I just saw this on the KPAM web site. What's up with this move?

http://www.jayseverin.org/
KPAM addition: who is this guy?

Parker 11pm-3am???? Are you kidding me?

Noon - 3 pm Sean Hannity
3 pm - 5 pm Mark Levin
5 pm - 8 pm Victoria Taft (LIVE/LOCAL)
8 pm- 11 pm Jay Severin
11 pm- 3 am Tom Parker

As a someone who has admired Tom Parker's talent, warmth, and professionalism for over thirty years--and as of one his KPAM listeners--I must say that this is disappointing news indeed. The middle of the night is no place for someone with Tom's drivetime instincts and experience. Whoever called this shot must surely be from way out of town, and unaware of Tom's unmatchable knowledge of Portland's issues, and his connection to huge numbers of listeners. Our AM radio dial is already brim full with political spinmeisters, and better ones than on this new lineup. What we don't have enough of is reasonable, intelligent, and entertaining discussion. I'll sure miss Tom in PM drive. Hello NPR, and can anyone recommend something worthwhile for the 860 button in my car?

94.7

Bad, bad move on KPAM's part.

Can't Tom come back to K104?

3

Imagine Parker will be leaving soon.....What a slap......doesn't deserve it... He should head to KHITS.

Guys-I told you on the other thread to look out.

If KPAM is smart, they'll keep it local. Any station can phone it in with satellite programming.

They better not touch Victoria's show, either.

Herbert W. Armstrong

Severin is another right-wing nut. Don & Mike always goof on him. He is on WJFK either before or after them, and they complain about him dragging the entire station down. Wait, who cares? It's KPAM

Tom deserves better..he is a pro...Kpam is really a pathetic radio station. It will never be a hitter. From day one they have never hit a nerve with the audience.

KPAM is a station that is looking for an identity. They have been looking for it since they went on the air in 2000. 6 years and still the numbers are not there and I doubt they will ever be.

I think that Tom Parker brought a lot of goodwill with him from K103.

I would liked to have been at the meeting between the GM and PD when this move was decided.

By the way, what is KPAM's power at night. Isn't 860 a Mexican clear channel?

5KW directional night:
http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=AM&tabSearchType=Appl&sA ppIDNumber=255271&sHours=N

Is this a contractual obligation time slot, or is it serious attempt to "own the night"?

Jay Seveirn was not even on, there was guest fill-in host that nobody has heard of either.

If they're going to move Tom anywhere, it should be to days. He's one of the few Portland hosts who could actually bring daytime numbers up.

Clark Howard is not worth blowing off local coverage.

Nowdays, people can get what they want on the internet. Local is the one niche that KPAM could dominate. They made a good decision in getting Bob Miller. And heck, even KEX phones it in with Dr. Laura. KPAM could shine. I pray they keep Victoria and professor Eisinger.

Herb

want to hear something REALLY SCARY
Herb, I actually agree with your comment about Tom Parker and Clark Howard

better get my daily dose of green tea with soy milk

Herb: I totally want Eisinger 24/7

The neat thing about Professor Eisinger is that, without regard to one's political view, he's imminently fair.

Now fair is not what one expects, or even wants, on some talk shows. However, like Sorbet, the good professor sure cleanses the palate and frames the issues in a way intelligent listeners can appreciate.

He's good.

Herb

Herb: I agree. Heard him this week when Victoria was on vacation. While not totally defending the NYT, he told listeners to at least read what the NYT wrote before complaining. We should all listen and read both sides of every issue. I don't care if a radio talk show host disagrees with what I believe so long as they have looked at the same information as I have.

From a business standpoint this move just doesn't make sense...for what they must be paying Tom there's no way they feel that the return on investment is better by having syndicated programming in PM Drive and having Tom do 11P-3A. One of three possibilities:

1. KPAM management is totally nuts (can't rule this out).

2. Tom has notified KPAM that he'll be moving on soon or at the end of his current contract (depending on how his deal is structured), so KPAM is putting him in this slot either to punish him or to fulfill his contract until it ends (he's probably being paid to do a four-hour show, so KPAM picks the four hours).

3. KPAM wants to unload Tom's contract before it ends so they put him on in the middle of the night in hopes he quits before the agreement expires.

So Herb, you're saying this Eisinger dude is about to appear fair. Strange.

Or could you possibly have meant eminently fair. Well, still a misuse of the word eminent but closer than imminent.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eminently

Eminently.

Pardon my mistake.

However, let's hope professor Eisinger is also an imminent choice for KPAM management to replace Clark Howard.

Herb

I'll have to listen before Tom calls it quits. Tom Parker vs. George Noory/Art Bell? Seriously, I wonder if it is even viable to run a local call in show in that timeslot? Would there be enough callers to avoid giving the impression that nobody's listening?

The other problem at that time of night, is KPAM's signal dissipates tremendously.

You're fortunate to hear it then within 10 miles of Portland.

However, there is the Internet option.

Herb

this bolt of programming genius reminds one of a floundering fish, trapped in a fetid cesspool of death, wiggling and worming through the thick, opaque excrement, in a vain attempt to catch a glimmer of life sustaining oxygen through its gills, hoping to jesus to survive for another desperate and pathetic moment........





in case you were wondering, the fish is named "bobby"

Hey, if it's Bob Miller to whom you refer, my hunch is that he's doing well and I never listened to him on KEX. Only until the guy moved to KPAM did I listen to him or his sidekick, Pat.

Glad Terri Travis is on board too.

Look. Even though at times their signal is limited, KPAM has an incredible reach when you consider the Tribune, all the local newspapers Mr. Pamplin owns, plus the known personalities on air.

My wish is that they'd focus on serving a main dish of local programming. If anyone can pull it off, it's Mr. Pamplin. I don't know the guy, but what I do know is that he's smart.

Herb

The content last night (at least for the first hour or two) was politial talk, current hot issues, like his afternoon show was. He didn't delve into the UFO, NASA Conspiricy, Art Bell territory.

I vote for Radiored's Option #2 or #3. Parker's photo is not on the kpam home page anymore. Plus I have not heard any promo for the new time. Could it have been a ratings driven decision?

if you want to reach "Herb" and the other 16 KPAM audience members, call the KPAM sales staff at 503/223-4321

It would be interesting who would get the better ratings in Portand, Bernie Ward & Ray Taliaferro of KGO or Tom Parker.

Ah, to be back on afternoon drive on K103...

"...if you want to reach "Herb" and the other 16 KPAM audience members, call the KPAM sales staff at 503/223-4321."

Dream on. I have no dog in this fight other than liking local Radio.

Along with their KPAM colleagues, professor Eisinger, Tom Parker, Victoria Taft and Terri Travis are all smart, entertaining [sorry Terri, I know you're news, but it's true] and fun to listen to.

Herb

Victoria Taft smart? What a concept.

You must be a lefty who doesn't believe in fighting terror. But this is the Radio side. Move over to the politics side if you want to discuss that.

Herb

>You must be a lefty who doesn't believe in fighting terror.

That is known as a non sequitur.

Definitions of non sequitur on the Web:

"it doesn't follow." The premises do not support the conclusion. pace
www.princeton.edu/~jimpryor/general/vocab/glossary.html

This term is Latin and means "it does not follow," as in one conclusion does not logically follow from another fact or facts.
www.attorneykennugent.com/library/n.html

(Lt "it does not follow"). Lack of connection with the preceding text. Sometimes taken as a symptom of trouble with the text, but it should be invoked with due circumspection, and not only in the decade of the Dadaists. Sometimes we may be missing the original connection. Many commentators, for example, have failed to see the connection between the two ends of some of Horace's binary song forms, and some have decided that such poems must in fact be two poems. ...
www.umass.edu/wsp/philology/apparatus/glossary/kn.html

A Latin term meaning "it does not follow"; it implies that one thing does not follow from what went before, and it perfectly describes the method of Theater of the Absurd, including the use of language.
theatre.colstate.edu/Current%20Website/theatre_terms.htm

(from the Latin, “it does not follow) is stating a conclusion that doesn’t follow from the first premise or premises. “I’ve lived in this town a long time—why, my grandfather was the first mayor—so I’m against putting fluoride in the drinking water.”
members.tripod.com/hjohnsonmac0/TermsToKnow.htm

This fallacy occurs when there is no evident connection between a claim and its reason. Sometimes a non sequitur can be repaired by filling in gaps in the reasoning; at other times, the reasoning is simply fallacious.
home.olemiss.edu/~gbrown/reserve/fallacies_and_causes.htm

Latin for it does not follow. The conclusion of a statement or phrase is illogical.
www.peakagents.ca/glossary/n3.htm

a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
(logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Non Sequitur is a comic strip created by Wiley Miller in 1991 and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate to over 700 newspapers. The strip can be found online at uComics.com. Non Sequitur is often political and satirical, though other times, purely comedic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_Sequitur_(comic_strip)

The REAL non-sequitur?

Questioning the intelligence of people with whom you disagree.

Herb

>Questioning the intelligence of people with whom you disagree.

There you go again. Just because I disagree with someone doesn't mean I think they are not intelligent. She has been on various stations over the years and she has not impressed me. I've heard Dennis Prager on the radio and I think he is pretty intelligent, but I have much disagreement with him.

Move it to the political board.

Herb

"If anyone can pull it off, it's Mr. Pamplin."?

Uh, Herb, Dr. Pamplin has eight degrees (three baccalaureate, three graduate and two doctorates) and holds 12 honorary degrees.

I take it I was not deferential enough in my praise.

Glad Dr. Pamplin has so many degrees. Just don't give me the third degree for being unaware of his accomplishments outside media.

Herb

Wqxikid "this bolt of programming genius reminds one of a floundering fish, trapped in a fetid cesspool of death, wiggling and worming through the thick, opaque excrement, in a vain attempt to catch a glimmer of life sustaining oxygen through its gills, hoping to jesus to survive for another desperate and pathetic moment........"

what a wonderful epiphany of unexplained raptudinal wisdom (whatever that means)

radiored - right-write-wright on!

Sorry, Herb. Wasn't giving you the third degree. Just pointing out Dr. Pamplin's accomplishments. If you'd care to learn more about this remarkable man:

http://www.pamplin.org/home.html

Listened to Tom Parker's show last night.

Not only is he live and local, but the guy gives other night time hosts like George Noori [and especially one-note johnnies like KGO's Ray Taliaferro] a run for their money.

If there's a bunch of innuendo and gossip flying around about the station, you wouldn't know it. The guy's a pro. Way to go, Tom.

Herb

remarkable man that is working off old old old old family money.

According to a KPAM insiders, Tom Parker was told to either take the overnight shift or leave. Apparently GM Paul Clithero is a bit antsy in his job. Parker was hired by a PD that quit a month after taking the job. The reason is not clear, but specualtion is that Clithero know more about programming than the former PD.

Clithero then did what any GM who is full of fear would do; he hired a consultant.
Of course, the consultant told Clithero that Parker had to tweek his presentation to fit the cunsultant's new direction of the station.

Despite Parker's over all superior talent and hard work, he was told to take the new shift or leave it.

When a station is led by a GM who has a limited understanding about what he wants and a further misunderstanding about what the audience wants, the station tends to suffer, both internally and externally.

Fear is the driver behind KPAM's choice of exiling Parker to the to the wee hours of the morning. This is why, even talent and experience, have little value in today's short-sighted effort to get revenue and raitings.

thank you radiohead
I don't know about Bob Miller
last I checked Hannity was the clear winner
in the KPAM ratings

Fear is the driver...

Gotta just hate that!

(everybody should read Dune)

Fear is the mind killer....


So Tom's just gonna have to suck it up for now and see how things unfold. Maybe then new guy is a bozo and it won't all last long.

Tom Parker is probably the highest paid overnight guy in Portand radio history.

Can anyone confirm that KPAM signed Bob Miller away from KEX with a contract worth around a million bucks a year? I think I read that on this board some time ago. If it's true, that probably isn't money well spent.

Thanks for the inside scoop, RadioHead.

Herb

Tom Parker aside, its a bone head move to delete two hours of local programming during afternoon drive. If I were KXL, I'd hire Tom in a heartbeat and put him on afternoon drive.

You know it's funny, a few years ago Tom was simultaneously the #1 afternoon drive personality in two markets - Portland and Houston, Texas. Now he is stuck on a podunk right wing radio station 11p-3a. Sad.

I'm anxious to see how Mr Parker does in his new time slot, and how long he stays there.

I miss him from his brief tenure at KISN-FM teamed with Ms James.

I always looked forward to their morning show.

In my opinion, topic-based [as opposed to mainly infotainment] is featured on evening Radio and for good reason.

Victoria Taft, Tom Parker and Professor Eisinger are not dumb bunnies. Besides, they all sure beat the heck out of so much bone-headed TV programming!

Herbie

Listening to Tom Parker this am. Gotta say he tries to be quite entertaining, but no one is calling in.

Maybe I should have a late night chat with him.

Pamplin is a right-wing nut job whose PhD comes from a university that is not regionally accredited. His honorary degrees are bought and paid for.

"university that is not regionally accredited."

really, which one?

From pamplin.org:
Robert Boisseau Pamplin, Jr. earned three B.S. degrees--in Business Administration, Accounting and Economics--at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Ore. He also received two Masters degrees (in Business and Education) from the University of Portland, Portland, Ore., as well as two other advanced degrees (M.C.L. and D.Min.) from the Western Conservative Baptist Seminary at Salem, Ore. In 1969, Robert Boisseau Pamplin, Jr. endowed a Chair Professorship at the University of Portland Business School. He was a recipient of an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Portland in 1972, and he was the Distinguished Alumnus for 1974 of Lewis and Clark College.

So it looks like he has no PhD, just a D.Min from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary... and as far as I can tell they don't have a website or anything mentioning their accreditation online. But his MS and BS degrees look pretty legit.

He also has an honorary "doctor of laws" degree from George Fox University...

http://www.georgefox.edu/events/press.cgi?id=2721

...and according to this press release he "has earned three bachelor of science degrees, an MBA, two master’s degrees and two doctorates. His degrees are in the fields of business, economics, accounting, education, and theology. He also has 12 honorary degrees from 11 institutions."

". . . Western Conservative Baptist Seminary... and as far as I can tell they don't have a website or anything mentioning their accreditation online. . . ."

Western Seminary Accreditation

And all of those degrees still haven't helped him run a radio station!

From Willamette Week:

http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=2417

In his book Heritage, Pamplin Jr., an only child, muses at length about the challenge he faced. "Like any son faced with an extraordinary father," he writes, "I understood there could be only one way [to succeed], namely, finding something new."

In his quest, Pamplin has racked up eight college degrees, including two Ph.Ds--one from Portland's Western Seminary and another from California Coast University (an unaccredited institution that has no campus)--and 10 honorary degrees.

So What!!
Proves nothing.
Having degrees, or lacking them, does not guarantee anything in business and particularly in radio. The number of people working in radio with basic degrees, let alone advanced degrees, is relatively small compared to other businesses. And those with degrees are usually not practicing in the field in which they got their degree.

It only means you completed some courses in some institution of higher learning.

And yes, I have one in a technical field. So what!

Pamplin doesn't run KPAM/KKAD
he's a business owner/millionaire

This debate about Pamplin's credentials came about when an earlier posting referred to Dr. Pamplin as "Mr." It was stated that he holds doctorates. My comment was not intended to endorse Pamplin's savvy as a radio station owner, just to point out the customary respect given to one who holds the title of doctor.

Now, who would like to comment on Dr. Pamplin's choices for top management positions at his various media operations over the years?

Give Pamplin credit for being a local owner of a local radio station. He also doesn't run Those are very few and far between in markets the size of Portland.

I know Clithero was at KATU, but was he ever in radio prior to KPAM?

KPAM General Manager Paul Clithero and General Sales Manager Margaret Evans both worked for KATU in sales. According to his bio, Clithero was also previously VP/GM of KINK. It seems he doesn't stay at any one place for very long.

pamplin may be a genuis with 24 degrees, but no portland station has been a more confusing mess of personalities over the last several years.
go back four years--to today--and look at the changes.
in the end, what is kpam? If I have to ask, what is a non-radio person to think.
have a singular theme, and beat it over people's head.
conservative talk, no wait clark howard, no wait tom parker, no wait news, no wait bob.
yikes.

For some reason, when I see Tom Parkers name, I want to add col in front.

Sometimes too much education is a bad thing. That's what we are seeing with KPAM, IMHO.

I'm not saying education is bad. Learn all you can and keep learning. But some degree of humility is required to know when one is properly applying what they have learned. Most importantly, one really needs to be honest enough to know what they don't know and act accordingly.

that I know
KPAM or Pamplin Broadcasting does not have a mission statement

"...no portland station has been a more confusing mess of personalities over the last several years"

You may be right.

But is the much touted KGO any different?

I thought it was all about diverrrrrrrrrrrrsity.

Herb Savage

Before anyone accuses me of bashing my former employer, that's not what I'm doing. I am only stating the opinion of someone who was there at the beginning. KPAM started with a vision. It wasn't executed well, but it was a vision. The idea was to offer Portland a quality news/talk format with some of the best reporters,anchors and hosts in the city. Some assumptions were made about who would listen (OPB listeners) that were wrong. There were also some formatic decisions that were made that resulted in a pretty boring presentation. A big part of the problem was that the station was launched too soon (after the launch date was set Pamplin refused to change it)and the first TV ads bore absolutely no resemblence to anything we were actually doing on the air. We stumbled out of the starting blocks and never got our balance. The first wave of layoffs six months after we signed on started a trend of knee jerk staffing and programming decisions that left many on staff, and in the public, wondering what was going on. To this day I don't believe that Dr Pamplin was given all the information he needed to make informed decisions about station operations.

For what it's worth, the whole "Radio Free Oregon" thing was pretty cool. Had it been positioned properly, as you say, it would have done a whole lot better than it did.

By Radiored on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 6:59 pm:
I know Clithero was at KATU, but was he ever in radio prior to KPAM?

Yikes!! How could you know so little about one of the major forces in Portland radio for so many years?

I guess to some, only those on the air count and the behind the scenes/ programming/management don't count for much.

OK, let me start by saying,....
Yes! Paul was in radio for many years and very successfully!

That said, and just so you know. The bulk of his career has been in radio. I worked with and FOR him for several years at KINK and it was a very positive experience.

Paul was an AE for KGW AM, not TV. He was GSM and then GM for KINK, when it belonged to King Broadcasting, and when it was a GIANT in the ratings!! He is a great radio guy, was even on the Arbitron ratings council for a time, and it bothers me to see some of your negative comments about Paul's abilities. He is a very astute radio guy. He understands programming, sales, marketing and how they all relate to each other.

I don't know the inside story about Tom Parker's move to a different daypart. I don't know Tom Parker, but I have known about him for many years. I have only heard good things about him and I have great respect for his abilities.

But, I will say the same for Paul Clithero...ie I have great respect for his abilities.

Why don't you guys wait and learn the rest of the behind the scenes story before throwing anyone under the bus? Why it is so difficult to accept the fact that sometimes things have to be done and they are beyond the control of the players on the "stage" that we all see?

These are two talented and good radio people. Why bash either of them catagorically without a shred of proof about any of this speculation?


Just my two cents. I am retired.
Talk amongst yourselves.

Having newspaper sportswriters doing newstalk was not a good thing for KPAM either. they stuck with that in PM drive WAAAAAAAAAAAY to long.

I think Bill Cooper hit on something important . . . trying to take on OPB with intellectual radio is a no-no.

Seems like OPB is the elephant in the room nobody ever talks about. They get sky high ratings yet rarely mentioned when succesful formats are discussed and so on. All things considered anyone?

Having been a very part-time part of KPAM for the first nearly two years of the news/talk format I agree with Bill's take. I also think we underestimated just how difficult it is to launch a new AM news/talk station (on a frequency with essentially no previous history in Portland) I think the basic idea was adventurous and sound. I had long discussions with Bill Gallagher and Alan Lawson about the format before it launched and was impressed. While not wanting to leave my KING-FM gig here in Seattle I did a weekend show at KPAM because I was so excited about the concept. I'd also point out the even after a consultant came in and the station changed to a more conventional conservative talk format by early 2002 the ratings needle still didn't move. It really took hiring Bob for mornings to generate some movement. All that said, I salute the daring involved in trying to make a fresh, new form of talk radio work on a local level. And, the people at KPAM were great to work with. I enjoyed my time there. I only wish it had worked!

My question is, with KEX, KXL, and OPB, why even bother launching another news/talk station? Is Portland large enough to support four of these type of stations?

leewhite said:
>Pamplin is a right-wing nut job whose PhD comes from a university that is not regionally accredited. His honorary degrees are bought and paid for.


very well stated leewhite...........

"dr" pamplin (as he likes to refer to himself, kind of the same way "dr hook" referred to his band) quickly found out that the smoke and mirror method which he successfully applied to the phony academic credential department, does not apply nearly as well to the world of broadcasting.

and while off the topic, i just can't get over how space-alien bizzarro "dr" pamplin looks.........he looks just as bizzare as he actually is....................

Sorry to back the topic up, but is his D.Min from "Western Conservative Baptist Seminary" in Portland, or Western Baptist in Portland? Or did one become the other at some point?

His D. Min. is from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, now known as Western Seminary.

"i just can't get over how space-alien bizzarro "dr" pamplin looks.........he looks just as bizzare as he actually is..."

Jeez you guys are cruel.

PDXCoug said...

"My question is, with KEX, KXL, and OPB, why even bother launching another news/talk station? Is Portland large enough to support four of these type of stations?"

You forgot KPOJ and Air America.

And the answer to your question: Given the ratings for KPAM, apparently not.

Regarding the "Dr." in Dr. Pamplin, aren't all theological degrees honorary? My understanding is that there is no accreting organization for these types of degrees; compare this to engineering and science degrees that are accredited by ABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). If that's the case, then to make it fair, shouldn't we say that Mr. Martin Luther King was a hero to many?

FYI, I will repost:

Western Seminary Accreditation

I never even met Dr. Pamplin during my time as a weekender at KPAM, but there are two things about him that I want to add for what they're worth. I admire his willingness to put his money on the table to create a locally owned quality news/talk operation, and, whatever his politics may be (I haven't a clue) he never once interfered in the content of my talk show. (nor did anyone else at KPAM)

All I remember about Bob Pamplin and my brief stay at KPAM, his strong handshake and a crisp 100 dollar bill...oh and my business cards.

That's right, Val...I remember he came to the station and handed out $100 bills. I wasn't there (it was during the week) but mine was waiting for me Saturday morning...

no longer a HUMAN voicemail at KPAM
rather a digitalized voice stating one has reached VM #4396

Station really sucks. Too bad he got really bad advise from newspaper hacks that know s- - - - about radio. He has enough to blow. Station never created a culture of any kind.

kpam is a welcome addition to any schedule c

>>>>no longer a HUMAN voicemail at KPAM
rather a digitalized voice stating one has reached VM #4396<<<<

The station moved over the weekend. They probably don't have all of the voice mail system hooked up, or employees haven't set their individual VM greeting.

Last I heard, KPAM offices had moved only, leaving K-Pam studio people still at 5th & Taylor. Brings back memories when Kisn-FM & Rosie 105 were all alone in those same studios, after the offices had moved, leaving the whole side of the building empty for months before they moved us. It was kinda eerie.

I caught part of Tom's show around 1 or 2am last night.

I gotta admit, I wasn't a huge fan of the station he was with, which some derisively called 'The love boat.' The announcers over there just seemed like disembodied voices with little real personality.

Tom is a great host. I really hope KPAM management wakes up and places him either just after Victoria's show...OR, maybe have them mix it up by either overlapping shows with a shared hour between them, or bring Tom into the morning mix.

Ideally, they would simply blow off Clark Howard and place Tom there.

He's a talented guy and makes hosting a Radio broadcast sound easy....which it most certainly is not.

Herb

Is the Parker show kaput? Last night KPAM was running Tammy Bruce in the 11-3 time slot, complete with station-specific intros and outros. Can anyone confirm/deny?

Same thing the night before....
Tammy 11-1, Dr. Joy B. 1-3.
However, as of yeterday, Parker is still on the web site.

Tom.

Clue your fans in, even through an intermediary.

As the bank robber said, lying on the sidewalk after Dirty Harry winged him:

"I gots to know."

Herb

Tom said on his Tuesday show that he was going to be on vacation the rest of the week.

Tom's back, and he's interviewing Dwight Jaynes at the moment.

Tom was on last night also, I tuned in for the comprehensive earthquake coverage.

Severin is giving up his syndicated show and returning to his local show in Boston. You would think that KPAM would put Parker in his old slot.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/26/severin_coming_back_ to_boston/

Should put Parker back on drive time and Victoria evenings.....

I agree

I don't think that will happen, because the AM talk radio audience wants red meat during afternoon drive. KPAM is clearly targeting people who are heading home from jobs that leave them feeling angry and frustrated at the end of the day (and that's before they get into a traffic jam). They don't want fluff, they want someone who shares their mood and validates their prejudices - meaning, in KPAM's case, Mark Levin and Victoria Taft. Tom Parker is certainly conservative in his opinions, but he is far too polite and "above the fray" for afternoon drive. KPAM should put him at 8 p.m. instead of 11, though. That's a no-brainer.

I like that, since there currently isn't any (?) live talk from 8 to 10 PM.
As an alternative, How about we put polite Tom Parker on 9AM to Noon instead of Clark Howard? Or is there too much competetion in that timeslot from O'rielly,Limbah and Lars?

for all you Clark Howard fans

http://rocketpromo.com/clark.htm

What happened to Larry Elder?

As much as I like Tom, I think I would leave Victoria on afternoon drive move Tom up to early evenings. However, I would move Vicoria up an hour or two earlier.

why not put Tom Parker on in the morning. He can't do any worse than Miller.

KPAM's numbers are much higher than they were before Bob Miller joined them!

last I checked Arbitron
Victoria's ratings were "1" or below
maybe moving her to a different time slot
might help

Isnt today the last day for Jay Sevenrin?
What happens next?

The only one regularly listening to Victoria is likely the spokeswoman for the secretary of state's office

Taft is a one-topic ranter who makes Michael Savage looks smarter.

is that possible, radioblogman?
Savage is a #10 on the rant and rage list
from where I sit

I couldn't find the thread I wanted but this one was close: KVAN is now licensed to Burbank WA on 1560. I believe it's still owned by Pamplin.

An FCC query shows KVAN is owned by Alexandra Communications. (For those who don't want to look it up, Burbank is in the Tri-Cities market.)

I'm thinking Pamplin sold it to Alexandra.

I am the only who thinks KPAM should do an about face and become a local sports talk station. What is happening there now isn't working. It can't compete with KXL and KEX. Get some local guys in there and shake things up

I'm not sure that a local sports station could survive, nor would it get the support that it needs corporately, IMHO...I was listening to KPAM yesterday morning and some during the day and frankly am surprised that it doesn't do better as I really enjoy the station...I like the people who are on the air there and listened to most of them when they were at KEX and were the reason I listened then. I'm wondering if perhaps some different promotional angles would help that station to compete....just a thought