If by "talk radio show" you mean a live show where listeners can call in, then there is still one (if you don't exclude shows on religious formatted stations) left.
Frank Pastore still does a call-in show on KKLA from 4:00 to 7:00 weekdays. On Mar 10, 9:31 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > Also in LA radio news, the "Impact" program, a Sunday night/Monday > morning public affairs talk show that has been on the air for more > than 40 years on KLOS... is no longer on the air. Host Frank Sontag > ran the show for more than two decades (I even called in a few times). > > http://franksontag.blogspot.com/2009/03/our-impact-program.html > > Aside from NPR, I don't think that leaves a single talk radio show on > FM radio in the City of Angels. > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:22 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And, for the second time in two weeks, Tim Conway Jr. has been fired from > > > a > > > Los Angeles radio station. This time around, it had nothing to do with the > > > economy. He told a joke which, ironically, he'd previously told on KLSX > > > with > > > no problems. The management at KABC, however, did not enjoy the joke in > > > question, and put an abrupt end to Conway's stint filling in for Al > > > Rantel. > > > At this point you have to ask yourselves: What was the joke? > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18HQqGMP7tM > > > The one that got him fired (about a door-to-door salesman) begins apx. > > > 4:45 > > > into the clip. > > > But is he totally fired? And does he even want to work there? (see OC > > Register excerpt below) > > > I have to say I honestly don't even get the joke, so I can't figure > > out if I should be offended by it. Is the answer to the kid's question > > supposed to be "no, I guess you mom is not at home or else you would > > not be masturbating in your sister and mother's under garments" or > > "no, I guess your mom is not at home or some sick child molester would > > not be molesting you"? Or is the answer supposed to be "yes, I guess > > your mother is at home, and she is a sick child molester who is > > molesting you"? Or is the joke supposed to be that the salesmen is so > > intent on making the sale that he does not register the child > > molestation in process and keeps trying to make the sale? If it is > > anything like any of these three, were is the joke? I don't mean that > > it is a tasteless or offensive joke, but I just don't see the elements > > of a joke present. > > > But the biggest question - in the photo in the youtube link Kevin > > provides, why is there a picture of Keith Richards standing next to > > the guy in the blue Dodgers shirt? > > > **************************** > >http://www.ocregister.com/articles/kabc-conway-joke-2330428-timconway... > > "But the joke – about a door-to-door salesman and a 7-year-old boy – > > was only the supporting player in a drama – or comedy, depending on > > how you look at – that developed after Conway’s first three shows. > > > Conway explained in a phone call late Monday night: "Bob Moore > > (vice-president and general manager) asked me, 'You’re not happy here, > > are you?' I said no, I wasn’t. Bob said he didn’t want FM talk on the > > AM. They just wanted me to do topics and take phone calls. I told > > him he would be saving my life by letting me go." > > > Conway added, "I felt absolutely relieved" after the firing. > > > Conway told Rubin that when he told his daughter Sophia, 3, he was > > out of work, she said, "Does that mean no more DVDs?." Later, in a > > phone call, Conway added, "She said, 'That’s OK. You did the best you > > could.'" > > > KABC’s Moore responded by e-mail, "Tim is off the night shift, but he > > will continue as a fill-in, a position to be defined in the future." > > Conway responded, “What? They want me to kill another shift?”" > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
