KOST (103.5 FM) added the syndicated Delilah show to its schedule, weeknights 7 p.m. to midnight, replacing longtime “Love Songs” host Karen Sharp, who was “retired” as part of last month’s nationwide cutbacks by station owner iHeart Media.

To me, the move appears to be an obvious cost-cutting strategy, as syndicated programs are far cheaper than paying a live and local DJ … live and local being what radio executives keep telling us sets them apart from other entertainment sources as they move toward everything but.

I can assume AI DJs are next.

To paraphrase what my column mentor, Ray Richmond, used to say about syndicated and satellite-delivered programming back in the days of the Herald Examiner, it has many benefits: It’s cheap. It also costs less. And did I mention that it’s cheape

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