diamond

Doug Basham / Lydia Cornell

Peter B. Collins (self-syndicated)

Enid Goldstein

Erin Hart

Carl Jeffers

Who did I miss?

So much great liberal talent, and a network (Air America) that seems to think that presenting talk radio in both an NPR-ish/intellectual AND obnoxious fashion will succeed. It does on NPR, but not on AM.

Not sure who you're identifying as "obnoxious." Probably the most aggressive of the progressive air talents is Randi Rhodes, yet she doesn't come close to being as strident as Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, Coulter or a half-dozen other Rightwing Radical Crazies.

During the past three or four years America has taken a big left turn. The positions that I've held since the RRCs emerged (anti-war, pro-public, anti-torture, pro-choice, anti-corporate, pro-environment) first labeled me a liberal and now label me mainstream. Regardless of all the pre-election BS filling the airwaves now, American society has swung to the liberal side in a big way. Don't be shocked to see Dems in power the rest of your life.

Air America no doubt contributed to this movement. Despite its fairly public organizational shortcomings, the network has helped develop progressive talk radio into a legitimate format choice, and helped deliver the liberal message to millions of Americans each day.

Sooner or later they--or some different outfit--will figure out the correct operating model for progressive talk. It's just a matter of time.

When non-competitive little AM sticks like 1360/KLSD get held to the same standards as the big sticks like KFMB & KOGO (or KFI or WLS or WABC) and then get whacked, the suits in charge blame the format and go through the motions of introducing The Next Big Thing. We've seen it hundreds or thousands of times already. The whole exercise is stupid.

SD broadcasters should place their bets now on The Next Big Thing to replace "Xtra Sports" on 1360, as well as a projected date. I'll go with $10 on Hispanic Sports Talk... 9-1-09.

 

[ABQTom]

Your question on obnoxious ...

Randi Rhodes is perceived as too argumentative, but you are correct, certainly not in the extreme like Levin, Savage, Hannity ...

Rachel Maddow - some people don't like her humor, and her interviews are like NPR, and she doesn't take any calls. Air America weekend programs are NPR like with interviews and they'd be advised to hire hosts for caller oriented programming like Jay Diamond and Doug BAsham/Lydia Cornell.

an alternative to Randi Rhodes / Rachel Maddow is Peter B. Collins - mild mannered, humorous, doesn't cut callers off, etc. Peter B. is THE ONLY LIBERAL host M-F 3P-6P Pacific that TAKES CALLS, since Maddow doesn't. http://peterbcollins.com

As of October, peter is now on podcast archives for the san francisco air america station. And, peter will soon be on podcast archives for another major Progressive talk station in the top 20 but I can't disclose it yet.

 

[sdwulfdawg]

When non-competitive little AM sticks like 1360/KLSD get held to the same standards as the big sticks like KFMB & KOGO (or KFI or WLS or WABC) and then get whacked, the suits in charge blame the format and go through the motions of introducing The Next Big Thing. We've seen it hundreds or thousands of times already. The whole exercise is stupid.

It is sad to see how KFMB-AM is wasting their flame-thrower signal. I think they could be raking a lot more money if they were to model themselves as San Diego's own "WGN" -- local talk and news. Instead they run some really lame shows....notwithstanding the hours and hours and hours of Phil Hendrie. Morning morning at 2 a.m. they actually started running an hour of brokered programming with Ray Masters.

As I've said previously seeing how they seem to be running the same bunch of make-good throwaway spots overnight would indicate to me that their sales staff is LAZY and is really not hitting the pavement and selling the hell out of the station. They need to run less commercials and charge a higher rate as I've heard them run so many commercials that i find myself tuning them out.

 

[ajhenderson]

If you think a station is going to sell commercial time in any market, except MAYBE NYC, at 2 in the morning, you're nuts. 50kW or not. BTW, they have one of the worst 50kW nighttime sticks I've seen; I could never hear well at all in Phoenix (KOGO often sounded better) and have trouble in Vegas. Perhaps they reach Seattle as Rick Roberts likes to crow, but I remember driving through the IE desert in the early morning and getting only a decent signal. But again, it doesn't matter.

You contradict yourself saying they aren't selling effectively but then say they've sold too much ??? ???

 

[sdwulfdawg]

If you think a station is going to sell commercial time in any market, except MAYBE NYC, at 2 in the morning, you're nuts. 50kW or not. BTW, they have one of the worst 50kW nighttime sticks I've seen; I could never hear well at all in Phoenix (KOGO often sounded better) and have trouble in Vegas. Perhaps they reach Seattle as Rick Roberts likes to crow, but I remember driving through the IE desert in the early morning and getting only a decent signal. But again, it doesn't matter.

KGO seems to be making it a go and successfully. I really believe that if you really have something to offer, the audiences will follow. There is a whole bunch of San Diegans who work the graveyard shift and night owls who are virtually unseen during the day. It was interesting that during the wildfire coverage when KFMB went into local talk, you couldn't get through that the lines were jammed. As someone who has sold advertising successfully for a very niche oriented print publication, not only would you boost your localism, but potentially get new advertisers on the air who cannot necessarily afford drive time advertising spots, who, if they are successful will be able to advertise in the daytime dayparts eventually if everything goes right.

You contradict yourself saying they aren't selling effectively but then say they've sold too much ??? ???

You kind of twisted my logic. From a programming sense, KFMB-AM is a very cluttered advertising environment during the day and sometimes becomes irritating. I was more referring that they are not effectively selling the night dayparts.