March 2nd sees
- the debut of Fred Thompson,
- the move of Thom Hartmann from Air America to Dial Global,
- Fox Radio brings back Spencer Hughes in John Gibson’s evening time slot
- TRN offering replay of Michael Savage against “the golfer”, and many cascading changes…..
- Paul Harvey’s death will likely be used as an excuse to drop his program.
- Stations are still deciding what to do about the hole left by Randi Rhodes
- Jason Lewis begins syndication on Premiere
- Tom Lekyis gone…
Monday’s changes, and other recent things you may have missed (all times are local station time):
New York
WOR (New York) – Replaced O’Reilly (who was on tape delay from 8-10 PM) with Mike Smerconish
WROW (Albany, NY) (Switched to Dennis Miller
WLVL (Lockport, NY) – Replaced O’Reilly with local programming (maybe replay of morning show?)
Pennsylvania
KDKA (Pittsburgh) – Carried O’Reilly at 10 PM, replaced with Jim Bohannon Overnight
WGPA (Bethlehom) – 2-4PM – Fred Thompson
WPHT (Philly) – Dom Giordano starts earlier, but the station almost always has sports, so it doesn’t matter much
WILK (Wilkes Barre 4 station simulcast) – Dom Giordano (10pm-mid) – didn’t stream O’Reilly
California
KABC (LA) – Al Rantel is gone, replaced by an hour of DodgerTalk and former weekend host John Phillips (Al is out having hip surgery)
KTLK (LA) – Sticking with Nancy Skinner from On Second Thought Network
KSFO (San Francisco) – Still in flux filling the Lee Rogers morning slot – Monday evening John Batchelor show is missing from schedule now
KKGN (Oakland) – Replaced Rhodes with Peter B. Collins
KFMB (San Diego) – Carried (but didn’t stream) O’Reilly – 6-8 PM – no update
KSTE (Sacramento, CA) – Replacing O’Reilly with Jason Lewis‘s synidcated show
KVTA (Hueneme, CA) – O’Reilly affiliate that didn’t stream – playing filler music
KKZZ (Santa Paula, CA) – Fred Thompson
KRXA (Carmel Valley) – Staying with Nancy Skinner (Air America)
KSCO (Santa Cruz) – local public service programming
Illinois
WGN (Chicago) – Has a large hole in their schedule from 1-4PM
WKRS (Suburban Chicago) – Fred Thompson
WCPT (Chicago) – Carries Hartmann, no change posted
WJOL (Joliet) – 6-8PM – no update on web site
WJPF(Herrin) – Fred Thompson
Texas
KLIF (Dallas) – Fred Thompson
KSKY (Dallas) – John Gibson added 1-3 AM, Mike Gallagher used to do a local morning show, which he has stopped, Added FM simulcast on 92.9
KPRC (Houston) – Total revamp of schedule… Chris Baker will be phoning in a show from Minnesota, making it sound like he is in Houston, Joe Pags to mornings, 2 weekend guys now doing daytime shows, Walton & Johnson are history (on this station)
KTSA (San Antonio) – 10PM-Mid – Mark Levin
KROD (El Paso, TX) – Dave Ramsey replaces O’Reilly
KWBC (Navasota, TX) – Fred Thompson
Florida
WINZ (Miami) – switching soon from Progressive Talk to Sports
WWBA (Tampa/St Pete FL) – Replacing O’Reilly (Noon-2PM) with MICHAEL SAVAGE
WDJA (Delray Beach, FL) – Fred Thompson
WENG (Englewood, FL) – Had picked up Dennis Prager back in January replacing O’Reilly
WCOA (Pensacola, FL – Central time) – 10PM-mid – no info on web site
WAMT (Pine Castle, FL) – Noon-2PM – Smerconish
WFTL (Palm Beach) – Noon-2PM – Michael Savage
WJNO (W Palm Beach) replace Rhodes by carrying Sean Hannity live and adding Mark Levin (live)
Michigan
WMKT (Charlevois) has replaced O’Reilly with John Gibson
WTKG (Grand Rapids) – Hartmann – sticking with David Bender (Air America)
(Might be an accident – sounder was for Hartmann)
WMPL (Hancock) – Dr Laura
District of Columbia
WWRC (D.C.) – Dropped Progressive Talk and switched to All Biz talk
WTNT (D.C.) – Conservative station picked up Ed Schultz from WWRC
WHFS (D.C./CBS) – Picked up Thompson – Thompson will be 3 hour show, schedule has nothing for 2-3 PM hour?
Georgia
WGST (Hotlanta) – Picked up 3rd hour of Mark Levin
Washington / Oregon
KPTK (Seattle) – Carrying Nancy Skinner for now – would like Rhodes back
KTTH (Seattle) – Replaced O’Reilly with 2 more hours of Lars Larson
KVI (Seattle) – Peter Weissbach starts Mar 9th
KBBO (Selah, WA) – Dennis Miller replacing O’Reilly
KXL (Portland, OR) – Glenn Beck “moving to the morning” (Pacific time) replacing O’Reilly, Curtis Sliwa added 7-10 PM
KPOJ (Portland) – Hartmann carried, no sign of change – Skinner for Rhodes
KCMD (Portland) – was carrying Leykis via Westwood One – no update on web site
KGMI (Bellingham) – Glenn Beck [was not known to stream until today]
Minnesota / Wisconsin / Dakotas
KTNF (Minn/St Paul) – Carries Hartmann, no indication of a change
KYCR (Minn/St Paul) – O’Reilly station that didn’t stream his show – Silence
WAYY (Eu Claire, WI) – Fred Thompson
Colorado / Utah
KHOW (Denver) – Did Stream O’Reilly on delay (6-8PM) – no information yet
KKZN (Denver) – Carries Hartmann, no sign of change, Skinner for Rhodes
KLO (Ogden, UT) – Picking up Fred Thompson
KFKA (Greeley, CO) – Fred Thompson
KGUM (Guam) – Fred Thompson
WXNT (Indianapolis) – Abul in the morning replay
KFAQ (Tulsa, OK) – John Gibson
Missiouri/Kansas/Iowa
KLWN (Lawrence, KS) – Clark Howard
WAAV (Leland, NC) – Fred Thompson
WPEK (Fairview, NC) has replaced Rhodes with Thom Hartmann)
WVLY (Moundsville, WV) replaced O’Reilly with Stephanie Miller
WCBC (Cumberland, MD) – Fred Thompson replaces O’Reilly
WRIS (Roanoke, VA) – Religious station – unknown
KKGN (Oakland/San Francisco) is carrying Peter B. Collins this week in the old Randy Rhodes slot. Frangela (two women) was (were) in that slot last week.
97.1 FM talk in st. louis is adding 3 hours of Glenn Beck to replace the factor.
Beck should air from 11am-2pm.
KFTK is the station you are describing.
KFTK requires a registration process that requires giving personally identifying information (real name, Phone#, Date of Birth, Email address) in order to listen to the stream – so it is not listed here.
ahhhh, ic.
i wondered why it wasn’t listed. thanks.
97.1 FM previously, had only one hour of Beck from 1pm-2pm.