*Jack Swanson, operations head at KGO Radio since civilization began, most likely will be leaving 900 Front once Cumulus takes over sometime around Labor Day.
Swanson will most likely either retire or be asked to quit and take a decent amount of cash with him. He's from the Mickey Luckoff camp and stuck around only to keep a few more coins in his pocket and avert the eventual Titanic known as KGO these days.
How toxic is it? Two prominent reporters and salespeople were seen over at KCBS, presumably looking for work. Never too early to escape the abyss. And they're not alone.
Swanson has made some good hires over the years, but he was also instrumental in the re-hiring of Karel, one of the biggest jokes on local radio. Just ask around.
*Frankly, I'm not that interested in the 9-Noon sports slot on Knibber; I've written it because I'm constantly getting asked. It gets more tiresome and irksome, plain irrelevant-central. And the FM outlet is 100% rehash, recycled sandpaper that couldn't move the meter if it was smack right there for the taking.
Lots of empty, non-pithy voices angling to make chicken salad out of chicken shit. Good luck. I'm still hoping a local Charlie Rose emerges through the wilderness but I'm not holding my breath.
*Kate Scott is a present day example of the current state of terrestrial radio. A bland, vanilla, wafer with just enough creative pathos to fill your vacuum cleaner filter. I could give a shit whether she has a girlfriend, boyfriend, dates Seal or Lady GagGa--she's about as compelling as the line cook at the Millbrae Carrow's.
She's a mere work-cheap mouth that replaced another innocuous mouth, the local version of Opie currently tweeting his 7000th plug for the mishmash Entercom boobs.
Yawn. (Again)
Sadly, there isn't a Carrow's in Millbrae. It's all about Peter's Cafe at El Camino and Millbrae Ave!
ReplyDeleteGagGa. Great line, Rich! I've always said the name should be Ugly Gash or Ugly Gag! I have another one but I'm not going to pull off a Sean Avery here (the hockey player who was suspended by the NHL for blogging explicitly about his breakup with a '24' actress). That stupid stage name is successful because people are still suckers for dance music plus the band, production, and PR were out of this world and still are not getting enough credit.
ReplyDeleteArt of Fame! ACK! THFFT! As the Bill The Cat would say! Sounds like some of Lieberman's least favorite broadcasters and executives!
Peter's Cafe...way, way, way better than Carrow's!
ReplyDeleteI'm black but I think P-Con's one of the coolest "rednecks" I've met. I'd rather know where someone stands than deal with fake so-called progressives. At least he's real. I've never heard anything racist come out of his mouth- Somewhat conservative ? Yeah. So. Sticks up for white people ? Yeah. So. Hope he's back on air soon either on 680 or 957
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ReplyDeleteWTF, Carrow's?!?! Ken's House of Pancakes in Millbrae was great back in the day when Jim Dunbar & Don Sherwood ruled The Bay.
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