Airwaves: May 14, 2010
Amidon Takes Mornings
Kim Amidon, half of the immensely popular morning team of Mark and
Kim (formerly heard on KOST 103.5 FM), will take over mornings on The
Wave (94.7 FM) beginning Monday.
Amidon has been doing weekends and fill-ins for a while at The Wave, ever since
her former programmer boss from KOST, Jhani Kaye, was brought in to
program The Wave in January. Since his arrival, Kaye has been tweaking the
sound of the station in an attempt to increase its mass appeal.
Rumors still abound that The Wave will go head to head against KOST sometime
soon, and no doubt this move will fuel them again. But so far, other than a
bit of musical refinement and a slogan change from “smooth jazz: to “smooth
AC,” everything has been about the same.
Amidon spent 22 years waking up Southern Californians listening to KOST, and
has had stints at numerous other stations including KRTH (101.1 FM),
KHJ (930 AM) and KOLA 99.9 FM), among others. At The Wave, she’ll be teamed
with Pat Prescott weekdays from 6 to 9 AM.
As mentioned, Pat Prescott, who has been working the morning shift with Brian
McKnight, will remain in the morning shift and -- along with Amidon -- be counted
among the few female morning duos in major market radio. McKnight will still
join the program on occasion and contribute to other Wave events, but otherwise
he will focus on his numerous other activities.
Readers’ Revenge
Your online listening suggestions:
Tom Atkins of Sherman Oaks: “I’m a big fan of online radio,
having abandoned traditional radio due to its complete lack of any originality.
I prefer to call it the ‘Clear-Channeling of America.’
“The best online radio station(s) by far can be found on 3WK.com, based
in St. Louis, MO. 3WK broadcasts at least two streams, the most interesting of
which is their “underground classic rock” station. Great stuff from
the ‘60s and ‘70s, the majority of which you never knew existed. And
completely commercial free to boot. I listen every day.”
Steve Thompson: “Radio Bop (radiobop.com) has
a large playlist of 1950s-60s rock'n'roll. A sister station, Roots Of Rock
(rootsofrock.us) features pop, country, and R&B hits from the 1940s and
early 1950s. Arguably the world's best oldies station is WLNG, 92.1 FM in Long
Island, New York. They boast a 10,000-song playlist covering four decades
and play thousands of low-charting songs, non-charting songs, and B-sides.
They stream online at wlng.com.”
Steve Propes (former KLON DJ now working with Cerritos College): “Here
are two suggestions. www.wpmd.org at Cerritos College and www.RickItRadio.net
out of Ventura.”
Steve Walsh, Redondo Beach: “I offer up online radio station Indie
103.1. As you know, they went off the air a while ago but continue to broadcast
on line. My favorite show is Retrograde that airs every Saturday from 7 to
9 AM playing “alternative” music from the ‘70s and ‘80s.
It’s a nice way to start off my weekends. www.indie1031.com.”
Anything you want to suggest? Let me know!
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