RADIO FAVORITE'S NEW GIG SURPRISES, DELIGHTS FANS.Byline: - Fred Shuster With no fanfare or advance notice, news-talk veteran Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson quietly slipped onto the airwaves Tuesday at KLAC-AM (570), where he will host a midmorning mid·morn·ing n. The middle of the morning. show and spearhead the station's new format. Off the air since December after a short stint at the former KRLA-AM (1110) - now sports KSPN - Jackson spent 30 years at talk KABC-AM (790) and is one of the best-known and most sorely missed voices on the local airwaves. His new program can be heard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays on KLAC. Mark Austin Mark Austin (born November 1, 1958) is an Emmy-award winning British journalist and anchor of the ITV News at 10.30 and co-presenter of the ITV Evening News. Thomas, KLAC's operations manager See datacenter manager. , said there was no advance notice of Jackson's return because word-of-mouth has considerably more impact. ``People are going to be very surprised by the emergence of Michael and the station's new format,'' he said. ``Allowing people to discover this for themselves is much better than having an open secret.'' Until Tuesday, Clear Channel-owned KLAC's format consisted of adult-standards music and Lakers and Angels games. Sports will remain in evenings and music will be broadcast overnight through 10 a.m. But along with Jackson's four-hour program, new KLAC hosts include medical specialist Dr. Dean Edell Doctor Dean Edell (born 1942) is an American physician and broadcaster in the United States who hosts the Dr. Dean Edell radio program, a syndicated radio talk show which is on the air daily on weekday afternoons. at 2 p.m. and consumer affairs expert Clark Howard at 3 p.m. Jackson's return was met by a stream of surprised calls from listeners expressing amazement the erudite er·u·dite adj. Characterized by erudition; learned. See Synonyms at learned. [Middle English erudit, from Latin , South Africa-born talk host had surfaced so unexpectedly. Thomas said Jackson's show would follow familiar lines, featuring current events and in-studio guests. ``Michael has integrity, credibility and a lot of loyal listeners who haven't had the opportunity to hear him in quite some time,'' he said. ``We're getting a lot of great reaction.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: JACKSON |
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