Quoting Williams:

Stern, Leykis, Carolla = radio improved when they left it. They're all yesterday's news. No right-wing bore fests, but a host who knows topical, local issues. It's not asking so much.

I hope you're not trying to sell the notion that the guys named were "right wing"!!! That would be too hysterically over the top. I CAN agree that a local issue oriented host would be nice.

Stern, Leykis, Carolla = radio improved when they left it. They're all yesterday's news. No right-wing bore fests, but a host who knows topical, local issues. It's not asking so much.

KABC needs to go younger and get more edge. Leykis?? Maybe in 1989. In this day and age, you need to attract over the air listeners, podcast junkies and stream listeners. One guy who is def taking it in a new direction is Brett Winterble (sp?) at the Covert Radio Show, edgy and ahead of the news curve and oh yeah, he isn't 65+

This is a sham! The Dodgers are going to be on KABC for the next 55 days and currently the Dodgers are playing horribly.Which means even less people will tune into KABC,which gives the programming guru's an out when the next ratings are released

Moore and Silver have proved they can make good radio and hit the demo's advertisers want to buy. What I would like to see is to move HF&F to afternoons, put the real and original Michael Jackson back on 9 to noon, and Leykis in afternoon drive.

I am not sure why I am giving this great free advice because the desert nomad (Suleman) stole my equity in the company and gave it to JPM Chase.

I love Don's corner of the net.

Adam Carolla has recently been noting Jack Silver's programming instincts from his 3+ years at KLSX. Adam, Teresa and Bald Brian all remember Jack Silver telling them to avoid Joel McHale as a guest, and that Zach Galifiniakis was "not funny."

Two of the biggest names in comedy today, McHale is playing Carnegie Hall soon with his standup act, and his TV series is a smash hit. Zach took off in "The Hangover" and is co-starring in the upcoming "Due Date" with Robert Downey, Jr. So, there is the evidence of Silver's "programming instincts."

I don't remember a smarter Leykis, though the concept sounds interesting. The only Leykis I know is the one of cartoonish bravado on-air and while I certainly understand the format- I studied under Sabo, too- unless they're planning on making KABC the new KLSX,that Leykis wont fit. I heard Jack Silver called a lot of things in the 5 years I worked at KLSX and yes, 'genius' was one of them. Sure, there was a parade of brokered weekend programming (I used to joke about having a cyanide tablet that I would consider taking when I was working on one of the more awful infomercials. Toward the end of my tenure at KLSX, I wore a cyanide tablet candy necklace) but it's hard to turn away money when every plastic surgeon who performs breast enlargements also thinks he'd be good on the air and is waving a check. I will be watching the countdown clock to see if "That’s when you will say, what a difference KABC has made” was a prophetic statement or just an oddly constructed sentence.

Being just a consumer of LA radio and not employed within it, I know my thoughts are worth less than two cents. But, here they are for both Mr. Moore and other LA radio programmers. Live is better than tape EVERY time. That is the problem with the late afternoon programming on KRLA. It is 10+ hours old when presented and the world can and will change in the middle. Next, local is better than national programming. There is a place for it, but keep it local and it become more applicable to the listener. Finally, place entertainers on the radio. Whether is be a talk show host that is engaging and/or presents engaging guests or has such a great personality that does not allow the listener to push the next button. I have the opportunity to listen to XM with its limited good personalities. Present something that is "must listen to radio" so that I want to stay in the car and listen.

Yes, let's see if Jack Silver comes up with some creative programming--i.e., NOT Tom Leykis! Having him on KABC would be the final nail in the coffin. KABC was a powerhouse from the late '60s through the mid-1990s because of its intelligence and the diversity of topics that were covered. It has gone downhill over the past ten years because it covers nothing but politics, and that only from the right-wing perspective. (Add to that the immaturity of the shrieking Mark Levin and the smirking FH&F and John Phillips.) I talked to Ray Briem about a year ago, and he said, "KABC was always in the top five in the ratings--and now they're 26th! 26th!!" Wonder what he'd say about the latest ratings, now that they're 29th?