Today marked the death of my favorite radio station. Denver's 630 KHOW used to boast "a veriety of talk radio", but now their slogan might as well be "when Rush isn't on, tune to us". Here's the rundown. The Old KHOW: Peter Boyles - This guy knows what he is talking about, but is often boaring. Dr. Laura - I'm a closet Dr. Laura fan. Don't judge me...please. Tom Martino - Jackass, but good for his cause Redmond and Newman - Military-Savy Right-Leaning Bob Newman pairs with Denver's Liberal Hipster, Scott Redmond to make for a great show Phil Hendrie - Genious, although he should stay more comedy than politics Coast to Coast - Worthless Black Magic show, although the Philadelphia Project show was cool No now for the New KHOW Line-up: Peter Boyles - Still a good guy Tom Martino - Still a Jackass. No one wants to hear that voive early in the morning Bill O'Riley - Name speaks for itself Bob Newman - The Conservative half of the former duo, who when by himself turns into an ultra-conservative asshole, he used to fill in for Mike Rosen Caplis and Silverman - Conservative Attourney Dan Caplis goes head to head with Kobe Bryant Consultant: the super-annoying, weak, slight-left leaning Craig Silverman Dr. Laura - No one wants to learn about morals in prime time. Thats when we watch women jump across semi's in their bathing suits on Fear Factor and lisen to 1/2 hour of sex jokes on Friends re-runs. Coast to Coast - Still worthless So why did Clear Channel do this? 1) It's Clear Channel, so thats obvious and 2)KTLK 760am is now on the air out of Boulder broadcasting Air America Radio, and how dare they keep on personalities that lean left when they have a whole station dedicated to the left (less Phil Hendrie). Denver wouldn't be able to handle more than one station that had a liberal guy on, we'd probably implode, or move to Texas or start buying ketchup or something. Note that KTLK is Clear Channel's "fairness token" that they can now hold in the air when anyone accuses them of favoring one side. The "UPN" of radio, really. So, not to make this post long, I'll just say that I'm glad Air America is finally in Denver (760), and so long to 630 which is now another worthless drone radio station. Congradulations. Oh, and a new mp3 of the week.
 
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