The Church of Lazlo

The Church of Lazlo
Genre Talk, Politics, Headlines, Music
Running time Approximately 240 minutes (Four Hours, including commercials and music)
Country United States United States
Starring Lazlo
SlimFast
Creator(s) Lazlo
Afentra
SlimFast
Website http://www.965thebuzz.com/The-Church-of-Lazlo/11294215
Podcast http://media.965thebuzz.com/latest-audio.htm

The Church of Lazlo is an afternoon drive talk show program in Kansas City, discussing an array of subjects including headlines, politics, and on-air games. Its flagship station is KRBZ or 96.5 The Buzz.

Currently, The Church of Lazlo is broadcast live, Mondays through Fridays at 3pm–7pm CT. The program is streamed online as well on 96.5 The Buzz's website.

The current Line Up of Lazlo, Slimfast, and Snowcone has acquired some of the strongest ratings the station has ever seen. That said, those ratings would only be considered marginally successful for other radio programs.

Musical Friends Of The Program


Bands that stop by when in town are limited to a few but always welcome and have appeared several times

Meg Myers Catfish and the Bottlemen Glass Animals Awolnation The Mowglis Kitten Fitz & the Tantrums

History

In 2003 KRBZ transitioned into an Alternative rock format. Following this change The Church of Lazlo, an evening talk show, was launched starring Lazlo and Slimfast.

On June 1, 2006, popular afternoon host/program director Lazlo announced that he was leaving the station to become program director of KNDD "The End" in Seattle, KRBZ's sister station.[1]

On November 10, 2006, it was announced that Lazlo, Afentra, and SlimFast would reunite on air for "The Church of Lazlo," which would broadcast live from Seattle on KNDD and simulcast on KRBZ.[2]

Lazlo announced on July 16, 2008 that he would be leaving KNDD to return to Kansas City.[3] On August 25, 2008, both "Afentra's Big Fat Morning Buzz" and "The Church of Lazlo" returned live to Kansas City.

On-air personalities

Past personalities

Format

The Church of Lazlo is a talk radio show with breaks of alternative music and commercials. Hosts Lazlo and SlimFast talk about current headlines, politics, and surveys while engaging with their listeners via a text line and twitter. Texts submitted through the text line (96500) are added to the conversation and occasionally are called on-air to talk with Lazlo.

Lazlo likes to have guest stars on the show and weekly interviews Soren Bowie of Cracked.com for the buzz on what's interesting, Grae Drake from Rottentomatoes.com to find out what movies to see that weekend, and other various characters they find on the internet that are interesting to talk to. Eric Kronberg, former goalkeeper of Sporting KC, used to visit the studio and come on the show occasionally as a guest, following the tradition of Jimmy Nielsen, the preceding goalkeeper of Sporting KC.

Friend of the show Tony Ortega, former editor-in-chief of The Village Voice, periodically appears on the show to provide updates on the Church of Scientology. Tony's discussions on air in August 2011 prompted the Church of Scientology to contact Lazlo over concerns that he "disrespects all religions".[5]

Recurring Segments

References

External links

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