John explains how Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is part of the entertainment business
The John Kobylt Show
Premiere Networks
4.3 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
John explains how Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is part of the entertainment business
John talks about the fairness doctrine and how it made political commenting possible
John talks about how corporate mandates are part of the broadcast business
John talks about how he and Ken got suspended and what happened
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | KFI AM 640. |
| 0:06.6 | You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the IHeart Radio app. |
| 0:10.6 | I have a lot to say about this Jimmy Kimmel situation. |
| 0:15.3 | And like one argument doesn't create a divorce, one joke or one comment doesn't get you kicked |
| 0:25.5 | off the air, whether it's temporary or permanent, we'll see. |
| 0:30.9 | But a lot of people are saying, well, I heard what he said, it didn't sound like that big |
| 0:36.7 | a deal because in isolation, it wasn't that big a deal. |
| 0:41.1 | It was a long relationship. And I'll play the clip later. It's not really important right now to what I want to talk about. |
| 0:49.6 | And I don't have any notes in front of me or any news stories or anything. I'm just going to share |
| 0:54.5 | with you what it's like to be in the broadcast business. Like, well, Ray and I have been together |
| 1:00.2 | over 25 years now. And Ken and I go, we're in it together for over 35 years. And here's how the |
| 1:09.5 | broadcast business works. Do you ever, maybe you're in an industry, right? |
| 1:13.6 | And maybe your industry gets in the news for some reason. And all of a sudden you are hearing |
| 1:20.6 | all these people on television and radio talking about your industry and you sit there and go, they don't know what the hell they're talking about. |
| 1:30.4 | I'm sure people have said that listening to us here. |
| 1:33.6 | God, he doesn't know what he's talking about. |
| 1:35.1 | I'm in the industry. |
| 1:36.5 | Sometimes I get emails from you. |
| 1:39.6 | And I appreciate them because maybe sometimes I don't know what I'm talking about. |
| 1:45.2 | I am like you right now. |
| 1:48.0 | I am listening to about 24 hours of everybody talking about the First Amendment and the |
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