ABOUT LOW BUDGET FM

What is Low Budget FM about? Loyal listener and fan of the show Polly explained that the show's taught her how to:

• Destroy multiple relationships
• Become a serial dater
• Consider picking up and moving to England simply because you saw a pair of humongous boobs on the Internet
• Snort a pound of cocaine then pass out somewhere in LA with your friend (who is aptly named Drunk C)
• Carry a pacifier around your neck
• Move to the suburbs and become deeply concerned with what your Republican neighbors think of you
• Argue over which obscure sci-fi movie is cooler
• Lust after discontinued McDonald's menu items like the McDLT or the McSpaghetti
• Drink multiple beers in one sitting while bragging about how far you can shoot the foam when you open them
• Hang out with a lovable Nazi who enjoys German Industrial music, Scandanavian Death Metal and latex play
• Run from your bookie over a bet made on the Oakland Raiders

But don't take her word for it. Read the iTunes reviews, check out the rating, then give the show a listen.

THE HISTORY OF THE SHOW

Low Budget FM began life as a one-hour demo show on 103.7 FREE FM in San Diego, where Marc Chambers and Tod Perry essentially filled in for a CD player. After working together at 97.1 FREE FM in Los Angeles for over a year, the duo felt oddly comfortable working within the FM Talk format, and the show was what they’d later term a “runaway success.” It wasn’t long after this early morning audition that the two received a more-permanent Saturdays from 7-9pm slot, joining the ranks of Sam Phillips and Kevin Roberts while shivering in the shadows of FM Talk juggernauts Adam Carolla, Frosty, Heidi & Frank and Tom Leykis.

While the show itself continued to grow, the ratings-challenged 103.7 FREE FM and its prohibitively-expensive FM Talk format was eschewed in favor of an iPod on shuffle. The fledgling talk show was left homeless, and Marc Chambers returned to the employ of Jack Silver and the FM Talk Mothership of KLSX in Los Angeles.

“ Low Budget FM [is] something of a bridge between talk radio and podcasting ... a comedic bridge, that is. All bridges should be this funny.
” Colin Marshall, MaximumFun.org

Almost two years passed. The economy worsened, and eventually even the mothership herself couldn’t stay afloat. On February 20th, 2009 at 5:00pm Pacific Time, 97.1 KLSX The FM Talk Station was no more. From the ashes came podcast-only flavors of many former talkers, including The Adam Carolla Podcast, Frosty, Heidi & Frank Uncensored, The Pretty Good Podcast and others. Marc and Tod saw the opportunity for Low Budget to be reborn, and the podcast came into being.

All that’s left now is for you to subscribe.