Another sad day for local Phoenix news / talk radio. At 10:00 P.M. MST, the federal government shut down with the failure of the Senate to pass a last minute continuing resolution. But do any of the local news radio stations decide to provide us with this breaking news coverage and how it effects Arizonians? Nope! KTAR is too busy jamming Dave Ramsey reruns down our throats and 550 KFYI has tape-delayed Glenn Beck.
What local news radio source is there for people to listen to? Well for me, I had to tune to KSL News radio, 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City, Utah. That’s right, a city with a smaller population than Phoenix has a radio station, owned by the same people as KTAR, that provides continuing live and LOCAL coverage of the government shut down and how to effects people in Utah. As of 10:50 P.M., KSL is still live and local with Debbie Dujanovic and Dave Noriega. I should not have to listen to an out-of-state station to hear live coverage of the government shutdown.
What I don’t understand is this: Why does the 48th largest metropolitan area, Salt Lake City, Utah, have a news radio station in KSL that provides more live and local news programming than the 12th largest metropolitan area in Phoenix? KTAR really is a joke of a news station these days when live and local news / talk now ends at noon because Dave Ramsey airs for two hours during the middle of the work day, begins again at 2:00 P.M. with Mac and Cheese talk radio (not news, but talk), and then ends again at 6:00 P.M. when most people are still driving home from work. Meanwhile, KSL in SLC has all news in the afternoon from 3:00 - 7:00 P.M., live and local programming all day including local news and talk until 9:00 P.M. Why can’t Phoenix have a station like that? Can someone please provide the 5th largest city in the country with a real local news radio station like KSL?
What local news radio source is there for people to listen to? Well for me, I had to tune to KSL News radio, 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City, Utah. That’s right, a city with a smaller population than Phoenix has a radio station, owned by the same people as KTAR, that provides continuing live and LOCAL coverage of the government shut down and how to effects people in Utah. As of 10:50 P.M., KSL is still live and local with Debbie Dujanovic and Dave Noriega. I should not have to listen to an out-of-state station to hear live coverage of the government shutdown.
What I don’t understand is this: Why does the 48th largest metropolitan area, Salt Lake City, Utah, have a news radio station in KSL that provides more live and local news programming than the 12th largest metropolitan area in Phoenix? KTAR really is a joke of a news station these days when live and local news / talk now ends at noon because Dave Ramsey airs for two hours during the middle of the work day, begins again at 2:00 P.M. with Mac and Cheese talk radio (not news, but talk), and then ends again at 6:00 P.M. when most people are still driving home from work. Meanwhile, KSL in SLC has all news in the afternoon from 3:00 - 7:00 P.M., live and local programming all day including local news and talk until 9:00 P.M. Why can’t Phoenix have a station like that? Can someone please provide the 5th largest city in the country with a real local news radio station like KSL?