We’ll play Part 3 of our conversation with John Barbour, creator and producer of Real People, plus we’ll welcome television talk show host and producer Bill Boggs on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing June 19-21 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 6/19
9am ET 6am PT
Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 6/19
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 6/19
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 6/20
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 6/21
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 6/20
9am ET, 6am PT
Streaming at Facebook.com/1035wkxo
KDUN AM 1030
Eugene/Springfield/Reedsport, OR
Saturday 6/20
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at kdunradio.wixsite.com/kdun
WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 6/20
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 6/20
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 6/21
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at KSCJ.com
or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 6/20
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 6/21
10am ET, 7am PT
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or listen to us on the Indiana Talks TuneIn channel
WON 920 The Apple
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 6/20
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WONNewYork.net
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 6/20
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 6/20
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 6/21
9am ET, 6am PT
Hear us online on the KOMY TuneIn channel
CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 6/21
1pm ET, 10am PT
Streaming at CROCRadio.com
or listen to us on the CROC Radio TuneIn channel
KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 6/21
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at FallsRadio.com
or listen to us on the KLTF TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 6/21
8pm CT, 6pm PT
Streaming at EastTexasRadio.com/stations/kplt/
or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 6/21
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 6/21
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 6/22)
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com
or listen to us on the KHMB/KHMV TuneIn channel
PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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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
This week’s show will also include Part 3 of a conversation that began earlier this spring with John Barbour, the five-time Emmy Award-winning talk show host, comedian, critic at large, and documentary film maker who is also the creator, producer, principal writer, and one of the original co-hosts of Real People (NBC, 1979-1984). This week, we’ll take a deep dive into the impact of Real People on our culture, including the role it played in establishing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the platform of future America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh. In addition, John will share a few more stories about his show business career (including his years as Bobby Darin’s opening act in Las Vegas), plus we’ll learn the connection between the title of John’s memoir, Your Mother’s Not a Virgin, and his relationship with Kevin Garrison, the former D.A. of New Orleans known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. John Barbour will join us in our second hour.
John Barbour’s memoir, Your Mother’s Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV, is available wherever books are sold online, while select videos of John reading chapters from Your Mother’s Not a Virgin are available for free viewing on his YouTube channel and at JohnBarboursWorld.com. John’s film The American Media and the Second Assassination of John F. Kennedy is available at Amazon.com for $1.99 to watch and $4.99 to own. His documentaries The Garrison Tapes and Ernie Kovacs: TV’s Original Genius are both available for free on his YouTube channel and at JohnBarboursWorld.com.
Also this week: We will welcome four-time Emmy Award-winning talk show host, producer, author and entrepreneur Bill Boggs (Midday Live, My Generation, Bill Boggs Corner Table).
Bill has not only worn many other hats throughout his career, he has worn them exceptionally well. After beginning his career as a comedy writer—during which time he met (and, for a while, managed the careers of) Jay Tarses and Tom Patchett, two of the creative forces behind The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978)—Bill has left his mark as a novelist, memoirist, humorist, game show host, stage performer and producer, including hosting and producing the groundbreaking syndicated series Comedy Tonight (the first show to provide a regular weekly national TV platform for up and coming comedians before the emergence of Comedy Central) and the controversial daytime talk show The Morton Downey Jr. Show. Bill is arguably, however, a talk show host first and foremost, having interviewed more than 10,000 people throughout his career, both for local television in New York, as well as just about every major network and cable TV platform.
Bill’s latest book, The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog, is a comic novel loosely based on Bill’s TV career that also satirizes today’s media and political culture. With many of us still sheltered in place for the foreseeable future, and looking for ways to distract ourselves from the COVID-19 news culture, The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog may provide some welcome laughs. Proceeds from the sales of Bill’s book will support animal rescue organizations. Bill Boggs will join us in our first own hour.
Also this week: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen will bring us a special edition of This Week in TV History that will spotlight the career of actor, comedian, singer, and jazz trumpeter extraordinaire Jack Sheldon. Though probably remembered best as Merv Griffin’s TV sidekick throughout the 1970s, our segment this week will particularly focus on Sheldon’s contributions to the iconic Saturday morning educational series Schoolhouse Rock. Sheldon wrote and performed seven tunes for Schoolhouse Rock, including the iconic songs “Conjunction Junction” and “I’m Just a Bill.”
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 KDUN-AM 1030 (Reedsport/Eugene/Springfield, OR)
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 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 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL)
Sun 9pm MT, 8pm PT on KOTA AM 1380 and FM 110.7 (Rapid City, SD)
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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