Speed Gibson

There was a change made this morning on KTLK-FM regarding what was my favorite morning show. Kelly Guest is gone, and the 8-9 hour given to Dan Conry, expanding his show to 8-11 AM. The "Morning Show" is now the "First Word."

An hour was enough to convince me to change the dial. Kelly was a big part of the show, perhaps the proverbial better half. She was the somewhat conversative ying to the somewhat liberal yang of the remaining host, Andrew Colter, who still remains the most intelligent local morning host on the air in my opinion.

But the show now resembles the original Willie Clark offering, granted with a big difference: Colter discusses real news, Clark just fluff.

Another change has crept in - more commercials. I was spoiled in the beginning when they had nothing much booked, but now they do. They are now on par with the competition, but with the constant barrage of traffic and weather reports, it's too broken up.

Nothing is forever, especially in radio it seems. I just question whether KTLK made the right diagnosis. To simply retreat to what the others are already doing seems poor strategy. I expect there will be more changes within the next 6-9 months.