Friday, August 3, 2012

Seattle Weather Guy indeed to replace Gonzales as 'Primary' Anchor at KPIX; Gonzales Likely to Stay in Different Time Slot; UPDATE

Per Newsblues, (paywall), the story is accurate: Paul Deanno, a Seattle weather reporter, will replace Roberta Gonzales as the primary weather anchor at KPIX.

I reported that. It's not a "rumor."

Reliable sources in Seattle told Newsblues Deanno's contract has been "signed, sealed, and delivered."

The headline accompanying the Gonzales story indicating she was "out", was misleading. My bad. Indeed she is out as the chief weather anchor during the weeknight schedule at 5, 6, and 11 PM on PIX's newscasts. She could be moved to either a new time slot, perhaps the weekend, maybe morning weekday, don't know yet but await word. (See Update below).

UPDATE: Gonzales has NOT hired a lawyer, according to a source close to her. The source added: "She has no legal issues with management. They wish to retain her and ink a new deal."

I'm a big Roberta fan. I think this move is a mistake given her enormous popularity with viewers across a wide variety of demos, young, old, female and male alike. She is a four-time Emmy winner and is well liked by most of her colleagues at the office.

But in the reality of the new local TV business model--which also affects highly-paid air talent, (and Gonzales makes a lot of money), her compensation has been measured by higher-ups. She's probably going to stay at the station, albeit in a different time and a little less coin. We'll see how that works out. I hope for the best.

I've made repeated requests to Gonzales for comment. A PIX source told me that they're trying to work out a new deal.



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55 comments:

  1. He has the Aryan good looks that K-PRIX is going for nowadays...DOD,and Michele and both Elizabeth's. They do let the deferential Asian woman sit alongside the Aryan male leader.
    Welcome to San Frandeutschland!

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    1. Ha what an ignorant comment seeing that they just inked Vernon Glenn to a three year deal. Is it just me or are there a ton of comments like these on this blog.

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    2. And Vern can be second banana for ANOTHER 20 years behind a Aryan. You idiot..

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    3. 9:13 you're a racist dumbass

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    4. 212.Oh that reverse Republican thing again huh?. Yeah,because there are so few Aryans on TV..and the Gonzales world domination we know that will come..

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    5. Hey Stan (09:13),

      Give that boring tired racist crap a rest will ya? Same with the tiresome Raddy rants. Leave that crap with the Cohn's blog.

      No doubt, you'll now accuse me of being a Republican. We'll you're wrong. I'm libertarian if anything.

      Get a life!!

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    6. LOL,A "Libertarian" wanting to silence another's free speech and as always-and what really gets you angry- THE TRUTH!

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    7. He Stan (09:13)
      I'm a Democrat and I agree with 4:36, it's time to give your boring racist crap a rest and same with the tiresome Raddy rants.

      It's not about freedom of speech, or THE TRUTH, it's that your kind of repetitive, obnoxious, and not particularly well informed.

      Oh, I'm not a KNBR intern either, just a normal person who is tired of your drivel.

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    8. 730 you aren't much of a Dem. As a matter of fact you sound exactly like the Republicans..I dont see any proof I'm wrong in your post. That's what gets your kind..what gets under your skin..I'm right about something you want to ignore. Racism,bigotry,liars and phony's. Maybe you resemble them?
      I'm a normal person tired of accepted racism,bigotry.

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    9. Believe me...the local famous people of color? They wont tell you I'm wrong. Ask them..email them,call them. Monte,Tim,Paul,MT2,Henry,..ALL of them. NOT ONE,will tell you the local media is a level field. NOT ONE. ANY media..go ahead.

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    10. "Believe me...the local famous people of color? They wont tell you I'm wrong."

      No, because they don't know who Stan is, don't even know he exists, and would have no reason to comment on his habitual, incoherent blog rants.

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    11. 1229..Then why do YOU care?. You doth protest too much. Asshole.

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  2. I don't believe you. You're just toying with my emotions!

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  3. Rosenheim is the Rod Brooks of KPIX,If you can't be one..act like on. It pays the bills.

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  4. What about the report that RoGo had retained a ”loyah”? Keep up the good work Rich!

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  5. So even when you are dead-ass wrong, you're still right? OOOKKKKK....

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    1. Looks like he was dead-ass right.

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  6. If this story is correct, I don't expect Roberta to stick around and work mornings or weekends. Been there done that. Its kind of like what KPIX did to classy Samantha Mohr, we're going to demote you, now take it or leave it.

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    1. Samantha Mohr was moving back to her native Georgia anyways because she and her husband had had enough of the bay area.

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  7. for weather use weather.com app. works great. Who gives a shit about TV weatherpeople!!

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    1. Hey man,I've seen the whole cycle in my lifetime..only paper weather,then serious(60's) TV weather...then TV personality weather with huge salary's, I guess...and now? back to reading internet weather...

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    2. But dude,when Holograph TV on screens the size of walls is the newest thing? Those hot weatherwoman will again be making the huge money...And I guess the Aryan guy for that certain 10% of society..

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  8. Speaking of phony..Rod Brooks in truth, makes Spencer Christian sound like Stoakely Carmichael.

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    1. Stoakely Carmichael reference is not bad.
      Good post 11:15AM.

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    2. Why is it an articulate black person who can conjugate a verb have to be considered less than 'black'- whatever 'black' is. I'm not a fan of Rod Brooks because he cuts people off and hasn't learned the art of debate. The fact that he speaks properly and listens to rock ? Go for it brotha. I watch Spencer Christian at 9 on the KOFY simulcast. Nothing wrong with a pleasant guy who does his craft without shuckin and jivin. Shuckin and jivin is fine at times. It just doesn't define us. BTW... It's STOKELY Carmichael or better yet Kwame Ture. Vern ? Another pleasant guy who does his job. I as a black man have no problem with either of them.

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    3. and oops that should be, "... has to be".

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    4. Right wing bro- If Brooks isn't a Tom under all that pretend angry black man speak...who is? Name a celebrity who is a Tom..and I might use that as a guideline for defining the description..

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  9. Dear Lord,

    I know that I don't talk to you that much, but this year you have taken away:

    my favorite screenwriter Nora Ephron,
    my favorite visionary Steve Jobs,
    my favorite authors Ray Bradbury and Maeve Binchy,
    my favorite children's author Maurice Sendak,
    my favorite American Bandstand guy Dick Clark,
    my favorite hairdresser Vidal Sassoon,
    my favorite musician Earl Scruggs,
    my favorite Monkee Davy Jones,
    my favorite 60 Minutes guy Mike Wallace,
    and my favorite singer Whitney Houston.

    I just wanted to let you know that my favorite radio announcer is Rush Limbaugh.

    Amen

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    1. And Robin Gibb,Donna Summers..and Andy from Mayberry..those hurt.

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    2. And Gore Vidal....

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    3. ..and days before Andy, Goober.

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    4. I'll take June Lockhart from Lost in Space.

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    5. My favorite dry cleaner, George Jefferson.
      My favorite crystal meth supplier and fast food chicken franchisee, Gustavo Fring.

      -- Gaga V

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    6. June is 87 and still living it up. I strive for accuracy.

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  10. OK, now let me look at my "scorecard". We now will have the new weather guy from Seattle, Roberta, Lawrence Karnow, and Brian Hackney, who are all quite competent weather people [I don't know about the Seattle dude]. If Roberta goes to mornings, which I doubt will happen, what will happen to Lawrence, who I think, is the best at KPIX? Brian Hackney can just get lost, as he is obviously too stuck on himself.

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  11. Rich.....you've been a bad bad 415 media insider! I'll spank you later..; :)~

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  12. As many of us who enjoy Roberta's work, we should not be shocked.
    These sudden changes are the nature of the Radio and TV business.
    I am certain she knew this going in.

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  13. Damon Bruce is nothing, the little Adult Contemporary station in Livermoore has 4 times the audience that he has. You puff this hack up like he's some kind of star, when in reality he barely holds his own.

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  14. Roberta will anchor weekends come late August and the Seattle guy takes over in the weekday prime time shows...

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  15. Roberta's peppy act drives me up the wall. I just wish that, instead of some guy from Seattle, they would have hired a serious weather girl (with a rack.)

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    1. Man, I bet it took you most of the evening to come up with this gem of a post. Congratulations, the pinnacle of your literary career in cyberspace. I bet your ma and pa are real proud of you.

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    2. Amen. Someone to give Jackie Bennett a run for her money. A nice rack should be a requirement for weather ladies

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  16. Man...she ought look into KNTV. It would be a GREAT homecoming for her (remember, she came to 'PIX from the old/pre-NBC KNTV. Plus, doesn't she live out in Livermore?

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    1. Roberta lives in Pleasanton, just up the road from John Madden.

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  17. You said roberta makes "a lot of money", how much is a lot in tv these days?

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  18. Gary Radnich cruising downtown SF in the Bentley, see's Lowell Cohn go by in the other direction in his new Prius. Raddy solemnly shakes his head "There, but for the grace of God,go I" He thinks to himself..

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  19. Roberta commented on her public Facebook page 13 hours ago [which means it was about 10pm last night]. Here is her facebook posting quoted:
    "Roberta Gonzales
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    Over 16 yrs at CBS 5 and I wanted all of you, my fb friends, to know...YES I am staying here at CBS 5! For months I have been working with CBS, developing a unique position to Anchor and REPORT on the weather! I want to thank all of you for your love and support during this time of change. I am extremely excited to embrace this new challenge! And I need all of YOU to give me your ideas on WEATHER stories! Topics and places to go to report on the WEATHER! Yay!!! The best way you can share your ideas is email me at: gonzales@kpix.cbs.com Love you all...."

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  20. You couldn't pay me to live in Pleasanton. Low crime...and that's because Police follow everybody who commute to work there, have made Bernal ave a speed trap and the Sunol Exit where they pull over cars,claiming you "didn't make a full stop"..yes,its a empty country road with no witnesses to back you up. Yet,its always a good place for a cop to "Guard".lol..speedtrap.
    I had one see my brown face..stop in the opposite direction in mid road on his bike..and wait to see if I signaled a left turn. I signaled and gave him the salute.
    I cant tell you how many times I passed those Bernal radar guns and asked the cop "How fast is my mid finger going?" I guess they dont hear me.
    Yes,IF you live in Pleasanton and LOOK like you live there..your not bothered much..but if you have a old pickup with garden tools or a Japanese compact or your wearing a job uniform?..they follow,they cite till it hurts. They and the ALCO Sheriffs have a real racket and money making machine going in that "Pleasant" city.
    I think if local news investigated they would see the profiling to the extreme...

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    1. You are an idiot, and as a Pleasanton resident, I encourage you to stay away.

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    2. And the profiling in this case isn't "urban thug",no,no. Its hard working person making a living.

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    3. Mayor,you should be more polite.

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    4. And I have talked to my insurance man in the recent past about that city. He confirms all I have said.

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  21. If you want Roberta you tune in to PIX. If you want good weather information you go somewhere else. Anyone who has the slightest understanding of weather will not watch her show.

    Anonymoose, and to a lesser extent, all the Roberta supporters are the reason why TV sucks these days. Gonzales, like many others, is a weather personality.

    Viewers tune in to weather personalities because they like them, they have a nice rack, are beautiful or handsome, etc, etc. NOT to get good weather info. TV stations know this, and they hire accordingly. As long as people like Anonymoose, and yes, Roberta supporters, have influence, the industry will continue to provide the drivel they desire so much.

    Too bad. TV is a very powerful medium, and could have a really positive impact on society. But as long as the public desires “bread and circuses,” bread and circuses they shall get, and the industry will only serve to deepen public ignorance.

    On another note, why Roberta? She is probably well compensated, but so are others. Why is someone who is so popular and well loved by the public, demoted and soon to be gone singled out? Why not Dana King or Ken Bastida? I seriously doubt there would be so many posts on this blog if this happened to either of those two.

    There is more to this story that meets the eye. There is something going on behind the scenes at KPIX that we don’t know about.

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    1. Big rack = Big ratings.

      Deal with it.

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