Posted on 09/12/2008 7:17:03 AM PDT by raccoonradio
The Salem-owned stations have provided the major-market backbone for (Laura) Ingraham’s Talk Radio Network-syndicated show, but today appears to be their last day together. That’s what lies behind yesterday’s announcement that in southern California, Saul Levine’s L.A.-market KGIL/1260 and San Diego-market sister XESURF/540 will pick up Laura beginning next week.
That’s because Laura’s off of Salem’s KRLA (870). I believe she’ll also be off the Salem conservative talk stations in places like Philadelphia (WNTP/990) and Chicago (WIND/560). Earlier this Summer, Laura was locked out (she says) by Talk Radio Network as they began to negotiate a renewal of her five-year deal. That kept her off the air for the ending of the Spring Arbitron period, and lots of owners weren’t thrilled with that. Salem was one of them. Now this week, Laura's been telling on-air callers from specific markets – Salem markets - that she may be gone from that station as of next Monday, and to check her website for the new affiliate. Ingraham’s had a great run with TRN’s Mark Masters, who gave her the daytime clearance she wanted when she left Westwood five years ago. Now Masters apparently faces a hurry-up job of replacing more than a dozen affiliates in major markets.
Now radio-info.com is saying that Laura’s new station in
Seattle will be KVI AM 570 (not sure when, maybe 9-noon
replacing Dr Laura?)_
...Blather Watch says KVI’s The Commentators are moving
to KOMO 1000, 10 am to 2 pm, and Laura will be on KVI
weekday afternoons (drive time)
Bad move for Laura in the Dallas market. She was tape-delayed here one hour, from 9-12. Now she’s on at 7-10 PM on WBAP, a much larger station. Nobody I know listens to talk radio after business hours.
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