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Best Crumbling Radio EmpireKTUC 1400-AM
STAFF PICK: If you ever wondered what Howard Hughes would
have said to the world during that last week and half--if given
a 1000-watt radio station--wonder no more. For Tom "Aguirre:
Wrath of God" Hassey, owner of Hassey Communications
and general manager of KTUC, the end is so near he can
smell it. In fact, the end is so near he can't help but talk about
it. Incessantly. On air. All morning long ("Folks, today
we're going to talk about going broke...."). KTUC used to
be the AM talk-radio powerhouse in town just a short year
ago--with a lineup that included local John C. Scott (now on KTKT
990-AM), advice guru Dr. Laura Schlesinger and master of the paranormal
Art Bell (both now on KNST 790-AM). But the bittersweet fact of
the matter is that even if KTUC's morning programming is circling
the drain ("Hey, does anybody out there remember where the
bowling alley used to be downtown?"), Hassey's Colonel Kurtz-like
ramblings have got to be heard to be believed.
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