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If the TV networks are losing viewers in prime time, perhaps it’s due to the nightly genius of Phil Hendrie (“All Mock, All the Time,” by Steve Hochman, Oct. 26). His imagination and concentration are amazing, and the nature of his program practically demands that listeners tune in for the entire show. KFI should take pride in the fact that they’ve hired someone who has re-energized the radio medium.
DAWNA KAUFMANN
Los Angeles
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When Hendrie’s program comes on, I can’t turn him off fast enough!
His characters all sound like dirty old perverts and he jokes about circumcising young girls. He insults elderly ladies, telling them that they’re going to die soon and that nobody cares. Maybe some people think that’s clever, but it seems cruel and unnecessary to me.
Phil Hendrie is the poster boy for crude, toilet humor. It doesn’t say much for the taste of KFI-AM (640) or its listeners that he has such high ratings.
MEREDITH LINDSEY
Manhattan Beach
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Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” broadcast took place on Oct. 30, 1938, not 1939. It is still the best example of a radio hoax.
BRIAN LEE CORBER
North Hollywood
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