Airwaves: July 8, 2011
Summer Concerts from The Sound
The Sound (100.3 FM) and the County of Los Angeles Parks Association have teamed
up to present the 2011 Summer Concert Series at Pershing Square in Downtown
Los Angeles.
The series kicks off Saturday July 16th with A Flock of Seagulls and concludes
August 20th with the English Beat; along the way you can hear performances
by The Romantics and 10,000 Maniacs, The Untouchables and more. The concerts
are free and begin each Saturday night at 8 PM.
Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket and enjoy the music under the
stars along with other festivities. The concert lawn opens to the public at
7:30. Check out www.thesoundla.com. This, by the what, is what real local radio
does.
Race to Hawaii
Sirius/XM talk diva Dr. Laura Schlessenger is on her way to Hawaii aboard a
racing sailboat this week as she participates is Transpac 2011.
This is her first ocean race. And not a shabby one either: over 2000 nautical
miles from California to Hawaii. Shell be at the helm of her boat Katana,
along with eight crew members. Along the way she promises to update listeners
directly from the boat, assuming the weather and satellites cooperate, using
a satellite telephone. Of course she wont be taking listener calls directly;
the show (heard locally on Channel 107 11 AM to 3 PM) will be airing Best
Of shows until July 18th when she begins live broadcasts directly, albeit
temporarily, from Hawaii.
I like Dr. Laura ... shes not part of my talk-show avoidance policy.
The best part of her show is trying to figure out why some people call in when
they have to know already what she is going to say. Almost as much fun as hearing
people argue with the fake guests on Phil Hendries show (locally on KTLK
1150 AM, 10 PM to 1 AM).
Letter Bag
I enjoy reading your column in the Star News. My husband used to listen
to Lohman and Barkley and Ken and Bob in the morning. Now he just listens to
the politically-charged stations which do not get the day off to a happy beginning.
Do you know of any stations that have a light comedy approach each day? --
Nancy Sele, email
Funny that your email happened to come today. And believe me, I feel your pain
... that is why I have given up (most) talk shows myself for personal listening.
I just cannot stand the misleading statements being presented as facts just
to garner ratings. My afternoons in particular are far more pleasant now that
I avoid such shows.
Anyway, this morning I happened to tune in to KLOS (95.5 FM). Mark and Brian,
who have been waking Los Angeles since the Truman administration (slight exaggeration,
it was actually September of 1987) had the closest thing to gentle humor that
I have heard outside of Perry and Price in Hawaii. Topics ran from a trivia
game show to people calling in with wedding mishaps.
None of it was raunchy, none was insulting. All that I heard was in good clean
fun. And I say that with a bit of humbleness ... I never really was a fan in
the past, having a mindset that I should be hearing music and news in the morning;
perhaps I never gave them enough of a chance. I did find their promotional
bits hilariuos, though, including one which got them into a lot of trouble
years ago.
If you dont mind a show that is perhaps a bit more pop-oriented than
what you are probably used to, you might check it out. And be sure to let me
know what you think. They can be found on the classic rock station from 5 AM
to 10 AM.
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