Dissolution of his relationship with KABC (2007)

Even though Germain boasted on air that he now had the number one rated radio show in the Greater Los Angeles radio demographics - for the Midnight to 1:00 am time period, as well as number two rated show for the 10:00 pm to 12:00 am period, listeners were surprised to hear the following statement read on KABC - shortly after 10:00 PM, Monday Feb 12, 2007:

The following is a message from KABC Radio. The Mr. KABC program normally heard at this time will no longer be broadcast on Talk Radio 790, KABC. KABC Radio and Mr. KABC were unable to come to terms on a new contract, despite ongoing efforts on both sides to do so. KABC radio is grateful to Mr. KABC for his years of service and to his listeners for their support. Changes like this are never easy. KABC thanks Mr. KABC and we wish him well.

LA Observed reported [2] that the difficulty was that KABC management wanted to add a second hour of the ABC-syndicated Mark Levin show, which would have pushed the highly rated Mr. KABC show to an 11 PM - 2 AM time slot, a situation which Mr. Germain found unacceptible.

"I came to the difficult decision to leave because of family considerations," Germain told LA Radio. "With two youngsters, the new proposed hours just didn’t work for our family. I am not yet 40 years old and I have a long career ahead of me. I have been a ratings and revenue winner working evenings at KABC and I have nothing but warm thoughts about the station and hopes for their continued success."

On March 1st, KTLK AM 1150 in Los Angeles announced [3] that Marc will be joining their line up in the 3pm - 7 pm timeslot, effective March 5, 2007.