KPHX's Weekend Schedule...
 

Let’s Talk Real Estate Saturdays 11am to 12pm

Straight Talk. No Bull. Join Sonny, Daniella and their favorite lender Jesse every Saturday morning to dish about real estate and lending. We’ll share what’s new in the real estate and mortgage markets, offer valuable insights and tips, and answer your questions on the air. What’s the best strategy to buy foreclosed homes? What’s involved in buying or listing a short sale? How do you take advantage of the various state and local financial assistance programs? You have questions… we have answers!

About Your Hosts

Sonny was born in the Czech Republic and came to the US when he was only one year old. His family initially arrived in Denver where they lived for a few years before finally settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sonny’s educational background is in theatre and graphic design. Sonny owned and operated a successful graphic design firm in Seattle for several years before falling madly in love with his partner Emmett and moving to the Phoenix area. Sonny has been a licensed REALTOR^® in Arizona since March 2007. He began his real estate career long before, however, as a property investor in California and later in the Seattle area. Sonny resides in the West Valley with his partner, three cats and five dogs. Sonny is currently a REALTOR^® with West USA Realty.

Daniella was born and raised in Chicago. She graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources and a minor in International Business. She started her career with Arthur Andersen as a corporate trainer and then moved on to a software company when Andersen closed (no, she didn’t shred anything!). In 2000 Daniella found her passion for real estate when she started buying and selling investment properties. After spending countless summers with her family in Phoenix and falling in love with the area, she decided to sell her home, quit her job and move to Phoenix. She received her real estate license in April 2007 which is when she and Sonny met. When the market was taking a turn for the worse Sonny and Daniella formed an unstoppable team, focusing on bank owned listings and short sales. Daniella and her husband Steven are avid travelers who have been to over 20 countries on 5 continents. Daniella resides in the West Valley with her husband, 2 cats, a dog and soon their baby girl who is due in January 2010! Daniella is currently a REALTOR^® with West USA Realty.

Experience that Counts

Sonny and Daniella became REALTORs^® at what is arguably the worst time in real estate history. Despite the state of the market, Sonny and Daniella have together sold over 130 properties just in the last year. Being successful in today’s market isn’t just about who you know—it’s what you know. At a time when thousands of agents are getting out of a market they no longer understand, Sonny and Daniella’s strong work ethic, constant drive to understand quickly changing market conditions, and an almost singular focus on customer service has enabled them to thrive where others have failed. Now Sonny and Daniella want to share their knowledge and experience with you, their valued KPHX listeners!

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Jesse Singh is the President and Co-Founder of 1st Rate Home Mortgage, Inc. Jesse was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Arizona to attend ASU, graduating from the WP Carey School of Business with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Jesse has several years experience as a top mortgage originator, team leader, trainer, and mortgage advisor. He has always had a knack for numbers and this ability has lead to the success of 1st Rate Home Mortgage. Jesse’s dedication to his clients, employees, partners, and his company is unquestionable. His reputation is reason why 1st Rate Home Mortgage Inc. continues to grow in this market. The people that know Jesse the best would describe him as a control freak (in a good way), dependable, and sincere. Currently, Jesse resides in the east valley and maintains offices in Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and California.

Ring of Fire - Saturdays (live) 12pm to 3pm

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likes to say he’s been an environmentalist all his life. As a young boy, he kept pet snakes and raccoons, bred homing pigeons and pheasants in his backyard and learned to train hawks. He even considered becoming a veterinarian. Today Kennedy is widely recognized as the country’s most prominent environmental attorney, working tirelessly to safeguard the environment and public health. He is the founder and director of Pace University’s Environmental Litigation Clinic in White Plains, New York; president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, an international coalition of 99 grassroots groups; and senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. The peripatetic Kennedy also crisscrosses North America several times a year, stirring audiences of college students, community groups and elected officials.

Mike Papantonio is a senior partner of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor, P.A., one of the largest plaintiff’s law firms in America, having handled thousands of cases throughout the nation including Asbestos, Breast Implants, Pharmaceutical Drug Litigation, Factory Farming, Securities Fraud, the Florida Tobacco Litigation, and other mass tort cases. "Pap" has received numerous multi-million dollar verdicts on behalf of victims of corporate malfeasance.

When John F. Kennedy, Jr. launched George Magazine, he chose David Bender as its first West Coast contributing editor. Citing Bender’s more than thirty years of experience in politics, government and entertainment, Kennedy said, “As long as I’ve known David Bender, he has been involved in public issues. I think what he’s been able to do, rather uniquely, is kind of meld a lot of different worlds and channel them into public issues, whether it be Washington, New York or Los Angeles – particularly within the entertainment industry. I can’t really think of anyone who has done it longer or as well as he.” (more info)

Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy - Saturdays 5pm to 8pm (pre-recorded)
Sundays 11am to 2pm (live)

Leo Laporte has worked as an author, speaker, and broadcaster in New Haven, Monterey, San Jose, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, most recently focusing on technology coverage for radio, television, and the Internet.

Past
Laporte has written software for CP/M, Macintosh, and PC compatible computers including the popular open source programs, QDial and MacArc for the Macintosh. From 1985 to 1988, he operated one of the first Macintosh-only computer bulletin board systems, MacQueue.

He was the co-author, with former ABC Technology Correspondent Gina Smith, of 101 Computer Answers You Need to Know, a computer book for beginners published in 1995 by Ziff-Davis Press. He has written about computer hardware and software for Byte, MacUser, and InfoWorld magazines, and he has contributed chapters to Dvorak’s Guide to PC Telecommunications and Dvorak’s Inside Track to the Mac, both published by Osborne/McGraw Hill. He has written four bestselling Technology Almanacs. Leo Laporte’s 2003 Technology Almanac was Pearson Publishing’s Book of the Year in 2003.

In 2000–2001, Leo was a Contributing Editor at Access Magazine, a Sunday newspaper magazine supplement with an estimated readership of 13 million in 80 markets nationwide.

In January, 1991 he created and co-hosted Dvorak On Computers, the most listened to high tech talk radio show in the nation, syndicated on over 60 stations and around the world on the Armed Forces Radio Network. Laporte also hosted Laporte on Computers on KSFO and KGO Radio in San Francisco. On television, Laporte was host of Internet! a weekly half-hour show airing on PBS in 215 cities nationwide. He reported on new media for Today’s First Edition, on PBS, and did daily product reviews and demos on New Media News, broadcast nationally on Jones Computer Network and ME/U, and regionally on San Francisco’s Bay TV.

He was a Managing Editor at Ziff-Davis Television, where he wrote and co-hosted The Personal Computing Show, a half-hour weekly television show for beginning computer users that aired on CNBC. He created and was a daily contributor to The Site, an hour-long technology newsmagazine that aired nightly on MSNBC, CNBC International, and NBC Superchannel in Europe and Asia. Laporte won an Emmy in 1997 for his work on The Site. He also hosted two shows on TechTV (formerly ZDTV), a 24-hour cable channel dedicated to computers and the Internet. Call for Help and The Screen Savers aired live every weekday from 1998 to 2004.

Today
Currently Leo hosts a national radio technology talk show on the Premiere Radio Networks every Saturday and Sunday from 11a to 2p, and Call for Help, a daily hour-long television show produced in Toronto and aired in Canada on G4TechTV, and Australia on the HOW-TO Channel. He also appears regularly on many television and radio programs including Live with Regis and Kelly.

He hosts and produces some of the most popular podcasts in the world including this WEEK in TECH, Security Now!, Inside the Net, The Daily Giz Wiz, and FLOSS Weekly under the TWiT.tv banner. He also continues to write. He has a book imprint with Que Publishing. Leoville Press titles for 2006 include Leo Laporte’s 2006 Technology Almanac, Leo Laporte’s 2006 Gadget Guide, Leo Laporte’s Guide to OS X Tiger, and Leo Laporte’s PC Help Desk.

Dean Edell - Saturdays (pre-recorded) 8pm to 10pm
Sundays (pre-recorded) 6pm to 9pm

Dr. Dean Edell is a pioneer in syndicated radio, launching one of the first successful nationwide radio programs in 1986. As the first physician whose radio and television programs were syndicated cross country, Dr. Dean Edell finds on-air counseling to millions of listeners extremely satisfying – far more than practicing eye surgery, his chosen field.

Early in his career, Dr. Dean found teaching and communicating with patients the most gratifying aspects of his career, so radio was a ready-made classroom for him, though he happened on it by accident. Edell so impressed a co-worker that he introduced the young doctor to a radio programmer. And the rest is history.

“Radio is the medium,” he says. “It communicates like no other. It has a special nuance that no other media has, and anyone can call and participate.”

In 1979, San Francisco Bay Area powerhouse KGO put Dr. Dean on the air to address questions on any health-related topic. Since his debut, his show has consistently been the top-rated program on San Francisco’s number one station. Over the years the show has focused more on lifestyle issues due to Americans becoming more conscious of disease prevention as well as the national preoccupation with beauty and longevity.

At Home with Gary Sullivan - Sundays 6am 9am

DIY has never been bigger, and Gary Sullivan is radio's DIY man. With over thirty years of home improvement know how, and over a decade of broadcast experience, Gary will help your listeners build it up, tear it down, fix it, or replace it.

Weekend radio generates great ratings and rates for saavy stations that deliver top quality leisure programming that invites involvement, and Gary fits the bill perfectly. Warm, friendly, and funny, Gary breaks down big tasks into small steps, and educates as he entertains.

Looking for ways to appeal to local advertisers? Package Gary together with a weekday schedule to deliver great numbers at affordable pricing.

Make an appointment each Saturday and Sunday morning "At Home with Gary Sullivan." It's a win for listeners and advertisers.

Phoenix Today with Michael Hammett – Sundays from 10:00 am to 10:30 am.

If you live work or play in the City of Phoenix, please listen as Michael and his guests discuss programs, services and activities that can improve your neighborhood, your families well being and your overall quality of life.

Michael Hammett is a Public Information Officer in the Phoenix City Manager's Office and the host of the Building Phoenix Show on Phoenix 11. An Emmy Award-winning television producer, Hammett has worked at KTVK/Channel 3 and, most recently, KNXV/Channel 15, where he was a senior producer and on-air reporter for Sonoran Living. Michael is a graduate of the Walter Conkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

Michael Hammett Public Information Officer City of Phoenix 602-495-5405

Watch the Building Phoenix show on Phoenix 11 and on-demand at www.Phoenix.gov/video

Airtime with Sky Harbor with David Ramirez - Sundays 10:30 am to 11:00 am

Listen as David hosts an informative show about Sky Harbor Airport. David and his guests discuss everything from how to get over your fear of flying to Sky Harbor's extensive artwork collection that is displayed througout the airport.

Visit Airtime on Sky Harbor's Web Site