There he and partner Doug Steckler, an Emmy-winning comedy writer, held down weeknights until 2005, after which Conway worked with impressionist Brian Whitman as co-host. That attention, and Conway’s ploy to tap radio-station executives as guests on the show, eventually led to an invitation to go on-air at KLSX in 1997.
More likely, he admits now, “there were two people listening every night, and their audio dropped out every eight seconds.”īut in those days, when the Internet was still a novelty to many and such claims were hard to verify, a few credulous media outlets came calling to check out the new venture. “We told people it was being listened to by 400,000 people worldwide every night,” Conway said - a figure he and his cohorts simply made up. But, citing the story of a man saved from under rubble by text messaging, he also urged listeners to make sure their phones can text, in case of earthquake: “I’m not L-O-Ling here, I’m D-Y-I-N-G!”Ĭonway’s new gig is a far cry from “Late Net,” the online talk show he began hosting in 1996 from a storefront studio in Santa Monica, as an early pioneer in Internet programming. Next he spoke about the horrors of the Haiti earthquake and chided listeners who hadn’t yet given to relief efforts. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council. That also gave him the chance to balance the news with his own humor, and to make fun of L.A. During his first hour Monday night, the San Fernando Valley native opened with comments on the day’s rainstorm and the threat of flooding and mudslides. Conway said the style of his nighttime show was “still in the works,” though he predicts it will feature guests and callers, and be lighter in tone than those of KFI stalwarts John & Ken or Bill Handel.
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