Like Losing a Best Friend: The Adam Carolla Show Goes Off the Air
2008, my husband and I both agree, was the worst year on record for both of us. Not only were we living in a new city, my husband got a job with a very long daily commute. We didn’t know anybody in town, and finances, being what they are, were also causing strife.
Sometimes life becomes a little more bearable with the introduction of a new hobby. In this case, we started listening to The Adam Carolla Show, a morning radio station syndicated from KLSX in Los Angeles. Adam’s multi-hour show had celebrity guests, two adorable sidekicks, and was the funniest thing I’d heard on the radio, well, ever. TACS didn’t actually air in St. Louis, so we would podcast the program and listen to it a day later. It made the long St. Louis commutes seem shorter and made our lives a little better.
Now the LA Times is reporting that KLSX is switching formats from FM talk to Top 40. Advertising dollars in the tough economy are harder and harder to come by, and KLSX has decided to cop out and go with what works: radio for teens.
Tomorrow, February 20th, will be the last day for The Adam Carolla Show, and will be a sad day. While I know it’s coming, I won’t be able to listen to it until I can sync up my MP3 player tonight.
Losing The Adam Carolla Show is like losing a best friend. Adam Carolla, Theresa Strasser, and Brian Bishop have become like family, a strange digital family that I never get to see but still feel I know. While I thank them all for the laughs, I hope to hear one or all of them again soon. After all, TACS is a very popular podcast. Perhaps go podcast-only? I’m just sayin’…
Stupid. I’m a teenager and I’d rather listen to Adam Carolla any day than music. The only reason I even listen to that station is because of Adam Carolla. I grew up with him! I’ve been listening to him since I was 12 and he was on love line with Dr. Drew. (I’m now 18). There’s no reason to listen to the radio anymore. First they get rid of Love live now The Adam Carolla Show!? WHY!?!?!?!?! ={ I will miss you Adam. For old times sake…. ADAM???? CAROLLA!!!!! I will never play marco polo the same way again.
Leah
February 19, 2009 at 11:14 am
I listen to Adam every day and hate the fact that he’s going off the air. He better do something on TV now to make up for it.
josh
February 19, 2009 at 11:23 am
Sad day. Then again, I had no idea where to hear any Katy Perry songs, so this is a plus!
Chris
February 19, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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