El Paso radio show expands broadcast to West Texas

Radio host Buzz Adams isn’t just an El Paso favorite anymore.

His KLAQ morning show is now syndicated, broadcasting in three other cities in West Texas.

ABC-7 dropped by the KLAQ studio to talk to Adams about the expansion during his morning show.

“Stephanie went all the way home to get her makeup, because she thought you were going to put her on TV,” Adams told ABC-7, teasing his co-host during a commercial break.

Adams got somewhat serious as he talked about the expansion of the “Buzz Adams Morning Show,” which went on the air in 1992.

“It’s validation, partially, that we’ve done what some think is a good job in El Paso, and they want to duplicate that success in other markets,” he said.

The show is now being broadcast for listeners in Abilene, Midland-Odessa and San Angelo. But the radio host said that won’t change how they format the show, which often serves as a platform for Adams and his colleagues Fernando Cuevas, Stephanie McMaster and Brandon Coates to poke fun at local news stories and newsmakers.

“The last hour of the show is completely dedicated to local (content),” Adams told ABC-7. “And then throughout the show, we’ve got blocks built in that we can stop and do news, traffic and weather, and talk about things in El Paso.

“If (listeners) have noticed (any changes in the show’s content), they’ve been very gracious by not bringing it up, or not complaining about it,” Adams added.

One big change that listeners may have noticed is the length of the show. It now lasts five hours, beginning at 5 a.m. Monday through Friday.

“We’re starting an hour earlier in El Paso, so, we have to get up an hour earlier. And we were getting up early to begin with,” said Adams. “We’re getting up by 3 o’clock now.”

At least he doesn’t have to put much emphasis on his appearance, being in radio, right?

Adams scoffed at that. “Look at this, you think this just happens? I have to work hard at this,” he said, referring to a brown sweater vest he joked was from his Bilbo Baggins collection.

Serious once again, Adams told ABC-7 he hopes the syndicated show helps change misconceptions other Texans have of the Sun City.

“I think when we’re on the air, we can definitely give our opinion of El Paso,” said Adams. “It is cast in the most positive light.”