L-A Radio: New Line-Up Debuts At Salem's KRLA

Hewitt’s move from nighttime radio in about a week is part of a revamp in the schedule at KRLA 870 AM.

Hugh Hewitt, famous for co-moderating some of those highly rated GOP presidential debates of late, is getting a plum morning drive time for his nationally syndicated radio show on the East Coast, but relegated to 3 a.m.-6 a.m. at his home base at KRLA AM in Los Angeles.

Hewitt's move from nighttime radio in about a week is part of a revamp in the schedule at KRLA, one of the top conservative radio channels in the country, and more broadly at parent company Salem Media Group's radio division.

The changes have Larry Elder joining the permanent lineup live from 6 to 9 p.m. on the East Coast and at the same time via tape-delay on the West Coast.

Elder, a 25-year veteran of talk radio, is perhaps known best for routinely ripping the entertainment industry for what he considers a liberal bias, though he still manages to attract some of the industry's progressives as guests to talk politics on his show, including Cher and Bill Maher.

KRLA 870 AM (50 Kw-D, 3 Kw-N, DA-2

William Bennett, the former U.S. Secretary of Education who has hosted a national Salem Radio Network show for more than a decade, will become "host emeritus," showing up only sporadically for specials and such.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the revamped line-up won't affect the Los Angeles KRLA morning crew that pits liberal Brian Whitman against conservatives Ben Shapiro and former Sean Hannity staffer Elisha Krauss.