Episodes
![KFBK DAVE & BOB Reunion](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/D_B_fireworks_rs_kawghw_300x300.png)
Monday Dec 11, 2023
KFBK DAVE & BOB Reunion
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
DAVE WILLIAMS and BOB NATHAN became Sacramento radio partners in July of 1981. They soon had the highest ratings in Sacramento history, a record that still stands. When they changed stations to KFBK in 1985 their enormous audience, which they called The Dave & Bob Mob, moved with them. Great morning radio teams everywhere are long remembered by their fans. In Northern California that's Dave & Bob.
Shout out to Rush Limbaugh fans: in this episode, we talk about our friendships with Rush, how we saved him from drowning and got hate mail for it, and an eerie dream that turned out to be a serious premonition.
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![DEBORAH PARENTI, Radio Master](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/Deborah-Parenti-2023-e1682630428587_yb4ub3_300x300.png)
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
DEBORAH PARENTI, Radio Master
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
DEBORAH PARENTI was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame on November 2, 2023, three weeks before this conversation. It's easy to see why. She's as bright and energetic as they come. With a deep career in broadcast management, she is now the publisher of Streamline's Radio Ink. Here Parenti talks about why radio will never die, but she's also brutally honest about some of the industry's serious problems. She says radio needs to put its money where its mouth is and get back to what it does best.
![SPECIAL EPISODE, INSIDE RADIO - ”The Paul Drew Story”](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/DSCN5088_DREW_SM_WEB_eec2ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
SPECIAL EPISODE, INSIDE RADIO - ”The Paul Drew Story”
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
In 1973 I was Program Director of K-Earth in Los Angeles, formerly KHJ-FM. Automated at the time, it was the oldies music creation of the legendary Bill Drake. Shortly after I started working there Drake was fired as Programming VP for RKO. KRTH GM Hal Rosenberg and I hired GUY ZAPOLEON to create new music lists and recordings to replace the Drake/Chenault package. In my recent conversation with Guy we drifted into our Paul Drew stories. He was, as we say with deep respect, a piece of work.
![GUY ZAPOLEON, Radio Master](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/Guy_Z_dmnpea_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
GUY ZAPOLEON, Radio Master
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Guy Zapoleon is a modern music savant. For the past fifty years he has guided contemporary music radio stations and corporations in identifying the right songs to play at the right time to achieve their target audience goals. Along the way, he discovered a generalized pattern in which contemporary music trends rise from innovation to mass appeal and ultimately to a downturn he calls doldrums. Then, the cycle starts again. He's a music scientist and journalist; he's the ultimate source for radio music directors, artists, and producers everywhere.
![WALTER SABO, Radio Master](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/WALTER_SABO18_qzbn3g_300x300.png)
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
WALTER SABO, Radio Master
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
If WALTER SABO (aka Walter Sterling on WABC) was a baker he wouldn't own a cookie cutter or a recipe book. Walter is an innovator. For all of his decades of creating and consulting media programming, he has never relied on a formula. When I asked him what's wrong with the radio business these days he had answers I didn't expect. He also emphasized what's right: "(Radio is) the most elegant distribution system in mass media. It's elegant, it's incredible."
Walter is full of surprises and brilliant insights. Have a listen. Then subscribe to this podcast. I hope Walter and I can talk again soon.
Dave Williams, November 4, 2023
![JOHN KOBYLT, Radio Master](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/Untitled_design_4__7bax9v_300x300.png)
Friday Nov 17, 2023
JOHN KOBYLT, Radio Master
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
JOHN KOBYLT has been half of the most popular talk radio show in Los Angeles for 36 years. Now his partner, Ken Chiampou, has announced his retirement. The famous John and Ken Show is about to become the John Kobylt Show. That's where we start this conversation, with the obvious questions: when and what can we expect?
![KEN CHIAMPOU, Radio Master](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/AWoHfYWQ_400x400_fbdhwv_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
KEN CHIAMPOU, Radio Master
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
KEN CHIAMPOU and John Kobylt electrified Los Angeles with their brash, clear-spoken brand of talk radio when they arrived at KFI 36 years ago and they haven't stopped. It's the longest-running talk show in radio history that changed the direction of the talk radio industry. In this exclusive conversation, Ken tells Dave Williams why he's retiring and looks back on 40 years of friendship with John, and the lightning they've held together in a bottle. L.A. radio will never be the same.
![MARK AUSTIN THOMAS, Radio Master](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2398389/221434097_10225452044989325_4297319794318602912_n_kkfumu_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
MARK AUSTIN THOMAS, Radio Master
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
MARK AUSTIN THOMAS is his real name. It's a beaut, ain't it? Well, so is the man behind it. MAT, as he's sometimes known to friends and colleagues, has made the most of his deep native intellect, his curiosity, and his passion for journalism. Now retired but by no means old, Mark shares his insights and philosophies.
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I'm Dave Williams.
After many years of doing news/talk radio I'm ready to stretch out to long-form conversation. You know, enjoyable and informative chats uninterrupted by traffic, weather, and 25 minutes of commercials and promotional announcements per hour.
Podcasting is still young and developing. Some of the experts say radio people are no good at it because we sound plastic, too slick. I take that to mean I should sound less professional. Heck, I can do that.
These same experts say a podcast has to be very narrowly focused on a particular subject to gain a following.
Tell that to Joe Rogan.
I'm interested in lots of things, in people and subjects beyond number and description. Aren't you? Sure you are. Hope you like what I offer and will tell your friends.
Email me: davewilliams0806@gmail.com