Los Angeles (L.A.), CA - Radio - Best of

Best of what's on L.A.'s intelligent talk radio stations. Bold will indicate my picks. The others are options. Do check the stations' web schedules for other shows you may like and for good shows I may have missed. Some listing are just here cause the station doesn't have a schedule or a site yet. More as time allows. Please leave your comments on the message board from MENU. Also, see Favorites for other shows. Red marks newer changes.

For tips on recording shows, even how to use your VCR, see members.tripod.com/~chinesecookery/radio-info/hardware.html. Mr. Gadget has a VCR recording page at www.mrgadget.com/flash/recordradio.html. The Reel Talk recorder web site did not respond and may be gone.

Consumer (Protection) Shows, Best of - Which shows belong on this list? That's the question. Working. Many show are national and are on other stations also. San Diego stations include KFMB (strong) and KSDO (weak - daylight only). This excludes most finicial, gardening, pet, auto, medical, repair, tech, food/restaurant, etc. shows which are/will be elsewhere.

Monday - Friday:

2p-4p - 1130 KSDO AM - "Troubleshooter Tom Martino" www.troubleshooter.com/
3p-4p - 570 KLAC AM - Dr. Dean Edell - Health www.healthcentral.com
4p-7p - 570 KLAC AM - Clark Howard www.clarkhoward.com
10p-11p - 760 KFMB AM - Clark Howard www.clarkhoward.com

Saturday:

6a-9a - 640 KFI AM - Bill Handel on the Law 207.230.151.178/hosts.html
10a-11a - 870 KRLA AM - "Legal Challenges" www.newstalk870krla.com/
2p-3p - 870 KRLA AM - Judd McIlvain www.tvtroubleshooter.com Sat & Sun

2p-4p - 640 KFI AM - Ben Dover (new in L.A.) 207.230.151.178/hosts.html
3p-4p - 760 KFMB AM - "Legal Inpact with Jeff Isaac" www.legalimpact.com/
6p-7p - 1130 KSDO AM - Dr. Dean Edell - Health www.healthcentral.com

Sunday:

3a-5a - 640 KFI AM - Clark Howard www.clarkhoward.com
10a-11a - 1130 KSDO AM - Dr. Dean Edell - Health www.healthcentral.com
2p-3p - 870 KRLA AM - Judd McIlvain www.tvtroubleshooter.com Sat & Sun New Day
2p-4p - 760 KFMB AM - "Legal Inpact with Jeff Isaac" www.legalimpact.com/
4p-7p - 1130 KSDO AM - Dr. Dean Edell - Health www.healthcentral.com
4:25p (about) - 1070 KNX AM - Consumer News with Jackye Shaun www.knx1070.com/program/features.html

Old Radio Shows, Best of - KFMB's ( www.760kfmb.com/schedule/schedule.shtml) Imagination Theatre (www.transmediasf.com/imag.html) has a variable schedule, especially late Sun & early Mon.

Monday:

?midn-3a? - KFMB 760 AM (San Diego) - Imagination Theatre

Monday - Sunday:

KNX Drama Hour, KNX 1070 AM. Shows (except Hall of Fame Radio Hour) repeat at 2-3a the next day. Schedules change 1/1/xx & 7/1/xx. See www.knx1070.com/program/drama.html for show descriptions, show facts, and online broadcasts. + marks my picks. Revised 1/2002.

Monday: 9p "Gunsmoke" + - 9:30p "Tales Of The Texas Rangers"
Tuesday: 9p "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" + - 9:30p "Dragnet"
Wednesday: 9p "The Six Shooter", 9:30p "Dimension X" +
Thursday: 9p "The Whistler" + - 9:30p "The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe" +
Friday: 9p "Suspense" + - 9:30p "Lights Out" +
Saturday: 9p "The Jack Benny Program" - 9:30p "Red Skelton Show" - 10-11p KNX Drama Hour double bill +?
Sunday: 9-10p "Lux Radio Theater"

Tuesday (first of the month): == New Item ==

Midn-3a - KPFK 90.7 FM - Bobb Lynes & Barbara Sunday - www.kpfk.org. See 8/5/01 Flash. www.zbs.org/ could follow.
Saturday:

2a-5a - KFMB 760 AM (San Diego) - Imagination Theatre

Sunday:

2a-4a - KFMB 760 AM (San Diego) - Imagination Theatre
noon-?2:30p - KCSN 88.5 FM - "Don't Touch that Dial" with John & Larry Gassman members.aol.com/radiolog/gassman.html .
?10p-11p? - KFMB 760 AM (San Diego) - Imagination Theatre

Bobb & Barbara Return:

Bobb Lynes with Barbara Sunday did "Don't Touch that Dial" which started 5/1974 on 88.5 KCSN FM and into 2001. Now See Tuesday, the first of the month.

Links:

www.sperdvac.org/ . . The Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy.
www.old-time.com/ . . too much stuff about old radio shows.
www.whenradiowas.com/ . . When Radio Was, sometimes on local stations, don't go by their list.
www.mtr.org/ . . Museum of Television and Radio, in L.A. and NY.
www.zbs.org/ . . See Tues midn-3a KPFK == New Link ==.

Restaurant/Cooking/Food Shows, Best of -

Monday - Sunday:

Hot Dish! with Chefs Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger www.millikenandfeniger.com/ on KFWB 980 AM. At kfwb.com/ on the lower left click on 'Hot Dish' for archives, recipes, email, and a link to their site. Show schedule is listed as: == New Item ==

Mon - Fri: 10:53 am, 2:53 pm, & 11:28 pm
Sat: 7:28 am, 4:28 pm, & 11:28 pm
Sun: 8:53 am, 12:53 pm, 4:28 pm, & 11:28 pm

Cooking - Narsai David - KCBS 740 AM (San Francisco, nights only) 740 KCBS AM - His site www.narsai.com/. == New Item ==

Mon - Fri: 10:53a, 12:53p, 2:53p, 7:53p, & 8:53p
Tue - Sat: 1:53a
Sat: 10:53a, 11:53a, 3:53p, & 4:53p
Sun: 2:53a, 12:53p, 2:53p, 6:53p

Monday - Friday:

11:25a (about) - KNX 1070 AM - Food - "Food News Notebook" - www.knx1070.com/program/features.html and www.knx1070.com/knxrecipes/ - Prominent L.A chefs with tips on menu preparation, presentation, and innovation.

Wednesday:

9p-?? - KRLA 870 AM - "Go Vegan With Bob Linden" - site at www.goveganradio.com == New day/time ==.

Saturday:

11a-noon - KCRW 89.9 FM - Food - "Good Food" - KCRW
11a-2p - KFI 640 AM - Food - Melinda Lee www.kfi640.com/ (Sat & Sun) == New Time ==
3p-5p - KRLA 870 AM - Restaurants - The Good Life Report with Elmer Dills - www.elmerdills.com/ (Sat & Sun)
4p-6p - KABC 790 AM - Restaurants - Mario Martinoli "The KABC Restaurant Show" - KABC
5p-7p - KLSX 97.1 FM - Restaurants - Feed your Face with Merrill Shindler - KLSX (Sat & Sun)
6p-7p - KFMB 760 AM - Wine/Food - Whitley on Wine - www.whitleyonwine.com/

Sunday

noon-2p - KFI 640 AM - Food - Melinda Lee - www.kfi640.com/ (Sat & Sun) == New Time ==
2p-3p - KPCC 89.3 FM - Food - The Splendid Table - www.splendidtable.org/ (repeat at 9p)
3p-5p - KRLA 870 AM - Restaurants - The Good Life Report with Elmer Dills - www.elmerdills.com/ (Sat & Sun)
5p-6p - KRLA 870 AM - Food - Chef Talk with Chef Jamie Gwen - www.chefjamie.com/
5p-7p - KLSX 97.1 FM - Restaurants - Feed your Face with Merrill Shindler - KLSX (Sat & Sun)
9p-10p - KPCC 89.3 FM - Food - The Splendid Table - www.splendidtable.org/ (repeat of 2p)

Computer/Internet Shows, Best of - Tired of the annoying Jeff Levy computer show? There are others. KPLS schedule is very unstable - KSDO is weak - KNX times are approximate and see www.knx1070.com/program/features.html.

Monday - Friday:

2p-3p - KNX 1070 AM - News - KNX High Tech Hour - some computer info - www.bizradionetwork.com/HighTech.htm

Mon - Fri & Sat - KNX 1070 AM - News - "ChipTalk" - www.daveross.com/:

Mon - Fri: 4:55p
Mon: 11:25p
Wed: 11:25p
Thu: 11:25p
Sat: 4:25a

Mon, Sat, Sun - KNX 1070 AM - Best Sites - "HEREontheWEB" - www.hereontheweb.com/ (it crashed NS?):

Mon: 3:55a
Sat: 5:25a, 1:55p, 5:25p, 7:25p
Sun: 5:25a, 1:55p, 5:25p, 11:55p
Saturday:

?7a-10a - KPLS 830 AM - ?Kim Komando computer show www.komando.com/
9a-11a - KFI 640 AM - Jeff Levy www.jefflevy.com/ Added Sat show 12/01.

10a-11a - KPFK 90.7 FM - "Digital Village" www.digitalvillage.org/home.html

10a or 11a-noon? - KPLS 830 AM - Net Talk Interactive www.ntiradio.com/
10a-12:45p - KABC 790 AM - the Marck brothers www.kabc.com/showdj.asp?DJID=3668.
noon-2p - KFMB 760 AM (San Diego) - Larry Piland www.760kfmb.com/ (Sat & Sun)
Gone? 4p-5p - KFMB 760 AM - The Internet show - www.760kfmb.com/
8p-11p - KSDO 1130 AM - Kim Komando Computer Show - See 6/10.1/01 Flash - www.komando.com/
9p-10p - KPLS 830 AM - Net Talk Interactive www.ntiradio.com/

Sunday:

Gone by 1/02? 5a-7a - KFI 640 AM - Kevin Mitnick's "Dark Side of the Internet" www.freekevin.com/ == New Time, was 6-7p ==
6a-7a - KMZT 105.1 FM - Speaker - could be computer info?? - www.commonwealthclub.org/
9a-noon - KFI 640 AM - Jeff Levy www.jefflevy.com/

noon-2p - KFMB 760 AM (San Diego) - Larry Piland www.760kfmb.com/ (Sat & Sun)
Gone 2/02 - noon-2p - KRLA 870 AM - 'Earthlink' radio.earthlink.net/ - shows are archived on site. 1-800-392-7447.

6-6:30p - KFI 640 AM - Karel's Apple computer 'show'. Apple talk and maybe a guest. See 2/20.3/02 Flash for link.
Gone?

"Beyond Computers." Check www.beyondcomputers.org/ for archived shows.
Kim Komando was on KLSX; may be on KEWS, etc.? www.komando.com/

Also, David Radin had a show www.insiderradio.com/

L.A. Radio People, Best of 2001 - Don Barrett at www.laradio.com got 50 people who are active in L.A. radio to vote for the best on-air and off-air personalities. Number 10 was released 6/13/01, and he'll drag out the other results over the summer. Finished 9/19/01. Are my comments.

On-Air:

  1. Howard Stern - KLSX mornings - 'kid' stuff
  2. Kevin & Bean - KROQ ?
  3. Steve Harvey - KKBT Mornings - unheard.
  4. Phil Hendrie - M-F 7-10p KFI - Why? What?
  5. Rick Dees - KIIS Mornings - Who?.
  6. Ryan Seacrest - KYSR - unheard dj.
  7. Vin Scully - L.A. Dodgers sportscaster - unheard sportscaster.
  8. Chuck Hearn - KLAC 570 AM - unheard sportscaster.
  9. Tom Leykis - M-F 3-9p KLSX 97.1 FM - Mr. Sleaze, Jr.
10. Dennis Prager - M-F 9a-noon KRLA 870 AM - dry talk. Temp repeat 5p-7p?
Off-Air:

  1. Kevin Weatherly - KROQ PD
  2. George Nicholaw - KNX what?
  3. Roy Laughlin - oversees all eight Clear Channel stations around L.A.
  4. David G. Hall - KFI/KLAC/KXTA pd - Mostly starts good talk shows.
  5. Rita Wilde - KLOS pd - unheard pd.
  6. Val Maki - KPWR & KZLA gm - unheard gm.
  7. Tim Pohlman - Infinity VP of sales - Yawn.
  8. Jhani Kaye - KOST/KBIG/? pd - do pd's pick music??
  9. Howard Hoffman - KABC - production director/imaging voice??
10. Jack Silver - KLSX pd - brought sleaze to L.A. FM radio.

L.A. Talk Hosts - L.A.'s Top 39 per Arbitron from about 4/2001. [ ] and are my comments.

L.A. Talk Radio Host Numbers - Winter 2001 Los Angeles talk radio adults 25-54 AQH [average quarter hour] persons:

1) HOWARD STERN (KLSX) 64,200 [listeners] - I don't get it

2) TOM LEYKIS (KLSX) 47,600 - I don't get it

3) RUSH LIMBAUGH (KFI) 46,900 - after 10 minutes it hurts

4) DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER (KFI) 43,000 - why? for whom?

5) CLARK HOWARD (KFI) 42,300 - very good

6) LARRY ELDER (KABC) 30,400 - ok but goes on and on

7) BILL HANDEL (KFI) 30,000 - best morning show

8) PHIL HENDRIE (KFI) 29,700 - I don't get it

9) FROSTY, HEIDI & FRANK (KLSX) 25,100 - I don't get it

10) GLORIA ALLRED & MARK TAYLOR (KABC) 23,900 - why?

11) SAM RUBIN (KLSX) 22,600 - Stern without the 'class'

12) DENNIS PRAGER (KRLA) 21,000 - ok - dry talk

13) AL RANTEL (KABC) 19,400

14) LOOSE CANNONS (XTRA) 16,100 sports

14) JIM ROME (KXTA) 16,100 sports
16) MICHAEL MEDVED (KRLA) 16,000 - only heard once - planet of origin unknown

17) TOM LEYKIS REPLAY 7-8 PM (KLSX) 14,300 - why?

18) BILLY RAY SMITH (XTRA) 12,300 sports

19) HUGH HEWITT (KRLA) 12,400 - ok

20) ART BELL (KFI) 10,900 - best 10p-2a talk, but depends on topic

21) JIM ROME (XTRA) 10,300 sports

21) DAVE WILLIAMS & AMY LEWIS (KABC) 10,300

23) LEE HAMILTON (XTRA) 10,200 sports

24) KAREL & ANDREW (KFI) 9,400 - gone 4/27/01 and missed already

25) TIM & NEIL (KFI) 7,300 - why? - most 'him & him' shows are a waste of time

26) GEORGE PUTNAM (KRLA) 7,200 - can get nasty & dumb

27) DR. TONI GRANT (KABC) 5,800

28) MR. KABC (KABC) 5,700 - fair, not much content

29) KILEY & BOOMS (KXTA) 5,500 sports

30) ARNIE SPANIER(KXTA) 5,400 sports

30) LOONEY & DAVE (KXTA) 5,400 - Tomm Looney now works for Clear Channel and keeps radio stuff to himself. Sports

32) CONWAY & STECKLER (KLSX) 5,200 - ok with good interview

33) DAN PATRICK (KSPN) 4,500 sports

34) TONY KORNHEISER (KSPN) 3,700 sports

35) JOE MCDONNELL & DOUG KRIKORIAN (KSPN) 3,400 sports

36) LARRY MARINO (KRLA) 3,300 - good for local stuff. 5/21/01? - now news director, lost show.

37) JOHN & JEFF (KLSX) 3,000 - most 'him & him' shows are a waste of time

37) TONY BRUNO (KXTA) 3,000 sports

39) DOUG McINTYRE (KABC) 2,700 - very good, needs daytime slot. 6/11/01 temp M-F 9p-midn

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