Stephen King "losing his shirt" on his Bangor radio stations

[True Grit]

Listening to audiobook of King's 11-22-63. Some radio mentions...some inaccuracies, but hey
if you can believe that time travel is possible, then...

--Jake is sent back in time to the fall of 1958 and at one point is listening to WJAB, The Big Jab
1440. In the real world "The 1440 frequency first went on the air November 8, 1959 as WJAB"
(Wikipedia) but this is the year before then...

--Jake listens to oldies on XM Sixties on Six

--A woman Jake talks to should have died at the age of 7, but his actions in going back in
time has her living to be at least 60. Occupation? "I'm a DJ at WKIT." Owned by...guess who!

--During Jake's time in Dallas he starts singing the Stones' Honky Tonk Women and his girlfriend
is offended by the song--which wouldn't be written and recorded till 7 years afterward. She gets suspicious. He tells her it was a song he heard on KLIF. She's still suspicious.

That's the great thing about time travel. You can keep going back and forth, suspend logic/reality, etc.

[Jimmy128]

Stephen King is a generous man with some pretty good sounding radio stations.  It's too bad he said what he said in the article, because that's not what you'd call a high compliment to his staff. 

Poor choice of words/phrases indeed. And I'm no prude, but in a public forum, why use foul language to try to get one's point across?

There are people who can't speak intelligently and must use profanity to emphasize their points.

[forevernight]

I'm sure Mr. King would appreciate your insights on effective communication and proper use of the English language.

[newsbot]

I, for one, would never denigrate Mr. King's exceptional facility with choice Anglo-Saxon epithets, no doubt learned from his time spent studying UMO restroom stall hieroglyphics.

[forevernight]

Yes, I'm sure that is where he honed his craft 

[MatrixMan]

his stations sound excellent, better than all other Bangor stations.

Too bad he has that witch LaMarche doing mornings.

[ProducerGuy]

I give the guy credit for sticking with what he likes in radio, even if it's a losing model. Must be nice to be able to live in a fantasy world where 3 radio stations can employ 60 people and run formats that don't make money.

I did find it rather ironic that he starts by calling someone fat, then immediately complaining about the level of discourse in the country.