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“Old politicians never die”…they turn into radio talk show hosts

by on Nov. 23, 2010, under Life, Media, Politics

It seems that there are a lot of former politicians on the radio in Tucson (especially KJLL The Jolt, 1330 AM):

Mondays: former Ward 6 Councilmember Nina Trasoff, “Pima Community College Perspective”, 6 p.m.

Tuesdays: former District 1 Pima County Supervisor Ron Asta, “Ron Asta’s Tucson”, 12 noon

Tuesdays: former Ward 6 Councilmember Fred Ronstadt, “The Fred & Jeff Show” (with his younger brother Jeff), 5 p.m.

Thursdays: former Ward 5 Councilmember Steve Leal, “All Things Political“, 12 noon

Daily: former State Senator John C. Scott, “The John C. Scott Show“, 3 to 5 pm. M to Th, 3 to 4 p.m. Fridays.

Incidentally Scott is also the General Manager of KJLL.

Host John C. Scott sometimes appears on Arizona Public Media‘s KUAT Channel 6 TV’s “Friday Roundtable” political discussion at 6:30 p.m., with reporters/editors from the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Weekly, Arizona Republic, Green Valley News & Sun, and even sometimes our Editor Mark Evans of Tucsoncitizen.com.

J.D. Hayworth in Phoenix was also a radio talk show host (KFYI 550 AM) after he lost his job as CD5 Congressman, and before he resigned to run for U.S. Senate in Arizona this year against incumbent John McCain.

So stay tuned, for more former politicians evolving into radio talk show hosts & hostesses. Anyone else I missed?

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  • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sonorans/144198198931412 Three Sonorans

    I’ve learned a tremendous amount by going on Steve Leal’s show lately. He is super-smart, an intellectual.
     
    This Thursday will be a repeat, however, because of the holiday.

    • Carolyn Classen

      Yes David (Abie) you have been on Steve’s show a lot recently, discussing current political events/issues.  I think you could learn a lot from Steve as he was on the City  Council for 5 terms (20 years).

  • fraser007

    So did anyone ask Ron Asta how he likes his steaks?? Hope it comes up on the radio show.

    • Carolyn Classen

      Fraser007, you are still being “moderated” automatically by my blogsite, but I did write to editor Mark Evans to unblock you.  Please contact him.

  • fraser007

    Hey Three Sonorans…wouldnt it be nice if I could comment on your blogsite? if you cut me off then I cant give you intersting data like the Ron Asta material. Guess you just dont like people who disagree with you. Sad. Then why even have a blogsite? Defeats the whole reason for even having a blogsite.

    • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sonorans/144198198931412 Three Sonorans

      You should be able to comment. My spam filter is in the 100s everyday, and I don’t always get a chance to weed it out.
       
      Ironically sometimes my own comments on my own blog end up in my spam folder. Must be remnants from older blogs…

      • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sonorans/144198198931412 Three Sonorans

        That was the tradeoff for getting rid of the captcha

        • Carolyn Classen

          Spoke to Ted Prezelski (long time blogger at his Rum, Romanism & Rebellion political blogsite) at the St. Benedictine Mass on Sunday, and he says he just deletes comments that name-call and/or are vulgar, without even telling the reader why.  But I like to give feedback if I am censoring any comments, and it’s all up to you to manage your own blogsite.

          • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sonorans/144198198931412 Three Sonorans

            Write some blogs about Nazis and Brown Berets… that’ll get the crazies out!
             
            To be honest I sometimes can’t read all the comments because 100 will appear overnight, and my spam folder is mega huge because of how frequently I post… I try to stay up to date but all it takes is a day or two and I just click “Empty spam” and start fresh :)

          • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sonorans/144198198931412 Three Sonorans

            OK… 100 comments only happens a few times… more like dozens more regularly :)

      • fraser007

        Thank you!

  • Carolyn Classen

    David (Abie), I just delete all my spam as well, getting hundreds too and no time to check every one of them to see if any are legitimate.  I guess one of Fraser007′s got into your spam folder and got his system blocked thereby. Another one of my loyal readers is using two pen names (both getting blocked for me to moderate), and he hasn’t violated any of our guidelines, as far as I know.

    • fraser007

      Thank Carolyn………….. I may get close to the edge but never will use personal insults.

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