KSTP-AM to fill big gap in schedule with left-leaning Madison duo

[dodger501]

Well, isn't this a surprise:

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/42735607.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI

And they are dumping their wingnuts to do it, too!
Anybody know anything about these 2?

[dflprincess]

1. No one ever accused Hubbard of not knowing how to make money

apparently he sees which way things are going and, unlike some stations where successful progressive talk formats have been dropped even though they're making money, Stan is still interested in profits.

[a kennedy]

2. more info here:

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/42735607.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ


Left-leaning Wisconsin duo joins KSTP Radio

KSTP Radio (AM 1500), having booted two of its politically conservative talk show hosts in the past week, is filling four hours every weekday with a left-leaning duo from Madison, Wis.

Shawn Prebil, 31, and Chris Murphy, 45, debuted Thursday morning, leaving behind their 3-6 p.m. gig at WTDY (AM 1670).

In a news release, KSTP station director Todd Fisher said the two "bring a dose of skeptical humor and subtle sarcasm to the Twin Cities' airwaves."

Prebil and Murphy have been on WTDY for the past two years and were known as "the Wisconsin Guys." Murphy, a native of Apple Valley, also was the station's program director.

On its face, KSTP appears to be dissolving its steady stream of conservative ideology behind the mike. In recent days, Bob Davis (9 a.m. to noon) and Dave Thompson (noon to 2 p.m.) were fired. Both were right of the political center in their views.

Left-of-center Patrick Reusse recently took over the station's morning drive shift.

When Prebil joined WTDY in 2003, he was described as the station's "newest voice of progress" by a 40,000-member labor union in southern Wisconsin. In a recent blog, he wrote: "What I love about the current political climate is Democrats are finally willing to stand up to fools like Sean Hennity ."