After Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark, John & Ken Still Not Back On-Air at KTLA News

By Dennis Romero Mon., Mar. 5 2012 at 12:21 PM

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John & Ken.

It's not a good week for conservative talk show hosts at L.A.'s KFI AM 640. After John & Ken called the late Whitney Houston a "crack ho" a few weeks back, the nationally syndicated talker Rush Limbaugh called a birth control proponent a slut and a prostitute.

As such, John & Ken were suspended, and Limbaugh has apologized twice. After the John & Ken episode they went missing from a nightly segment on KTLA News called "Driving it Home."

Now it's not clear if they'll ever return:

Sources tell LA Weekly that the duo will not, as previously reported, be back on the air tonight at KTLA News.

A spokesman for the pair confirmed the duo is not coming back to KTLA tonight and indicated that it's not clear when they will return.

While John & Ken's vitriol and humor has found a strong audience on AM radio, it might be a bit too much for a straight news program on TV.

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(The KTLA segment weeknights at at 6:15 and 6:40 p.m. had them giving their opinions on things like illegal immigration and L.A.'s Latino mayor, but they appeared to refrain from using some of the stronger language that is a hallmark of their radio show).

The duo got into hot water with an African American media coalition after it called Whitney Houston a "crack ho" three days after her death in Beverly Hills last month.

The radio station met with coalition leaders and promised diversity training and tweaked content that would reflect a wider audience.

We've called KTLA News executives, but it appears they're not talking.

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Zypyxx

Apparently KTLA wants to put their ratings for the 6pm news back in the tank. John and Ken were the reason people watched. KTLA obviously doesn't have a spine, well good riddens!!! I know I won't be watching their 6pm news any longer!John and Ken speak the truth about everything they talk about and I guess the truth hurts!!

Bye Bye KTLA!!!!!!!

DonInLA

Anyone with a smattering of knowledge knows that any media outlet is wholly and completely driven by money and ratings with the possible exception of PBS and BBC. So "having a spine" doesn't remotely enter into the picture. They will always come down on the side of what's good for THEM, listeners and viewers be damned. I personally find "John and Ken" and the multitude of talentless hacks that simply have a pie hole set on shuffle and replay to be reprehensible and dangerous to our society. However, I also know that as long as there is a mindless, salivating group of individuals unable to make a decision on their own and needing to be constantly plugged into some hierachy providing their opions for them that programs like theirs will continue to dominate the ever declining airwaves of America.

Educated_Reader

"Good riddens"? Seriously? This is good entertainment.

TheLight

"conservative talk show hosts"? These two knuckleheads and Limbaugh are the characterization of conservatism?Excellent. That was easy. I've made up my mind.I'm not a conservative...

Kaptah2

Would you expect any less from KTLA? At least they're showing some maturity and intelligence by keeping these two off of the television. Only in America will you find individuals that make tons of money by just being glib talking, bigoted, asinine radio talk show hosts that never tire of hearing their own stupidities. It matters not if John & Ken have a large following on the AM dial in Southern California, for every one supporter, there are at the minimum twice as many detractors. Not every one drinks from their vat of Grape flavored Kool-Aid. The John and Ken show is about entertaining as watching old re-runs of Clutch Cargo.