1270 AM Talk

American talk radio lives or dies on the host, and this one leans into the format's oldest pleasure: the open phone line. 1270 AM Talk runs the familiar rhythm, news blocks in the morning, opinion through the afternoon, callers arguing with each other by evening. Opinions arrive unfiltered and mostly unmoderated, which is sort of the point. Not for everyone. What's surprising is how often the conversation drifts away from Washington into local complaints, school boards, highway construction, a diner closing downtown. That's the charm. Stream quality sits at 32kbps, fine for voices and useless…