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His British accent sets him apart from his American contemporaries but
his track record of intellectual conversation that’s been a part
of Southern California for 40 years - a majority of which were spent middays
on the great KABC during its heyday - is truly what makes him unique.
To most L.A. talk radio fans, the name Michael Jackson is synonymous with
talk radio.
He came to America in 1959 where he worked in television and radio in
Springfield, Massachusetts before heading to California in 1961. While
at KEWB, San Francisco he began an overnight talk program that launched
him on a road from which he would never stray. He moved south to Los Angeles
and landed at KABC. It was there he established himself as the erudite,
thinking man’s talk host.
The list of greats from the fields of politics, show business, science
and literature who have appeared as guests on Michael Jackson’s
programs over the decades is probably among the most luminous in all of
talk radio history.
By the mid-1990s, Jackson was criticized by talk radio’s new guard
for being too liberal and serious-minded. It led to him being dropped
by KABC amidst tremendous controversy. Today he is heard on KLAC, Los
Angeles, a Clear Channel station.
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