Question: How do you rankle up a solid, if not spectacular, listener base and systematically piss off peeps, drive away the masses and upset a few of your sales staffers? Answer: The new schmucko at Knibber, (KNBR, for you first-timers), at 9-Noon, one Damon Bruce. (Hey, your shit dickhead.)
Bruce, who's been telling everyone on the planet, and even in Libya, that he rules the world, has managed to get embroiled in various acts of racial profiling, (according to Gawker), questionable on-air rants that amount to nothing.
In the process, message boards have sprung up denouncing his act. Some listeners have aborted the circus act altogether.
And a few salespeople are pissed too.
WHICH brings us to the next item:
Officially, nothing is official, but this news comes my way via the mole machine. Mr. Radnich, who at least provided some levity to the show, (pre DB), is reportedly miffed at his new position with the Indiana blowhard.
He's taken an extra week off to "mull things." Radnich is due back on Monday, presumably to hold his nose and carry on, after all, he needs the money.
Bruce' bizarre verbal boasts has ruined the show, what very little left of it was deemed worthwhile. His tried and forced jousting seems outwardly gimmicky and listeners, even his amen corner, know it.
Rich, have you listened to him? I have to work so I haven't much lately. Why are you relying on outside sources? Is his schtick different that the one he brought to his 1050 show? Listeners are leaving because we are sick of the old fossils hanging on at 680.
ReplyDeleteGary complaining, what a laugh. He is is so far past his sell-by date. They should team him with Taliferro on graves. the 2 have a lot in common although Gary is somewhat sane.
Or are you continuing your one man crusade to get him off the air? It's personal, isn't it, Rich?
MAN BOOBS!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs soon as Radnich goes (Your thoughts.....?) you can start working on getting Bruce sent back to nights or Indiana or wherever. One thing at a time.
ReplyDeleteWhy hasn't Kruger been hired back.....?
All Damon Bruce is/was was a more annoying, less polished, K-Mart Blue Light Special version of Larry anyway.
Damon Bruce is way too harsh for AM sports. Raddy is too, but he has smoothness that DB lacks. Personally, I can't stand DB. But that's my problem. So far I've switched to FM, the Game. When that gets tedious I switch back to AM/Jim Rome on 1050. Bottom line: I was a 15 year listener to KNBR 680 from 05:00 to noon. Now I am not. It is looking like I'll need to expand my XM sub to include the house and work...
ReplyDeleteI haven't listened to KNBR since the second day of Bruce/Radnich. If you wanted to pair up Radnich, you should have paired him up with Bruno for the entire 9-3 EVEN with Bruno down in Malibu
ReplyDeleteAs a student of body language..Bruce is not good for Radnich's mental health. He pokes at Garys long time dogma that he could use on KNBR with no backtalk for decades now...its like he's shocked to hear himself rebutted on his own show that he's run for 20 years. And he has to back down for the good of the show.
ReplyDeleteBruce..who was meek on 1050,even joking that it was a newer kinder Bruce show based I think on the worry he would be dropped..is a new dude since 95.7 started. He's begging for trouble. Ironic that he does get along fine with Kate Scott..much better then the Scott/Raddy dynamics.
Nice to see somebody else notices that Bruce and Kreuger are TOO much alike ...too much alike in an irritating way.
He's a 7pm guy...not a mid morning guy. And today he even admitted in so many words the TV gig of 9-12 has gone to his head..he knows the greater opportunity and fame with TV is there.
Finally,he wants to work with Radnich like he wants a hole in his head and I'm sure knowing that Radnich is "mulling" is making Bruce drool in happiness.
But if push comes to shove..KNBR might not shove Raddy like he thinks.
guess i'm in the minority, but i like bruce's show. i don't think he is that bad....i've heard much worse. i like that he's pissed off so many in public-Rod Brooks after a Niner game,Hank Shulman,Scott Ostler, the Giants
ReplyDeletethis is overdue karma for gary. for years he would belittle people that he deemed to be 'battered performers', or 'stand on a box' in reference to someones height, and then begin to cackle. at this point gary is the quintessential battered performer. BYE BYEEEEEE!!
ReplyDeleteI would listen to Bruce occasionally on 1050, a good alternate to Fitz/Brooks annoying show, but I was never a loyal listener. I was disappointed when he was paired with Radnich. Since Radnich has been gone the pass 2 weeks, the show is absolutely unlistenable. I listened to The Game a little bit but they are usually bad too. I was even forced to listen to national sports talk the pass few days. I don't understand Bruce's deal. Why does he think he's great? Even if he was, there's nothing more annoying than host talking/acting like the the greatest. I honestly believe this guy has some sort of mental issues, I'm not even trying to make fun, I really think there's something wrong in his head.
ReplyDeleteBruce is good radio. I like how he gets under the skin of the do-nothings.
ReplyDeleteI can't stand Bruce with or without Gary. The listeners make the show. Bruce doesn't get that. He insults too many callers. Sports knowledge is not attractive coming out of the mouth of a boor.
ReplyDeleteKNBR hasn't been the same since the new management took over and sent solid veterans like Shraeder and McGowen packing. Those two guys actually went to the events and talked with the athletes, broke stories, did reports from the venues and had some credibility among the local teams and fans. When the new geniuses at Cumulus got rid of those guys and decided not to have reporters cover the events on a regular basis, that was the beginning of the end. Now...it's unlistenable! No substance...just a lot of noise and people yelling back and forth.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree with 3:33 more. Radnitch is unlistenable with or without Bruce. KNBR is for the mentally impaired; hasn't been interesting or entertaining since Pete Franklin's departure.
ReplyDeleteI have not listened very much since they paired Radnich and Bruce...when they go into a Giant's infomercial I switch to 95.7. Bruce needs to be on by himself it's akward and choppy when him and Radnich fight for one microphone. How bad were Ranich's ratings that they had to resort to this as an answer?
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm blind, but I was home this morning, went to turn on CSN and the Radnich and D Bruce tv show was gone. It wasn't on television at all. Was it dropped? Or a 1 day blip?
ReplyDeletePound it
ReplyDeletePound it
Pound it
Damon Bruce must be on suicide watch...
505-pre-empted for the A's,Yanks Game. The A's lost 22-7 I hear.
ReplyDeleteAlso have to agree with the comment from 3:33pm.
ReplyDeleteI used to depend on KNBR to get my daily dose of local sports news...the Giants..the Niners...the Raiders... the Warriors...etc. Now I get nothing.
No reports or updates from the events, and the
sound they use seems to have been taken off of another network. Lazy...that's what KNBR has become. The Sports Leader? NOT!
Just a one-day thing- the A's game at New York was on instead...
ReplyDeleteI was scolling down to thank 2:46 for the same thoughts I have on Bruce (looked better than he was due to Rudy and Rod Lame) but have to agree with 3:33 about the loss of sports reporting at KNBR.
ReplyDeleteOther than Marty Laurie who goes to the games and talks about them the rest of the stooges can only talk about who they saw or what they drove or ate at the game.
Dibley and Patrick Conner never added any sports to the morning show, and Dibley on his own is even worse now.
I think I'll try 860 and see how my well my high school spanish stuck.
The fact that they have people like Kate Scott, who is a traffic reporter doing sports updates tells you all that you need to know about KNBR. Once they had reputable voices with guys who had years of experience and actually sounded like professional broadcasters, not some mealy-mouthed kids out of a broadcasting school for nil-wils and dim-wits. And those guys they got rid of actually covered the events and told you about breaking news because they were actually at the events, not sitting in some studio watching the games on TV while texting or facebooking like most of these vapid young broadcasters of today!
ReplyDeleteNow these stations rely on these boobs such as Kate Scott, and Dan Dibbley (I heard the PD at the all sports FM was crowing about Dibbley being a "Social network phenomenon!") Pardon me for asking, but how does that qualify you for a job on the radio? And don't get me started about people such as 'Pauley,' 'P-Con' or 'Giggles.' They'll all awful, unlistenable,embarassing, and should be shoved into the gutter or sent scurrying to some small market station out in the hinterlands! Their content is almost always simplistic and juvenile,
appealing to the dumb 'young demographic' that these 'genius programming consultants seem to constantly feel the need to cater to. The real idiot however is this first class dweeb Lee Hammer. Since KNBR made the mistake of firing Agnew and this nitwit took over, they've been running their station like a minor league operation. The bay area sports fans deserve better. I was hoping the new FM would fill the breach, but they're nothing but a bunch of mediocre, out-of-town loudmouth know it alls. They think they have all the answers, that their own farts don't smell, and they also think they can come in and take over. They bring in some of the boring non-entities from Comcast Sports net like the ubiquitous Michael Urban (how does this guy keep getting jobs!?) to provide them with
"inside information." As bad as KNBR is, the new FM sports operation is even worse. KCBS and KGO which are news and newstalk stations both cover sports in a much more complete and professional fashion than these two sorry 'all-sports" stations. At least they have seasoned pros such as Rich Walcoff and Steve Bitker who know what they're doing. How do these other nit-wits convince anyone that they're worthy of talking about sports on the radio? We have some of the most pathetic sports talk stations in America here in the bay area!
The bay area deserves better! "Sports Leader,"
"America's number one sports radio station" and the "bay area's only fm sports station." What a joke! It's truly astonishing anyone ever listens to this dreck!
I used to like Radnich. He's pretty much past his prime, now. He and Bruce are NOT a good match. I'm thinking that Radnich may decide to jump ship, or KNBR may decide to do it for him. Bruce isn't too bad. At least he rips the Giants, sometimes he's right, sometimes he's off base. But, at least he rips 'em. He whips up stuff for controversy, that's the ECoast style of sportstalk. Don't like it, then don't listen...
ReplyDeleteOverall quality took a deep dip when they let Shraeder and McGowen go. Since then it's been a continual back-fill of increasingly watered down talent. At least they still have Woodson for the updates and occasional fill in spots.
ReplyDeleteHe really should be teamed with Bruce or Krueger as they would have a better cadence.
Tom
The morning show is ruined. I can't stand Bruce in any time slot. Fail.
ReplyDeleteAgree with the other posters. KNBR is not a sports radio outlet any longer, it has become a center for Hollywood gossip and silly juvenile humor.
ReplyDeleteSports information is the last thing you will hear discussed.
John Schraeder? No thanks! Too grumpy. We don't need Disgruntled Employee Radio and if The Game is looking to hire people who've fallen out with KNBR, they should avoid this one.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with you on Bruce McGowan but Marty Lurie fills that niche.
I'm still a D-Bruce fan but, it seems, at some point, he's pissed in Mr. Media's Cheerios.
What's up with Ray Woodson and KNBR's evening radio? He looses out to Eric Byrnes for the spot and yet half the time I hear Ray filling in. Not that I'm complaining. Ray sounds better but it is obvious they should have just given that gig to Ray rather than Byrnes.
Byrnes does a lot of gigs on MLB Network- wish he would just stay there- he is simply unlistenable...
ReplyDeleteHate to break to all of you (obviously) old timers, but KNBR is tapping into a bit of a younger demographic that D Bruce is very popular with. I am 31 years old and all of my peers that listen to Bay Area sports talk radio agree that Bruce is the best out here because he calls it like it is, rather than pandering to the paid interests of his employers (and I say that as a Giants fan).
ReplyDeleteI love Uncle Gary but his show was getting stale, and Bruno mailed in their segment almost every day toward the end and it was a waste of time. Damon has a loyal following and they needed to pair him up with Radnich in order to boost his ratings through the migration of Damon's audience. Big Vinny's vendetta with D Bruce is quite unfortunate but, Bruce brings a lot more listeners to the station than he turns away.
I used to like the show BEFORE Bruce and now I don't listen anymore.
ReplyDeleteIt's a bad match.
What is with the Saloon KNBR show that Hammer gave to vulgar mouth Patrick Connor.
ReplyDelete21-35 year old knuckleheads who really aren't fans of the sport specific event that they are are the ones calling into this new show.
Oh and I have to ask: What is with Connor's voice?
Is he Ralph's illegitamate son?
I've switched to "The Rise Guys" at 95.7.
ReplyDeleteRadnich is absolutely, completely horrible on radio. Never has a more overbearing self declared know it all annoyed the air waves for so long. He's like a drunk trying to dominate every conversation in a bar.. He makes Damon Bruce sound like a breath of fresh air. I hope his arrogant ass never returns..
ReplyDeleteThe 9-12 airtime has obviously older listeners and the callers are more thoughtful. I used to enjoy listening to Gary's show until Bruce showed up and took all the oxygen from the room. I'm glad his gone but not sure Krueger will be much of an improvement. Let Gary do his thing and bring a chastened Bruno back.
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