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KCBQ’s night time host Rick Amato backstage with Dennis Miller recently. The comedian, writer and syndicated talkshow host was a guest recently on The Rick Amato Show . Rick’s show on KCBQ gave away 20 pair of tickets to listeners of the show to see Dennis Miller live.

Star 94.1’s Little Tommy Sablan writes about meeting Enrique Iglesias at the Jeff and Jer showgram. The recording star picked Tommy’s son, Eddie out of the throng of visitors. Tommy wrote, “The minute I met him outside in the parking lot, he shook my hand with respect and I could tell right there he was a real person and not a BIG TIME STAR doing a small little radio show. I especially respected him a lot after he took the time to talk with my little boy Eddie just out of the blue. He talked to Eddie about what he thought Eddie’s nationality was and about skateboarding and everything. Seal was really cool to Eddie too and I will never forget that, but for Enrique to have about 50 cute women in the hallway waiting for him and he picks Eddie out and hangs out with my son for a few minutes, it just made me realize how cool the dude really is!

Also: Tommy’s quest for walking and inviting listeners to join him paid off. Tommy commented on air that once the group reached 100, he’ll do a special bbq. The group reached 146 when Tommy made good on his promise. Over 100 walkers joined the producer of the showgram for a special bbq happened. More photos at [2] Jeff and Jer’s section at Star 94.1.

Hal Fishman, a Los Angeles TV news icon of more than 50 years, has died from colon cancer. The 75-year-old anchorman spent his career on L.A. television and was considered to be one of the longest-running news anchors in the nation. He was last scene on KTLA TV 5.

La Preciosa has left the San Diego market. Regional Mexican La Mejor is on 97.7 and 99.3 FM. 97.7 is running Tijuana spots and 99.3 is targeting San Diego. Both stations are programmed out of Mexico City.

I like Glenn Beck; he can be entertaining at times. What I don’t like is the non-decision by KOGO or their corporate headquarters bringing in another out of town program — that is 12-hours old. Glenn’s show airs live from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. (and can be heard live on XM and one Southern California station). What mystifies me is the drive to have a local host on the dominate station in the market. A few tried out, however despite feedback to the management at AM 600, up comes a 12-hour old show of Glenn Beck. Local issues have to wait until the next day. Sure, Glenn’s track record is good — and he has a successful CNN Headline program too. TV viewers watching his replay on CNN Headline will see topics covered in the radio show — updated.

With KOGO’s shift to all talk in September, and no major long form newscasts, it is disappointing that local voices cannot be heard when there was a veil promise of a San Diego talk show in the 6 to 8 p.m. slot. If you want local, it’s KCBQ’s Rick Amato on at 9 p.m., giving talk radio a local voice at 1170 AM.

Meanwhile, it’s a 12-hour old show of Glenn Beck with quality talent such as Dave Palet & Jeff Dotseth on the beach in the market. Dave and Jeff have better tans and know how to pronounce La Jolla.

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