An ayoda on radio

  SoCal NPR outlet LAist 89.3 (KPCC) has announced both their morning and afternoon local anchors, Susanne Whatley and Nick Roman  are departing the station. Here's what they posted on social media : Every day, LAist listeners wake up with Susanne Whatley sharing the morning news and then spend every afternoon hearing Nicholas Roman. Now, we share the heartfelt news that after years of dedication and exceptional service, our beloved hosts of #MorningEdition and #AllThingsConsidered are retiring from LAist. Susanne Whatley has been a beacon of reliability and integrity every morning. Her calm demeanor and insightful storytelling have better connected us to our communities to start the day. Susanne’s warmth and dedication to delivering stories that matter will be greatly missed. Her last day hosting 'Morning Edition' will be Monday, July 29. Broadcasting out of the O.C. Bureau (his home), with a deep understanding of the issues that matter most, Nick Roman has made afternoons

  For the longest time, I’ve wanted to see AM radio thrive. I grew up with Lohman and Barkley on KFI, (anyone else remember Jerry Bishop and Freeway Ed?), listened to Vin Scully bring home Dodger games on KABC, waited for Gary Owens to deliver another profound one-liner on KMPC, listen to Dave Hull toot his horn on KRLA, and listened to “1580 KDAY Great Weekends” with J. J. Johnson . Weekday mornings started with “what is Sweet Dick Whittington conspiring from the ‘Sin Fernando Valley’ on KGIL?”  Lohman & Barkley, Jerry Bishop, Vin Scully, Gary Owens Dave Hull, yours truly, J.J. Johnson Dick Whittington And of course, there was always the mighty 93 / KHJ. I had five different versions of AM stereo radios (my Sony SRF A-100 is still functional), I also have HD radios to hear what few local stations offer AM HD (KBRT and K-Mozart). Yes, mine is still working! Back in June, when I heard of the passing of Lakers legend Jerry West, I immediately tuned into AM 570 (KLAC) and 710 /