Khow 630 Am-the Talk Station

I’ve never been a regular listener to KHOW but during the past few years I’d occasionally catch the Caplis & Silverman Show. I had to stop listening permanently though when the show turned into the Tim Tebow Fanboy Club (No Non-​Believers Allowed). I did tune in for nostalgia’s sake on Friday, June 22, 2012 for Dan and Craig’s final show after 8 successful years on the air.
During that broadcast, they talked a little about the history of the show. At first, it was just Dan but then they brought in Craig to create a show unique to Denver radio with two hosts bantering back and forth. Dan said that the breaks during the early days often included some very heated discussions but nothing that ever came to blows. It seems to me that over the years they began to see more eye-​to-​eye. In the end, Craig’s self-​proclaimed ODS (Obama Disappointment Syndrome) resulted in his agreeing with Dan much more often than before.
So why would the hosts of such a highly successful, award-​winning show decide to end it? The official story is that Dan & Craig have done as much as they could with the show and taken it as far as it can go. They’ve hit the wall and they can’t make the show any better. Instead of riding the plateau, they want to keep reaching for the stars. I’m not sure if I believe that entirely (especially during an election year) but, rest assured, Dan & Craig aren’t going away, it’s just the show that is going away. Dan says he will remain on the air (no specifics) and Craig says that he has been in Denver media in some capacity since 1985 and will remain there somehow, beginning with a spot on Colorado Inside Out.
Whether you agree with Dan or with Craig, or a little bit with both of them, as I do, hopefully the show at least made you think. I always appreciated the fact that they were polite to the callers and treated them with respect. There was never any shouting or talking over people. That makes for listenable radio.
So I guess we’ll see what the future holds for the former Caplis & Silverman time slot. Hopefully, another equally successful show.

I listen to Khow for 1 reason only and that’s Coast to Coast AM when I can’t sleep at night. The other programs are ultra conservative. I hate when I leave it on all night and wake up to Peter Boyle’s rants in the wee hours of the morning. Sometimes, I don’t know weather to laugh or cry at him and those that call in! They also air Dr Laura and Glen Beck-​eek!