Ryan Seacrest on KYSR “Star 98.7″ Los Angeles | January 5, 1999
There’s no doubt that Ryan Seacrest is a formidable talent, and this almost ten minute scope of him doing PM drive on Modern AC KYSR proves this beyond a doubt.
That said, I’m trying to come up with the right words for how I feel about a guy who later would push Rick Dees out of his chair at KIIS-FM, Kasey Casem right off of AT40, and become so visible on telvision so as to seemingly own pop culture among young adults. Good, yes. THAT good? I’ll leave that judgement up to you.
This website has chronicled so many great talents which graced the airwaves over the last 50 years or so that when one matches up the pm drivers from the various stations and markets, its really hard to find the absolute champ. I will tell you from MY perspective - perhaps I’m too old to understand why there’s much ‘entertainment’ on this particular afternoon show. Sure, Seacrest can hit the post and has some creative elements to his show, but comapre that with John Landecker doing PM drive on WLS back in ‘81, Don Geronimo afternoons on WAVA, or… well, never mind - no comparison to the legendary Dan Ingram on WABC!!!
No, Seacrest isn’t the best, but he’s competent, major market material… and merely a guy who simply found a way with a boyish face to market himself properly to those with the money and position to place himself in the public’s eye. And in the end, aren’t we who do and love radio just a wee bit jealous that we didn’t know how to market ourselves like Seacrest. Just listen to him, just over nine years ago, when he was still just a live, local afternoon jock in Los Angeles, on the eve of de-throning a few legends…
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