Last October, The SoCal Sound (KCSN/KSBR, 88.5 FM), ruffled some feathers by moving specialty programming out of “prime” hours, described as Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
General Manager Patrick Osburn stated emphatically at the time that all hosts had been offered new slots and that no shows had been outright canceled, but that not everyone wanted to make the move and some hosts decided to hang it up.
This prompted numerous emails and letters at the time, and some observers wondered if it made a difference in support and donations to the stations, with the thinking being that listeners of specialty programming are more likely financially support a public radio station.
So I reached out to Osburn and asked directly … was there any fallout? His response is that it was basically a wash:
“For several weeks, I got a lot of hate…
