Frosty, Heidi & Frank
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| Genre | Hot talk |
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| Running time | 4 hours (including commercials) |
| Country |  United States |
| Languages | English |
| Home station | KLSX |
| Starring | Forrest "Frosty" Stilwell Heidi Hamilton Frank Kramer |
| Producers | Crysta Garner |
| Air dates | 2000 to Present |
| Website FrostyHeidiAndFrank.com |
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 PodcastFrosty, Heidi And Frank podcast |
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The Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show is a talk radio show hosted by Forrest (a.k.a. Frosty) Stilwell, Heidi Hamilton, and Frank Kramer. The show is based in Los Angeles, California and broadcast from their home station 97.1 Free FM (KLSX) which is owned by CBS Radio. The show airs weekdays from 10am to 2pm PST.
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[edit] History of the Show
Stilwell and Kramer were once part of the Jamie, Frosty, and Frank Show with Jamie White on Alice 105.9 (KALC) in Denver, Colorado, which began in 1994 and was Denver's highest rated talk show for a number of years. In 1998 the show moved to Los Angeles at Star 98.7 (KYSR), where they met traffic reporter Heidi Hamilton. In less than a year, the Jamie, Frosty, and Frank Show established itself as the second highest rated English language show in southern California.[1] However, in September of 1999 Stilwell and Kramer were replaced with Danny Bonaduce.
Collectively, they are known as "The Triplets," though they are not fond of that nickname as it was given to them by entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, whom they dislike, and they will often hang-up on callers who refer to them that way. They have gone so far as to have a clause in their contract that says no one can call them "The Triplets."
Tension started between Sam Rubin and Frosty, Heidi, and Frank because Rubin would bash the trio frequently on his TV show, the KTLA Morning News. Rubin often called their show "unlistenable." Rubin's low ratings led to his KLSX departure in December 2003, and the station gave Frosty, Heidi, and Frank an extra hour of airtime.
In 2005, KLSX General Manager Bob Moore signed Frosty, Heidi, and Frank to a new three-year contract, extending their show through at least 2008.
The show was syndicated to 103.7 Free FM (KSCF) in San Diego, CA, from October 2005 to December 2006. On January 2, 2007, KSCF replaced them with a local talk show, and later on June 22, 2007, KSCF flipped to a music format altogether.
The show was also syndicated to 101.5 Free FM (KZON) in Phoenix, Arizona, but the station changed their format back to music. Their last broadcast in Phoenix was on June 20, 2007.
Starting August 2005, the Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show is also available over the Internet live.
[edit] Hosts
[edit] Forrest Stilwell
Forrest Arthur Stilwell a.k.a. Frosty Stilwell is an American radio personality. Frosty was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Stilwell currently resides in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California. He also has a dog named Rudy.
[edit] Heidi Hamilton
Heidi Dionne Hamilton (born September 24, 1973 in Batesville, Indiana) is an American radio personality. Hamilton is also an actress, performing in artistic roles in Los Angeles theater and appearing in independent films. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, and met Frosty and Frank as a helicopter-based traffic reporter while the duo was working with radio personality Jamie White. On the air, she has openly discussed her first sexual experiences with both men and women.[citation needed] An ongoing game she played on the radio with the audience was to guess the sex of her significant other, known only as "The Italian." On October 27, 2006 at a live show in San Diego, California, Hamilton revealed that "The Italian" was in fact a woman. Hamilton currently resides in Encino, California.
[edit] Frank Kramer
Frank Kramer is an American radio personality. He met Frosty when he was a teenager. He attended Indiana University and was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Kramer joined Frosty as co-host of a radio show in Milwaukee just prior to, and instead of, graduating with a degree in Geological Sciences. From there, they moved together to Denver, where they were joined by Jamie White and became Denver's highest rated talk show for a number of years, before they brought the show to Star 98.7 in Los Angeles in 1998. Frank was named "The Hottest Man In Radio 2007/2008".[citation needed]
[edit] Behind The Scenes Cast
Other characters or participants of the show include:
- Crysta Garner – Phone screener
- Steve Binder – Editor/Engineer.
- Jack Silver – Program Director.
[edit] Segments
[edit] Who's Going to Hell?
A regular segment done randomly about once a week or two is "Who's Going to Hell?" Frosty, Heidi, and Frank each pick a news story about subjects including cruelty, mistreatments, or gruesome deaths to animals or people. They compete to see who has the story about the worst example of human nature or behavior. They tend to attach humorous titles to attract votes, which callers must repeat for their vote to count.
[edit] Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The segment airs every Friday afternoon at 1:00pm, and it showcases LA bands or singers trying to make it in the music industry that have yet to see major success. Two songs are played with listeners calling in to give their feedback. If the featured act or band is unanimously liked (getting 6 audience votes to "stay", zero "gos"), they are invited to play at Frosty, Heidi, and Frank's anniversary, or birthday, bash in September of that year. Some bands are considered if they have only one "go" to perform at their birthday bash.
[edit] The Bag of "S"
This is where Frosty, Heidi, and Frank give away their own stuff, or stuff that guests have left in their studio, to the audience as a so called prize.
[edit] The Apology
At the end of the show Frosty, Heidi, and Frank "apologize" to people, groups, living creatures, and inanimate objects offended or even mentioned on the show. This is the same manner in which the Jamie, Frosty, and Frank show ended each day.
[edit] External links
- http://www.frostyheidiandfrank.com – Official website.
- http://www.971freefm.com – KLSX website
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