Saturday Bay Area media notes

**How silly is it that our two AM news radio stations have become engaged in a "who does traffic 'more and best?' war. Stupid. Yes, of course I'm hip to the fact that commuters care about traffic and accidents, but hey guys, can we get some "news" or is that suddenly a foreign concept?

**I made an appearance on Comcast "Chronicle Live" Friday night; I emphasize "appearance", because it was hard to get in a word edgewise, between the overbearing, ever-lovely, 1050 sports talkie and the ex-Southbay, columnist diva who thinks she's the sporting version of Maureen Dowd. Not.

**KRON management? I really don't care if you've instructed your work force not to talk to me, but be advised if you're going to that extreme, it'd be nice if you actually paid these guys. By the way, they're still singing anyway.

**Lovely local industry: a new weather hire that can rap, but won't at least for now because "at KRON, we're 'serious about the weather, " (even though they can't get the name of the current hurricane right); publicist at another TV outlet who misleads and lies, and paranoia at a place that is king. Yikes.

**A person who should know told me that real-time traffic, (accidents, stalls, etc) happen way, way, before we get them from the "traffic-first" people.

**Another nauseating routine: the continued, yearly kvetching about the outfield conditions at the Coliseum when the A's return home from a road trip, after a Raiders game. Hey, how many countless shots of a brown spot do we have to see? Yeah, we know it looks bad, we know the A's need a new stadium, (Raiders too) so the barrage of shots, conversation by TV/radio guys about the "condition of the field" has become the equivalent of a KQED pledge break.

**Memo to the other sports guy opposite 1050 guy: you got your point across, I just wish you'd have done it in a more professional manner, but the ending was swell, so we'll call it a win in overtime.

**Jan Wahl. Why?

**Sports guys on TV doing news? Oh my gawd, Margie, call the cops! (As if sports readers can't read news teleprompters)

**The KRON/NBC talks continue about a 'shared-services' agreement/merger and yes, every other day, things change--bottom line, it makes too much sense not to happen, so I guess they'll figure out a way to screw it up as they always do; either way, a load of layoffs will ensue and I don't care how many "job openings" appears on the KRON website.

**That was refreshing...a real bona-fide, news interview of 49ers owner/pres., Jed York, by KCBS' Jane McMillian and news direc., Ed Cavagnaro. I say refreshing because questions about new stadium dealt with real things like, oh, financing, sustainability, you know, questions that were devoid of things like linebackers, salary cap, Notre Dame, giggling, stuff like that, dude.

**Kevin "the rat." Why?

**KGO Radio news, your TMZ of the 415.

**KPIX, it might be wise to put out a memorandum about some of your talent posting Facebook status updates, and NO, I don't use FB as a source of information, but thanks for asking.

**I hope Brian Copeland's new show is a success on KGO-TV, but given the fact station brass gave him the Death Valley of time slots, (3-4PM) I don't know if the show has a decent chance. Then again, I never understood Oprah, so what the hell do I know.

**Guilty pleasure dept: KCSM-FM anytime of the day. Please don't go away anytime soon.

**Two of the BEST guys on local radio that aren't local: Phil Hendrie and Alan Colmes, on KNEW and Green 960.

**That oldish sports-talk host who does a morning show on a station not named KNBR, should thank his lucky stars anyone writes anything about him and his fifteen friends and relatives who listen.

**Ray Taliaferro. Why?

**Bill Wattenburg, the smartest a-hole on KGO radio, in a nutshell: CARB, "eco-frauds", Sierra Club 'eco-frauds, jerks, eco-terrorists, nuclear power plants, redwood forest eco-frauds, 'ego-thugs, smart-meters, Clint Eastwood, and that's just the first five minutes.

**Why not just report traffic 24/7, radio peeps, and to hell with news and sports. (Sorry Metro, just kidding)

**Favorite "commenter" on local sports newspaper Internet sites: someone named "StanTheMan" or "StanOMan"--can't figure if the guy is legit, crazy, stalkerish or all of the above, but his rants are funny, if not a tad scary. The worst thing is half the time he's right, just be sure to take the meds, oh Stanno.

**KCBS' Steve Bitker got a memo saying he's God, so please everybody, be mindful.

**Labor Day 2010, like speaking of why.

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