Dana King will broadcast her farewell newscast tonight at 11 PM on KPIX. We wish her well in her new artistic endeavors.
While King has expressed a firm desire to pursue her love of sculpture, the decision to ace out the remaining one year on her contract was made by station management. In fact, the new GM, Bruno Cohen, was recently in LA to scout a new anchor.
*KGO Radio PM drive news anchor, Chris Brecher, is retiring and will leave the station in January.
*KNTV, (NBC Bay Area) weeknight anchor, Jessica Aguirre's contract is up in January. Yes, she's nervous. But talks have commenced.
If Ms. Aguirre's contract is not renewed there is a silver lining. She will not feel the need to continue Botoxing her once lovely lips.
ReplyDeleteno one puts botox in their lips. Botox, or botulium toxin paralyzes muscles. Lips, on the other hand are plumped with fillers which are all temporary, which is often a good thing.
DeleteJust to add to the discussion; lips can either be 'plumped' with fillers, which are temporary,or,they can be re-shaped/enhanced with implants..which are permanent.
DeleteChris Brecher has always come across as a true professional broadcaster. Good for her that the decision to leave was hers. Meanwhile across town at Clear Channel, so surprising there were no layoffs after what happened nationwide yesterday.
ReplyDeleteWas the real decision hers to leave? Have always enjoyed her as well. I think it is interesting that she or Brett said that she was "retiring from KGO". Wonder if that is significant. Could she be heading elsewhere? Very intelligent lady. The way KGO thinks can imagine them replacing her with the idiot Tim Montewhateverstupidthinghehastosay.. I also think that Brett is a wonderful reporter, I'm sure he is shuddering to think what they can do their track record at intelligent selection is 0.
DeleteBrett is a great reporter and Chris Brecher, former lawyer and great reporter is utterly a class act as an anchor, careful and cautious and substantive, taking her responsibility very seriously.There are a number of skilled news anchors at KGO,btw.
DeleteWho would they replace Aguirre with? Not Wang, that's for sure. Management may be hot for her (which should tell you all you need to know about their judgement) but it's obvious from watching her since she arrived at KNTV that she just isn't 6pm (or 11pm) material. I can't see them moving Dweyer off weekends either. So I think that if KNTV does not renew Aguirre, which would be a mistake, they will probably have to get an outsider.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Da Lin.
DeleteDa Lin just started at KPIX, why would he take a job at KNTV right now?
DeleteKNTV's problem isnt the anchors..it the endless Silicon valley and fallen tree's-car wrecks in Almaden valley- where ever that is reports.
ReplyDeleteThey cant get the mid bay and up to care with that endless S. valley plugging.
@12/7 10:38am....Very true, & well stated. But have you caught KTVU, KPIX, or KGO lately??? They "all" are on the Silicon Valley Bandwagon! Sometimes I think KTVU forgets they are located in Oaktown, because they have become Boosters of all things South Bay, imho. If we the viewers wanted to know what is going on in Silicon Valley, KNTV would have better ratings, so tend to your core viewers. I reside in the West Bay, and I would like to know about the News in the SF/Oakland/and sometimes SJ areas of the Bay Area.
DeleteBut on another note...Please Mr. Cohen, get a News Anchor with "some" Bay Area roots...Just look at the experiment on Mornings On 2, please No L.A. Anchors!
Once rabbit ear antennae and UHF/VHF died out,KNTV should have dropped the south bay slant.
DeleteThe Almaden Valley is in south San Jose. Very nice area--I grew up down there.
DeleteYeah, what are they thinking by covering the Bay Area's largest city and greatest economic engine?
Delete@2:46PM...How does a Ross Store opening in Downtown San Jose effect my life in any way, shape, or form???
Delete@5:13 Nice opportunity for you to "dress for less" should you find yourself in the South Bay.
DeleteRonn Owens last couple weeks too?
ReplyDeleteWhat about the rumor that Owens will be replaced by Brian Copeland?
DeleteYes, time is running short for Ronn. What is up on this Rich?
DeleteThere are rumors of it being Monty! I guess that's because he does the same time slot as Ronn on weekends. Can you imagine KGO replaced Ronn Owens with Tim Montemayor? They would lose their entire midday audience. Can Brian Copeland carry a weekday show?
DeleteWhat if...suspend your disbelief for a moment and enter the Twilight Zone ... a land of both shadow and substance ... What if KGO were to announce that the media blogging maven who dishes out the dirt here, none other than the one and only Rich Lieberman, the riveting host of "Lieberman Live," reinventing the radio talk show format and flipping it on its head, will be replacing Ronnnnn Owens on KGO. That's right! Rich Lieberman may be tapped by the once might KGOne in a futile, last ditch act of desperation to reverse their disastrous programming change fiasco and turn around 810's plummeting fortunes. Now wouldn't that be something! Stranger things have happened. Come on, Rich, let this be posted for the world to side.
DeleteRon,
DeleteWill miss him...........
A fan since he started.
Hope he gets to go on another station.
What would you think if KKSF 910 AM added Ronn Owens weeknights from 7 to 10 replacing Alan Colmes? Or Ronn from 7 to 9 followed by John Rothmann, another KGO veteran, from 9 to 11 and delaying Coast-to-Coast AM by an hour?
DeleteThe poster at 6:16pm makes an interesting point.
DeleteThat is a lineup I could live with.
Just do not, under any circumstances, put the Monte Show on KGO weekdays. I would rather listen to Lawrence Welk non-stop!
Best of luck to DK. Sounds like she's loaded and work is a choice...one that lacks personal fulfillment. Life's too short.
ReplyDeleteHer replacement? I'll say this, I follow links to news stories around the nation now and then, both large and small markets. There is no shortage of talent in the industry and think the major market managers pigeon hole themselves into believing that only the marquee personnel should be pursued. Definitely NOT the case.
I hope 11 and Aguirre work things out. I don't watch 11 news and would prefer she stay there.
All Bay Area news casts suck major league. No in depth reporting just crime, accidents and that is usually about it. I have not watch bay area news in 20+ years.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't watched in 20 years, how do you know they suck and have no depth?
DeleteMost of the newscasts borrow their stories from the Mercury News. It's obvious and quite pathetic. Every lead in is a story from that days Mercury News front page.
Delete"Most of the newscasts borrow their stories from the Mercury News"
DeleteOr the Chronicle. It's so obvious. Can you see the local TV staff meetings in the morning? "Oh shit! Look...we missed this story. And that story...and that story.."
"TV news steals their material from the local newspapers." Very true.
DeleteIs it any wonder that many of us have stopped watching the junk on local news.
"Up next our story about (you fill in the blank this accident or this shooting)".
Come to think of it, local news should call their newscast "Crime Beat".
What you folks don't realize is that there's a fair amount of audience research out there which shows where most TV viewers and radio listeners are - they're in the South Bay. This has been true for some time. So of course there's a great deal of news coverage focused there.
ReplyDelete^^^Then why doesn't Silicon Valley's KNTV win the News Media Outlet Ratings, year in, & year out? The plain truth is that KNTV doesn't win its ratings with the Bay Area viewers...imho
Delete7:18, the focus of news coverage was true about 5 or 10 years ago. 38% of the audience is still in the South Bay but stations do longer have the staff for coverage. A few years ago, stations had fully staffed bureaus in San Jose-- 3 or 4 reporters, writers, assignment editors and interns, plus back-ups from radio. Now, they may have one one "reporter" who lives in the area racing around town shooting and editing his own story.
ReplyDeleteDana has talked about leaving for some time. This was an agreement, but it was orchestrated by management. No one is shedding tears.
ReplyDelete(typo correction on my 11:33-- "...stations no longer...")
ReplyDeleteMaking 800,000 a year in this economy? Enjoy the ride while it lasted!
ReplyDeleteToo bad about Dana King, who seems highly professional to me. Jessica Aguire has taken on cartoon status with all of her lip whatevers (previously discussed).
ReplyDeleteAnd KNTV is a joke anyway: with the Jessica Rabbit morning weather girl with her boobs pulled up to her shoulders, KNTV is only interested in morning porn to attract viewers, and it's pathetic.
@11:33, the audience is still there, though most newsrooms are using smoke and mirrors to try to make it appears as though they're covering the valley properly.
ReplyDelete@10:41, good question. I suspect it has to do with habit - most of your local TV viewers are older and they're used to watching the newscast they've always watched. KNTV is probably seen as "new" to many. Just a theory.
@ 11:54... Nope, thats not the answer either. KNTV was a "much" better Media Oulet, news wise when they had Maggie, & that Male anchor, I can't think of his name at the moment. But that formula worked for KNTV, the current one isn't. I personally used to watch Ch. 11 news all the timeback then.
DeleteDoug Moore They both were boring on air.very robotic no personality at all.
DeleteAs someone who has worked with Chris Brecher, I can tell you that she has integrity and loves her work and gets along with everyone.
ReplyDeleteIts a shame that the local stations are NOT producing more broadcast journalists such as her, but then, many people end up getting into the media because they are basically insecure people who want public ttention and validation.
I remember one prominent local program director told me the moment he decided to get into broadcasting was when he saw a famous local DJ show up to his high school on career day in a red caddy, and all the girls swarmed around his car. "I wanted to be just like him!" this PD told me.
That's not a good reason to get into broadcasting. If you want to be a celeb, become a comedian, an actor or a musician. Broadcasting should not double as a cheap form of show business.
Reporters are supposed to be held to a higher standard, one that a solid broadcast journalist such as Chris Brecher held herself up to for years.
Ronn Owens told Ben Fong-Torres he'll be still working after December. Will he replace Chris Brecher as news anchor?
ReplyDeleteI hope Jessica can renew her contract.
ReplyDeleteBut, if not Jessica can take Dana's job. Although, I really enjoy Jessica here in the Southbay.
I thought i already heard Ronn Accepted a major pay cut of new salary of about $350,000 to stay on KGO?
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