Entertainment legends George Chakiris and Ruta Lee will join us for the Easter weekend edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 2-4 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 4/2
9am ET 6am PT
Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 4/2
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org
or listen to us on the KSAV TuneIn channel
RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Friday 4/2
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 4/3
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 4/4
11pm ET, 8pm PT
with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com
WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5
Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY
Saturday 4/3
8am ET, 5am PT
Streaming at Facebook.com/1035wkxo
KZFX HD-3 93.7 FM
Ridgecrest/California City, CA
Saturday 4/3
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at KZFXRadio.wixsite.com/kzfx
WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 4/3
3pm ET, Noon PT
Streaming at am1050.com
or listen to us on the WTCA TuneIn channel
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 4/3
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 4/4
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at KSCJ.com
or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
KZLS 1640 AM The Eagle
Oklahoma City/Enid, OK
Saturday 4/3
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at 1640TheEagle.com
or listen to us on the KZLS TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 4/3
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 4/4
10am ET, 7am PT
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or listen to us on the Indiana Talks TuneIn channel
KFMO AM 1240
Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO
Saturday 4/3
9pm CT, 7pm PT
Click on the player at KFMO.com
or listen to us on the KFMO TuneIn channel
WON 920 The Apple
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 4/3
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WONNewYork.net
Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Saturday 4/3
Sat 8pm MT and PT
Sunday 4/4
6pm MT and PT
Streaming at TheRadioRanchAZ.com
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 4/3
5am ET, 2am PT
Also streaming at WLAD.com
or listen to us on the WLAD TuneIn channel
KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
Sunday 4/4
9am ET, 6am PT
Also streaming at KSCO.com
or listen to us on the KSCO TuneIn channel
KOMY AM-1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 4/4
9am ET, 6am PT
Hear us online on the KOMY TuneIn channel
KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 4/4
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at FallsRadio.com
or listen to us on the KLTF TuneIn channel
CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 4/4
7pm ET, 4pm PT
Streaming at CROCRadio.com
or listen to us on the CROC Radio TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 4/4
8pm CT, 6pm PT
Streaming at EastTexasRadio.com/stations/kplt/
or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Sunday 4/4
8pm MT and PT
Streaming at TheRadioRanchAZ.com
WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 4/4
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WDIGRadio.com
or listen to us on the WDIG TuneIn channel
KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 4/5
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 4/5)
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com
or listen to us on the KHMB/KHMV TuneIn channel
PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
A member of the Truli Media Group
Ann Arbor, MI ~ Boston, MA ~ Chicago, IL ~ Melrose, FL ~ Los Angeles, CA
Various times throughout the week on PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
and the PWR channel on TuneIn
Ruta Lee’s career as an entertainer spans more than six decades, beginning with the screen versions of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Witness for the Prosecution—two films that are still considered among the best motion pictures ever made—plus appearances on many of the most popular and beloved TV shows ever made, including The Twilight Zone, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Murder She Wrote, The Fugitive, and Perry Mason. Ruta also co-hosted the game show High Rollers with Alex Trebek—making her one of the first females to host a network TV game show—plus she has hosted several talk shows of her own, and appeared as a panelist on many other game shows, including Match Game, The Dating Game, and The Hollywood Squares. When she wasn’t busy in front of the camera (or appearing in such stage productions as Peter Pan, Hello Dolly, Steel Magnolias, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown), Ruta has worked tirelessly behind the scenes of The Thalians, the first Hollywood charity dedicated to the treatment of mental health patients, and which now also helps our veterans through their partnership with UCLA’s Operation Mend.
Ruta’s new memoir, Consider Your Ass Kissed, is the story of how a young girl—the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants—became one of the most legendary entertainers in Hollywood history through hard work and determination. A treasure trove of authentic memories about the Golden Age of Entertainment (including her work opposite such leading men as Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, James Garner, Fred Astaire, Robin Williams, Howard Keel, Bob Crane, and Frank Sinatra), Consider Your Ass Kissed also includes the inspiring story of how Ruta convinced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to release her 92-year-old Lithuanian grandmother from the Soviet Union in 1964 so that she could live her remaining years in America—and be reunited with her daughter, Ruta’s mother, for the first time in thirty-six years. Ruta Lee will join us in our second hour.
Consider Your Ass Kissed is available for pre-order right now at Amazon.com. Ruta Lee can also be seen in Senior Moment, which is now available for streaming on demand.
Also this week: We’ll play Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with George Chakiris, the Academy Award-winning actor known around the world as Bernardo, the leader of The Sharks, in the iconic 1961 screen adaptation of West Side Story. George will share a few more behind-the-scenes stories about the making of West Side Story, plus we’ll ask him about some of his other notable movie, stage, and TV roles, including starring opposite Elaine Stritch in the national stage production of Company; playing legendary composer and virtuoso pianist Frederic Chopin in the acclaimed PBS miniseries Notorious Woman; and starring opposite Barbara Carrera as Nicholas, Angelica Nero’s scheming cohort, in the “dream season” of Dallas. George Chakiris will join us in our first hour.
My West Side Story: A Memoir by George Chakiris is available in hardcover and as an eBook from Lyons Press and includes a wonderful back cover quote from George’s co-star, dear friend, and fellow Oscar winner from West Side Story, Rita Moreno.
Kirk Taylor, photo credit Gina Victoria
Our first hour will include an encore presentation of our conversation from April 2019 with film and television actor and renowned acting coach Kirk Taylor. Kirk began his screen career more than thirty years ago with a role in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club, while his many students as an acting teacher include such stars as Jesse L. Martin, Karina Lombard, and Chandra Wilson. A student of both Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler, Kirk was content with teaching until the opportunity to play Simon Peter in Revival! The Experience revived his acting career.
Kirk’s renaissance as a performer is only half the story. In many respects, his entire life is a miracle. You’ll understand what we mean when we replay our conversation with Kirk Taylor as part of our Easter weekend program.
The critically acclaimed musical film based on the Gospel According to John, Revival! The Experience is now available on DVD and streaming on demand. Produced by and starring Harry Lennix, Revival! also features Chaka Khan, Michelle Williams, T’Keyah Crystal Keyman, and Dawnn Lewis, plus an original Gospel-inspired score by Grammy nominee Mali Music (who also plays Jesus Christ in the movie).
On behalf of Tony, Donna, Phil, and Greg, our best wishes to you and your families for a safe and happy Easter and Passover holiday.
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 FM (Ridgecrest/California City, CA)
Sat 3pm ET, Noon PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (South Bend/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 KZLS-AM 1640 (Enid/Oklahoma City, OK)
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN)
Sat 9pm CT, 7pm pm PT on KFMO-AM 1240 (Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO)
Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY)
Sat 8pm MT and PT and Sun 6pm MT and PT on Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ)
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 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF-AM 960 (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 7pm ET, 4pm 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 8pm MT and PT on Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ)
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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