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| Pat Thuston |
WITH IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN HIGH GEAR; with a 2020 presidential election just nine months away; with the Donald Trump spectacle nowhere leaving in sight; there's a lot to talk about and especially on talk radio. Yet even with a talk format suited for the very essence of the above, there's very little time on KGO Radio, the Bay Area's 810 AM talk juggernaut old and new.
Which is all the more reason KGO should have an extended program on weekends-- Saturday would work great and have both Pat Thurston and John Rothmann in studio and taking calls. Interviewing political analysts and pols too. It could be both entertaining and cathartic.
This is an historical year no matter what. It is also what KGO used to be in its prime. And it could make money for the station because it's three or four hours that could be sold to a local bank or car dealer in a sponsorship that would offset KGO's taped shows that are boring but make money for the station. We all get that. But it would tap a good reservoir for the local listening audience and the Bay Area yearns for political discourse --especially when live and local.
Both Rothmann and Thurston have already, on air, signed up for the gig. They have both willingly stated on air that they want to talk about what's going on now and what takes place in November. In fact, there's a rumor Rothmann never wants to leave the studio these days. If KGO wanted 24-hour broadcasts, he'd be there. His passion is obvious and Thurston's vigor is equally pronounced too. She'd be an excellent co-pilot.
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