On Jun 5, 8:41 pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
I miss Herb Jepco, and his predecessor, Ira Blue, and the rest of the great
KGO talkers.. along with the greats from KSL. I spent many a night listening
to those folks back in a day when everyone had a chance to have their say,
not just the hand-picked few, and things were a lot more even-handed and
sane.

Herb Jepco calls to mind a Christmas vacation during my high school
years - two weeks of no school and "sleeping in"! I listened to him on
KSL until 4 a.m. or so every night he was on. And did I have a time of
it changing my sleep habits when school resumed! I remember feeling
like I was away from my family when I could no longer stay up late
enough to listen to his show.

And you are on the mark about the ambiance of his show. He was so
cordial - more interested in having a conversation than scoring
debating points or showing how much smarter he was than the callers
and listeners (unlike the talk show screamers of today).

Bill Barker on KOA Denver and Bernard Metzler out of New York were the
only others I can think of that matched Herb's genuine niceness and
civility.