I am a talk radio junkie. I start my morning with local personality Pat Campbell on KFAQ, then at 9 AM it’s a channel change to KRMG and Neal Boortz, at noon it’s Rush Limbaugh, then at 3 is Sean Hannity. At 4 PM, I change channels once again, back to KFAQ and local personality Elvis Polo. At 6, it’s KGGF out of Coffeyville, Kansas, for the Bruce Williams show. Today will be the last day for KGGF, as it’s the last day for Bruce Williams, who is hanging up the microphone after 35 years on the air.
I have been listening to Bruce pretty much every evening on my drive home for the better part of five years now. Unlike the other talkers, he does not dwell on politics, but talks about a variety of issues, ranging from buying a home to traffic signals. His motto is – “If it’s important to you, we’ll talk about it!” He was a refreshing alternative to the typical talk-radio fare.
Now, I am left with two alternatives – Michael Savage or Mark Levin. I am not fond of either, although I like Savage better. Or, I can listen to music. Always an option, but music on the radio has grown stale – not enough variety as each station has become a “niche”. I don’t know about you, but I have a wide musical taste, and see no problem listening to Nirvana, AC/DC, Frank Sinatra, Hank Jr., and Barry Manilow back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back without having to switch stations. But that is just me.
Or, the other alternative is that I move my work schedule up an hour so that I am home at the end of the “Elvis Polo Show” at 6. Hmm. Not a bad idea!
#2 first. If you want a variety of music, why don’t you move to a real city? North Dakota is even worse.
#1. If you’re not listening to Rush and Sean simply for the humor of their ridiculous rantings but actually believe them, it might help explain why you’ve had so many struggles in life. And Savage is the most hilarious of them all. A few years ago, he was proposing that we nuke an entire Iraqi city every time they executed one of our troops.