Marty Lurie has a very unique compensation package at KNBR which enables him to do his show and collect revenue. It's a system that more and more radio talent are utilizing and in Lurie's case, do massive extra hours on the weekends without hurting the bottom line and even helping it.
That system, more than anything else, helps explain the decision Friday to pull the plug on Mychael Urban. No knock on Urban, but the budget people at corporate figure why pay out when you already have someone who can do the same thing and maybe even get bigger numbers.
Yes, its all about the money.
This was not so much a move by KNBR GM, Lee Hammer. More so probably a financial suit aimed at trimming some "light, discretionary" dollars. A thousand here, a thousand there...well, you get the picture.
7-10 PM: There's nothing official yet on the Santangelo replacement. I'm hearing Eric Byrnes a lot if he will work for the money they've offered him and its not that great...Personally, I don't think much of Byrnes who can be OK, but can also be a bit over the top, and that's not always kosher after 7PM.
And while I like Marty quite a bit, I don't think his style lends itself to BOTH the pre and post-game shows. HIS show, his style, his many, many hours of the extra cut was more conducive to Lurie's format. I think he found a niche there.
Marty 5-7 nights a week, controlled, I'm not so sure. Ditto, the weekend outdoor show.
We shall see.
I'm sure KNBR could save a lot of dough by firing that no-talent no-sports amateur buffoon "Paulie" in the morning. He masqueraded on Ticket 1050 a while back as a New Yorker "Paulie from the Picks", now he's suddenly a true-blue San Franciscan??
ReplyDeleteOr maybe KNBR could invest some of the cash they'll be saving in a professional "sound board" and production room for Paulie. Sounds like he records his sound bites off of old VCR tapes, and clumsily records his song "parodies" on a Barbie Karaoke machine. "Look, I can change the title of a Van Halen song to rhyme with a Giants player!!!" Hire a comedy writer, idiot.
Hammer is merely the janitor for Lew Dickey. Any financial decisions are coming out of Atlanta. There is no cure for Cumulitus.
ReplyDeleteGood post Rich on the KNBR night-time host slot.
ReplyDeleteBut what is going on at MSNBC?
What is behind Keith Olbermann's departure or ouster?
the problem with Marty ? he knows too much baseball. Oh my gawd ..on and on
ReplyDeleteMarty's obviously competent when it comes to baseball, but he seems disinterested when he's asked about other sports. I don't know how good he'd be as a general purpose sports "tonsil."
ReplyDeletei bet Lurie "buys" time on KNBR with his Volvo and bailbonds commercials - that's how he's paid isn't it? the Volvo dealer and bailbond guys pays him...
ReplyDeleteRich
ReplyDeleteWho would you want on Sportsphone?