Last Hope for Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio

It seems odd to me, somehow, that KLSX is giving up the ghost and turning itself over to the very thing that killed it as a music station (“KLSX [With Kato] Joins Talk Radio Wars Today,” Calendar, Aug. 1).

97.1’s decline can be traced back to the moment it surrendered its morning drive time to New York City’s No. 1 form of air pollution: Howard Stern.

I don’t doubt that this ultimately chased away KLSX’s core audience, and only attracted the kind of people who actually find Stern funny, which isn’t a demographic that I would particularly covet.

After KLOS discarded most of its real on-air talent in favor of its current crop of DJ Blandness, KLSX’s meltdown leaves KSCA 101.9 as about the only choice left for serious rock music lovers in L.A. So I urge all former KLSX listeners to support this alternative, lest we lose our last hope for good rock ‘n’ roll radio.

I hope it doesn’t take long for KLSX to see the error of its ways, and realize that Kato Kaelin for Jim Ladd is not a fair trade.

PAUL McELLIGOTT

Lake Forest