KLAC: Patrick in, Roggin/Simers out

Those of us who caught the end of this morning's "Roggin and Simers Squared" episode on KLAC-AM (570) were amazed to hear that the show's three co-hosts -- Fred Roggin, T.J. Simers and Tracy Simers -- have all been blown out, and Dan Patrick, the former ESPN Radio midday host, will replace them in the morning time slot beginning Monday.
"It is Fred, T.J. and Tracy in this time period for the last time," Roggin announced this morning, according to LARadio.com. "This is going to be our final show together on KLAC. Yesterday, the somewhat sobering, yet exciting news. As many of you know, Dan Patrick, who worked for ESPN for many years, left that network and became a free agent and decided to go with syndicated radio. As the story goes, as the crow flies, as the wind blows, Clear Channel, which owns this station, signed Dan Patrick. Dan Patrick needed a Los Angeles home. Given the fact that from the very beginning of our go-round here, it had been trumpeted that it was only going to last a year."
Simers, the L.A. Times page 2 columnist, admitted the grind of the morning radio was taking its toll on him and had been asking for some sort of change in the schedule. Simers will be paid through the end of his contract, until 2008. Roggin said he will stay at the station in some capacity.
On Dan Patrick's official website, a clock counts down the days, hours and minutes to the launch of his new show. On his blog, the September 26th, 2007 entry reads: "So here it is. I’m proud to let you know that ‘The Dan Patrick Show’ will return Monday morning October 1st. We’ll be live from 9a-Noon ET…6a-9a PT on a station near you. We’ll have more info at danpatrick.com leading up to the launch about station specifics. Thanks to all of you that checked out the site and the blog over the past two months. I can’t wait to get back on the air. Talk to you Monday."
It is known that any station that carries ESPN Radio content could not take Patrick's show under orders from ESPN. That left 710-AM as well as 1090-AM in San Diego out of the picture for a Southern California home for Patrick.