L-A Radio: KABC, Host Doug McIntyre Sign New Deal

Los Angeles radio personality Doug McIntyre has signed a two-year contract extension to continue his long-running McIntyre in the Morning show on Talk Radio KABC 790 AM in Los Angeles.

McIntyre just completed his 20th year in radio, having originated Red Eye Radio both locally in Los Angeles and the syndicated national edition for powerhouse 77 WABC in New York City prior to hosting legacy station KABC’s coveted morning drive slot.

“We’re thrilled Doug will be with us for at least another two years given the dramatic growth he has achieved for us over the past year.” said KABC Operations Director, Drew Hayes. Hayes cites an impressive 61% increase in weekly listeners in the third quarter of 2016 over 2015 and 70.6% growth year-to-year in the key 25-54 demographic. “Doug has also been a hit with women listeners”, says Hayes, citing “explosive growth” for McIntyre with women 25-54 and an amazing 333% increase per quarter hour.

KABC 790 AM (5 kw, DA-N)

“Great, another two years of no sleep!” said McIntyre who gets up at 3:45 every morning to prep for his show. “It’s been a crazy year between the election and pop music icons dropping like flies”, continued McIntyre. “I think we’ve found success by evolving talk radio away from stridency; by striking the right balance between today’s headlines and laughs without beating people over the head with ginned up outrage and demoralizing partisanship. “