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Ken Leighton

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After Lestat's, where?

Spencer - it also would have nice if Louie would have bothered to return my call. Also, those parting words was how Louie wanted to sign off. Of course Lestats was hugely important. I think that was made clear by what Josh said. Maybe a follow up is a good idea.
— April 7, 2018 10:10 a.m.

Talk radio Kevin Kline has Coronado Bridge problem

Entercom had a golden opportunity Thursday morning. They had everyone listening to see what this guy Klein was going to say and they choked. They not only pulled him from his highly publicized debut, but they said nothing about it that day or the next, out of fear of what the Padres will think. When the Padres already hate Entercom. The pooch is screwed as they say. =While some say the Padres may have overreacted a bit, the fact is they hated this JUMP tweet so much that they publicly say they want to JUMP out of Entercom. =The Padres publicly said they want nothing to do with Dan Sileo whose 10 am-2 pm show had him immediately on before the first Pads game and the Padres clearly don't want this guy rammed down their throat five days a week. = The Padres play by play was moved from 94.9 to 97.3 which has an inferior signal and misses parts of North County. The Padres never signed off on it and they are not happy with the fact happened and that they were not told about it in advace. = The Padres five year deal with Entercom was put together by Mike Dee who fired by the Padres immediately after the deal was made and who now works for Entercom. Hmmmmmm.... Face it, the Padres/Entercom deal is one huge dumpster fire. It is going away. They could have just chalked it up as a mistake and used the publicity to launch a new morning show. As it is now, it looks like they won't have either the Pades or the new morning show. But they do have Dan Sileo who failed miserably at 1090 and an afternoon show from Seattle. I hope Bob Bollinger and Kevin Callahan have good 401K's.
— March 30, 2018 1:16 p.m.

The Machine spits out 97-3 DJs

This is a genius, locally produced podcast that brilliantly lampoons the Machine. 97-3 The Machine will never ever matter is because it will rely on a lazy pantload caricature like Dan Sileo as their only local host but will never bother with a true radio talent like this guy. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kept-fait… There truly is some value with a station that is breaking the radio mold as 97-3 is doing. When they say there is no one else in the country doing a station like 973 The Machine, they are correct. But if you only rely on out of town talk shows like the Mens Room, Ozzy oldies, a small library of comedy bits and Sileo who was in 20th place among men 25-54 when he was at 1090 in the mornings, this effort is stillborn, right out of the shoot. iHeart is about to go bankrupt. Let's see what happens when real radio people can regain control of the local airwaves. San Diego isn't sleepy anymore. Yet Dan Sileo is the laziest, sleepiest, cheapest hack you could ask for to launch your new broadcast beachhead in America's Finest City. This podcast magnificently parodies Sileo's worthlessness.
— March 14, 2018 11:31 p.m.

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Ken Leighton

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