KTLK 100.3 FM Bitch Slaps KSTP AM 1500

After suggesting it would be better off without Rush Limbaugh, KSTP (1500 AM) is now blaming Clear Channel for the syndicated commentator's decision to move to KTLK (100.3 FM), a new talk station set to debut in the Twin Cities in January. The decision "was a complete surprise to us," wrote KSTP program director Steve Konrad in a recent e-mail to listeners.Rush LimbaughHe blamed a "tangled web of corporate involvements" for the switch and urged KSTP listeners to call Clear Channel corporate headquarters in San Antonio to complain. Konrad's comments differed dramatically from those of his boss, KSTP general manager Todd Fisher. When the show's move was reported in August, Fisher pooh-poohed Limbaugh's exit, saying it "dovetailed with conversations we'd already been having about our future strategies," which included more "live and local" hosts.Dan Seeman, local general manager for the radio conglomerate, acknowledged that Clear Channel owns the Limbaugh show "and has for the past five years." Seeman said Limbaugh's main reason for leaving KSTP was that the station refused to air the program live. KTLK will air Limbaugh's show live from 11 to 2 p.m.; KSTP currently airs a delayed version from 12 to 3 p.m Here is the new KSTP AN 1500 weekday line-up effective upon the return from New Year's holiday weekend:Mid-4a........ Coast-To-Coast AM (live)
4a-5:30a..... Wall Street Journal -- This Morning (live)
5:30a-9a..... Willie Clark (live)
9a-11:50a.... Bob Davis (live)
11:50a-12:05p... Paul Harvey News & Comment
Noon-2p....... Ron Rosenbaum & Mark O'Connell (live)
2p-5:30p...... Joe Soucheray (live)
5:30p-7:30p.. Tommy Mischke (live)
7:30p-10p..... Chris Krok (live)
10p-Mid......... Hannity (temporarily)