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Pardon our shop talk
Sunday and Monday will bring new choices to radio listeners and in the interest of full disclosure they're a bit close to home.
Sunday morning, MidWeek columnist and veteran broadcaster Eddie Sherman commandeers both an hour of time at KUMU AM 1500 and a table at The Hungry Lion Restaurant at Nuuanu and School streets, "where the elite meet to eat," he said.
The weekly Eddie Sherman Show will air from 9 to 10 a.m. and will start off with interviews of Frank DeLima, some sponsors and some folks enjoying breakfast, Sherman said.
"(I've) been doing these interview shows for a couple hundred years, starting way back in the early '60s over KGU (AM 760)," Sherman said. "My announcer was a nice young kid by the name of Tom Moffatt."
Sherman's last weekly talk show a couple years ago from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel was heard on 25 stations around the country via the Talk America Radio Network. His wife, Patty, will reprise her role as producer before dashing off to her job managing El Portal, an upscale luggage store at Ala Moana.
Meanwhile down the dial
Starting Monday the a.m. battle among AM stations will heat up with a combination of engaging accents as Scottish lass Jo McGarry joins New Yawk-bred Bobby Curran on KCCN AM 1420.McGarry hosts her last 4 to 6 p.m. "Gustophiles" tomorrow as the station will devote the timeslot to San Francisco Giants baseball games and other sports programming.
McGarry is the restaurant specialist who writes the advertising feature "Food for Thought" for the Star-Bulletin's "Weekend" section and the "Table Talk" column in MidWeek.
"We would have had to pre-empt her show more than we would have liked," Vice President and General Manager Mike Kelly said. The morning duet was something they wanted to do and they sounded good during previous joint on-air appearances, Kelly said, "so the timing worked out well."
Each has a loyal following which the station hopes will form stronger ratings. Among stand-alone AM stations, KHVH is rated higher among listeners 18 and older, ranked at No. 7 vs. KCCN's No. 14.
"The emphasis is heavily on sports. All we're doing is enhancing the morning show," McGarry said.
Curran explained "It's going to be everything from fine dining to three-deep zones."
A "name the show" contest will award the winning listener a two-night stay at the Big Island's Keauhou Resort.
Meanwhile in the hallways names are already flying, such as "Sweet and Sour," joked Programming Consultant Kimo Akane.
Erika Engle is a reporter with the Star-Bulletin.
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