Radio AM to FM: November 5,
2004
Green Acres Calling
Veteran Los Angeles newsman Ken Gallacher, who was the news
voice of KFI's Bill Handel program for the
last 11 years, hung up his headphones last Friday and will move on to greener
pastures. Literally.
Green Acres is where he's heading, via an 11 acre farm in Virginia complete
with horses and goats.
As part of a special going away broadcast, Handel producer/sidekick Paul
T. Wall put together a montage of some of his work. If you missed it,
you can find it on the Bill Handel page of KFI's web site, www.kfi640.com.
Short Takes
The story at Don Barrett's laradio.com began: "Technical
difficulties on yesterday's Jamie & Danny KYSR show were
so bad it was almost unlistenable." Apparently there was a problem getting
the equipment to work correctly as the duo broadcast from the top of a Las Vegas
hotel.
So this time, apparently, it wasn't the hosts that made the show unlistenable
as per usual. Any chance they could stay in Vegas? Permanently? Without the
equipment to do a remote?
The transistor radio turned 50 on October 18. Hitting
the shelves at a price of $49.95, the Regency TR-1 ran for 20 hours on a 22
volt battery.
Correction
An editing snafu caused a bit of confusion in this column two weeks ago. While
reporting on the ratings, a sentence was changed to make it appear that Johnny
B (Jonathon Brandmeier) was hired by KLOS. Obviously
that is not the case. What I was trying to point out was that the hiring of
Johnny B by Arrow 93 apparently helped out KLOS, as Arrow's
ratings tanked after the hire making KLOS the top classic rock station in Los
Angeles.
I apologize for the confusion.
Mail Bag
I received a few letters regarding my comment that I now listen to KZLA.
Reader Linda Elliot was typical in her email:
I can't tell you how excited I was to see that your new favorite music station
is KZLA, I am a faithful listener of KZLA and wrote to you years
ago when Peter Tilden joined and then again when Sean Parr disappeared (later
found out he was fired then rehired). I read your column every week in
hopes of seeing something about the things happening on KZLA (like when the
wives and husbands were the DJ's for April Fools Day).
I am glad that you finally got some good taste and am joining us country western
fans.
I forwarded the email to my wife, Jean, who still makes fun of me.
Play Thing
What happens when two emotionally disconnected men are chained to a post with
an endless amount of time stretching before them? Find out when KPCC's (89.3
FM) The Plays the Thing presents Hotel Oubliette tomorrow
night at 10:00.
Written by Jane Anderson, the play stars Edward Asner,
Marsha Mason and Arye Gross.
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Copyright © 2004 Richard Wagoner and The Copley Press.
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