Michael Savage will probably air on KSFO from 6-9 PM, (here in SF, locally) as part of his deal with Cumulus.
Nothing is official yet, but with KGO being all-news, and KSFO largely talk, Savage would figure to follow Mark Levin, (what a funny irony--the two can't stand each other).
It was at KGO in 1994, (and later, KSFO), that Savage's radio career began to emerge and develop into an eventual nationally-syndicated program, ("The Savage Nation.")
I speculated earlier that since Savage is SF-based, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Savage would entertain the idea of doing a separate, local SF show, (perhaps Ronn's 9-Noon KGO show); a few people have told me no way. That Savage would wear himself out and that not even a blank check would propel him to work an extra show in morning prime in market #4.
Makes sense. And besides, Savage doesn't need the money. His son is the creator of the "Rock Star" beverage. Savage is worth an estimated $200 million through that industry, his radio show, books and assorted entities.
Savage at KSFO extra nugget: This is the same station that Savage and a high-up exec one time had a major internal flare-up. I'm sure there's going to be one helluva discussion inside the morning show coffee room soon.
the hi up exec's initials are Jack Swanson...
ReplyDeletetrivia question of the day: which KGO host pissed into Savage's hat?
Ronnn knows but won't say.
my guess? the guy doing 8 years in the slam
Interesting story. I was not aware of this.
DeleteRe: Bernie....it is not now, nor was it ever "8" years. It's six and more than four are completed.I'd love to hear him on the radio again.
DeleteAs for Michael Savage, I never urinated in his hat.I never had any animus towards him and think he does a riveting show, though full of contrived crap and misogyny.
I did, however scare the bejesus out of him one day years ago with my Bubba. Bubba, now deceased, was the world's gentlest doggie, a pit bull. One day I was driving in to do the show after Michael's( he was doing fill at KGO at the time) He was yammering on and on about how pit bulls were so blah blah rotten etc. I walked in, tapped on the studio door and told him I had a fan with me who really wanted to meet him. A man of short stature, even with a tall hat, he puffed his chest way out to greet the fan. When he saw Bubba, he turned green and locked himself inside his studio.....tough guy.
8 years 6 years he is still a disgusting pervert.
DeletePost at 4:14pm
DeleteMessage to Bernie Ward's press secretary:
The guy is in prison. What more is there to add?
His reputation is stained forever.
You forgot Melanie.
DeleteHows it going to be for the Blonde in the Bunker not being able to bash Mike on her show anymore?
I miss Tom Cam. Remember HE was in Savage's slot and Savage was on mornings until they swapped. Too bad he blew up, he was more entertaining than ones like gun slinger G.M.
I wonder if he's still Chauffeuring Airporters... :-P
What a way to live your life..whine and moan all day..when you have more then enough to so some good,and accomplish something. Instead he wants to use his name to push the occasional book. And whine how poor people are using his tax money to live not so poor.
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ReplyDelete?? whaddaya talkin about ?? Whatever "high level executive" Savage clashed with, I assure you that such a person is no longer with the station: EVERYone who was in KSFO management at the time that Savage worked at 900 Front is gone. To a person. Ken Berry, Jack Swanson, Mickey Luckoff, all of ABC radio...
ReplyDelete...nowadays, lessee, the chain of command goes something like, Jared Hard, Paul Hosely, whomever the Cummulus "Market Manager of the day" is, and then Atlanta / Control Central. The only people who are left at KSFO who worked there when Savage did are lowly producers (now called board ops) like me, and there's probably 2 or 3 of us. And Barbara Simpson. And Bob Tanem. I can't think of a single other person.
it's about time
ReplyDelete”Savage is worth an estimated $200 million”....that is why it was amazing to me that Weiner set up a ”legal defense fund” after he was banned in Britain. More amazing were all the moronic Savage-heads who sent him money for the fund. On a separate note, the 6 to 9 slot is brilliant, at least locally. I bet he will kick Alan Colmes' ass on 910am and quickly! I will now be able listen to The Loyah at 3, Weiner's first hour is can't miss radio. John Rothman from 7 to 10pm on 910am would be great but the management at that station seems to have their head up their ass. Colmes show gets boring quickly and this is coming from a proud Liberal...
ReplyDeleteYou should get a life away from listening to radio.
DeleteNothing better for the "programmers" who get the call from Atlanta, telling them when Savage is on. I'm sure their involvement, like that of so many others in this industry, was next to nothing at all.
Savage is the best talk show host alive today. I wonder what the financial terms are for him. He was making $10 million a year. It is hard to imagine the Dickies approving such a big sum meanwhile firing great KGO hosts making far less...
DeleteDid Howard stern die?
DeleteStern might as well have died when he went to satellite...many of us did not follow him ”to the other side”...
DeleteStern was over-rated as an interviewer before he went over to satellite. it's hard to be a good interviewer when you are trying to figure out when you can use your next dick joke.
DeleteHoward Stern is far and away the greatest radio host that has ever lived. There is no one who can touch. He went to Sirius for $500 Million (in sum total). Even in obscurity, he's still the best there has ever been.
DeletePeople like Savage, Rush, Levin, Hannity fill a right-wing echo chamber, leaving the country with few options. There are better hosts than them all but haven't reached the top. But if you're going to tell me that because Savage makes a lot of money he's therefore great, than what Stern has done clearly puts him ahead.
It's not close, whether you followed him, or not. And I didn't.
and another thing. No one has gotten more out of guests than stern. he TELLS THEM WHAT THEY THINK! it's epic. always has been.
Deletecomparing any bay area host, savage, rush, or seriously, anyone else in history to stern is a waste. we're not even talking about comparing Kobe to Jordan, or anything like that. it's like comparing Mitch Richmond to Jordan.
Oh please, even if he was a good interviewer who gives a damn what Hulk Hogan or Chuck Norris think? Most of his interview subjects were C list celebrities. Give him credit though, he went far with his infantile farting and penis humor. The only time he was good was during the news segment. Even if he made $500 billion it was a huge mistake to go to satellite. Only douche bags would follow him there and pay for that dribble
DeleteReally? C-List celebrities? Who's interviewing the A-List?
DeleteFrank Zappa, Dave Chappelle, Arnold, and countless others.
he single-handedly changed two political races. have rush or savage really done that?
people want to laugh, and that's a fact. whether people followed stern, or not, sirius is certainly in business, and he's certainly loaded.
no one has ever been as good as him, and the likelihood is no one will be. not only that, he has done it against the grain.
you really have no idea what you're talking about to suggest there has been better, regardless of your lame efforts to do so.
i'm waiting for the Rush movie...
By your goofy standards, Savage will be at the top of the heap after his movie comes out (it is in the works). Savage has seven NY Times Bestsellers, he is the most highly educated of any talk show host in history and he can be effective without relying on childish 7 year old boy humor.
DeleteThe Loyah should stop taking so many days off. Instead of taking advantage of Savage's absence as competition in the three o'clock hour, The Loyah is off somewhere today. It seems every other day he has a best of show. They should yank him off the air if he keeps taking days off, this is ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteWill he be actually doing a show or mailing it in as he is known to do with the famous last hour interview.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. The last hour is just mailed in and prerecorded. It usually features someone kissing his ass.
DeleteLOL.
DeleteWeiner's mailed in third hour is pathetic. Check it out for a few laughs. Some guest talking for 20 minutes
(all pre-recorded) and Savage trying to pass it off as Live Radio.
Cumulus will make the Weiner work for the full 3 hours and he may regret ever leaving TRN which allowed him to slack and even let him beg listeners to contribute to hie personal legal fund...
And why is a guy with a worth over 1 hundred million asking listeners for money???
Savage is worth $200 Million? Really? How?
ReplyDeleteRock Star is his son's business... did Dad back him heavy? (I have no doubt he helped create the drink, with his background.)
If he were worth $200M, why does he peddle books by the dozen from his own website?
I like him, and hope he lands at a local station, I just don't get these comments. And no, no way he does 2 shows.
Caught Ronn Owens today, he sounded a tad off... but still a San Francisco liberal who ocassionally takes a stance on the right. Still carrying water for the Disaster called Obama.
ReplyDeletePer his back, I heard him at the end of the show thank his doctors... he mentioned about 5 or 6...and said that they "saved his life", and he got all choked up. I expected an update here with Rich. No?
He apparently also covered it around 9:15 or 9:20 AM, but I wasn't listening then.
Rich, any update?
I heard Ronn's show for pretty much all 3 hours. He had a bad back, got some kind of shot, which apparently he has had before, however, it worked at first, but then he had some side effects, that apparently was a red flag to his doctor. He was hospitalized, and it was discovered that he had some kind of infection, not related to his back, which could have killed him in matter of days. Thus his bad back and the fact that his physician ordered him in the hospital saved his life. I have no doubt that is what happened. I like Ronn, although I'm not as big a fan as I use to be, I know people in show business (actors, singers, talk show hosts etc) do things for publicity. However, his sounded too serious to be anything but the truth. I don't think even Michael Savage would use something as serious as a deadly illness as a publicity stunt.
ReplyDeleteI heard Ronn this morning and it was good to have him back. He described having a very dangerous health crisis,involving an epidural(for back pain),where his severe and painful reaction revealed sepsis involving his heart. He was on IV antibiotics in the hospital and still is using portable intravenous antibiotics. Sepsis in one of its many forms could kill any of us very quickly.He is very lucky and acknowledged same.
DeleteI don't get the excitement over Savage. I don't want to hear another rightwingnut screaming into the microphone. There are so many talented talk show hosts out of work (thank you, Cumulus) who would do a great job and attract a loyal audience. What would be interesting is if Savage rediscovered his initial liberal/sociological roots. I would listen to that. As for Alan Colmes, he has a brilliant niche as being the liberal host whose callers are all right wing. Still, it's a lot of shouting.
ReplyDeleteps: I would welcome Bernie back to the airwaves.
Only libs would welcome a pervert back.
DeleteReason #14 I am starting to turn off Gil Gross (in addition to Rhoda's Friday appearances among others). Today, the news reader Sebastian Kunz told us that the Green Party presidential candidate and her vp were arrested for protesting the fact they are not allowed in to the debates. Both the nerd news reader and Cabinet Man laughed mockingly about the arrest. What the hell is so funny? The Green party is eligible for 85% of the electoral college. I thought this was a democracy. Idiots like Gross and Rothman always speak so highly of the great USA, yet they fail to realize that this two party system is a farce. I am staring to think that Gross does not take callers because there aren't any! No wonder he brings in the wife on Friday, he is tired from those long winded monologues Mon thru Thur
ReplyDeleteI've grown tired of Gil Gross's long-winded monologues, his belly busting laughter at his own half-baked jokes, the constant pitching of the cabinet makers and Mr. Sparky as well as his wife's Rho-DUH's appearances on Fridays. KQED-FM's news programming during the same time slot is much more informative.
DeleteThanks for the KQED tip. I am so sick and tired of Gross' show for the same reasons stated above. Worse is 1080am, that old jolly guy named Charlie Friedman sucks big time from 4 to 7pm. The only time his show is bearable is when he plays old time music. He tries to be Gene Burns lite without the intellectual horsepower or command of the language. This is why Savage will rule Bay Area radio, everyone else sucks and is doing nothing about it.
DeleteOut of curiosity I tuned in to 910am at 545pm and got to hear Gil Gross and Rhoda wax poetically about their marriage in Detroit. Wtf!?
DeleteIt doesn't matter to me which channel Savage is on. I won't listen to him. I too would welcome Bernie back.
ReplyDeleteMichael Savage is only 5'4"?
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's why he had a man-crush for 6'3" Allen Ginsburg -- just like a little woman, he preferred his men tall and big. lol
I know Allen Ginsburg, now deceased. I don't remember him being 6'3". Peter Orlovsky was tall,but not Allen. In the eighties, I shot several hours of video, conversations with my Montecitio buddy, Kenneth Rexroth. Rexroth founded the beat generation of poets, and was the first to put jazz to poetry. My interviews with Allen were part of that project.Where did you read he was 6'3"?
DeleteYahoo answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101208175455AAR8ytd
DeleteSo how tall was Ginsburg, Christine?
Oh no, here we go again. Savage does not get along with others. He calls O'Reilly the Leprechaun, Levin the Lawyer, Hannity the Wallbanger. I don't understand his animosity against fellow broadcasting conservatives.
ReplyDeleteI never liked the lispy John Batchelor--melodramatic music and a boring talk show.
Bernie? Are people talking about Bernie Ward? Pleeeease, NOOOOOO!!!!
He calls Levin: Groucho Marx with a hysterectomy
DeleteHe calls Rush: Hush Bimbo, The Golfer and Cigar Chomper
Before Savage became good friends with Jon Voight, he used to call Angelina Jolie: Angela Jolly and her handbag (Brad Pitt)
John Batchelor a boring talk show? Never have I heard such diversified World Wide information sourcing, short of listening to Short Wave radio. I consider myself a staunch Conservative, but Savage is not. He verges on insanity and is just flat out ugly in his demeanor. I quit listening to him years before he left last time.
DeleteI am beginning to think that the owners of KSFO are embarrassed to be a conservative talk station, and are trying to drive down its ratings as an excuse to remake it into a past decade KGO.
Put him on 6-9 AM and get rid of the circus barker threesome in the mornings on KSFO. They are so bad, so intellectually challenged, as to make a mockery of any "conservative" thought. Although, this is Tea Party conservatism, which is not really conservatism at all, but something more deeply rooted in America that goes by a different name.
ReplyDeleteAs for Christine "the religious bigot", Bernie does not deserve to be on the radio, in my opinion. He's in the federal pen for a good reason: to protect children and society. Yes, I am familiar with the case and I know you are a lawyer. I'm glad he is there.
Lastly, it would be nice to never hear Sussman or his stupid sidekick again, once, and if, KSFO is sold. We have enough bigots on network air and Faux TV as it is, but these two are among the most hateful I've heard. The only thing that surpasses their bigotry is their ignorance and stupidity. Their "success" shows there is hope in America for anyone who wants to be be a bigot and make money, left or right. After all, look at Glenn Beck, the "I don't think the president likes white people."
don't get your magic underpants in a bunch. Bernie's not going to be on the radio to annoy you any time soon. You are certainly free to believe that penalties for actual child molestation should be and are less than penalties for looking at decades-old kid porn on a computer. I disagree.One is a thought crime, the other is real.
DeleteWe do not need another Bernie Ward defender & apologist.
DeleteThe Lion of the Left had his comeuppance.
What's the old saying, what goes around, comes around.
Anonymous @ 3:15.
DeleteBernie didn't get a comeuppance. He sabotaged himself. Big difference.
Also his exposing the former Monsignor Patrick O'Shea and Father Martin Greenlaw was huge.
Christine...although I agree that looking at child porn is better than actual sexual molestation and creating kid porn, the act of looking encourages those who create the stuff and in doing so, abuse chlldren. They are both crimes. Granted, his sentence was harsher than many child predators receive. However, I think his public life is no longer viable and he needs to do something that does not bring public attention to himself. It's both a sad and a disgusting situation.
DeleteSo Savage is going to replace John Batchelor Show? Now lets see, they drop Rush, claiming high cost, but rumor was he was too Right, to bring back a rabid fanatic like Savage. Do they think Savage will be less offensive this time around?
ReplyDeleteSo now I change stations to listen to Rush, sometimes staying on the other station till it is time for Levin. So I will drift to what ever station picks up Batchelor and may turn back for Laura Ingram, or is she gone too?
Big deal about Rush. He is carried all over the place. Stop with the crocodile tears. Batchelor is too predictable on his positions and as another poster correctly said, the over the top melodramatic music is too much. How much fear mongering can we take?.Israel, Iran, Israel, Iran, Islamists etc. good riddance to the Batchelor show
DeleteLets be honest here.
ReplyDeleteCumulus made a decision to axe Rush right around the Fluke debacle, and they're paying out the rear for that decision. Now they are playing catch up with Savage because News is a drain.
They have unmatched radio business acumen. That is clear.
That "manager" at KSFO was kicked out with Mickey Mouse...
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