LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Worldwide Radio Network's weekly call-in Recovery Radio Show and its three co-hosts will place a special focus on sexual addictions Saturday night during its regularly scheduled live broadcasts to Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas, network officials reported today. Carried on the ABC Satellite network, the show also can be heard via the Internet at www.recoveryradioshow.com
Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif. near Los Angeles, producers of the network's newest entry into the highly competitive live call-in radio market claim listenership has increased dramatically since its inaugural broadcast in March. Although Arbitron numbers on market share are not available, network executives said the increasing numbers of callers attempting to reach the show during broadcasts, and the variety of geographic locations from which those calls were originating, was proof enough that its listenership was skyrocketing.
"Although it's always hard to quantify listenership even when there are Arbitron ratings, we know that the demand is there for this type of show because we can chart the numbers of calls we receive," said Dr. Stephen Groth M.D., a network executive and the on-air co-host of weekly The Recovery Radio Show. "In fact, since we've added another hour, we are discussing the show with a number of top talk radio stations in still more markets."
Termed "reality radio" by Dr. Groth, it has been the dramatic nature of the calls that seem to have captured the public's attention and that of station managers in other metropolitan areas, he noted. The show's other two personalities and co-founders are Robert Munck, a recovering alcoholic and addict with 14 years of sobriety, and John Tomkinson, the lead co-host, co-founder and former rock and roll music disc jockey.
The Recovery Radio Show now airs live from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) every Saturday over KKLA-FM (99.5) in Los Angeles; KNUU-AM (970) in Las Vegas; and KFNX-AM (1100) in Phoenix. Programming information, broadcast times and themes for upcoming shows are available by contacting the network at (949) 334-0471, or through the Internet at www.recoveryradioshow.com .