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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 5, 2023 18:31:05 GMT -6
www.ksl.com/article/50638488/doug-wright-to-host-final-movie-show-program-in-juneI was wondering when the other shoe was going to drop. Doug semi-retired 5 years ago but kept hosting The Movie Show on Fridays as well as adding Sunday Edition on KSL5 and making other occasional appearances. From what he was saying at the time he was looking at relaxing more. It did seem a little odd to me that he wasn't just flat out leaving, but now he is. He's been with KSL for almost 45 years and doing talk there for almost 38. That's an amazing achievement. Talent today usually doesn't get that kind of a chance. Between format flips, station sales, and the drive to move to a bigger market (that's always been there), long tenured personalities like that don't come along that often. Congratulations Doug. I assume there are going to be special events over the next couple of months celebrating his career. There should be.
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Post by David on May 6, 2023 22:25:17 GMT -6
IMO, KSL made a good choice in picking Andy Farnsworth as Doug's successor for the KSL Movie Show. I listened to Andy several times when he filled in for Alex Kirry on the "pandemic edition" of the Nightside Project, and I thought he did a really good job. It's seldom an easy job to replace a long time, well known host like Doug Wright, but I think Andy will fit in just fine as co-host with Steve Salles. Time will tell.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on May 8, 2023 10:04:40 GMT -6
I would hazard a guess that we will still hear Doug on the radio from time to time. Grant Nielsen has filled in a number of times. Even if it's just by phone during major news stories. As Tanya said, he'll always be a part of the KSL family. Anyone know whatever happened to Bob Lee? He was at KSL for a long time then went to KNRS/KALL. He left KALL, or was removed, when KALL went with a more edgy format. As far as I know, he hasn't been heard from since.
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Post by David on May 8, 2023 11:18:41 GMT -6
I would hazard a guess that we will still hear Doug on the radio from time to time. Grant Nielsen has filled in a number of times. Even if it's just by phone during major news stories. As Tanya said, he'll always be a part of the KSL family. Anyone know whatever happened to Bob Lee? He was at KSL for a long time then went to KNRS/KALL. He left KALL, or was removed, when KALL went with a more edgy format. As far as I know, he hasn't been heard from since. This Deseret News article from January 1998 mentions Bob Lee's new talk show on KNRS during the 4-7 PM time slot. That time slot is now occupied by Rod Arquette, so I can only speculate that Bob was laid off during one of iHeart's many personnel cutbacks. www.deseret.com/1998/1/9/19356746/bob-lee-is-coming-back-to-radio-as-host-of-weekday-talk-showThe most recent mention of Bob Lee that I was able to find is a KSL.com article from 2012 about the 90th anniversary of KSL radio. I wonder if he passed away, or just got out of the broadcasting business entirely. www.ksl.com/article/20272204/ksl-radio-90-years-old-and-going-strong |
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Post by fmdj1 on May 8, 2023 13:02:24 GMT -6
IMO, KSL made a good choice in picking Andy Farnsworth as Doug's successor for the KSL Movie Show. I listened to Andy several times when he filled in for Alex Kirry on the "pandemic edition" of the Nightside Project, and I thought he did a really good job. It's seldom an easy job to replace a long time, well known host like Doug Wright, but I think Andy will fit in just fine as co-host with Steve Salles. Time will tell. I have to agree that Andy will be great. Just a little on the background side (I used to produce the Movie Show for a brief period of time), Andy has been involved on the back-end of the Movie Show for a long time, including editing all of the movie clips and doing research, so he'll be coming in with a good amount of experience with the show already (plus Andy really is a genuinely good guy). |
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Post by David on May 9, 2023 13:30:15 GMT -6
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Post by kenglish on May 10, 2023 14:06:02 GMT -6
I never knew it, but "Bob Lee" was not his real name. I read some old newspaper articles, that mentioned he lived in Bountiful, and was planning to start a couple of home businesses with his wife.
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Post by David on Jun 26, 2023 0:02:54 GMT -6
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