Kevin M. (RPCV)
On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 4:08 PM Steve Timko wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 10:41 AM Tom Wolper wrote:
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>> Podcasts always have a rough beginning unless the host comes from radio.
>> Over time the host learns how to structure episodes and keep an audience in
>> mind. Or els
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 10:41 AM Tom Wolper wrote:
> Podcasts always have a rough beginning unless the host comes from radio.
> Over time the host learns how to structure episodes and keep an audience in
> mind. Or else they give it up. Since there are minimal start up costs and
> no exit costs for
I read his book years ago and found it very entertaining, although a bit
annoying to read because he used fake call letters for all the radio stations,
and fake names for pretty much everyone (understandable in particular because
of things he said about most of the corporate folks he worked with
Jim Ladd was integral to my childhood, and continued to be a fixture of my
adult life as well. I was a young KMET (“little bit of heaven, 94.7, KMET …
tweedle dee”) listener and remember the pain when they became “The Wave”. I
remember the joy of rediscovering him on KLOS, and then the pain returne
In an over 50-year career in radio, most of it at album rock stations in
Los Angeles, Jim Ladd fought to be able to play the music he liked when he
wanted to as album rock radio moved away from its pioneering "free form"
days to tighter researched playlists, often going head-to-head with his
bo
The martial arts drama ran for two years starting in 2019 on Cinemax, but
was a victim of that channel getting out of original programming, got
picked up for a third season on Max when it was still HBO Max before the
Warners/Discovery merger and now has been canned again--but starting in
Februa
While there was a case to be made for having a more diverse host (Laura
Coates, Alex's personal choice, comes to mind; I never bought into the
notion of having LeVar Burton succeed Alex - it just wasn't a good fit), I
think there's a large segment of the Jeopardy audience who wanted Ken to
host
