THE BUZZ.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services More KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children fallout: Talk radio KABC-AM (790) morning team Ken Minyard Ken Minyard (born in 1940) is a radio personality, best remembered to be a partner on the radio with Robert Arthur. In 1988, he made a guest appearance on the television show Married with Children. On October 15 2006, after thirty-five years of being on the radio, retired. and Peter Tilden Peter Tilden is an American radio personality and the host of America's Earliest Morning Show, an overnight program heard on KABC in Los Angeles. Prior to September 2007, Tilden's program aired nationwide on the ABC News & Talk satellite channel, heard on both XM will go off the air Friday, sources said. Minyard, who has hosted KABC's long-running morning show for 29 years with a variety of co-hosts, including Bob Arthur, Roger Barkley Roger Barkley (b. September 11, 1936 Odebolt, Iowa, USA; d.December 21, 1997, Duarte, California) was a Los Angeles radio personality best remembered for his work with Al Lohman as part of The Lohman and Barkley Show on KFI. and currently Tilden, was notifed July 1 by station management that his contract would not be renewed, a station insider confirmed. He reportedly decided that Friday would be his final day. Brian Whitman, 25, a sidekick for morning host Rick Dees on KIIS-FM (102.7), is apparently in the running for the KABC morning-drive job, a radio-industry Web site reported Wednesday. It's unclear what will become of Tilden, who joined Minyard in summer 1996 after the late Barkley left the show. Over the years, the ``Ken and Peter Show'' has suffered drooping droop v. drooped, droop·ing, droops v.intr. 1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" ratings while the station has attempted to attract a younger demographic. KABC officials had no comment at press time, and Minyard, 59, couldn't be reached. Your host, JFK Jr.: John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Jr. could be ready for his close-up. The Camelot heir is said to be game to host a TV version of his George magazine. Mind you, it's all still in the early stages. But after interviewing everybody from Fidel Castro to the Dalai Lama, Kennedy feels confident he can hold his own on camera with just about any politician or world leader, according to friends. It almost goes without saying that any number of network execs would be willing to do virtually anything for at least one George special. Observes one producer: ``His name would land the interviews, and his face would land the viewers - especially women viewers. The guy comes with a Q rating that's probably higher than Dan Rather, Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw combined.'' Kennedy's office says there are no TV talks currently under way. But Hachette Filipacchi CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. David Pecker has long been eager to forge TV and book tie-ins. Women's Day has a show on the Pax network hosted by Phyllis George, Car and Driver is due for a special on TNN TNN The National Network (formerly The Nashville Network) TNN The Nashville Network (now The National Network) TNN The Nerd Network (online gaming clan) , and Elle should soon have a series on the E! network. Bacall's rich role: Lauren Bacall will headline a CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. miniseries planned for February that chronicles the tumultuous life - and mysterious death - of the world's wealthiest woman. The Tony-award winning Bacall (``The Mirror Has Two Faces'') will play the title role in ``Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke,'' which chronicles the life of the eccentric woman who inherited $100 million from her tobacco millionaire father, Buck Duke. The two-parter also stars the Emmy-nominated Richard Chamberlain (``The Thorn Birds'') and Kathleen Quinlan (``Apollo 13''). Chamberlain plays Bernard Lafferty, the butler who became Duke's ever-present companion in her final days. Quinlan plays Duke's mother, who rejected her daughter from the moment she was born. Other co-stars include Joe Don Baker (``George Wallace'') as Buck Duke, Lindsay Frost (``High Incident'') as the young Doris Duke, and Michael Nouri (``Love and War'') as playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, one of the heiress's lovers. Production has already begun in Montreal, Hawaii and Los Angeles. |
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