While people are distracted, Cumulus Media announced the post-holiday replacement for Larry Elder on KABC-AM in Los Angeles from 3-6 PM Pacific Time.
Dr Drew Pinsky and a sidekick do a two hour show on Westwood One from 1-3 AM called “Loveline” – the show is about sex and drugs, not love. A typical caller question might be “Hi Dr Drew – my boyfriend wants me to do oral sex on him, but I don’t like the taste. Is there something he could eat or drink ahead of time that would change the flavor?”
The late night show is also being added to 35 Cumulingus Owned and Operated stations, mostly hard rock stations. My guess is Dr Drew was told he could work another 3 hrs a day for free or kiss his Westwood One show goodbye.
I listened to about half an hour of the Tom Leykis podcast last night. He explained that when his non-compete from CBS ran out, the best offer he could get was for 1/9th what CBS had been paying him in Los Angeles.
Welcome to the New Normal.
A so-called “TV judge” named Cristina Perez has now been added from 9 to noon on KABC. I read a recent article about talk radio that mentioned some major outlets turning to “fluff” — sounds like they could be talking about KABC.
SiriusXM is launching a new “insight” talk channel that looks to be hand picked by John Podesta
“Hosts to include Pete Dominick, Margaret Hoover, John Fugelsang, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Karen Hunter, Dean Obeidallah, Alan Dershowitz, Perri Peltz, Bob Roth, and many more”
The announcement mentions that Margaret Hoover – fairly regular guest on John Batchelor is an LGBT advocate for lesbian mothers and her goal in life is to transform the attitudes of the Republican Party
Alan Dersowitz should really attract the young female demo
At least as of 2013, Drew Hayes was back as program director. I know his work from when he was at WLS-AM in Chicago, and it’s mostly positive.
The value of KABC is not its radio signal, but it is sitting on land right next to a new station on the Subway/LRV line. The land is a prime location to build a skyscraper or luxury condos. Reportedly they hope to get $150 million for the land – but that means finding a new location for the transmitter.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mo-cumulus-radio-land-sale-20131113-story.html
Update: they have a deal for $125 million
http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20141119/malibu-getting-its-own-station-local-npr-shows-planned