Article: Moving up and out in KSTP drive time; Brauer exits morning show as Dr. Laura crowds the lane.(NEWS)

1/3 Add KSTP-AM's David Brauer to the list of people pushed over the edge by pushy Dr. Laura. He said See ya after learning that his morning drive-time slot was being trimmed to allow more nationally syndicated tongue-lashings by Dr. Laura. "It was coincidental," said Brauer. Said KSTP-AM program director Steve Konrad: "He told me he had basically decided before that. That kind of pushed him over the edge." Brauer applauded Konrad and G.M. Ginny Hubbard Morris for sticking by the station's lone liberal voice. Now Dr. Laura starts at 8 a.m. Seeing the ratings skyrocket the minute Patti LaBelle's "New Attitude" announced the arrival of Dr. Laura probably didn't help ...

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