TALKIN' RADIO : KIEV SAYING GOOD NIGHT TO LATE-NIGHT HOST HUNTER.Byline: Fred Shuster It's hello Michael Reagan Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945 as John L. Flaugher), adopted son of the late United States President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, the late Jane Wyman, is the host of a conservative talk radio show, the Michael Reagan Show and bye-bye Gregg Hunter at local news-talk KIEV-AM (870), the longtime family-owned station recently purchased for the largest amount ever paid for a single Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. radio property. First to leave when new owners Salem Communications Salem Communications (NASDAQ: SALM) is a media company specializing in religious and conservative talk radio which operates in the United States, with 99 U.S. commercial radio stations (pending acquisitions) that are primarily concentrated in the nation's biggest markets, Inc. take over Aug. 26 will be Hunter, whose late-night entertainment-oriented call-in program has been on the air at Glendale's KIEV for 30 years. His last broadcast will be Aug. 25. ``The audience is seriously affected by this,'' Hunter said. ``Hopefully, another station will pick up the show and run with it. I'm certainly going to miss KIEV and my audience.'' But Salem's Dave Armstrong, KIEV's new general manager, said the good-natured Hunter program might not be gone for good. ``We're going to evaluate everything and maybe make some additions or changes,'' he said. The new KIEV schedule will focus on conservative talk hosts such as George Putnam, Ray Briem, Michael Medved and Reagan, whose show is syndicated out of San Diego. Camarillo-based Salem, which owns 45 stations across the country, including Glendale religious talk outlets KKLA-AM/FM and KLTX-AM, paid $33.4 million for KIEV, which had been owned by the Beaton family since 1961. In two weeks, KIEV will move to KKLA's studios, also in Glendale. New morning man Longtime morning man Charlie Van Dyke Charlie Van Dyke is a former radio disc jockey who is better known for the voice work he has done for numerous radio and television stations. [1][2] His deep, booming voice has been described by some as "God-like". takes over the KRTH-FM (101.1) morning show Aug. 31. Van Dyke replaces Jim Carson and Joni Caryl, who themselves replaced the late Robert W. Morgan Robert W. Morgan (born July 23, 1937, died May 22, 1998) was a renowned disc jockey who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1999. He did most of his work in Los Angeles, California at stations such as KHJ, where he was known as one of the "boss jocks" that dominated the Top . Carson will continue at KRTH as a part-time host while Caryl will work with Van Dyke. The decision to hire Van Dyke ends a yearlong search for a morning host at the venerable oldies Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres. station. ``Charlie has one of the greatest voices in radio and many stations have tried to lure him,'' said KRTH program director Mike Phillips. ``He brings tremendous talent to KRTH and a familiar voice back to Los Angeles.'' A veteran of radio outlets across the country, Van Dyke worked at local pop station KHJ KHJ Katholische Hochschuljugend (German: Catholic University Youth) in the '70s. In the '80s, while working at Phoenix station KTAR KTAR Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia) , he built his own recording studio in Scottsdale and became the voice of more than 60 TV stations and 100 radio stations during the next decade. ``He personifies the voice that lends identity to a radio station,'' said radio insider Don Barrett in his ``Los Angeles Radio People'' book. `AirTalk' adds hour Pasadena public-radio KPCC-FM (89.3) has expanded its popular ``AirTalk'' program by one hour. The daily show, hosted by Larry Mantle, can be heard from 4 to 7 p.m. daily. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) HUNTER (2) VAN DYKE |
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