Roger Barkley - KABC - The Ken and Barkley Company

In 1990, Roger became co-host of The Ken and Barkley Company on KABC alongside Ken Minyard. Like the Lohman and Barkley show, this show was consistently rated number one in local morning drive.

Although Lohman and Barkley's morning KFI show had been mostly talk and skits, an occasional tune was played, probably to give the guys a restroom break. In a later Los Angeles Times article regarding his sudden exit from KFI, Barkley was quoted as saying that he warned their program director that their constant playing of the same Eagles songs over and over was very aggravating to him. He said if he heard Hotel California one more time that he might just get up and walk out one day. He also alluded to Lohman's increasing undisciplined ways, including a growing tendency to not be at the station in time for the start of the show. Obviously Barkley was simply tiring of the situation. Years later on the Los Angeles "Ken and Barkley Company" KABC radio show, when Ken Minyard mentioned Al Lohman, Barkley remarked "he says that I destroyed his career." Ironically, Barkley eventually went through a bit of the same. After six years, the Ken and Barkley show was dropping in ratings in the very competitive LA morning market, and Barkley was dropped too. Ken Minyard continued on with a new format. He said that Barkley was very upset, but that the station demanded a change.