Seven shows has transpired since John Ingram and David El Attrache supposedly took over as hosts of Wheels on KLIF AM 570. The reality is that Wheels very much remains the Ed Wallace show. Even before the show starts, KLIF itself still promotes the show as “Wheels with Ed Wallace”.
Speakers: KLIF Announcer
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The inability of the new hosts to handle the job that they accepted has
not gone unnoticed by the audience. Virtually every week, callers tease Wallace
by asking how is that retirement going.
Speakers: Wallace, Caller
After a long winded explanation of
why he is still hosting the show, Wallace concedes that “[…] When I am here with them, |
Whatever the nominal title assigned to Wheels, the show remains Wheels
with Ed Wallace. The pattern is well established. At first, one hears Wallace
off-microphone coaching the others past some confusion. Then, the frustration
mounts to the point where Wallace comes on-microphone and takes over the rest
of the show.
Times of Ed Wallace’s
Interjecting Himself into Wheels |
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Date |
Off-Microphone |
On-Microphone |
11/05/22 |
09:43AM |
09:56AM |
11/12/22 |
09:59AM |
10:08AM |
11/19/22 |
N/A |
08:03AM |
11/26/22 |
09:08AM |
09:51AM |
12/03/22 |
08:24AM |
08:25AM |
12/10/22 |
08:09AM |
08:20AM |
12/17/22 |
09:05AM |
09:49AM |
Every Saturday, Wheels runs four hours from 8AM to 12PM. Ingram and El Attrache
only once ran the show as far as the third hour. From that point of takeover,
Wallace monopolizes the microphone and runs the conversation.
So, inspired by these real-life events, Outside Automotive urges all to flock to the theaters to see this year’s holiday sensation: Radio Alone. The Internet Move Database has the following plot synopsis for the film:
Radio Alone (IMDb.com):
A blizzard buries Dallas
throughout the night before Christmas Eve. Nominal Wheels radio show hosts John
Ingram and David El Attrache manage to get to the studio for the Christmas Eve
broadcast. But actual Wheels host Ed Wallace arrives later and finds himself
locked out of the building, as all the entrances have since frozen shut.
Hijinks ensue as Ingram and El Attrache realize that they will be on the radio alone.
So, gather the family for this new Christmas classic.
And for those unfamiliar with the 1990’s film Home Alone, watch it tonight on ABC (December 24, 2022), starting at 7:00PM CST: