Here's my official response to the news that veteran DJ Jim Ladd has been fired from KLOS. It includes a segment from his show for those who have never heard him:
http://godinhollywood.blogspot.com/2011/10/lord-have-mercy.html On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I do have a lot to say, but right now I am speechless. Jim Ladd is an > FM radio institution, and he was single-handedly responsible for > making the evening ratings on KLOS go from non-existent to number one. > Ladd will find work elsewhere, but short of KMET coming back from the > dead, KLOS should be his radio home. I'm now tempted to pay for > Sirius-XM just to spite KLOS/Cumulus. This was a very bad move. > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't have anything linkable, but Radio-Info reports that Jim Ladd, >> the veteran late-night jock at LA's KLOS, one of the last DJs allowed >> to program his own music selections on commercial radio and the >> subject of Tom Petty's song "The Last DJ," has been laid off, the >> victim of several staff cuts by the station's new owner, Cumulus >> Media. If it's any consolation, his PD boss Bob Buchman and 12 other >> employees of KLOS and sister station KABC (including KABC production >> director and image voice Howard Hoffman) are also on the street, >> joining employees at other Cumulus stations previously owned by >> Citadel Media (and ABC/Disney before that). >> >> Ladd may land on his feet at Bonneville's classic AAA KSND "The Sound" >> or at public stations KCRW or KCSN (where Petty is headlining a >> benefit concert for the station next month), but an era in Southern >> California radio has definitely ended. I'm sure Kevin will have more >> to say. >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
