- 2 hours ago
KTLA totally fumbled by letting Ellina Abovian go, but their loss is our gain. The LA Mag editor is back in the KROQ studios to defend her editorial choices (like putting a picture of a puppet theater in the "Best of LA" issue instead of our questionable faces).
Naturally, we force her to judge our highly scientific "Worst of LA" list, tackling everything from the death trap that is a Trader Joe's parking lot to pretentious tourists who just want an Erewhon smoothie.
Plus, Ellina spills the tea on her dating life, explaining why actors and chefs are massive red flags, and drops a heavy hint about a famous ex that rhymes with "Wayne". Stick around as we bully her into letting us set her up with one of our listeners.
Naturally, we force her to judge our highly scientific "Worst of LA" list, tackling everything from the death trap that is a Trader Joe's parking lot to pretentious tourists who just want an Erewhon smoothie.
Plus, Ellina spills the tea on her dating life, explaining why actors and chefs are massive red flags, and drops a heavy hint about a famous ex that rhymes with "Wayne". Stick around as we bully her into letting us set her up with one of our listeners.
Category
🎈
FunTranscript
00:01106.7 K-Rock, Fine Alley Show, Friday morning.
00:04Back in our studios right now.
00:06She's one of our favorites.
00:08Alley has been as excited as I've seen her ever this morning.
00:11And it wasn't for me for a change.
00:13Alina Bovian.
00:14I'll get your mug every day.
00:16KTLA was how we all welcomed her into our lives.
00:18And then they did the worst possible thing they could have done.
00:21What a terrible decision.
00:22I can't say this enough.
00:24I mean, if you've got like a bunch of people on the chopping block,
00:26how are you like, Alina Bovian, she's got to go.
00:29She should have been the last one standing there.
00:31But regardless, it doesn't matter what we think.
00:32We have no power.
00:33And now she's at L.A. Mag.
00:34And it's great to have you back on K-Rock, Alina.
00:37Ever since you were in here the first time, people said,
00:39have her in every day.
00:39And here you are.
00:41Happy to be back, guys.
00:42Thank you for being here.
00:43Congrats on all the things that have been going on.
00:45I guess we should probably give you a proper thank you on K-Rock
00:47because I didn't realize when you put together the best of L.A.,
00:50which was the August issue of L.A. Magazine.
00:52Klein said he used to read that every year.
00:54I did.
00:54I look forward to it.
00:55It's like my Bible.
00:56I've got to eat there, got to go there.
00:57I still think of it like that, but I never thought we would ever be featured in there.
01:00And then you pulled some strings and you made it happen.
01:03And I didn't realize that really, was it just your opinion that we're the best radio show
01:07or did other people actually have that opinion as well?
01:10No, I think that proof is in the pudding, guys, right?
01:12I mean, look at your numbers, the way that you guys are bringing in the audience.
01:17I mean, it's tough to do nowadays, especially in radio.
01:19So I thought that that deserves some honorable mention.
01:21So you're helping make these decisions and print out the final copies, right?
01:25And when it comes to, you know, radio show, yeah, you're helping make that decision.
01:28Are you making equally important decisions on the best puppet show
01:31and all the other things that have been in L.A. Magazine?
01:34Like you're making all those decisions?
01:35I'm not making all the decisions.
01:37We have a team of editors.
01:39So we all come together and decide what needs to be the best and what does not.
01:44Who put Zibby's Bookshop on the list?
01:46I was disappointed.
01:47That wasn't me.
01:47Okay.
01:48I'm just curious as to you.
01:49Allie, we're on a list with Zibby's Bookshop and the bubble show.
01:52I hate Zibby.
01:52I've always had.
01:53Hey, don't knock a good bubble show.
01:55I would imagine a good bubble show is worthy of knowing about it.
01:57I'm going to tell you right now, if you've not seen a good bubble show, you haven't lived.
02:00So I do know that on the page that you put us in, and I don't know if this was
02:04your call
02:04or the editors, the other editors there, you have an opportunity to put one picture that
02:09goes with the page.
02:10And you decided instead of putting a picture of Allie and I on the page, you put a picture
02:14of the outside of a building.
02:16And I believe it was a puppet theater.
02:17It was the marionette theater.
02:19Correct.
02:19Was that your call?
02:21Well, haven't you guys been out there enough?
02:23Let's get some other people.
02:25The puppet theater needs press, guys.
02:27Yeah, but I mean, you have a chance for one little tiny picture, and you could have put
02:31Allie, I think you went with the right call.
02:33I'm not saying you made the wrong call.
02:34I think it was the wise decision, but that just proves you're probably good at what you
02:37do.
02:38You go, let's put a building out there instead of those guys.
02:40Totally.
02:40I mean, you can be humble.
02:42You don't need to be seen as much.
02:43Can't get wrong angles on a building.
02:45Yeah, Allie and I put together our own list, which we're going to share with you in a moment,
02:48because you focused on the best of L.A., and we have a list we put together, the worst
02:51of L.A., but we fight about a lot of things.
02:53Like, for instance, we were talking in the category of worst parking lot in L.A.
02:56Allie's got her own theory on this.
02:58Any Trader Joe's.
02:59Okay.
02:59Whoa!
03:00That's crazy.
03:01I have it written right here.
03:02Parking.
03:03I can't read my writing.
03:03Trader Joe's.
03:04I have it written right here.
03:05Allie believes...
03:06I put the Hollywood Bowl.
03:07Hollywood Bowl.
03:08Okay.
03:09For sure.
03:09It's a bad parking lot.
03:11Right now, you know what's worse than the Hollywood Bowl?
03:13The Greek.
03:14The Greek or the Rose Bowl.
03:15That one's pretty bad, too.
03:17Yeah, but they don't stack you.
03:18Rose Bowl, you're parking on a golf course, which sucks.
03:20I think it's the stacking that makes Hollywood Bowl parking my choice.
03:23But Alina said what I said, and I think anyone can agree.
03:25Any Trader Joe's parking lot is the worst.
03:27And those are the ones you...
03:28But that's also in any city.
03:29Of course.
03:30I think someone just died at the one down the street, right?
03:33If the car...
03:33I mean, and how many times have you seen a car actually drive into a Trader Joe's?
03:37That's happening regularly now.
03:38Yeah.
03:39People love those...
03:40They love the new stuff.
03:41They've got to check it out first.
03:42You just make your own parking spots there.
03:43Yeah.
03:44Like the front of the building.
03:45Yeah, you have to.
03:45We'll get into our list in a moment because you're going to help us make some decisions.
03:48But you're here not only to hang out and all that stuff, and you're always welcome here.
03:51You do have a cool event that's going on that we should mention because it's a food event.
03:54We spend a lot of time talking about food.
03:56We're all obsessed with food.
03:57And this is happening in Malibu, and tickets are available at lamag.com.
04:00But what exactly is going to go down there?
04:02So, it's our annual food event happening at Calamigos Ranch.
04:05So, tucked away in Malibu.
04:07It's during the day.
04:08It's on a Sunday.
04:09We have 30 of LA's top restaurants.
04:12We have a wine tasting, a margarita bar, cigar lounge.
04:15I mean, it's so fun.
04:17115 per ticket, and we're giving away two this morning.
04:20Nice.
04:21Oh, look at that.
04:21We get to give away some tickets.
04:23So, if you're interested and you like eating.
04:25This sounds fancy like something you would like to go to.
04:26I know they have some pizza pop-up that happens there that everyone's been telling me I've got to go
04:29check out.
04:31I want you to check out the cigar lounge.
04:33I want you to just talk to other guys about cigars.
04:36In the cigar lounge?
04:37You're a cigar gal?
04:38I've never.
04:40I like to be around heavy smoke.
04:41I'm a big fan of second-hand smoking cigars as opposed to first-hand.
04:44Like, I like smelling a cigar in the distance.
04:46We ever walk into a cigar shop and you're like, ah, it smells like old man.
04:50But I like the idea that, like.
04:51I like a guy that can smoke a cigar.
04:52Right.
04:53But not me.
04:54Smoking a cigar.
04:55Yeah, I'm a big cigar guy, Allie, right?
04:58Now, all of a sudden, I'm super into it.
05:00I'm bringing my stogies, guys.
05:01I was going to be at Calamigos Ranch smoking cigars anyway.
05:04Is that the secret to your sexy voice?
05:06It's the cigars.
05:07In fact, Allie doesn't realize this, but I'm turning her desk into my humidor, my walk-in humidor.
05:11Oh, okay.
05:11Got it.
05:12Yeah, that's right.
05:12Because, you know, I'm a big cigar guy now.
05:13So, but this event's happening.
05:15We have tickets right now, 800-520-1067.
05:17We'll give those away in a moment.
05:19And we're going to have Alina help us break down the worst of L.A.
05:23The worst person, the worst tourist, the worst freeway.
05:26Worst landmark.
05:27We've got a whole list to get into, and we're going to find out what she's been up to.
05:29All after Blink-182 on KROQ.
05:33KROQ.
05:33The Klein Alley Show.
05:34Mornings on KROQ.
05:36KROQ.
05:37Yeah.
05:37K-Rock.
05:39All right, Blink, it's K-Rock with Klein Alley Show in the studio right now.
05:42You can watch us on YouTube.
05:43I recommend you head over there.
05:44Alina Bovian, who we just found out is now single, and a lot of people are asking that
05:48on the text line.
05:49What's good?
05:49You want to talk about that at all before we get into our worst of L.A. list?
05:53Get into the worst guys of L.A. list.
05:55Worst guys of L.A.
05:56Oh, nice.
05:56Who are the worst guys of L.A.?
05:57Good one.
05:59Vanessa would agree, right, Vanessa?
06:00Yeah, let's talk about it.
06:02Oh, Vanessa's got her own list.
06:04Vanessa, is she single?
06:04Yeah, yeah, very single.
06:05She's refused.
06:06Nominating chefs, right, as the worst?
06:08Yeah, Vanessa.
06:08No, they're not good.
06:10I wouldn't date a chef.
06:11You wouldn't date a chef either?
06:12Uh-uh.
06:12Why is that?
06:13Never a chef, not an actor.
06:15Sorry.
06:16There's certain people...
06:16Well, I dated a chef, and I thought it was great, because she would always make me food
06:19or bring it home from her work, and it was delicious.
06:21Yeah, but they don't want to do that when they're done doing that all day.
06:23It's like people say dating a nurse is tough, because they're done being nice at work, and
06:26then they come home, and they're not nice.
06:28Yeah, but first dating a chef is nice, because that's how they impress you.
06:31At the beginning?
06:32Yes, I went over to her house, and she was like, let me show you how to make bananas
06:34foster.
06:35I set the bananas on fire, and I was like, this is awesome.
06:38So, Alina, the people you will not date include the following.
06:40Chefs, actors, who else?
06:42Have you dated famous actors?
06:45One.
06:46One that we would know?
06:47Yes.
06:48Actually famous?
06:48Mm-hmm.
06:49Could you say the name, or no?
06:51No.
06:52What does it rhyme with?
06:54Lane.
06:56Wayne.
06:57Wayne.
06:58Wayne Brady.
06:58Wayne Brady.
06:59That's cool.
07:01Was it a comedian actor, funny actor, or a dramatic actor?
07:05He went dramatic toward the end.
07:07Uh-huh.
07:08Yeah.
07:08Toward the end?
07:09Is he dead?
07:10All right.
07:10Our listeners will come up with it.
07:12They're much better at cracking these coats than we are.
07:14This is like 20 questions.
07:15Come on.
07:16Google a picture.
07:16He likes cigars, does he?
07:17Google.
07:18I don't know.
07:19I don't think he was.
07:20Okay.
07:20Moving on.
07:20They definitely Wayne.
07:21How do you feel about radio DJs?
07:23Yeah, are they out?
07:24I don't know.
07:26What?
07:27No, they're definitely out.
07:28They're definitely out.
07:29Yes, they are now.
07:31I don't want anyone in my industry.
07:34Yeah, yeah.
07:34No one in media.
07:35That makes sense.
07:36It has to be something completely different.
07:37Yeah.
07:37Like a finance guy.
07:38Right.
07:39That's what I do.
07:39You know?
07:40I just do finance.
07:41I trade stocks on the weekends.
07:42You are probably the worst person with money.
07:44Allie, shut it.
07:45All right.
07:46I got a savings bond.
07:47I haven't cashed yet.
07:48So shut your mouth.
07:49Helena, you're on K-Rock.
07:50Good morning.
07:50Hi.
07:51Hey, good morning.
07:53I assume you want to go eat the most delicious food on the planet
07:55and be a part of this event.
07:57Yeah.
07:58Yes, yes, yes.
07:58Los Angeles Magazine's food event.
08:00It's 2026, October 4th at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu.
08:04You've got two tickets.
08:05Enjoy and thank Alina for those.
08:06They're not from us.
08:08Thanks, Alina.
08:09You're welcome.
08:09I'll see you there.
08:10You'll be there.
08:11I'll be in the cigar lounge, Alie.
08:13You know how I do.
08:14We've got our list now.
08:16These are the worst of L.A., but you need to help us decide.
08:20By the way, were you serious about letting Alie and I help you find a date?
08:23We talked about this during the last song, but would you be opposed to that?
08:26Look, I'm a very happy single gal, but if you have someone incredible, maybe.
08:32We don't.
08:33No?
08:33No.
08:33We have a guy by the name of Pantyhoes, Greg.
08:35I don't know if you'd like to meet him.
08:37She's been wanting a boyfriend and girlfriend for a long time.
08:39We have a lot of listeners.
08:41I know you like to make it out like everyone who listens to our show is.
08:44Some, you know, Hills Have Eyes person.
08:45That is not the case.
08:46We've been at many of our events, and I go, damn, this is a good crowd of people.
08:50They should all date Alina.
08:51I'm not saying there aren't eligible bachelors out there.
08:53I'm just saying that mostly people who are going to call are going to be like, hey, I
08:58want to take you to an In-N-Out truck and then have sex.
09:00Hey, well, listen, that's not a terrible date idea.
09:03You mentioned that.
09:04I'm going to write that down as a note right there.
09:06In-N-Out truck and sex.
09:07All right.
09:08So only into guys or women, too?
09:10Just guys.
09:11Just guys.
09:11All right.
09:12Sorry, Al.
09:12You're out.
09:13You're out.
09:14You can't do it.
09:14Let's get into it now.
09:15You're eliminating half the population, Alina.
09:17The worst.
09:18I know what I like.
09:18I know.
09:19The worst of the worst in L.A.
09:22She will help us decide because she had to edit down every possible place in L.A. to
09:25come up with the best of L.A. list.
09:27And now we go with our first category, the worst freeway in L.A.
09:30Allie, what do you say?
09:31I got the 405.
09:33It's the five.
09:33It's always the five in every direction at any time of day.
09:36It's the five.
09:36The 405 is such a major artery and includes one of the worst commutes in all of Southern
09:41California, which is going from L.A. to Orange County.
09:44All right.
09:45You have to make this decision now.
09:46Which one will make it onto the list?
09:48I know you may have a different opinion, but we've whittled it down to two.
09:51The five or the 405, which is the worst freeway in L.A.
09:54I'm going to say the five.
09:56Wow.
09:57Point Klein.
09:58Why?
09:58What is your decision making process there?
10:01I think the five, especially going through the 134 as you approach 110 and then going
10:07to San Diego or Orange County.
10:10Yeah.
10:10I mean, when you were a news reporter, you were getting sent all over the place on a
10:13daily basis.
10:14I would imagine the amount of times you were sitting on the five just yelling and punching
10:17your news van going, why, why?
10:19Right?
10:19That must have been all the time.
10:20Every day.
10:21Except I drive myself.
10:22Oh, really?
10:24So you had to punch yourself.
10:25Punch yourself.
10:26This is so hot.
10:27Go to question number two.
10:28It's the worst of the worst.
10:30Is that out loud?
10:31Stop being in traffic.
10:32Ow!
10:33Who is the worst tourist in L.A.?
10:35We are a city that has a lot of tourists.
10:36We'll have even more as the Olympics come here, Super Bowl's here this year.
10:39Who is the worst tourist?
10:41I think the worst tourist in L.A. is the person who only comes for reality TV show landmarks.
10:47Like, I'm only going to Erewhon to try the Hailey Beaver smoothie.
10:50I'm only going to Health Net because Kim Kardashian went there in one of the episodes of her show.
10:55People who are just chasing locations or Instagram famous places based on reality shows and reality stars.
11:03I think the worst tourist, and it's really every city, but it happens a lot in L.A., if they
11:07ask you to take a picture and they hand you their phone, and then you take multiple pictures, because that's
11:11what you do these days, and then you give them the phone back, and then they immediately look through and
11:15critique your photography work.
11:17And you go, I just did you a solid here.
11:19I'm not the Ann Geddes.
11:21I'm just taking a few pictures of your family.
11:22Ann Geddes, the woman that put the babies in the strawberry costume.
11:25I'm not a professional photographer.
11:27I'm not going to put you in a strawberry costume.
11:29Yeah, I've taken a picture of you in front of a pink wall on Melrose.
11:31Let's just call it a day.
11:32That's the only photographer you think.
11:33I don't know another photographer.
11:35Who else?
11:36Who else?
11:36You're not an Instagram boyfriend?
11:38No.
11:38I mean, I do take a lot of pictures of my wife, and she's very critical of almost every picture
11:45I take.
11:45And after the 20th picture, she rejects it.
11:47I go, maybe it's you.
11:48It's not me.
11:48Oh, well, that's fine.
11:50Having a phone to a guy is useless.
11:51Yeah, it's true.
11:52I agree.
11:53No guys, no moms.
11:55No guys, no moms.
11:56My mom, I'm not even in the photo.
11:59That's my hand in the Eiffel Tower.
12:01All right, we go to the next category now.
12:05Wait, which one are you going with?
12:05Oh, yeah, who's worse?
12:06Sorry, you have to decide who's worse.
12:08Worst of L.A.
12:09Worst tourist.
12:10Between the one Ali said, I said, or you can throw your own in the mix.
12:12I gave one that was very specific to L.A., but I think Klein gave one that's very specific to
12:15most tourist towns.
12:17You know, I think it's the pseudo-intellectual tourist that snubs L.A. because they're from New York and it's
12:23better, or they're from another big city.
12:25The one who wants to visit and hate it?
12:27Yeah.
12:27That's a really good one.
12:28Yeah, they compare everything to what they have at home.
12:30And I love L.A., so I will defend it with very sharp teeth.
12:32It's like, don't you?
12:33It's so horny.
12:34Now, shut up, Klein.
12:35We have a guest in here.
12:36That's clips of me.
12:37Don't pay attention to that.
12:39I was thinking that.
12:40I like the way you kiss me.
12:41Shut up.
12:42Shut up.
12:42That's Omar.
12:43Don't worry about him.
12:44The next cat.
12:44Hi, Omar.
12:45The next cat.
12:46Don't even acknowledge he's here.
12:48Someone take Omar's machine away now.
12:51The next category, I'm glad Omar started playing sound effects, is what is the worst thing that Ali has said
12:55on the airwaves of K-Rock?
12:56It's the worst of L.A. list.
12:58I'm going to give you two options right now, and you can decide.
13:01Go ahead, Omar.
13:02Hit her with it.
13:03Saw a couple of cute boys and a hot little girl.
13:05It was a real all-you-can-eat boy fae.
13:08Okay, that's offensive.
13:10And that was said out of context.
13:11We were talking about the Wheel of Fortune announcement.
13:13Let her decide.
13:14There's that clip or there's this clip.
13:17I've done that with jalapenos in my vagina.
13:21That one, I have no excuse for.
13:25That was the Wheel of Fortune guy also.
13:27I'm just too curious about the second one.
13:29Uh-huh, uh-huh.
13:30Well, it happened.
13:31That's curiosity.
13:33Don't worry.
13:34Like, is it a simple shower fix, or is this an extended care situation?
13:37You know, no.
13:38It's not.
13:39You have to wait it out, and it really sucks.
13:42I had to go to urgent care with a whole made-up story about salsa going wrong.
13:45Well, if you cut jalapenos, even if you wash your hands, doesn't mean it's all gone.
13:48That's true.
13:49I'm just saying be careful where you touch.
13:51It's a cautionary tale more than anything else.
13:53The next category.
13:55I don't think we have to choose there.
13:56Wait a minute.
13:57I have ones where the worst thing that Klein ever said.
13:59Omar hit him.
14:00I've never said anything bad ever.
14:01Omar hit him.
14:02Only say good things.
14:03Don't hit him.
14:04You've got two choices.
14:06I'm a cigar guy.
14:07I do stocks on the weekend.
14:08That's all we need to worry about.
14:09Okay?
14:10Relax.
14:10Sweet knockers.
14:11There you go.
14:11I've never said that.
14:12And hit him.
14:14Big fat asses.
14:16That was me in code.
14:18That was him describing me.
14:20All right.
14:20Let's go to this final round now.
14:22Okay.
14:22Who is the worst local news station?
14:24Now, I have to say it's KTLA.
14:25I also had KTLA.
14:27Because they fired Alina Bovian.
14:28And who could do that?
14:29Who could do that?
14:30Would you agree it's the worst local news station, even though you have friends that still work there?
14:34Listen, if you can't hold on to a good thing, you're going to fumble it.
14:37I know.
14:38That's right.
14:39And I feel like that's going to you, Wayne, whoever you are.
14:42Wayne with the cigars.
14:44That's Wayne.
14:44We're talking to you, Wayne.
14:46In all seriousness, you're always fun to have here.
14:48Long live HIV.
14:50Omar, we're out of them.
14:51We're out of that.
14:52And hit it.
14:53No, don't hit it.
14:54Don't listen to them this morning.
14:55Stop hitting it.
14:56Stop hitting it.
14:57I never said that.
14:58Thank you, Alina, for talking to us.
15:00That's AI.
15:01But anything bad I've said is AI.
15:02You can't blame AI.
15:02It is.
15:04In all seriousness, though, you're always welcome here.
15:07Thanks, guys.
15:08And when you put us in the article, we did an interview downstairs.
15:11And then is that interview going to go online?
15:13Was it the toughest interview you've ever done?
15:15Yeah.
15:16I know you've interviewed heads of stage.
15:17An article on interview will come out next week.
15:19Who's more fun to talk to, us or Karen Bass?
15:23Seriously, guys.
15:24I mean, she sounds like a great time.
15:25Yeah, I know.
15:26Actually, you know, when she walks into a room, she always makes eye contact with me.
15:31Oh, that's good.
15:31Yeah, but she doesn't have jalapenos in her vagina like Ali.
15:33I bet she does.
15:34Okay.
15:36This got weird real quick.
15:38Here's the good news.
15:40If you're a fan of Alina Bovian, she's single.
15:42And she's going to allow us to help her find a date for her.
15:46I don't know.
15:46I said that at the beginning of this interview.
15:49And now we're locking it in.
15:50And now it is a verbal contract.
15:51So, Vanessa, get 50 eligible bachelors queued up for a Monday.
15:55And we'll roll with this into next week.
15:57Okay.
15:57And then we will continue.
16:00And maybe the first date can happen at that big event, which is going down.
16:04And in Malibu.
16:05No, no.
16:06He's not bothering me at my place of work.
16:08You can bring her there.
16:09We got a blind guy.
16:10We got a guy with one arm.
16:11Yeah.
16:12Are you into one arm guys?
16:12And a guy with one leg now.
16:13No.
16:14Oh, that's right.
16:14He is taken, though.
16:16One leg Louie or whatever?
16:17Yeah, he is a girlfriend.
16:18All right.
16:19Damn.
16:19I missed out on one leg Louie.
16:21I know.
16:21You did.
16:22You did.
16:22Oh, wow.
16:22The good ones are gone so fast.
16:24Should have been here last week.
16:25It's too bad.
16:26All right.
16:26Well, we'll come back.
16:27We have to do the news next.
16:28And then a new hour of the show.
16:30Of course, all things Alina on Instagram, Alina underscore Abovian, LAMag.com.
16:35We will take a break.
16:36More show after this.
16:37Get around.
16:37We will take a break.
16:37We will take a break.
16:37We will take a break.
Comments