Topic: George Knapp

[Paper*Boy]

George Knapp has had many technical problems for some of his past C2CAM programs - wonder if it could be caused by some kind of sabotage?
Tonight Knapp started on the air and couldn't hear his guests at all, though listeners on the radio could hear them.
So for the first 15minutes or so, he continued an interview by asking each guest a question (they could hear him, though he could not hear the reply) and waiting a few minutes before asking another question.
That must be similar to how Noory interviews guests, since Noory seems to never hear or remember the guest's answers... 

Thankfully for Knapp, the technical problem was fixed after 15minutes or so.

I used to try to listen to his shows, and it seemed like he was forever having technical difficulties.  Too often for it to be sabotage -seems like that would only work a few times before everyone got wise.
 
I picture George at some local makeshift studio at a Las Vegas station, the people that know what they are doing long gone for the day.  I don't think the ratings are anywhere near what is claimed for Coast anymore.  So there George sits, not really a radio guy, at the mercy of late night interns on a show no one is listening to anyway.
 
One thing, we know PremRat doesn't have a lot of interest in C2C, and must not be putting much money into it either.
 
 
 

[HorrorReporter]

For all the technical issues he handled it well.. Even though Travis Walton seemed to just mumble his way though the interview ..

[Tara]

I don't know if George Knapp is being sabotaged, but I'm certain that Noory is jealous as hell of Knapp, who's a professional journalist with intelligent accolades from C2C listeners.   If Noory listened to Knapp even once, he has to know that he could never even aspire to such a level of competence.  Similarly, with AB.

I would say that Noory never heard of 1/2 of the words that Knapp uses.
Noory:  "Hey Tommy, what does cacophony mean?  Google that word."

[b_dubb]

I don't know if George Knapp is being sabotaged, but I'm certain that Noory is jealous as hell of Knapp, who's a professional journalist with intelligent accolades from C2C listeners.   If Noory listened to Knapp even once, he has to know that he could never even aspire to such a level of competence.  Similarly, with AB.

I would say that Noory never heard of 1/2 of the words that Knapp uses.
Noory:  "Hey Tommy, what does cacophony mean?  Google that word."

if Knapp had any interest in hosting Coast ... noory would suddenly find himself unemployed or all by his simple self on the bench

[Lovely Bones]

Tonight Knapp started on the air and couldn't hear his guests at all, though listeners on the radio could hear them.
So for the first 15minutes or so, he continued an interview by asking each guest a question (they could hear him, though he could not hear the reply) and waiting a few minutes before asking another question.
That must be similar to how Noory interviews guests, since Noory seems to never hear or remember the guest's answers... 

Knapp did a better job of actually conversing with his guests--totally unable to hear them for 15 minutes--than Noory does able to hear them.  If he hadn't told the audience he was unable to hear, he probably could have faked it, since everybody's used to Noory not listening to a thing guests have to say anyway.

I loved Knapp's intro last night, something about "if you're hungry for some red meat of a good ol' paranormal discussion . . ." or something to that effect.  I could hear coastgabbers clapping across the country.  Yes, Mr. Knapp.  We're hungry for that red meat, and we're tired of Noory's attempts to "educate" us.  Give us some UFO's and cryptozoology and ghosties and ghoulies and have Noory and Co. cut the turmeric, ditch the GMO stuff, bury the baking soda cures for cancer, and leave the politics for daytime. 

[Lovely Bones]

I would say that Noory never heard of 1/2 of the words that Knapp uses.
Noory:  "Hey Tommy, what does cacophony mean?  Google that word."

LOL.  I personally think Noory is still stuck on "Sirocco."

[b_dubb]

LOL.  I personally think Noory is still stuck on "Sirocco."

I'm sure George heard that as "cockcalfonly"

[VtaGeezer]

I believe Knapp and Punnett both do the program "remote" from home via phone line and internet; I don't make anything of the tech troubles.  I recall how frequently Bell had trouble when broadcasting from his home though it was THE C2C studio.  The links, software and hardware just aren't as robust as in a commercial broadcast facility where a pro technician is operating the system and all the host does is talk.

Last night's show was a lesson in the importancer of knowledge of the subject and real interview skills.  Knapp has both and his show really stood in stark contrast to the superficial crap we typically get from Noory on weeknights.  Makes one realize how much of Noory's nightly "contribution" isn't inquiry at all;  it's just his own opinion and conjecture.  Perhaps that's why Noory's topics tend heavily to DIY mystical nonsense where its all "feeling".

Last night was rehash of an old topic but Walton has matured in his ability to discuss it.   I was kind of surprised that, after so many years of media attention, Walton's coworkers from incident seem ill prepared for interviews and had trouble articulating the experience and aftermath. 

[fysisist]

I would say that Noory never heard of 1/2 of the words that Knapp uses.
Noory:  "Hey Tommy, what does cacophony mean?  Google that word."

"A supercharged particle of unobtainium??  Hey! the LHC is my topic!!.  Call Knapp's people and tell them I'm gonna' tell Lisa about this!!"

[stevesh]

if Knapp had any interest in hosting Coast ... noory would suddenly find himself unemployed or all by his simple self on the bench

if Knapp had any interest in hosting Coast ... noory would suddenly find himself unemployed or all by his simple self on the Hawaiian beach ...

Fixed that for you ...

[b_dubb]

if Knapp had any interest in hosting Coast ... noory would suddenly find himself unemployed or all by his simple self on the Hawaiian beach ...

Fixed that for you ...

many thinks


sleep deprived,


b_dubb

[Morgus]

I believe Knapp and Punnett both do the program "remote" from home via phone line and internet

Punnet does, but not Knapp.
Knapp has said before he uses the local Las Vegas affiliate radio studio for his broadcasts...

[VtaGeezer]

Knapp has said before he uses the local Las Vegas affiliate radio studio for his broadcasts...

Then maybe he should do them from home.  He has chronic tech issues at that studio;  a remote couldn't be much worse. 

[CoastCanuck]

George's statements at the begininng of the show:   'If you're hankering for a slab of red parnormal meat, your wait is over', followed by 'Put on a pot of joe and move a bit closer to the campfire' .   awesome!

[DangerousBlossom]

George's statements at the begininng of the show:   'If you're hankering for a slab of red parnormal meat, your wait is over', followed by 'Put on a pot of joe and move a bit closer to the campfire' .   awesome!

Sure beats that lame 'get on board the mothership' thing Wells does anyway!  Then he is always asking callers to get on 'the bridge' (or is it the flight deck)?  It just sounds so juvenile.   I like the programs on UFOs, but refering to the radio show itself as some sort of space ship is ridiculous.

[Agent : Orange]

I really enjoyed the Travis Walton show. It's an interesting story and George conducted a great interview, despite the technical problems at the onset.

[Lovely Bones]

George's statements at the begininng of the show:   'If you're hankering for a slab of red parnormal meat, your wait is over', followed by 'Put on a pot of joe and move a bit closer to the campfire' .   awesome!

Thanks, Canuck.  I couldn't remember the exact wording, but I sure did like it.  And I liked the subtle slap at Noory, even if Knapp didn't intend it. 

[stevesh]

I really enjoyed the Travis Walton show. It's an interesting story and George conducted a great interview, despite the technical problems at the onset.

I liked the show too, despite the fact that I didn't want to. I dismiss all of the abductee tales as mental illness or money-making BS (Whitley Strieber), but the Walton story is the only abductee tale that has any credence in my opinion.

[Agent : Orange]

I liked the show too, despite the fact that I didn't want to. I dismiss all of the abductee tales as mental illness or money-making BS (Whitley Strieber), but the Walton story is the only abductee tale that has any credence in my opinion.

I can appreciate it for what it is. If I were listening to this show in the woods I would be creeped right out, even though I don't buy it.

[Scully]

Was anyone fortunate enough to watch the on-line session with George Knapp last night (as a Coast insider)?  If so, how was it?  Any juicy details?

Yep.  Here are a few of the most interesting Q&As:




Wednesday January 25, 2012 8:52 George Knapp
 
   

 
8:52[/t]

   

 
[Comment From Ken in the Soo Ken in the Soo: ] Do you get to pick your topics, or are they suggested to you? [/t]

George Knapp: It's a mixture. I suggest a lot of topics and most of the ones I suggest are okayed, but the producers all have input as well, as do the other hosts. Ideas come in from everywhere, especially listeners. The senior producers have the final say about which guests are selected but they are very accommodating if I have one that I really want to bring on.

[Comment From Jill SJill S: ] Excellent interview with Greg Palast !! Palast really is NON partisan and goes after corruption at all levels and parties ---- but conservatives did not listen to the show and threatened to boycott. How can you talk about something TRUE without fear of boycott by the right-wing?

 
Wednesday January 25, 2012 8:01 Jill S
   

8:04

George Knapp: We walk a fine line whenever we get into political topics. As mentioned during my intro t that show, we MUST talk about these things. it simply isn't healthy to refuse to listen to people with whom we disagree. I always try to point out during those shows that there is more than enough blame to go around for all the crap that has engulfed our country. It isn't one party or the other--it's both. Those who only listen to Fox News or only listen to MSNBC to reinforce what they already believe are not helping their country. We need to be able to talk to each other
 
 
 

 
8:19[/t]   

 
[Comment From Brandy Brandy: ] Hello George. When & where did you first meet George Noory & become a part of the Coast to Coast program?[/t]

   

 
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Wednesday January 25, 2012 8:19 Brandy
 
   

 
8:22[/t]

George Knapp: I met Art bell many years ago when he was broadcasting from a single station here in LV. At Art's request, I arranged a meeting with Bob Bigelow who helped provide financial support for the program that eventually became C2C. I appeared on those early shows for about a year, doing paranormal news updates but was unable to stick with it. Art took the show to greater heights than anyone imagined but could not do it alone. I was not part of the show when he brought George N. into it....About 4-5 years ago, Lisa Lyon contacted me to see if I might fill in once in awhile. After I tried it a few times, I know that George N. put in a good word for me and I have been filling in a few times a month ever since.

(Questioner's name lost -- sorry)
George, are you aware of the same caller who keeps calling into all the different shows and speaking with different accents and getting past the screener sometimes a few times in one show?

 
George Knapp: I am not sure which ones you mean but am not surprised. We have a small cadre of callers who play games, a few who hide their identities, some that call in every week---how the heck they get thru each time is beyond me. There are only a couple of names that are not acceptable callers for me, mainly because they always cover the same ground or they want to recite bible verses to me. There's a time and a place and C2C is not it...I do not mind callers using different names, so long as the points they make are interesting.


Wednesday January 25, 2012 8:34 George Knapp
 
   

 
8:34[/t]

Lex: George, we're a little past the halfway point. Would you like to pose a question to the group?

 
George Knapp: I love the UFO themed shows but will always hear griping whenever I host a UFO related show. Would like to know if it sometimes feels like there is too much emphasis on UFO/paranormal topics. To me. those subjects are the heart and soul of C2C but I know from the nasty emails that a lot of people could care less or are outright hostile to those subjects. (Makes me wonder if they are listening to the right program.)

Mainly positive comments followed re Knapp's UFO stories.


 
 

 
8:40[/t]

Lex: Well, George, I think you have somewhat of a consensus there!

 
Wednesday January 25, 2012 8:40 Lex

 
   

 
8:40[/t]

George Knapp: Thanks. i will save these comments and use them at an appropriate moment. It is important to cover a broad spectrum of topics and to not burn out the audience on one subject, but I think the UFO stuff is essential, plus it is so diverse. this Sunday, I have what could be a pretty hot show with Travis Walton and his crew, along with Yvonne smith...four hours...not a dull moment.

 

   

[Lovely Bones]

^^^Thanks for posting the above, Scully.  I found Knapp's answer re how topics/guests are picked revealing, since we've talked about that question here previously.

Also liked the positive responses to Knapp's question about the UFO-themed shows.  I used to grouse about his constant UFO emphasis, too.  Now, if it weren't for Knapp's UFO shows, there'd be no link between the present day Coast and the old Coast, IMO. 

Keep the flame burning, Knapp.  For as long as you can, at least. 

[VtaGeezer]

Good post, Scully.  Interesting info.  I thought the online session was two hours long and logged in just as Knapp was signing off. 

[Scully]

Good post, Scully.  Interesting info.  I thought the online session was two hours long and logged in just as Knapp was signing off. 

I stumbled onto the session by sheer luck, VtaGeezer.  Sorry you missed it.  It was all good.  Knapp was a much better interviewee than he was the last time he did the chat.  On that night he took what seemed like hours to compose really long, rambling answers.  Just goes to show, Knapp corrects his game as he goes along.  Signs of an actual working cortex. 

^^^Thanks for posting the above, Scully.  I found Knapp's answer re how topics/guests are picked revealing, since we've talked about that question here previously.

Also liked the positive responses to Knapp's question about the UFO-themed shows.  I used to grouse about his constant UFO emphasis, too.  Now, if it weren't for Knapp's UFO shows, there'd be no link between the present day Coast and the old Coast, IMO. 

Keep the flame burning, Knapp.  For as long as you can, at least. 

Agreed, LB, that how the topics/guests are picked was great info.  I thought Knapp's answer was very telling.  Interesting to hear that the producers don't necessarily o.k. everything he wants to do.  Obviously, though, as he says, he does have a big say or we wouldn't hear the good stuff he comes up with. 

[b_dubb]

listening to the July 17, 2011 show ... Colin Bennet sounds pretty drunk.  am i the only person who thinks this?  pretty sure this guy was at the pub all day "prepping" for said interview

[CoastCanuck]

George Knapp's local Vegas tv station posted an updated story yesterday about the missing man, Pat Carnes.  Here is the link.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/16927010/i-team

[Wahnfried]

I really, really, really, really want to like George Knapp. I promise. But Sunday night's disaster with "White Supremacist Infiltrator" Brian Holland was simply awful. Holland gave Knapp a virtual reach-around that rivaled even Alex Jones (whom Holland referenced!) Holland left so many holes in his testimony that a Mack truck could have been driven through them. Knapp offered no real challenge, and didn't back up the one caller who did. For all of his faults, Ian Punnett would have nailed this dude to the wall.

[Paper*Boy]

I really, really, really, really want to like George Knapp. I promise. But Sunday night's disaster with "White Supremacist Infiltrator" Brian Holland was simply awful. Holland gave Knapp a virtual reach-around that rivaled even Alex Jones (whom Holland referenced!) Holland left so many holes in his testimony that a Mack truck could have been driven through them. Knapp offered no real challenge, and didn't back up the one caller who did. For all of his faults, Ian Punnett would have nailed this dude to the wall.

I admire anyone listening to George Knapp who can last for at least 15 minutes before going into a coma. 

[Eddie Coyle]

I really, really, really, really want to like George Knapp. I promise. But Sunday night's disaster with "White Supremacist Infiltrator" Brian Holland was simply awful. Holland gave Knapp a virtual reach-around that rivaled even Alex Jones (whom Holland referenced!) Holland left so many holes in his testimony that a Mack truck could have been driven through them. Knapp offered no real challenge, and didn't back up the one caller who did. For all of his faults, Ian Punnett would have nailed this dude to the wall.

        I refused to listen when I saw who the guest was. A scumbag rat, an agent provocateur at best, more likely a sociopathic opportunist. Without a doubt he attempted to foment destruction and mayhem on behalf of the government in the name of "Neo-Nazism".

          Shame on Knapp. As I mentioned on another thread, this show was nothing more than propaganda for the corrupt FBI and fundraising for scare tactic shakedown artists like the $LPC and ADL. The "White Supremacy" movement in the United State is a marginalized collection of half-wits,whackos,burn outs, drug dealing bikers etc...they are only a threat to their common law wives and meth dealers. They're about as organized as a bunch of squirrels who found a box of Ritz crackers.

         
         

         
     

[VtaGeezer]

I only heard the first hour with Holland; it was all I could stand. By  the end of that, I felt like a needed a bath.  I wanted to think GK had been undercut by a renegade producer, but I remembered how he explained he'd had several previous conversations with the creep so he couldn't claim ignorance. I was very disappointed in GK; even more now after reading posts that he never challenged the guy.

[Paper*Boy]

I only heard the first hour with Holland; it was all I could stand. By  the end of that, I felt like a needed a bath.  I wanted to think GK had been undercut by a renegade producer, but I remembered how he explained he'd had several previous conversations with the creep so he couldn't claim ignorance. I was very disappointed in GK; even more now after reading posts that he never challenged the guy.

This may mark a change in Knapp's shows.  Normally he mostly has on the deluded, the discredited, the cultists (or did he finally bail on the Raelians?), the political hacks, or the downright insane.   So now he's going with the jackoffs?
 
At least he does it in dull monotone, so no one can listen to much of it for long.