John Ziegler, who held early evenings at the Southland mega- talker until November, has created The Real KFI to "share my version of the truth" about "the fraudulent nature of the local talk show hosts at the number one talk station in America."
Posted on 01/10/2008 12:15:38 PM PST by CaliGangsta
It’s a shame Zig is truly done now, I really liked listening to his show.
Still, if this helps to bring down Kobylt and Handel by exposing them for the scumbags they apparently are, it’s worth it.
Although I do not agree with Zig on everything, he is a decent sort, and John&Ken have seemed to be more and more in recent times swarmy opportunists
LOL - great read for talk radio junkies
John & Ken got blown out of conservative San Francisco KSFO radio a few years ago as political conservative frauds after a couple of months IIRC.
Listeners were starting to threaten open revolt & demonstrations before management finally cut the cord.
I lived in SoCal from 2000 to 2006, covering the banning and return of J&K, and the coming of Ziegler to late night and then PMs. I was a big fan of both shows, this should be interesting to read. I hope Ziegler lands on his feet in another market.
But, there are worse radio companies out there.
I use to live in the Boston area, and the quality of their radio has fallen substantially.
Again, from reading the blogs, etc., since they fired people that knew how to cover the local scene, the home office management told them to do more local stories, but all the professional radio people have moved on, and so they're reduced to hiring print journalists that may or may not be a fit for radio.
For the most part, me too. It's been clear to me for quite some time now that Handel and Kobylt are, at their core, nothing more than messianic, backstabbing, declasse scum and racist bigots who have somehow managed to find their way in the talk radio business and make a go of it. Zig is well to be away from them.
ping
He wrote, “One of the most frustrating aspects of the job was that the better (more memorable) a show I did, the more likelihood there was that I would get in trouble for having done it.”
That’s very common, especially in government where I work. If you excel, it makes others look bad and that’s not always a career-enhancing situation.
Thank you, this is an amazing link!
I’m on the list too, and I didn’t get it either!
Could it be a technical problem??
I did find out this, though because I have
google alerts for news events I like to
keep up on, and the link to this came up!!
With Hillary Clinton running for president,
we are going to see a lot of Good People dealing
with evil people feeling empowered!!
Much gratitude to JZ for speaking out.
I know this is wild, but I wish our Presient would
do the same thing, go to the Senate, and slap Hillary
Clinton and tell everyone what an Evil Enemy she is to
this nation!!
Evil just lives and grows and noone has the guts
to say THERE IS EVIL!!!
Evil is real.
God is real.
If God wasn’t real,
Evil wouldn’t try so hard.
I used to listen to the John and Ken Show here in the Philly area when they were at New Jersey 101.5 during the Jim Florio administration (circa 1990). They were instrumental in promoting the “Hands Across New Jersey” protest of Florio’s massive tax hikes and ultimately getting Florio defeated after a single term.
They’ve been gone from here for a long time, and I have no idea what’s going on at KFI (I take it that’s in Los Angeles?) but it sounds like they got a little big for their britches.
JOHN ZIEGLER RETURNING TO THE AIRWAVES!!
http://www.johnziegler.com/news.php?a_id=168
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
JZ to return to LA airwaves on January 14th
Story John Ziegler will return to the Los Angeles radio airwaves on Monday January 14th. Ziegler will be doing short commentaries that will be heard at 7:20 am and 4:20 pm on KGIL 1260 AM (Los Angeles) and 540 AM(Orange/San Diego Counties). The commentaries will be heard each week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and are made possible by Mostly Windows and Doors (www.mostlywindowanddoors.com).
The commentaries will also be placed on the KGIL website, which is linked below.
Man of Guts... That’s John Ziegler!
In another day and time,
this man would be leading the
Patriots against the British in
the American Revolution!!
It takes only a few to speak out to
say that wrong is happening.
It takes only the brave to speak out
and say Enough is Enough!!
John Ziegler: Totally COOL!!!!!
John Ziegler fires at 'John & Ken'
John Ziegler didn't just go away at KFI. He went away mad. Ziegler has put up a website called The Real KFI "dedicated to telling the totally true story of John Ziegler's experience at KFI in Los Angeles." He says this probably means ...
LA Observed - http://www.laobserved.com/
Former Talk Radio Host Dishes Dirt
By BoscoH
LA talk radio afficienados might be interested in former KFI host John Ziegler’s exposé of the “freaks, fakes, frauds, and phonies” that make that popular station work. Don’t miss this incredibly funny clip of short, bald, tummy stapled ...
Truemors - http://truemors.com
Guilty Pleasure Link of the Day
John Ziegler, outgoing KFI talk show host, followed this advice. He doesn't have anything nice to say about KFI's John and Ken -- and he says it here. (Via Roderick.) There's nothing particularly edifying ...
Patterico's Pontifications - http://patterico.com
Radio: John Ziegler gets real
By cydoniax(cydoniax)
John Ziegler is mad at KFI. Mad enough to start his own website called The Real KFI designed to put out John's truth of what happened while he was at KFI. The website contains 4 pages of John's story (with audio clips) of his time at ...
SoCal Media Scoop - http://socalmediascoop.blogspot.com/
What fun! I liked reading that John Kobylt’s wife is pudgy!
Radio is more interesting with these visuals!! :)
John Ziegler is the BEST! His truthful take on news events, both local and national is real. Not canned, not for ratings. He is Everyman, but with intelligence and also humor.
His “Here’s what happened” site is great. I appreciate knowing all the dirt that KFI did to him.
View the movie The Foundationhead, and John Ziegler is Cary Cooper, for sure!!!
The world celebrates the mediocre, but it’s the true talent that gets the shaff.
Ziegler is TRUE Talent… on Loan from God!
re: last post: See movie “The Fountainhead”
A great movie staring Gary Cooper!
A prototype for John Ziegler!
Former KFI Host Launches Site Critical Of Station Management
By Brian Maloney(Brian Maloney)
John Ziegler, who held early evenings at the Southland mega- talker until November, has created The Real KFI to "share my version of the truth" about "the fraudulent nature of the local talk show hosts at the number one talk station in ...
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney - http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/
KFI DJ ABANDONS STATION, SHIT TALKS
By Kevin Ferguson
John Ziegler (the one that isn’t friends with Ken, and possibly an estranged uncle to our music editor?) has left KFI and started a blog/manifesto web page where he blames that other John for all of his problems, calls Bill Handel a ...
The District Weekly - http://thedistrictweekly.com
John Ziegler, who held early evenings at the Southland mega- talker until November, has created The Real KFI to "share my version of the truth" about "the fraudulent nature of the local talk show hosts at the number one talk station in America."
I’m on his mailing list too and found it quite interesting. I did have trouble getting page 3, did you?
I didn’t get anything through his mailing list,
not sure he sent it out!
BUT, the news is HOT on the internet and his
site has a lot of traffic!
He will also be on the Radio again 1/14...
info at Post 32 above:
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