Monday, November 19, 2007

Hoppy and Toady, Nora and Todd, Shawn and Robin

I avoid KFROG at all costs in the morning and afternoon. I only listen to them because they do traffic every 10 minutes, and let's face it- I need my traffic reports.

I don't like Hoppy and Toady on KFROG 95.1. They are not funny. They take hick to new extremes. Half of the time Hoppy is messing up, saying the wrong things, comes off as a prick, and he just sounds so gosh darn ignorant. I know that I can turn them on at 8, 15, 23, and so on past each hour and get my traffic. That's the only real reason I listen to them in the afternoon.

I listen to Todd Baker in the afternoon on KKGO (GoCountry105). He is funny and the format of his show is so different than other afternoon shows. He has fun, interesting segments like the "daily uplifter," "police blotter," and "LA's most wanted." His only problem on his show is the traffic reporter- Nora Wells. She is involved in most of these segments. She is so annoying- her voice for one. Second, she says the same thing over and over; when the daily uplifter comes on, she says "ooh, I hope it fits me," or "we all need to be uplifted." She is so redundant. She doesn't seem to have many brains, which bothers me to no end. I like intelligent people. I am getting to the point where when she comes on I turn. They need a better traffic reporter like Arianna Ortiz, Claire Beverly, or some other woman who has a few brains.

In the morning Shawn Parr is awesome on GoCountry. I love how during the traffic reports he says that at this exit on the freeway they have a Jack in the Box, a Dennys, or some other place. He is so random and has so much energy. While Shawn Parr is awesome, Robin Banks is not. Robin has the worst laugh. She tends to laugh at everything. She never has much to say. Sure, the traffic reporters are not the main show, but at least have something halfway intelligent to say. By the way, looking at her pic on gocountry's website I've determined that she is not hot, and I'm tired of hearing about her breast augmentation already.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

KKGO GO Country let Todd Baker GO...
The KKGO message boards rumor mill says "Todd was let go before Christmas and made his vacation his exit. They don't like anyone getting on the mic after they know they aren't coming
back."
It is a Sad day in Los Angeles country radio when a familiar voice is silenced, especially one that was a good hearted, genuinly kind person to everyone he met or talked to on the phone.
Todd will be missed...

Lowflyin' Lolana said...

OH MY GOD. are you F'in nuts? I hear Nora Wells all the time and she's awesome. she has the jolliest laugh i have EVER HEARD!!! it puts me in a better mood. she's just fun and real and has her own total style and i think it's fabulous. it's one of the better kind of sounds on the radio, in fact, when it comes down to it---ironic that these angry white men are paid obscene amounts of money to rant and rave and distort and complain, while someone as positive as a person who can just LAUGH on the air and give good energy, are just like everyone else these days, struggling on a salary that makes it clear they're in radio for the love of talking on the air, not money.

but THIS really gets me about the guy you love(i actually haven't heard him, because i don't get up before noon.): "I love how during the traffic reports he says that at this exit on the freeway they have a Jack in the Box, a Dennys, or some other place."

well, great for Jack in the Box, Denny's, and all those other places. uh....ok.

if someone with a brain like yours, thinks he can bitch about how one woman laughs (Robin has a great laugh too! good grief) and how another woman thinks, isn't it kind of like a pot calling a kettle....a pot?!!!!

I don't know what planet you're on buddy, but I'm kinda glad for that.

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