We will welcome back Adam Sharp, president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, plus we’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with Spike Jones biographer Jordan Young this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 14-16 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 1/14
9am ET 6am PT
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Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 1/14
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
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RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Friday 1/14
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 1/15
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 1/16
11pm ET, 8pm PT
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WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 1/15
6am ET, 3am PT
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WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5
Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY
Saturday 1/15
8am ET, 5am PT
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KZFX HD-3 93.7 FM
Ridgecrest/California City, CA
Saturday 1/15
Noon ET, 9am PT
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KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 1/15
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 1/16
6pm CT, 4pm PT
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KZLS 1640 AM The Eagle
Oklahoma City/Enid, OK
Saturday 1/15
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at 1640TheEagle.com
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Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 1/5
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 1/16
10am ET, 7am PT
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KFMO AM 1240
Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO
Saturday 1/15
9pm CT, 7pm PT
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WON 920 The Apple
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 1/15
10pm ET, 7pm PT
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Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Saturday 1/15
8pm MT 7pm PT
Sunday 1/16
6pm MT 5pm PT
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WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 1/16
5am ET, 2am PT
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KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
Sunday 1/16
9am ET, 6am PT
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KOMY AM-1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 1/16
9am ET, 6am PT
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CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 1/16
7pm ET, 4pm PT
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KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 1/16
8pm CT, 6pm PT
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WLEA AM 1480 and FM 106.9
Hornell/Elmira-Corning, NY
Sunday 1/16
9pm ET, 6pm PT
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WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 1/16
10pm ET, 7pm PT
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Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Sunday 1/16
8pm MT 7pm PT
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KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 1/16
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 1/17)
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KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 1/16
Late night
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In case you missed it, the Daytime Emmy Awards and the Prime Time Emmys recently announced that they are working together on two major changes that will go into effect in 2022, one of which is the creation of the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards as a standalone franchise, while the other is a realignment of the Daytime Emmys and Prime Time Emmys so that both competitions will be organized entirely by content genre. The latter announcement not only marks a major shift away from the long-established traditional method (which is based on what time of day or which day/night of the week that Emmy-nominated programs air), but is the most significant change to the Emmy Awards platform in nearly fifty years.

NATAS president Adam Sharp at the 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Gala at the Pasadena Civic Center on April 27, 2018 in Pasadena, CA. Photo courtesy B. Harlan Boll Public Relations
Joining us to discuss these developments will be Adam Sharp, president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (aka the Daytime Emmys). Adam will not only help us sift through the various issues at play, but share a few thoughts on the recent passing of two major Emmy Award winners, Betty White and John Madden. Adam Sharp will join us in our second hour.
Also this week: Playwright and author Jordan Young will join us for Part 2 of our conversation about at the television career of Spike Jones, the legendary bandleader and musical satirist whose influence in comedy and satire paved the way for Monty Python, Jimmy Buffett, George Carlin, Peter Sellers, and, arguably most notably, Weird Al Yankovic. Among other topics, we’ll discuss the near-collaboration between Spike Jones and Ernie Kovacs and the circumstances that ended that partnership before it began. Jordan Young will join us in our first hour.
Jordan Young’s many books on entertainment history include Spike Jones, Off the Record: The Man Who Murdered Music, a comprehensive history and discography of Spike Jones that has been completely updated and reissued with a host of new material, including more than 260 never before published photographs, scripts, arrangements, memorabilia and more.
Our first hour will include a remembrance of Ron Bacon, the Emmy Award-winning associate director who was also one of the true pioneers of network television. Ron Bacon passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21 at age ninety-one.
Besides wearing many hats throughout his thirty-five years in network TV production, which spanned more than 12,500 broadcasts, covering just about every type of programming available, Ron Bacon was an accomplished musician and songwriter whose accomplishments after television include The Chicken Man, a full-length musical stage comedy that Ron wrote and produced for the Sedona Arts Center in Sedona, Arizona in September 2000. The origins for The Chicken Man, however, date back to the early 1960s, when Ron encountered a local character in New Orleans known as “the Chicken Man” while waiting out a hurricane in the French Quarter.
Ron and I discussed the back story of The Chicken Man in an interview that we recorded in the fall of 2021. We’ll play that conversation as part of our program this week.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fri 9am ET, 6am PT on WBRT AM 1320/FM 97.1 (Bardstown, KY)
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
Fri 10pm ET, 7pm PT, Sat/Sun 11pm ET, 8pm PT on RadioSlot (San Francisco, CA)
Sat 9am ET, 6am PT on WKXO 1500 AM and 103.5 FM (Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY)
Sat Noon ET, 9am PT on KZFX 93.7 FM (Ridgecrest/California City, CA)
Sat 3pm ET, Noon PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (Plymouth, IN)
Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA)
Sat 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF AM 960 (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sat 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KZLS AM 1640 (Oklahoma City/Enid, OK)
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN)
Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY)
Sun 5am ET, 2am PT on WLAD-AM 800 and FM 94.1 (Danbury, CT)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose/Santa Cruz/Salinas, CA)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach/Watsonville, CA)
Sun 1pm ET, 10am PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL)
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at Passionate World Talk Radio
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