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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Your A-List: Best Radio Morning Show
In the battle for radio morning show supremacy, it was a two-horse race in the Your A-List poll, with winners the ‘Dudley & Bob Morning Show’ beating out reigning champ Bobby Bones and his crew.
The ‘Dudley & Bob Morning Show’ on KLBJ-FM took home 52 percent of the vote, thanks to a devoted fan base that tunes in each morning to hear Austin’s take on comedy shock jocks. Call it a Howard Stern starter kit.
The dynamic of the show generally has Dale Dudley, the native Texan who has been on Austin’s air for 20 years, playing the absurd self-deprecating wise-cracker with Bob Fonseca, his radio partner of 16 years, acting as his straight man, or as much a straight man as you can expect to find on FM morning radio, a format designed to wake people up with some laughter and head shaking. The addition funnyman and Austin High grad Charlie Hodge in recent years has also been a welcome addition to the show’s format.
In addition to their schtick, the show also does its part for the local scene by highlighting local musicians. Additionally, the show features interview segments with touring comedians, which seem to be a hit with the listenership.
Others receiving votes
- ‘Bobby Bones Show,’ 96.7 KISS-FM, 38 percent
- ‘J.B. and Sandy Morning Show,’ Mix 94.7, 5 percent
- ‘KASE Morning Crew,’ KASE, 2 percent
- ‘The Morning X,’ 101X, 1 percent
- ‘Morning Edition,’ KUT, < 1 percent
- KMFA Classical 89.5, < 1 percent
- *‘Orange Juice and Biscuits,’ KTSW (write-in), < 1 percent
- ‘The Talk of Austin,’ KVET, < 1 percent
- ‘KGSR in the Morning,’ KGSR, < 1 percent
- ‘Austin’s Morning News,’ NewsRadio 590, < 1 percent
- ‘Kidd Kraddick in the Morning,’ Jammin’ 105.9, < 1 percent
- ‘D-Train in the Morning,’ Hot 93.3, < 1 percent
- ‘Majic in the Morning with Kim and Alex,’ Majic 95.5, < 1 percent
- ‘Big Boy’s Neighborhood,’ Beat 104.9, < 1 percent
- ‘Family Friendly Mornings,’ The River 102.3, < 1 percent
- BOB-FM, < 1 percent
- ‘The Wake-Up Call,’ KVET, < 1 percent
- ‘El Piolin,’ La Que Buena, < 1 percent
- ‘El Chulo y La Bola,’ La Ley, < 1 percent
- ‘The Wake-Up Call’ with Nelson Linder, Kenneth Thompson and Richard J. Smith, KAZI, < 1 percent
- ‘The Lounge Show,’ KOOP, < 1 percent
- ‘The Morning Rush’ with Erin Hogan and Mike Rosenthal, 1530 ESPN Austin
* Kudos to morning show ‘Orange Juice and Biscuits,’ which was able to garner enough write-in votes to land the Texas State University-based show in the top 10, ahead of several Austin stations owned by corporate giants.
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