Some of the comments about Dave from those who voted for him: 

• "Yes, programming an Oldies station can be easy. Beasing is on top of everything, is humble, cares enough to answer emails from listeners personally, knows what all other stations are doing, supports his staff and makes sure The Sound doesn't get stale."

• "Beasing's model: You take a station and do Radio the way it's supposed to be done. Partly by taking cast-offs, that 'corporate' deemed expendable from a competitor's station, a competitor whose ass he is currently kicking."

• "Steering The Sound in the right direction. The station plays my favorite Southern California Classic Hits."

• "Dave has left KLOS and other competitors in the dust with thoughtful music adjustment and the addition of Mark Thompson to mornings."

• "Dave is steadily improving the ratings, allowing the talent to have a nice degree of freedom and wonderful spontaneous events, like the tribute to B.B. King, which began just moments after his death was announced. A lot of thought and skill goes into that station."

• "Tries his best to program creatively in a PPM world."

• "A good guy getting good results."

• "One of the few programmers who seems to still understand radio. Answers letters from listeners personally."

• "Dave has been a successful programmer and consultant. Despite being up against demographics and having a standalone station, he has done something KMET was never able to do - beat KLOS.'

• "If I ever had the chance, I'd like to work for Dave Beasing. You get the feeling that Beasing actually trusts his on-air talent, something that is sadly rare in local radio."

• "He's made a commitment to the audience."

• “A steady programming hand. He understands the market.”

Memories Of Southern California Radio. Subscribers were offered an opportunity to share some memories of listening to the radio in LA. Larry Hart of Sherman Oaks shares his memories:

Some days ago, when I heard your site was finishing its run, I thought “again?” Seems like the third time for a bad April Fool’s joke. But as someone who really enjoys listening to stations making format changes, you never know what will be in the next day’s headlines, including what’s happening with LARadio.com. 

When I arrived here from New Jersey in the 1970s, I noticed how much more Top 40 there was on the AM band here, versus WABC and WNBC in New York. We had KFI, KHJ, and KTNQ, plus KRLA mixing Top 40 and Oldies. I sure wish I’d made an aircheck of the screaming 1190, KEZY from Orange County, I didn’t know the station would later turn to an AOR format later in the year. There were two soul stations, KDAY and KGFJ / KKTT, the latter was certainly interesting. 

As for news and talk, I did have some issues with KNX omitting some live coverage from the CBS Radio Network, though they were certainly a dependable station. At least the station offered a complete weather forecast at :06 and :31 past the hour, and George Walsh would report on the nation’s temperature extremes every night at 10:06.