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Bill Buckmaster’s new radio talk show

by on Jan. 04, 2011, under Life, Media, Politics

Bill Buckmaster kicked off his first one hour radio talk show on KJLL (1330 AM “The Jolt”), yesterday at 9 a.m., which was rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

His show will run Monday to Friday, and if you miss it on the radio, catch it online at www.buckmastershow.com.

Buckmaster’s inaugural show on January 3, 2011:

In this first episode, Bill chats with Incoming Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne about the TUSD Lawsuit, Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll about some park improvements, mining and the budget, US Senator Jon Kyl about plans for the upcoming session, and finally with Former US Army Chief of Staff John Wickham about the DADT repeal’s impact as well as ongoing conflicts around the world.

I reported on Buckmaster’s last 2 shows at KUAT Channel 6 on December 17, 2010
(click here). He hosted the “Arizona Illustrated” talk shows for 23 years on KUAT TV.

Buckmaster’s new bio for this new radio show:
“With more than 4,000 interviews with political, business, community and social leaders under his belt, Bill Buckmaster has been a welcome evening guest in living rooms for two decades and has introduced viewers to some of Southern Arizona’s most interesting individuals.”

And his new banner states “Tucson’s MOST TRUSTED voice for news and information.”

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  • Pamela Powers

    I heard the Supervisor Ray Carroll spot on this show last night. I was surprised when Buckmaster didn’t challenge Carroll regarding the environmental impact of mining. Carroll said that Arizona NEEDS copper mining and brushed off the environmental impact study of the proposed Rosemont Mine by the US Forrest Service. Neither of them mentioned water shortages.
     
    Come on, Bill, take off the gloves. You’re on the JOLT– not PBS anymore.

    • tiponeill

      >Come on, Bill, take off the gloves. You’re on the JOLT– not PBS anymore.
      He was a waste of time on PBS – don’t know why anything should change just because he’s on AM.

      • Carolyn Classen

        Pam, Supervisor Carroll has been one of the biggest opponents of the Rosemont mine, so I think you misunderstood his comments on the EIS.  He did mention the importance of a water supply regarding this proposed copper mine, which most of his Green Valley constituents oppose.

        Listen to it again:
        http://www.buckmastershow.com/2011/01/03/buckmaster-show-132011/

  • fraser007

    But all of those 4,000 interviews were soft interviews. He never pressed the point with any othem. Nice guy but never a hard hitting interview. Just think the Az Illustrated Show was sponsored by the mining company that is going to rape the Santa Rita Mts.
    Just once I wished he nailed Mayor Walkup ONCE about the Rio Nuevo mess. Just once.

  • Melvin Babbitt

    It is obvious that a couple of those commenting did not listen to the show with Ray Carroll. The environmental impact was covered. I suggest you listen to the archived show on the Buckmaster web page.  Also, I was a constant viewer of AZ Illustrated  and he never ducked or softballed a topic. That is so obvious on the new show, he is asking a lot of questions that are fair and yet can make the interviewee uncomfortable. Perfect example: asking Congresswoman Giffords what she learned from the last close election.
    I am not a Buckmaster groupie, yet I appreciate the concept he s offering after turning off the miserable local talk radio months ago. Give him a chance!!!

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    I agree with Melvin on this one. The show is great.

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    In his last show former state legislator Jonathan Paton discussed his campaign to do away with clean elections and union rights in Arizona. It was very intersting.

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