I've listened to Willie (Loman) the past couple of days and he's unbearable. I'm a big fan of Mr. Davis and am not happy that he's moving to 9am-noon. But I wanted to give Willie a chance and have slogged through a few hours yesterday and today. At this point, I just can't take anymore. His delivery and content make Bill Bennett sound like Michael Savage on crank.

Listening to Willie the past couple of mornings has been painful. I know this is a new gig for him, but he just sounds terribly uncomfortable, out of place, and he has that plastic radio voice. The upshot of having Bob Davis move to 9 to noon is the elimination of all the breaks for traffic and weather.

KSTP just replaced 5-9 a.m. edginess and bombast with boredom. Willie is a bore!!

What the hell is wrong with those guys at Hubbard? Two days listening to Bob Davis's morning replacement and putting Davis in a position where no one will listen to him because people are at work and not listening to the radio borders on the stupid.

Don't forget, these are the same geniuses who think having Patrick Reusse on mornings, afternoons and twice on weekends is great programming.

We all expect KSTP to move Mischke back to his 10:00 pm slot once Hannity goes to 100.3 FM... do you think there's any chance they may move this Willie guy as well? Maybe not, I don't know.

I mean, that's a bit of a dumb move... start a brand new guy in on the Morning Drive and then move him in eight months time. However, we've constantly seen dumb moves on the part of KSTP... letting go of Lewis was probably the biggest in recent memory. (With hiring Kroc coming in a close second.)

They should have kept Davis in Morning Drive.

If Kodiac will also produce for Willie, then he has a chance to work out a little bit... he's a pretty good producer.

Davis was alright, he was listenable until he became passionate about something - then he had all the subtlety of Barbara Carlson without the neurosis. The new guy, Willie, sounds awful but we should give him some time to smooth his delivery. Honestly though, I can't stand Kenny Olsen at all. He's a self-impressed smug little smart ass. In the past KSTP AM1500 always had rather lovable support casts, John McDougall, Peter Thiel, Rookie etc etc but this Olsen character just rubs me wrong and I switch stations as soon as I hear him.

Craig- It's called a sense of humor and the "Soulman" has a decent one unlike the cast of loveable drones you mentioned (Rookie is a good role player but that's about it). I read "loveable" as boring, smartass as funny.

I would expect that Kodiak will follow Davis to his new time slot.

I'm sure Kodiak will still produce Davis' show, but didn't he used to produce two shows in the evening? I might be remembering him doing this more than he actually did, but I know he definitely produced the Mischke Broadcast and James Lileks' show The Diner.

Then again, maybe that was when the Jackal was producing Mischke. It's been so long.

That KSTP is running Clark early, a "soft open" before the grand opening, is most curious but the timing works. I'll allow that his broken delivery could be just getting used to the facilties, the format, and yes, Reusse and Soulman. Let's all wait until next week.

Let's also remember Bob Davis's first year, in the 10 pm slot. He was a bit of a project, but unlike Krok, one that turned out pretty well.

This guy is horrible, At first I thought he won the Next Big Thing contest. I rather listen to Mike Morris. As far as Bob Davis, he is alright but now he is up against Laura Ingraham. No contest. And if you have XM Tony Snow rocks. If Hubbard had a brain they would buy the Patriot and move it to 107.1 so every one could listen.
Mitch; Thanks for being the CJ of talk radio and giving us the inside scoop.

I caught a little more of Willie this morning blathering with Reusse. Kodiak was audibly pissed that Willie couldn't figure out that he was telling him to cut Reusse off and go to a break. It was probably the funniest part of the show all week.

By the way, the best part of KSTP lineup shuffle is that there's an hour less of O'Connell and Rosenbaum fouling the airwaves.

At first I thought he won the Next Big Thing contest.
Posted by Brian at December 29, 2005 12:25 AM

Someone won that thing?

By the way, the best part of KSTP lineup shuffle is that there's an hour less of O'Connell and Rosenbaum fouling the airwaves.

Posted by the elder at December 29, 2005 08:45 AM

Amen. Now they just need to arrange for eight hours less of that misanthropic dry-drunk Reusse.

I miss the Willie from the "Don Bobo" show. :-)

Willie makes a mean vampire (see pics):

http://www.kscj.com/Pictures.cfm

Will he do Bela Lugosi impersonations on air, at Halloween?

Have tried listening to Willie the last three morning ... today ended up listening to Yates instead. If they are trying him out for a couple of morning shows (filling in for Wendy Wild on 950), they maybe looking for a slot for him.
I will try 100.3 next week, but expect I will end up listening to Laura Ingram or Wendy Wild depending on the topic.

That's Laura Ingraham (spoken with reverence, and just a tad of lust).

Elder - Some people find Lewis Black and Chris Rock funny too. Maybe I'm "elder" than you but funny was Bill Cosby and Johnny Carson. Not that Kenny Olson is a professional comedian he just rubs me wrong, and maybe I read more into to it than is actually there, but I get the sense the "old mayor" gets a little sick of him too.

Actually I do find Chris Rock funny. Lewis Black I don't. I like both Cosby and Carson.

I'm not saying Kenny is a comic genius, but you were comparing him to Peter Thiel. A mop handle is funnier than Thiel. And more interesting.

GL could do with a little more bantering with Olsen and a little less recitation of "funny" e-mail lists that were mildly amusing the first time I read them. Back in 1999.

Mitch writes: "It's the same theory that led Morris to plunk millions of dollars into Hubbard's FM107 "chick talk" operation - the theory that women just don't want to talk politics (or, judging by 107's ratings, much of anything else)."

You just explained A LOT for me! I have been an FM107 listener (of some of their offerings) since the start. Recent comments made by Erin Rasmussen and Ian Punnett have convinced me (like a hammer on the head) that FM107 is not interested in having any thinking conservative women listening to their programs. I wish there was a local morning show like Punnett's without the insults to intelligent women and men, and to conservatives. I'll keep listening for a while, but that station is really getting offensive. Punnett was really gloating about FM107's canning Dr. Laura the other day. He was even comparing her to his own father (right message, wrong delivery)...I couldn't believe what I was hearing. He said that Dr. Laura was driving away listeners, which I find unbelievable. Their target audience has to be a minute group.

I really don't want to dump on Willie BUT when you took Bob Davis off 5-9, you "fixed" something that wasn't broke!!! I miss Bob; he's terrific. Not the same at 9, for me.
P.S. Can Willie not hesitate after every word??

I really don't want to dump on Willie BUT when you took Bob Davis off 5-9, you "fixed" something that wasn't broke!!! I miss Bob; he's terrific. Not the same at 9, for me.
P.S. Can Willie not hesitate after every word??

Time for am1500 to cut its losses. Move Bob back to 530; hire the Polichicks for 9-12. I cannot see how Willie will make it. His Bio FYI is still on his previous employers website- something tells me this may be a total "trial balloon"

Time for am1500 to cut its losses. Move Bob back to 530; hire the Polichicks for 9-12. I cannot see how Willie will make it. His Bio FYI is still on his previous employers website- something tells me this may be a total "trial balloon"

Willie's an idiot - I don't know what KSTP was thinking - going from listening to Bob Davis and Kodiak every morning to listening to Willie is like going from watching a fireworks factory on fire to watching paint that has already dried dry - way to go KSTP

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