Calling itself "Tucson's premiere news talk station," The Jolt, KJLL (1330-AM), has lured back Fred Imus and his "Out West" radio program and given a new home on the airwaves to John C. Scott. Those programs are part of the reason the station's new general manager, Jerry Misner, says The Jolt has the most local nonpaid talk, meaning the hosts don't pay the station to be on the air, in Tucson."Out West," co-hosted by Imus and Nicole Cox, left the air in late October with then-general manager Pat Johnston saying that Imus was unwilling to make the long-term commitment necessary to take the show to the next level. Misner, a veteran local broadcaster, joined The Jolt on Jan. 10, and "Out West" returned Jan. 24. "I would say that the audience is glad to see them back," Misner said, judging from response on the station's Web site. Cox said station owner Aldona Sprei had been one of the show's biggest fans and "never wanted to see us leave so she was persistent in wanting us to come back." Cox, who became a certified tax professional in those few months off the air, joked that Sprei "made us an offer we couldn't refuse.""Out West" has moved from early afternoon to 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - a later time slot described in a station press release as "really the perfect time. Nowhere else in Tucson will listeners be able to call a live, local show on their way home and displace all of their anger from their workday." "It is working out to be an amazing time slot," said Cox, who is also the station's news director. Imus' brother Don's nationally syndicated show, "Imus in the Morning," airs from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. - now starting an hour later to make room for Java & Jolt, with John C. Scott from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Scott who doesn't use his last name, Ulm, on the air, had spent eight or nine years on KTKT (990-AM) and did his last show Nov. 6 when the station switched to a Spanish format.The former legislator started at The Jolt on Jan. 12. "He's been doing some wonderful shows," said his wife, Amy Scott, a radio and media consultant who does advertising for the station. John C. Scott also does news and commentary beyond his show, she said. "We're very happy. We just love it here," said Amy Scott. ● Inger Sandal