In April 1973, Stafford spent a week filling in for Mario Machado on KNXT's Noontime. Around March 1972, the show (by this point heard five times daily) began to be syndicated to progressively more stations (known stations include WGAR in Cleveland, KOST in Los Angeles, XTRA in San Deigo, and WWWW in Detroit ). Her show included such guests as Sugar Ray Robinson and Senator Barry Goldwater.
For three years (about 1971-74), Susan helmed her own radio talk show and, early on, became entertainment editor for the McLendon radio stations.
