KOMO goes newsier, KVI recycles and goes memorex.

 

As tipped off last week( but we wanted to wait until they flipped again) The Fisher twins, KOMO and KVI have updated their format in favor of more news at the former and another taco stand for the 570 call, by using second tier conservative syndication and the spare parts of whats left over.

Carlson is back in at KVI with "Commute with Carlson", possibly the only live host. Ken Schram is out but still has daily commentaries on KOMO am and will remain on KOMO TV.  Micheal Savage, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Lars Larson and Don Imus,  albeit mainly taped shows, are part of the lineup along with the junkier Red Eye Radio for the warehouse elite.

KOMO stays with news but adds new anchors,  Bill Rice from 4a-5 and then 9-noon, Brian Calvert from Noon to 3p, with the current KOMO Morning News team of Manda Factor & Gregg Hersholt and KOMO Afternoon News with Jane Shannon & Tom Hutyler staying in place.  At Midnight, Dial Global's Overnight America lulls us until America in the Morning from 3a-4 starts the cycle over again.

Comments

[Mike Barer]

Good old Mark Levin, it will be fun to hear him work himself into a lather again.

[albert albertson]

Gee, nice to see a radio-related story for a change.

I enjoy Levin too--ever heard John Carlson's Levin impression? Funny.

Does anyone know where newsman Tony Miner is working? He left KIRO in 2011, supposedly to KGMI Bellingham, but he's nowhere to be found on the KGMI website.

[Hedge Fund Hal]

Miner either changed his mind about leaving the station, or things didnt go well at KGMI and he was rehired after a short time away. I noticed some time after Miner's big going away party that he was still on the station. He is on the station now, his pic and bio are on the roster on mynorthwest.com.

[albert albertson]

Hal, I had no idea--he must be on-air only after 9am? I know he doesn't anchor the early am newscasts, but I don't think I've heard him in early am with any stories/reports.

Between 9am-10pm, I just can't listen to KIRO.

[Rich]

Good to good old Dirk Van or was it Jim Bohanon?? Perhaps we can get money talk back on the weekends.

[KS]

Jim Bohanon is my favorite talk show host. I like his professionalism and relative objectivity. If KVI moved him on in the evening and left Lars Larson on the other station, I would be a loyal listener during that time.

[patternchange]

Your format descriptions in the right column need to be updated for KOMO and KVI.

[The BW Crew]

Yes, and we are working on it. Day jobs get in the way of progress sometimes.

[Whatever]

Why don't you just change all of the names to politicians since you rarely talk about local radio. :)

[Cueburner]

Is this change number 402 or 403?

[C.M.]

Just what the doctor ordered. I'm glad Fisher finally realized what a disaster move that was.

Mark Levin being carried Live, check!
Laura Ingrahm, check
Carlson with less commercial interruption, check.
Conservative KVI coming in clear in Liberal la la land, along with other stations that sprouted from the loss of KVI for 20 months. Check.
Just in time for the election. Check.

[Hedge Fund Hal]

This Redeye Radio that KVI is offering late nights now, is like sitting in a booth at a crappy bar in Burien with a bunch of crotchety middle-aged dicks.