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Goodbye to Bill Mac and KYNO
- Oct 11 2012
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For anyone who listens to local radio (there are still a few of us, it's not like it's the newspaper or anything), there were a couple of bombshell change-ups announced last week.
I won't comment on the departure of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity from KMJ, except to say that Coast to Coast will be a missed part of my late-night drives (until it finds a new home obviously).
But the big loss for me (and the community) comes from KYNO (940 AM), which is gone, taken over by ESPN or some sort of sports radio something ...
KYNO's local programming offered much needed diversity not only in terms of content, but in tone. The station carried a home-grown feel that was apart from its competitors. Maybe it was the fact that the station was independent, or housed in the cultural arts district (and part of its various festivities) or the individual personality of the on-air hosts, but it felt like the station was reaching out to an untapped demographic (of which I was a part).
I have a bias of course. I have had a working relationship with the station (as a Mike Osegueda replacement) since the Alan Autry days and was a featured guest on his show as well as Bill McEwen's The Drive (which I already miss whole heartedly. NPR just ain't cutting it).
If the powers that be at KMJ are reading this (and who's to say they aren't), there is oopportunity here for them to reach out and connect with the community outside of their core audience.
1 Comment(s) for "Goodbye to Bill Mac and KYNO"
My favorite moments of the new KYNO was when Alan Autry and Bill McEwen debated each other. Sparks were flying! It got me hooked on that radio station. Wish I could have seen E. with the referee outfit, whistle and all. And even though I'm a liberal I do have a few policy positions that are in agreement with conservatives. But, they don't seem to care about those, only the differences. I was interested in Autry's show and showmanship. His intro every day, with the Magnificent 7 theme song was brilliant. But over time I grew to dislike it because of the extreme partisan nature of his shtick. By the time KYNO began to shed some of those hard-right propagandists after the Gabrielle Giffords shooting in Jan 2011 it was too late for me. I would still tune in to Bill's show, but I couldn't hardly listen to any right-wing radio/tv after that. IMO, they did head into the right direction with Republican moderates like Smerconish. Mac is still thee most knowledgeable and ethical political guy in Fresno in my book.