I like AM radio. I like sports. So when you combine the two forces and create sports talk radio, I am in heaven. Last October Mancow mania finally faded into oblivion, so when KLAC AM 570 teamed up Fred Roggin, Tracy Simers, and L.A. Times Sports Columnist T.J. Simers for the much coveted 6-9am time slot before The Jim Rome Show , I gave it a chance. It couldn't get any worse, right? Roggin......

Is LA really that tough of a market that no one can stand out as the perfect fit in morning radio? Is it really that hard to entertain the infamous Los Angeles morning commute? With billboards in LA proclaiming him The King of Free Media, and with KLAC's station manager calling him not just the future of radio but proclaiming that "there is not a more talented performer on the air today," starting Monday,......

LAist was dismayed to read the paper today and find out that Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton's afternoon radio show has been cancelled by XTRA. Hacksaw will now host four shows on both Saturday and Sunday, provide his self-proclaimed "best 15 minutes in radio" AKA "Hacksaw's Headlines" to start the XTRA afternoon replacement show, and provide other commentaries and reports throughout the day. Still, this amounts to a demotion for a guy who hosted the same......

It's long been the forgotten one of LA's three sports talk radio stations, but 1540 AM "The Ticket" is making a move. The station recently announced that it is hiring Tony Bruno to host its morning show. LAist has always been big Bruno fans, and we're thrilled he's coming back. Voted the best sports radio personality by Los Angeles Magazine last year, Bruno's brand of funny, in-your-face, ironic humor was welcome every morning at......

Next Thursday, leading SoCal Sports Talk station XTRA heads to 570 AM. After years of providing a static-filled feed on 690 AM, LA now gets to turn the tables on San Diego. XTRA Sports 690 used to be the LA sports talk station based out of (shhhh...) San Diego. They would air USC games and other LA sporting events. But the feed was always lousy in LA. When XTRA boosted its antenna power in......