"The Rush Limbaugh Show," one of the country's hottest syndicated radio talk programs, will become accessible to most of the Wasatch Front beginning, Monday, Feb. 17, on KALL (AM-910).

Limbaugh has been called a cross between George Will and Jay Leno, and he's often described as "radio's paradoxical purveyor of parody and put-on." Whatever he is, he's popular but previously has not been available to much of Salt Lake County since KTKK dropped the show on Nov. 12, 1990.Jan Bagley, KALL station manager, said he's aware there will be some controversy next week because Limbaugh's three-hour program follows Tom Barberi's morning show at 10 a.m.

"Listeners will become hooked in a matter of weeks," Bagley said of Limbaugh's show. "We anticipate some complaints and are interested in listener views of Rush Limbaugh."

Limbaugh's show is carried on more than 400 stations and has an estimated audience of 7.6 million people each week. His show started in 1988 with a core audience of 58 stations. Limbaugh was recently profiled on both "Sixty Minutes" and in "Time Magazine." He's also a frequent guest on CNN's "Cross-fire."

"The Rush Limbaugh" show does take some getting used to. Many people seem to hate it at first . . . but they keep listening . . . and it grows on them.

KALL will air the "Dr. Dean Edell" medical advice show weekdays from 1-2 p.m., followed by Hans Petersen from 2-6 p.m. Bagley stressed that Paul Harvey's noon news will also be broadcast each weekday as usual.

- RADIO ON TV UPDATE - Two local radio personalities - Mark Van Wagoner and Steve Carlson - are currently on TV, too.

Van Wagoner still has his "Mark in the Morning at Midday" show airing weekday afternoons at 1 p.m. on KXIV, Ch. 14. Van Wagoner is leaving KMGR-FM radio on Feb. 15. He said recently that although his TV contract for the show has expired, it is continuing on a see-as-we-go basis. He also said viewer calls to the program often jam the incoming telephone lines.

Carlson recently started as the weather anchor on the KSTU, Ch. 13, Fox evening news at 9 p.m. nightly. Known as "Steve O" on his midday radio show on KRSP-FM, Carlson appears to be doing a nice job as a weathercaster. He fits in well with the newscasting style of Fox, and he's handling the visual aspect of TV broadcasting well.

- KMGR (alias "Magic 107.5") - Bob Jennings will take over the vacancy left by Mark Van Wagoner on the station's weekday morning show beginning Monday, Feb. 17.

Jennings is a very talented and experienced radio personality who knows how to cater to adult audiences. He previously worked for KRSP-AM and KSFI. His show will provide news and traffic but will also be very music oriented, plying perhaps the most music of any morning show along the Wasatch Front.

"With all the news and zoos around, we felt music intensive was the way to go," said Danny Jessop, KMGR program director. "People expect Magic to play music."

Jessop also said there is no truth to the rumors that he and Tom Bock may be on the way out at Magic, in the wake of Van Wagoner's resignation. He said many people erroneously tie him, Van Wagoner and Bock together. Jessop said while it's true the new owner who will soon take control of KMGR will be able to make personnel changes, he hopes to stay on - especially after seeing how well the new owners handle their other 26 U.S. radio stations.

The status of former morning co-host, Clyde Lewis, still remains unclear, probably until after KMGR's new owner takes control.

- KBZN (alias "the Breeze," FM-97.9) - An independent analysis of the fall 1991 Arbitron ratings revealed that the station had an increase of 113 percent in listeners between the ages of 25-54 since the summer of 1991. KBZN was one of only a handful of stations to go up significantly in those latest radio ratings.

"The Breeze" is committed to New Age contemporary music and has a policy of "no nonsense or silly games." Other stations may have big contests or outrageous deejays, but KBZN concentrates on its music. The station has its own listeners' club, too.

- The Sunday, Feb. 16, "Musical Starstreams" (8-10 a.m.) will feature Glyn Lloyd Jones and "Surreality." Later in the day, "Jazz Trax" will have guest Dave Samuels of Spyro Gyra. "Time Out of Mind" will be spotlighted on the archives album segment.

Here's a schedule for next week's "7 O'Clock CD" show:

Monday, Feb. 17: "Back Roads," by Bob Berg.

Tuesday, Feb. 18: "Valley in the Clouds," by David Arkenstone.

Wednesday, Feb. 19: "Collection," by Lee Ritenour.

Thursday, Feb. 20: "Fresh Aire III," by Fresh Aire.

Friday, Feb. 21: "Time will Tell," by Fatburger.

- KLO (AM-1430) - This station, the sister broadcasting property of KBZN, will no longer carry ABC's "Deborah Norville" show beginning March 9 because it does not meet the station's standards for quality programming. Music will replace the show in the 11 p.m.-2 a.m. spot.

The Norville show has been pulled off many other U.S. radio stations, and while ABC claims it is happy with the show, some describe it as dull.

- The popular ABC "Tom Snyder Show" will continue to air on KLO from 8-11 p.m., however.

- Several new personalities have been added to KLO's weekend on-air staff:

Saturdays: Jim Jones handles the midnight-5 a.m. shift; Laurie Cobb is on from 5-10 a.m.; Dave Bogart airs from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.; John Gleason from 3-8 p.m. and Jim O'Brien rounds out the day from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Sundays: Jim Jones starts the day from midnight-5 a.m., followed by Denis Sullivan, 5-10 a.m. and Cheri Marcourt from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.; O'Brien fills the 3-8 p.m. spot; and Scott Morrison airs from 8 p.m. until midnight.

KLO's weekday lineup remains the same: Len Allen from 5-10 a.m.; Jeff Stone, 10 a.m. until noon; Gleason noon-2 p.m.; Mike Fisher, 2-6 p.m. and Cobb, 6 pm.-midnight.

- KZHT (FM-94.9) will host the 1992 Snowboard Championships and the First Annual Snow Volleyball Competition at ParkWest resort on Feb. 29-March 1. Over $15,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded in the two events, co-sponsored by Electronics/Car Concepts and Diet Mt. Dew.

KZHT will be broadcasting live from ParkWest the weekend of the competitions.

The snow volleyball event will feature three-man teams and will add another element, snow, to the traditional sand surface used in outdoor volleyball. Many of the prizes will be given at random to contestants.

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- KZHT will also host "House Party No. 1" on Feb. 28 at the 49th Street Galleria. Icy Blu and Cause & Efec will be two of the dance/pop artists performing. Tickets cost $5 and are available from KZHT, 307 W. 200 South, or the Galleria.

- KZHT general manager Terry Schmidt has apparently left the station and Steve Marriott has taken over as the general manager.

- KBYU (FM-89.1) - The 200th anniversary of the great Italian opera composer Gioacchino Rossini will be observed with several specials. The next will air Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m., another on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. and the last one on Rossini's birthday - Friday, Feb. 29, 11 a.m.

- KUER (FM-90.1) - "Friday's Edition," Feb, 14, 6:30 p.m., will examine the black experience in Utah, a state where blacks comprise less than 1 percent of the total population. KUER News will look at the history of blacks in the LDS Church.

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