It seems that Angelenos just can't get enough talk about sex, relationships, politics, and living in the new millennium. Ever since the early 90's, sparked by the arrival of the Howard Stern Radio Show in LA, more people have been turning off music and turning on talk. I, too, became a huge fan of talk radio during the last decade, so much so that I was inspired to become a talk radio host. As my station, 97.1 FM, celebrates its 5 year anniversary this month, it seemed like an apropos time to pose this question to LA's own talk radio fanatics. Here's what LA had to say.
Most people find talk radio to be more interactive.
Real voices talk to you live throughout the entire program, soliciting responses and input from callers who also speak live. These callers are regular people, average LA residents. They're calling from work, their cars, their homes, and they represent the listener, the everyone's ear. Also, talk radio is biting. If a musical artist wrote a song about the things discussed on talk radio, using that language and descriptive detail, no radio station would dare put it in rotation.