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What's happening at KTWV "The Wave"?

I'd wondered why his list of Los Angeles radio personalities excluded real old timers like Andy Mansfield, Harrison Holliway and Nick Harris. I mean even Reg Cordic gets a Wikipedia article.

And what about the group of Hollywood stars who once owned KMPC - making it literally the "station of the stars?" - even tho several them had their own network programs?

Appealing only to a younger demographic has its drawbacks.
 
Art Landing said:
I'd wondered why his list of Los Angeles radio personalities excluded real old timers like Andy Mansfield, Harrison Holliway and Nick Harris. I mean even Reg Cordic gets a Wikipedia article.

And what about the group of Hollywood stars who once owned KMPC - making it literally the "station of the stars?" - even tho several them had their own network programs?

Appealing only to a younger demographic has its drawbacks.
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And I don't think that's what Don is doing. He does his own pieces about KMPC and KFWB (especially his mentor, the late Earl McDaniel) frequently. I'm just surprised he limits the regular history piece from Steve to 30 years.
 
I can do stories from farther back but Don prefers that they be more recent. Depending on the importance of the subject matter, Don will accept columns about 1950s-60s events. He would certainly not object to a story about KFWB's switch to top-40 in 1958 but he would frown upon a column about the 1958 death of a radio engineer who few people have ever heard of. Don's original L.A. Radio People book focused on only those people who were working in radio during the years 1957-97. In the same way, his website's "Where Are They Now" section does not include anyone whose entire radio career was prior to 1957.

I used to include links to station's websites and DJs' podcasts but Don recently decided that he no longer wanted the links. One of my Rewinds ended with "Carolla hosts a daily 90-minute podcast at adamcarolla.com." I omitted the "http://" so there would be no clickable link. Don shortened the sentence to "Carolla hosts a daily 90-minute podcast." I'm sure that many people were wondering where to hear it, but it's Don's column and he gets to make the rules.
 
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