If you want changes to 640-TO, you have to let the boss know.

http://www.640toronto.com/nathansmith/

Bill Carroll while saying goodbye to his KFI 640 audience Thursday begged his audience not to vote for Donald Trump.  How hypocritical.  For years he has been criticizing Canadian celebrities for interfering in U.S. politics.  Same old Bill.

http://www.kfiam640.com/media/play/26626776/   (at the 29 minute mark)

For someone who recently listened "for the first time in a long time", Mr. Carroll obviously made quite an impression 

Why do you ask "what happened?"    He has a beautiful mistress.   His place is a dump but Home Improvement People can work on that for a contra arrangement.    If the P.D. gets tough, Lior Samfiru is on retainer.     He has it made in the shade            

To be accurate, the above photo was taken from an article by Ian Bussieres (The Sun) about L.A. Bill in town (Quebec C - July 2015) for his friend\guitarist Pat Smear.  Where and when the photo was taken--I don't know. 

http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/dossiers-arts/festival-dete/201507/10/01-4884696-lanimateur-bill-carroll-en-ville-pour-son-ami-pat-smear.php

Last edited by GOD HELP US (January 15, 2016 5:00 PM)

This article by Richard Wagoner collaborates my suspensions.
http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20160118/radio-kfi-adjusts-lineup-after-bill-carrolls-departure
L.A. Bill wasn't offered as much money as he had hoped, so he left the building, using the 'I want to be closer to my family' line.
Here's a link to the 'All Access' message board.  He wasn't much liked there either.
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/149190/bill-carroll-exits-kfi-los-angeles

 

Last edited by GOD HELP US (January 22, 2016 5:15 PM)

Oh..and further to this.

The other day I was driving a long distance so I fired up AM in the car and gave "Talk Radio" a listen for a while.  I often hear that people listen to talk radio because it's informational.  That's not what I heard.

What I heard was on talk radio was opinion/conjecture.  The stereotype of the "angry old white man" certainly does prevail.  The hosts didn't come across as intelligent or open minded.  They came across as opinionated (at the least) and "holier than thou".  The callers were almost exclusively male & many appeared to have made no attempt to even logically investigate the issue that was being discussed.  The shows reeked with negativity & anger. 

But a part of me looked at this in a positive light.  I remember that the typical demo for this type of programming is 55+.  And that the younger "angry" guy isn't embracing talk radio. It made me realize that very soon this type of bullshit will soon be a distance memory like leaded gasoline (and a positive for humanity in general). 

Now I'm sure my comments will make the blood boil on some. We will have some declare I have my head in my ass (most likely those who have some vested interest in talk radio) and to them my answer is this.  You are delusional. You are no different than the 50 something fat man who looks at himself in the mirror & imagines he "has a real chance" with that nice 21 year old hot server who says hello at the pub (him ignoring it's her job to be nice). 

PS.  And if you imagine my head is in my ass, consider my past performance.  Most of what I predicated is happening to conventional radio.  Mass layoffs, the dumbing down of the product, being "insignficant" re: cultural influence, a slow, steady erosion of TSL by ALL demo's, a continued consolidation, a chase to more cheaper "employee" pastures.  An industry that has become mostly irrelevant & insignificant to the prime demo. 

I suggest some of you old timers step outside yourself and actually listen to the product that is radio. It's intolerable nonsense for the most part.


 

Last edited by Hathaway (January 23, 2016 3:06 PM)

Who says they should be replaced?  Maybe they should just go away all together? 

And it's less about the message and more about said tactics used by "right wing talk radio". Oh the irony because Ziggy used exactly the same tactics as talk radio. Strongly opinionated, critical of everyone who didn't buy into his message.  Yet, the elders over at SOWNY cherish Bill Carroll or Dave Agar YET they turned their guns on Ziggy. The methodology of delivering the message is exactly the same just when it came to Ziggy they didn't LIKE the message. So they wanted him turfed.  Now, had Ziggy said what they wanted to hear, he'd have been a fucking hero & SOWNY would have erected a statute of him on the front page. 

As for the McDonalds vs Talk radio comparison you're forgetting one point.  McDonalds is a private company that uses private goods and channels for it's product.  AM radio uses PUBLIC airwaves.  Radio spectrum is a public resource like oil & gas.  The solution to this problem is to charge radio "royalty" fees for using public airwaves. McDonalds makes a business decision to kiss the ass of those "ancient freeloaders".  But why wouldn't they?  The baby boom generation has always excelled at expecting something for nothing & hoping someone else would foot the bill.  The federal public debt is a good example. Baby boomers (read old people) excelled at setting the rules to directly benefit themselves & no one else. 






 

Sorry, you are incorrect. 

The "Ziggy" personality was just like a AM talk show host.  It was loud, in-your-face, bellicose, etc.  As for his hate for certain individuals, how is that any different certain talk show hosts?  I'm not saying it's right or fair, but I'm saying those hosts dish shit out to people & Ziggy dished it back.  

 

Translation:  A guy resigned from his job at moved on.