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To: weegee
I notice that the size of the audience for KPFT is specifically mentioned, but they don't tell you how many people tune in to the various talk shows for KPRC. Just an oversight?

Personal Note: I don't really enjoy KPRC's local talk hosts, Gray and Baker. They just aren't real sharp on their facts, and they seem to be more intent on fomenting controversy than actually discussing and informing.

My favorite local talk host is Mike Richards on KSEV. Although he is unabashedly conservative Republican, he will have opposing views on his show, will listen and respond with respect to views contrary to his own, and then he will give informed commentary.

He has a soothing presence that is remarkable in this age of "shock talk." To me, he is ten times more effective than a Michael Savage or Chris Baker.
3 posted on 03/10/2003 6:03:49 AM PST by Illbay (Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
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To: Illbay
I agree on the "new" KPRC hosts. The old ones moved down the dial to KSEV when they were dismissed so that KPRC could attract a younger (and yet, let politically active) audience. KPRC specifically stated that they didn't want to discuss any boring old state congressional bill numbers etc.

Another decent radio host is Michael Harris on mornings on 1430AM KCOH (Houston's oldest black owned radio station). The man who hosts the show is conservative on a number of issues (and in his support of George W. Bush and his administration) and he gets taken to task for it by some of his callers (but the opposition is much more respectful of this host than they are of Dan Patrick or Jon Matthews).

AIR PERSONALITY / NEWS DIRECTOR Michael Lawerence Harris has been a part of Houston radio since 1972, and a member of the KCOH radio team since 1974. As the host of KCOH's "Person To Person" for more then 20 years, Michael has never been one to avoid the controversial, a stance that has earned respect and popularity across the United States. He serves as the station's News Director and hosts the popular "Gospel Melody Time", named in honor of Rev. W. Leo Daniels and Mrs. Nevarro Harris Daniels, Michael's aunt and uncle. Michael was selected Houston's "TOP JOCK" in an area wide competition sponsored by the Houston Chronicle. He has been recognized and named Best Talk Show Host by the Houston Press newspaper, a Man on the Move, and a Houston Black Achiever. Awards and honors recieved include the Havanah Award from the Houston chapter of the American Jewish Committee, the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award from the NAACP, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Houston Black Alumni Association. He has been part of an overseas media fact finding tour to Isreal, and served on a Justice Department panel studying Black/Asian race relations in Washington D.C. Most of Michael's latest honors are related to his work toward racial unity and understanding. The program "Inside 11" co-hosted and co-created by Harris, won the first NAACP Image Award. Harris was born in Galveston, TX in 1952. Due to his mother's illness, Michael and his brother lived with their grandparents in the small deep east Texas community of Shady Grove Gary. He attended the University of Houston from the fall of 1969 thru the spring of 1973 majoring in Radio and Television. He worked in Scholarships and Financial Aid, was a founding member of the UH Crescendo's and was a member of the Black Student Union. He and his family live in Woodforest West. He attends the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ pastored by his long time friend, Heavyweight Boxing Champion George Foreman. He continues to work with many charitable projects within the Houston Community.

Govenor Rick Perry at the KCOH Radio Station with Michael Harris. Govenor Perry is the the first sitting governor to appear on "Person to Person", answering phone in calls from KCOH listeners.

Michael begins each day at 5:30 AM with the best of modern and classic black gospel music. KCOH "Gospel Melody Time" with Michael Harris inspires, enlightens and entertains until 8 AM. Then it's time to talk.

I have not listened to the show much of late although I have turned it on. I couldn't tell you his current position on the war but I was not hearing a lot of antiwar rhetoric when I did turn it on last month.

7 posted on 03/10/2003 2:50:25 PM PST by weegee
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