The Re-Birth of Mr. KFI?
Earlier last year, Marc "Mr. KABC" Germain left KABC Radio after ten years to take a drive time show on "Progressive" talker KTLK 1150.It was announced yesterday that Mr. Germain has been canned from KTLK in order to make way for a syndicated show.
So now, Marc is available. And there is a perfect spot for him - the show recently vacated by John Ziegler from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at KTLK's sister station - and Germain's original radio home - KFI.
When Germain was at KABC he had the highest ratings in his time slot and established a reputation for being an excellent commercial pitchman, bringing in some top notch sponsors. The only reason Germain left KABC was corporate pressure to air syndicated programming during his timeslot.
If KFI is listening - we think there's a fit.
Labels: kabc, kfi, ktlk, los angeles politics, mark germain
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 1/03/2008 12:07:00 AM
9 Comments:
It's a real shame. Yeah, they bumped Mr. K back on KABC because of the same old nationally syndicated Iraq talk.
Now more syndication on KTLK.
The syndicated Imus now on KABC.
It's all cost cutting moves. But not a lot of local talk. (Even the "local" Larry Elder is a "syndicated" show -- broadcasting to cities outside LA, so he's broadened away from anything with local appeal.)
Just like Home Depot/Wal-Mart replace local mom and pop stores; national syndication is rolling over local talk show hosts.
But they have to cut costs, because it's a dying medium, because a bunch of suit and ties blew it, the way the record industry blew it and handed it to Steve Jobs. There are no less innovative or less creative people (or a more confused people) than national radio consultants and the general managers that are always about a year or two behind the audience.
On the realest, the people at Clear Channel make the 3rd Floor spin doctors look like actual doctors.
Larry's syndicated show tanked and I think he's back local again.
The L.A. radio stations are slowly and surely eviscerating the airwaves of local political and immigration criticism. Ever hear of ringers? How about Bill "Tokyo Rose" O'Reilly and Slime-o Imus (yes on today's program, KABC subbed Doug Mac, and soon to be permanent).
Will Mayor Sam soon start ******* the other Mayor's weenie as well as LAUSD teats?
8:17 is disgusting comment and should be removed
Please, please, please keep that arrogant little pissant off L.A. radio!
Obama grabs Iowa lead from Edwards
Thu Jan 3, 2008 1:09pm EST
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama surged to a four-point lead over John Edwards in Iowa, with Hillary Clinton fading to third just hours before the first presidential nominating contest.
Obama and Edwards gained ground overnight in the tracking poll, and Clinton fell four points to third place -- a finish that, if it held, would deal a dramatic setback to the one-time Democratic front-runner.
Zuma, the record industry blew it way before Jobs and the Ipod.
You'd have to go back to around 1985/86 when AOR was dying, Rap was on the rise, and execs started throwing everything in their catalogs out on CD. They never negotiated/sued for a penny royalty rate for CD-R (it didn't exist) like they did for blank cassette.
They went after the big short term money, bro. That's why catalog sales outdid frontline sales for many years. And that's why the industry will never be the same -- they used a technology they didn't bother to understand and opened the floodgates for piracy.
Jack,
Led Zeppelin got screwed HUGE on the LP to CD conversion.
The record company underplayed the significance of what was to come when they negotiated the deal for CD's. And what did a bunch of rockers know? LOL!
I guess we can also assume they were fairly drunk at the time...!
Nice work by the lawyers, btw.
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