Miller to ESPN Radio: No Thanks; KPIX' Koharra Back in Fold

Jon Miller, who was shown the door by ESPN for its "Sunday Night Baseball" package, has decided to skip an offer by ESPN Radio to be its lead baseball analyst on the Sunday night game.

The move, presumably, would mean that Miller will be calling more SF Giants games, particularly weekend games, where for the past thirteen years, he has had to forgo calling Saturday and Sunday contests for his ESPN commitment, although I would guess that Miller and his agent may want a bit more moolah from the Giants.

Miller, by the way, is under contract with the Giants for two more years.

**KPIX/CBS5 has retained Sydnie Kohara and she will co-anchor with newly-hired, Frank Mallicoat, for the morning and Noon News.

The move was probably more an attempt by PIX to mollify the people that have deluged both PIX and this site over the break-up of both Kohara and John Kessler, who was not retained by the CBS o and o because he didn't have the greatest numbers and made too much money.

Kohara is not Kessler, (shocking discovery) and while her pairing with Mallicoat makes perfect sense, Kessler's absence is still being vilified by many viewers, particularly female watchers, who make up the vast majority of a "Bring back John Kessler" page on Facebook.

And despite what PIX PR people insist on telling me, Kessler's dismissal was a NY decision from the money people at corporate, not an 855 Battery move.

"Working cheap" is the new mantra in local TV news these days.

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