TUESDAY TUNA SANDWICH
KQED is one fine mess. Its workforce minus the insanely paid middle and high-up-top managers are once again major
PISSED-OFF because management promised the rank and file bonus checks (depending on seniority) if the company reaped extra ad revenue and found new money. It didn't happen in spite of KQED's record revenue in both TV and radio and its digital content. So while KQED has a boatload of money and whose high tops got uber-bonuses, the little people got what amounts to a few coffee mugs and day-old doughnuts. How's that for the perceived good people at KQED and how they take care of the rank and file which is contrary to the bullshit spewed forth by
NPR and its slumlord policies toward the people who actually do the heavy lifting at KQED. But most of it is smoke and mirrors.
For such a behemoth and KQED is certainly that (worth south of $500 million and 2018 pre-tax revenue of $54M) it once again shows how big a fraud KQED is in this Bay Area. With all that revenue you would think KQED would explore and produce more
LOCAL programming but it does not. And how is that so? Because KQED has no accountability. There's no incentive to create content when the money stream dips into corporate junkets and massive bonuses. Mind you, I have no access to KQED's books (obviously) I'm getting this info from sources and contacts who work at the building. I can only imagine what is in the goody bag and how many people are getting screwed.
A lot.
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KNBR is testing the boundaries of what is "
broadcast rights" and what is
not.
The
Bleeder has been ramping up its Warriors' talk on all its talk-show platforms almost to a point where if you listen that much you would think 680 AM is the flagship station.
It's not.
Which then creates the tension between
FM All_Sports 95.7 'The Game' which carries the Warriors and is the "
flagship station" -whatever that means today. Not a lot. KNBR has a "
Steve Kerr" show (on PM drive with
Tom Tolbert) every week. It also carries actualities from game broadcast off
NBC Bay Area Sports (
Comcast) and does a "
Fitz Files" segment every morning after games.
KNBR cannot air actualities from the radio broadcast but has pretty much carte-blanche everything else and used it to its advantage. There's a lot of upside to that reasoning but at what cost?
Entercom's "The Game" is seriously thinking of filing a grievance saying KNBR
is ripping off Warriors-related content. KNBR and its youthful PD,
Jeramiah Crowe counter it is merely talking about the team and hasn't committed any wrong doing.
YOU WANT IRONY? By ramping up the Warriors' chatter (and frankly, who wouldn't?) KNBR is drawing away fans from its cash money-maker, the
SF Giants. Don't think the Giants
aren't pissed even without kingpin
Larry Baer in the office. Last night during the
Giants-Atlanta game at
Oracle Park, both the radio and cable broadcast guys had to pretend to not listen to the cheers in the park; cheers having nothing to do with the stale baseball game. Fans in the stands were watching the
Warriors' clinching Game 4 sweep of Portland --it had to seriously annoy
Kruk and Kuip;
Dave Flemming on KNBR had to sneak in the Warriors were playing an Overtime thriller not dare mentioning the game was on
ESPN.
After the game was over KNBR host, Mark Willard devoted almost ALL the show to Warriors; again, the obvious choice but by going ga-ga Warriors, Giants' fans listening had to be royally pissed.
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KTVU: No Sea of Tranquility. The newsroom continues to be a siege mentality with famous anchors having
personal issues flood the gossip chatter in the breakroom. Which is funny because now everyone splits the station and heads to a few
Jack London Square bars and coffee shops in fear of HR boss, the infamous
Chris Nohr she of the 54-camera CEO, who watches and listens to everone,
Countess Darth Vader, with blessings from
The Firm, aka,
Fox.
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| Julie Haener (l) and Bill Martin |
*Good line from a KTVU spy: "
What we pay Bill Martin we could get 3 Rosemary Orozcos" OUCH! The spy is right.
Martin continues to flub lines, mumble his broadcast and worst of all, misread forecasts. He is detested by BOTH
Frank Somerville and
Mark Ibanez. Only Julie Haener sticks up for Billy Boy and even at that, it's diplomatic at best. Martin seems to have a playbook of
"I've been here 20 years and nobody's going to screw with me!" Uh, Bill,
The FIRM can and
WILL screw with anyone. Ask the
SF SAG and
NABET.
QUICKIES...
Damon Bruce thinks he's God which is sad because he's not even a Martian fart...
Larry Krueger on KNBR tweeting he "
got a new 4-year contract extension", forgetting the contract has
NO guarantee --meaning if they wanted to, Cumulus could send him packing in a day. Larry has apparently never heard of "
personal-services" contract which guarantees
ALL years and money/
Ronnnnnnnnnnn Owens had one back in 2000 at the old
KGO...
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