Listeners Say KABC Should Turn Dial Back

Regarding Randy Skretvedt and Rob Ray’s “Old Methods Suit KABC-AM Fans” (Counterpunch, May 4):

KABC lost us when they decided to focus on 12-year-olds. The early show turned into a frenetic cesspool when Roger Barkley left. There is not a weekday that passes when we do not miss Michael Jackson--his stimulating topics, his amazing guest list and his wonderful sense of humor.

PAUL and MILLIE FLETCHER

Via e-mail

KABC management did not appreciate the loyal listener base they once had. I hope they come to their senses.

ROGER BARNES

Culver City

Search the dial. What do you have? The real clear stations are Spanish, sports, news or KFI (more stimulating insults). Do the Spanish-speaking stations use abusive language? Why can’t we have a little of what used to make radio and KABC great?

PATRICIA TAYLOR

Thousand Oaks

It has been reported often lately that the population is growing older. Shouldn’t we seniors have a station that we can be proud of?

Disney, you have goofed. Please bring back the good ol’ days when KABC was No. 1.

HARRIETTE WULFECK

Santa Monica

This once-oasis of intelligent discussion in a sea of banality was lost to the gods of commerce, and with these changes they lost me as well. The Disneyization of this once proud station gives new meaning to the phrase “a Mickey Mouse operation.”

TOM PONTAC

Huntington Beach

Bravo for Skretvedt and Ray. Their articulate letter says it all. I, too, have been a longtime listener to KABC and am very disappointed in the changes of the past two years. What was once an intelligent, exciting, interesting station has become another “junk” station. Along with many former listeners, I’m doing a lot of “station-hopping” where I only find the same mediocre and boring drivel.

How great it would be if KABC management would give back to its former fans the pleasure of the intelligence and class the station used to have.

GINGER TAUBER

Los Angeles