Posted on 03/01/2007 11:52:32 AM PST by BurbankKarl
The artist formerly known as Mr. KABC, Marc Germain joins KTLK as part of a major overhaul of AM1150. Beginning Monday, Mr. K will work afternoon drive for the station.
"Los Angeles is the Number One radio market in the world and demands compelling live/local drive time talk. With Marc's Los Angeles track record [KFI and KABC], coupled with the current success of The Stephanie Miller Show, I now know KTLK AM1150 is set to fulfill that demand." stated Don Martin, program director.
“I will have a producer/sidekick,” said Mr. K by phone yesterday afternoon. “Her name is Lisa Goich. That name will be familiar with L.A. radio listeners from when she had a show on KLSX. She was on middays with J.D., who is a program director in San Diego.”
KTLK is currently the 4th ranked AM radio station in the coveted 25 – 54 persons demo Monday-Friday 6 a.m. – 7 p.m, in Los Angeles.
(Excerpt) Read more at laradio.com ...
He HAD a good theme song...
The new KTLK line-up beginning Monday will be:
Stephanie Miller live 6 a m - 9 a.m.
Thom Hartmann, the successor to Al Franken, live 9 a.m. - Noon
Randi Rhodes live noon – 3 p.m.
Marc "Mr K" Germain live 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Ed Schultz - 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Rachel Maddow (10 p.m. - midnight)
Alan Colmes (midnight – 3 a.m.)
LA's own Bill Press live 3 a.m. – 6 a.m.
Yuch -
Guess I don't have to give up one of my radio buttons for this.
Man, they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Mr. KABC did his show without any screeners, guests or topics. The stupidest people called in to talk about worthless minutia.
He's perfect for Left Wing radio.
LA is #1?
Here's the top 10 from an old Drudge affiliate list (That's the market rank, not the stations...)
MARKET AREA CALL LETTERS FREQ CITY
RANK
1 NEW YORK WABC-AM 770 New York, NY
2 LOS ANGELES KFI-AM 640 Los Angeles, CA
2 LOS ANGELES KTOX-AM 1340 Needles, CA
3 CHICAGO WLS-AM 890 Chicago, IL
4 PHILADELPHIA WAEB-AM 790 Allentown, PA
4 PHILADELPHIA WDEL-AM 1150 Wilmington, DE
4 PHILADELPHIA WDOV-AM 1410 Dover, DE
4 PHILADELPHIA WEEU-AM 830 Reading, PA
4 PHILADELPHIA WGYM-AM 1580 Linwood, NJ
4 PHILADELPHIA WOND-AM 1400 Pleasantville, NJ
4 PHILADELPHIA WPHT-AM 1210 Philadelphia, PA
5 SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE KSFO-AM 560 San Francisco, CA
6 BOSTON WKBK-AM 1290 Keene, NH
6 BOSTON WKVT-AM 1490 Brattleboro, VT
6 BOSTON WNTK-FM 99.7 New London, NH
6 BOSTON WRKO-AM 680 Boston, MA
6 BOSTON WTAG-AM 580 Worcester, MA
7 DALLAS-FORT WORTH WBAP-AM 820 Fort Worth, TX
8 WASHINGTON, D.C. WFVA-AM 1230 Fredericksburg, VA
8 WASHINGTON, D.C. WMAL-AM 630 Washington, D.C.
9 ATLANTA WGAU-AM 1340 Athens, GA
9 ATLANTA WGST-AM 640 Atlanta, GA
9 ATLANTA WHEL-FM 105.1 Helen, GA
10 DETROIT WJR-AM 760 Detroit, MI
I thought it said #4? That would be English speaking audience I am sure...the spanish stations are #1
Germain will get throttled by Larry Elder, John & Ken and Hugh Hewitt in that time slot.
Press has the graveyard shift?
Now we know how much clout the creep really has.
Listening to Press at four in the morning is something only a masochist would do...
Sleepless in Saugus
Oh good LORD! that lineup is horrific!
This is also one of the stations that Air America Radio paid half a million dollars a year just so they could be broadcast on it.
Technically, NY is the # 1 radio market because it has a larger overall number of radio listeners. However, Los Angeles listeners listen to radio for much longer stretches of time than the average NY listerner (often due to the fact that they are stuck in freeway traffic more than in NY). "Time spent listening" is a critical factor in radio ratings. Therefore, L.A. is often (legitimately) considered to be the real #1 market in the U.S.
The AAR "station" here bounced around the past year, and I think we were one of the original (or near original) areas for it. It didn't do anything for me, and whenever I stopped on the station, the "ads" were PSAs.
Admittedly, my listening sample time was pretty small.
How does that factor with what Howard Stern used to crow about, namely that his listeners (demographically speaking) "listened for longer?" Was that just by NY standards?
FYI
(March 6, 2007) The Los Angeles numbers show that four of the top ten stations are Spanish, while a perennial Top 40 station continues to be the most popular English language choice. The first number reported is from the Fall ’06 ratings book, followed by the rolling average from November – January. Ratings are for 12+:
1. KLVE (Spanish Cont) 4.9 – 4.8
KSCA (Regional Mexican) 4.5 – 4.8
3. KIIS/KVVS (Top 40/M) 4.5 – 4.4
4. KOST (AC) 4.1 – 4.3
5. KFI (Talk) 4.1 – 4.2
KPWR (Top 40/R) 3.8 – 4.2
7. KLAX (Regional Mexican) 3.9 – 3.8
8. KROQ (Alternative) 3.5 – 3.7
9. KBUA/KBUE (Regional Mexican) 3.1 – 3.5
10. KRTH (Oldies) 3.1 – 3.1
11. KCBS (JACK/fm) 3.0 – 3.0
12. KRCD/KRCV (Spanish) 2.7 – 2.9
KTWV (Smooth Jazz) 3.3 – 2.9
14. KXOL (Hurban) 2.7 – 2.7
15, KLOS (Classic Rock) 2.3 – 2.3
16. KABC (Talk) 2.5 – 2.2
17. KYSR (Modern AC) 2.0 – 2.1
18. KHHT (r&b Oldies) 2.1 – 2.0
19. KBIG (Hot AC) 1.8 – 1.7
20. KHJ (Regional Mexican) 1.3 – 1.5
KMZT (Classical) 1.5 – 1.5
KNX (News) 1.5 – 1.5
KSSE (Spanish Cont) 1.7 – 1.5
24. KLYY (Tropical) 1.3 – 1.4
25. KLSX (Talk) 1.6 – 1.3
26. KRBV (Urban AC) 1.1 – 1.2
27. KDAY (Urban) 1.0 – 1.1
KFWB (News) 1.3 - 1.1
KJLH (Urban AC) 1.3 – 1.1
30. KTNQ (Spanish) 0.8 – 1.0
31. KFRG (Country) 1.1 – 0.9
KRLA (Talk) 0.8 – 0.9
KSPN (Sports) 0.8 – 0.9
34. KMVN (Rhythmic AC) 0.7 - 0.8
KWIZ (Tropical) 0.7 – 0.8
36. KLAC (Sports) 0.6 – 0.7
KLTX (Spanish Religious) 0.5 – 0.7
KTLK (Talk) 0.8 – 0.7
39. KDLD/KDLE (Alternative) 0.5 – 0.6
40. KFSH (Christian AC) 0.7 – 0.5
KKGO (Country) 0.6 – 0.5
KKLA (Christian Talk) 0.4 – 0.5
43. KWKW (Spanish N/T) 0.4 – 0.4
KWVE (Christian Talk) 0.5 - 0.4
KMZT/fm became KKGO/fm on 2.26
KRBV was KKBT until 12. 29
KKGO-AM switched to Classical on 2.26
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