Radio AM to FM: October 3, 2003
Bell Back Again
How can I miss you when you won't go away?: Art Bell has returned
to the airwaves. Again. Unfortunately.
No one knows exactly why.
The master of retiring under really strange conditions only to return to bother
us again and again, Bell is back on the show he made famous for a new weekend
edition of Coast to Coast AM, which airs locally on KFI
(640 AM) nightly from 10 PM to 5 AM. This time he's only on the weekend edition;
George Noory still takes the microphone during the week.
This means that the Twilight Zone Theater, which formerly aired in
the Coast to Coast AM Sunday night/Monday morning slot, is history. Too bad;
There was great potential in that show.
Bell has retired from his show more times than some people change their underwear.
Last time it supposedly had something to do with back problems, and most certainly
had nothing to do with the fact that future and current full-time host George
Noory consistently earned higher ratings. Sure.
Short Takes
Fans of WLS/Chicago now have a place to call their own:
www.wlshistory.com. Covering the 1920s through today, it is a nicely detailed
chronology of one of Chicago's legends.
Did you know: when KIIS-FM (102.7) was good, back in
the 1980s, the jingles were based off of the classic WLS jingles of the 1970s?
One of the most popular hours in Los Angeles radio is the KNX
(1070 AM) Drama Hour, which airs nightly at 9 PM. But does it fit with the new
version of KNX that is still in development in the mind of new programming VP
David G. Hall?
Speaking of David G. Hall, he's been one of the characters on KFI's Phil
Hendrie program, which airs from 7 - 10 PM weeknights. Now that Hall
works for the competition, will Hendrie still feature his character as "the
boss" on the program? Comments on laradio.com say that he will.
Speaking of Phil Hendrie, can his show keep going on when people discover
that every voice on the show is actually his? Or are there just too many stupid
people in the world for that to happen? Regardless, the show is at times a riot.
One of the best radio shows anywhere.
Yes that really was Harry Shearer on KABC's (790 AM)
Ask Mr. KABC show the other day. An example of another of radio's best
programs, by the way ... 9 PM to 12 AM.
A casual, witty evening among friends is transformed by a seance that
conjures the ghost of the host's first wife ... who delights in wreaking havoc
... on Blithe Spirit, airing on KPCC's (89.3 FM) The Plays
the Thing, Saturday from 8 - 10 PM.
Kind of sounds like a story for Art Bell ...
Book Signing
KRLA's (870 AM) Laura Ingraham will be at
the Del Amo Fashion Square in Torrance on October 6th to sign and promote her
new book, "Shut Up and Sing: How the Elites in Hollywood, Politics and
the UN are Subverting America."
She'll be at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore from 7 to 9 PM; Del Amo's address
is 21400 Hawthorne Blvd.
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Copyright © 2003 Richard Wagoner and The Copley Press.
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