Wake Up Call with Amy King KFI AM 640 (KFI-AM)
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Amy King is the NEW host of Wake Up Call. Tune in every morning at 5am for the latest news and happenings in Southern California.
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D-Day 80-Year Anniversary
Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers starts the show talking about Biden’s trip to Normandy. The Executive Producer of ‘The Stanley Pop’ Michael Levitt joins the program to talk about the Stanley Pup rescue show airing ahead of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Amy takes us ‘Out and About’ to Disneyland and highlights Pixarfest, going on NOW, and the great food you can get. The show closes with the Program Manager of Environmental Working Group Emily Spilman discussing the new study that found only 25% of sunscreens are safe and effective
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Hunter Biden Trial: ‘Laptop from Hell’ Introduced into Evidence
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. Amy talks with ABC White House correspondent Karen Travers joins the program to discuss Biden signing an executive order on immigration asylum limit. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Instagram testing UNSKIPPABLE ads, California teachers using AI to grade, how to manage your passwords, and new headphones for Android users under $100. On this week’s edition of ‘Amy’s On It’ she reviews Tetris (2023), the true story behind Henk Rogers discovering Tetris in 1988. The show closes with ABC News national journalist Steven Portnoy talking about the latest in the Hunter Biden trial and the infamous laptop introduced into evidence.
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Israel-Hamas War: Ceasefire Deal Still Unsettled
Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to discuss the ceasefire deal still unsettled & 4 more Israeli hostages have been confirmed dead. Host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins Amy to talk about service charges, people going without homeowners’ insurance, and inflation terms. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers joins the program to talk about Biden expected to sign an executive order on immigration. The show closes with ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan talking about the Ticketmaster data breach that offers a look inside the hacking economy.
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New Month, New Trial
Amy King hosts your Monday Wake Up Call. New month, New Trial: ABC News correspondent Steven Portnoy joins the show to discuss Hunter Biden’s gun case commencing today. Amy talks with ABC News White House reporter Karen Travers about talks circulating saying if Hamas agrees to the proposal, then Israel would say yes. ABC News Correspondent Jim Ryan joins the show to talk about controversy over lab-grown meat. The show closes with Amy talking with the founder of Sarita Landscapes Sara Bendrick about backyards that feature natural pond-pools.
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Jury Finds Trump Guilty
Amy King hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. Amy talks with ABC News investigative reporter Peter Charalambous about Trumps being found guilty on all charges in the hush money trial. Amy speaks with ABC News reporter Jim Ryan about more workers cheating on drug tests. The House Whisperer Dean Sharp is back on Wake Up Call for another edition of ‘Waking Up with the House Whisperer!’ Today, Dean talks about lawns, landscapes, hardscape and softscape. ABC News correspondent Jason Nathanson closes the show with The Entertainment Report talking about a sleepy weekend at the box office part II, Ron Howard’s documentary about Jim Henson and whether this will be a cruel, cruel summer.
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Justice Alito: Refuse to Recuse
Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News reporter Steven Portnoy joins the show to discuss Justice Alito refusing to recuse himself from Jan.6 cases after flag controversies. Amy talks with ABC News investigative reporter Peter Charalambous about NY v. Trump: Jury deliberations begin, jury send back 2 notes. Amy takes us ‘Out and About’ to the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic and speaks with Music Director and Conductor Maxim Kuzin.
Customer Reviews
The one morning newscast to listen to
I’ve tried lots of different daily news podcasts and none of them compare to JJL and Wake Up Call. Many of them simply read the news and while you get a flavor for the news of the day, it’s often just the headlines. I love that JJL injects personality w/o obvious bias into the news and asks the questions the average person might ask as well. Laila Muhammad is also great when she fills in. This is the only news podcast that brings in reporters and experts from other news organizations, getting beyond the headline and talking to the folks closer to the ground. Yes, there are some LA focused stories, but for the most part you get the national and world news that matters w/ better insight.
Love it Slow it down
Love it! Listening from Hawaiian BUTT !!
It is podcasting way too fast . No way to slow down. It plays at extreme speed. Can’t understand a thing that’s being said, and this happens a lot. Who’s recording it to podcast???
High speed reporting
Absolutely love the show but it went into overdrive playback speed today, again. Please fix. Impossible to listen to at this speed and get anything but annoyance out of it.