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Less is More

It looks like Marty Andrade was first to report that Mark O'Connell and Ron Rosenbaum are now history at the ever-shrinking AM 1500.

This was a very poor show, primarily because Ron Rosenbaum is clinically self-absorbed. The show was all but unlistenable especially when you realize that Limbaugh, Prager, and O'Reilly were just a click away.

So while I wish Mark O'Connell the best, this ultimately is a good step for KSTP. I think I'd swing Bob Davis into this slot. Do headlines, weather and sports from 11:30 am to 11:50, go to Paul Harvey, then cut loose at 12:06 for two solid hours of Davis.

Krok is gone. Rosenbaum is gone. One left, now - Willie Clark. Oh, and get Tommy back where he belongs at 10 pm.
Tony (mail) (www):
I agree...this is addition by subtraction. Considering that this time slot could, at best, be a distant 3rd place I wonder if they might try to highlight more a different slot (sadly that would mean wrapping the station around Souch) and try to revolutionalize local programming in that sense. My analogy is how NBC &Cosby made Thursday nights THE night.
9.7.2006 11:58am
Buzzy:
I hear Bob Yates is avaiable. KSTP needs to get Mr. Yates back into the fold. One or both parties need to suck it up and apologize to each other and make amends.

Either that or get James Lielks. Another fine person. And I too think that Mischke should go back to 10 PM. He fits that time slot better.
9.7.2006 12:18pm
Huttie:
I thouhgt Yates was an excellent radio man. What happened to him at am 1500?
9.9.2006 2:13pm
Brent:
I disagree. Ron and Mark was the best show outside of GL. Davis hasn't been the same since the 10-midnight days. I miss Whores of Babylon and the Chef Boyardee Conspiracy mixed into his politics- it was a very welcome change from the constant onslaught of political rhetoric.

I agree that they need to bounce Willie Clark, put Tommy back at 8-10, and pray for a 5:30-8PM savant to fall out of the sky. They never should have let Jason Lewis go, no matter how big of an ass he was being.
9.11.2006 1:56pm