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"lso, it was stated that the rights to Rush are owned by a group outside of Rush's control and that Rush has no say in which station gets him in a market. But, no, KVI did not dump Rush. They did, however, DUMP Michael Medved."

Interesting. . .the stuff of nightmares for a station. . .losing Rush!

No one can compete with or against Rush. . .but certainly explains the sheer number of 'other voices' out there trying to fill in the empty spaces - and fortunately, many are good shows.

Since they dumped Medved, who DO they have? Laura Ingraham. . .Michael Reagan. . .Michael Savage. . .the list goes on; they are not in the 'Kings' league. . .nor will they be; but certainly glad 'we' have a lot of voices out there. . .

When KVI lost Rush, they brought in a guy named Rusty Humphries, a Seattle-area native. I listened for about 10 minutes and his shtick was to say to listeners, in a loud, "hip" voice, "My brother from another mother!" He apparently flopped.

KVI has now affiliated with FNC and they have Tony Snow and O'Reilly, although I think that O'Reilly is either taped or only part of his show is aired. They have John Carlson (local) from 3-6 and what I believed are taped programs in the evenings.

Whatever you do, if you are a conservative station and you don't have Rush in your market, you lose. For instance, when Rush moved, I switched one of my car radio presets from 570 to 770. I can't stand Medved or Hannity and lately I've been listening to Dori Monson (local) on 710, although he sometimes does some really goofy segments.