Thanks a Ton

[davidsirota]

KKZN Friends/Family:

Just got to my in-laws house in Lafayette, Indiana, after driving 1,118 miles from Denver in one day. Emily and my dog Monty are doing great - Monty is staying here, and Emily and I are getting ready to go off to China for our long-planned trip to visit that country with a friend of ours who was in the Peace Corps there.

Before I left, however, I just wanted to express a thank you to all of you for all of your support over the last few months. Jay Marvin's shoes are very big to try to fill - and I enjoyed doing my best to fill in. Nobody can replace Jay, but I hope the last few months with me at the helm was enjoyable, informative, entertaining - or, at least tolerable. I did my best to keep it as locally focused and topic-diversified as possible - something that I think is becoming really rare in radio.

The thing that has sustained me through the last few months has been the audience - the emails, the calls, the instant messages and the feedback has been incredibly helpful in doing the show.

Lots of you have emailed me asking me whether I want to have my own radio show. Let me say that while I certainly enjoyed hosting the show the last three and a half months, and while I certainly would be interested in having my own radio show at some point in the future, I'm not sure what the immediate future holds for me in radio. Why? For two obvious reasons: 1) We don't yet know exactly when Jay is coming back and thus there's no indication about whether there will actually be any need/slot for me in the Denver radio market and 2) I have to see what my book/writing schedule is like when I get back before knowing if I could even continue to fill in on a temporary basis.

None of that, of course, is nearly as important as the bottom line of Jay coming back. Let's all continue to hope and pray for his speedy recovery and return to the mike.

Again, thanks to everyone for all of your support - and feel free to use the comments section to offer up any feedback/criticism of my work on the radio. The more input the better.

Rock the boat,
David

P.S. As I was writing this, Westword posted a new article on Jay's health. I saw Jay before leaving for China last week - he is certainly looking better.

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword...ut_his_hea.php

[xanadu]

Originally Posted by davidsirota

KKZN Friends/Family:

Just got to my in-laws house in Lafayette, Indiana, after driving 1,118 miles from Denver in one day. Emily and my dog Monty are doing great - Monty is staying here, and Emily and I are getting ready to go off to China for our long-planned trip to visit that country with a friend of ours who was in the Peace Corps there.

Before I left, however, I just wanted to express a thank you to all of you for all of your support over the last few months. Jay Marvin's shoes are very big to try to fill - and I enjoyed doing my best to fill in. Nobody can replace Jay, but I hope the last few months with me at the helm was enjoyable, informative, entertaining - or, at least tolerable. I did my best to keep it as locally focused and topic-diversified as possible - something that I think is becoming really rare in radio.

The thing that has sustained me through the last few months has been the audience - the emails, the calls, the instant messages and the feedback has been incredibly helpful in doing the show.

Lots of you have emailed me asking me whether I want to have my own radio show. Let me say that while I certainly enjoyed hosting the show the last three and a half months, and while I certainly would be interested in having my own radio show at some point in the future, I'm not sure what the immediate future holds for me in radio. Why? For two obvious reasons: 1) We don't yet know exactly when Jay is coming back and thus there's no indication about whether there will actually be any need/slot for me in the Denver radio market and 2) I have to see what my book/writing schedule is like when I get back before knowing if I could even continue to fill in on a temporary basis.

None of that, of course, is nearly as important as the bottom line of Jay coming back. Let's all continue to hope and pray for his speedy recovery and return to the mike.

Again, thanks to everyone for all of your support - and feel free to use the comments section to offer up any feedback/criticism of my work on the radio. The more input the better.

Rock the boat,
David

P.S. As I was writing this, Westword posted a new article on Jay's health. I saw Jay before leaving for China last week - he is certainly looking better.

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword...ut_his_hea.php

David - if not 6-10 am, KKZN ought to be able to find a permanent time for you!

[cubram]

Originally Posted by xanadu

David - if not 6-10 am, KKZN ought to be able to find a permanent time for you!

No doubt. While I appreciate his humility in praising Jay so, DS is clearly the cream of crop at KKZN. We would all, AM760 included, be lucky to have him on a more permanent, regular basis.

[marilyn]

.........to get Sirota back! He made his show enjoyable and informative. I appreciated the ONLY local focus KKZN has, & I liked the fact that his topics were varied and not repetitious.

I understand his time constraints & commitments, but doing a morning show would leave him the whole day (almost) to handle his other obligations.

OR..........maybe a morning show on Mondays & Fridays........like a preview and review of the week's progressive "activities."

OR.............doing an afternoon show, say from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., would give him most of the day to attend to other tasks.

I'm eager to hear about their adventures in China, so I hope David gets the opportunity to come back on & describe them.

[hanna]

Originally Posted by cubram

No doubt. While I appreciate his humility in praising Jay so, DS is clearly the cream of crop at KKZN. We would all, AM760 included, be lucky to have him on a more permanent, regular basis.

I absolutely agree. I think both David and Mario are the gold standard for talk radio and I think KKZN would be making a serious mistake to let either one of them get away.

[CrunchyKnee]

Sirota has my vote for the morning slot. I listened every day. Now and before, not so much.

[meachom]

Originally Posted by hanna

I absolutely agree. I think both David and Mario are the gold standard for talk radio and I think KKZN would be making a serious mistake to let either one of them get away.

david right on. mario.....i think i just threw up in my mouth. how could you possibly compare polar opposites in such a way? mario is a bafoon.

[xanadu]

Originally Posted by hanna

I absolutely agree. I think both David and Mario are the gold standard for talk radio and I think KKZN would be making a serious mistake to let either one of them get away.

Mario is "the gold standard for talk radio"? Fools gold, maybe.

[LaineyLu]

David you are greatly missed. I'd like to see KKZN give up a national broadcast (except for Thom)....maybe Randi or Ed and give you your own show.

Take Care!
Elaine from Castle Rock