Sunday, June 28, 2009

Does Joplin really need a third talk radio station?

Zimmer Radio is beginning to beat the drum for the conversion of 1230 AM from ESPN sports programming to talk radio. In fact, the station will be referred to as "AM 1230, The Talker."

Is this what we really need.

Judging from 1310 KZRG's weekly e-mail Listener Update, AM 1230, The Talker, will start with at least three program currently on KZRG, the syndicated talk shows of John Gibson, Dennis Miller, and Laura Ingraham.

The update mentions two of the replacements. It appears that the time slots currently filled by Miller and Gibson will be filled by Mark Levin, currently on 1450 AM, from 5 to 8 p.m. and Jason Lewis from 8 to 11 p.m. beginning Aug. 3.

Do we really need a third talk station in Joplin? It would be nice? That is the first question that comes to mind, but there are others. Will there be a local talk show on 1330? What will happen to the local sports programming and St. Louis Cardinals' broadcasts? Is this it for the sports format in Joplin or is someone else going to step in and fill the void?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Short answer: NO.
Elaboration: 1230 The Fan was awesome to listen to when they did local talk. Dave Barr and Jesse Cordova were really good not only with their local talk show but especially with their high school football coverage. Granted Dave is gone now (he took a job in Arkansas) but there is no reason for them not to let Jesse keep it going. I for one REALLY hope that someone else picks up the torch (AMI, are you reading this?) and starts up a new sports station.

4statesphotog said...

I will miss my ESPN radio!! I'm not sure why they believe they need to make a change. Joplin has enough BS talk radio station as is. Well at least I still have 810 A.M to listen to the Kansas City Royals!

Anonymous said...

The Insider Bird...

The Cardinals, MSSU and Joplin High will all continue to be on 1230.

Carl Junction and MU will be on 1310!

Sean Hannity is on KZRG Feb 2010 and Dave Ramsey will move to 1230 too.