Capitol Alert: DeVore's post-Capitol plans? He wants to get paid for talking

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore is looking to trade his political soapbox for a radio microphone.

The Irvine Republican, scheduled to be termed out this year, will host a three-hour Los Angeles radio show Sunday night and said he hopes to break into conservative talk radio once he leaves the Capitol.

"This is something that I've looked at as a way to earn a living while keeping my name ID high in a certain market," said DeVore, who recently lost to Carly Fiorina in the GOP primary for U.S. Senator.

"I enjoy it," he said. "Talk radio is very fast moving, it's a very fun medium ... and the fact that I enjoy blogging and there's a good link between radio and blogging -- it's an interesting opportunity."

As a one-time gig, DeVore will host a three-hour segment this weekend on Los Angeles' KFI radio (640 AM) that focuses on comic books, science fiction and video games.

DeVore's show, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, is expected to attract fans of the Comic-Con convention that opens next week in San Diego. His guests will include actor Adam Baldwin from the NBC television series, "Chuck."

DeVore, who has not ruled out a future run for elected office, said he has hosted five hours of other radio programming. He replaced conservative talk show hosts Inga Barks in Bakersfield and Rick Amato in San Diego for single days of vacation relief.

"I'm thinking it would be a good profession that I could mix with college lecturing and writing - blogging as well as writing books," DeVore said of talk radio. "I don't know that this, by itself, would keep me completely consumed and interested. But I think (it would) as part of a larger effort to try to impact the debate and participate."

PHOTO CAPTION: Coverage of the U.S. Senate debate among three Republicans, Tom Campbell and Chuck DeVore (pictured) at KTKZ radio with host Eric Hogue, with Carly Fiorina participating by phone. Sacramento Bee file photo, March 5, 2010 / Randy Pench