A source inside the KQBU talk radio soap opera just told me that Univision has canceled all morning talk shows on 920 AM. That means no Paul Strelzin. No more Jaime Abeytia. And no more Lisa D.
My source (no, it's not David K) said there will be "dead air" from now on.
UPDATE: Keith Mahar, the publisher of El Paso Magazine and Newspaper Tree sent out this e-mail regarding the radio soap opera:
"Publisher's Statement
Effective today El Paso Media Group will no longer air talk radio shows on 920 AM KQBU. Going forward, the EPMG team will continue to focus on its core projects El Paso Magazine, Newspaper Tree, The El Pasoan and inthe915.com.
Keith A. Mahar"
Beautiful!
Now that such nonsense is over, we can go back to more important things like talking about how tragic and gut wrenching it's going to be around here without Amber to grace our morning forecasts.
Posted by: Greg | April 15, 2009 at 03:47 PM
El Paso Media and its amateur radio hosts made an abortion of talk radio. Not one had any experience and it was very noticeable.
On the job training does not work in live radio.
RADIO ROADKILL.
Posted by: Radio Roadkill | April 15, 2009 at 10:22 PM
I guess the Gringa will have to talk to herself in the shower if she wants to continue her relationship with the sound of her own voice.
Posted by: Truth | April 16, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Lisa D was irritating. Smart move on KQBU to take it off the air.
Posted by: El Pasoan | April 16, 2009 at 12:27 PM
replaced by Ranchero music, the ultimate punch in the face
Posted by: andy | April 16, 2009 at 01:42 PM
Another nail on the El Paso Media Group coffin. Nobody had the experience to take on such a task. Good they have Sito Negron & David Crowder writing for Newspapertree. Other than that its just ditzy housewives, alleged political gurus & spoiled mama boys.
Posted by: RIP | April 16, 2009 at 01:56 PM
It was Newsparetree that pulled out. KQBU should have stayed with the 6am-1pm weekday lineup. It was a sales manager of KQBU that put Paul Strelzin back in from 7am-10am. I am proud of Newspapertree for going into local talk radio. The past two and a half weeks of newspapertree local radio on KQBU am 920 was great radio. We learned alot about Norma chavez and the bills that she killed in the Texas legislature. They had some good local talk. Thankyou newspapertree for giving us some good local talk radio for the past two and a half weeks. I am grateful. thankyou. Paul strelzin should have stayed away, but that was not the case, so now the newspapertree radio venture on KQBU am 920 is silent. I blame Norma Chavez.
Posted by: local talk radio listener | April 16, 2009 at 04:34 PM
Anytime in public Lisa D would rant about her hate for Paul Strelzin. Lisa & others at Newspapertree self destructed Besides there was no talent.
Posted by: Time Bomb | April 16, 2009 at 06:13 PM
Be honest, Paul. Norma's rant on your show and the follow up text on Newspaper Tree tipped off the corporate offices.
They then received a bundle of letters from disgruntled El Pasoans who didn't want Norma to have three hours of radio for free.
You see, Norma got you back on and took you off. It was my ability to actually rally my listeners that was the catalyst.
Your fans post on here, my fans write letters.
my fans win.
Posted by: David K | April 16, 2009 at 08:28 PM
David K is one sick puppy.
Posted by: David Who | April 16, 2009 at 08:31 PM