*It's not so much that Ryan Scott sounds like a giddy aardvark that makes him a dick, it's the inherent phoniness that confirms it.
Basically, Scott spends two hours a week plugging his restaurants to the 50 or so folks that actually listen to his show and KGO thinking they'll forever catch a demo that's more likely at the beach or on their IPad.
*September will be an interesting month at 55 Hawthorne, not just at KGO and KSFO, but KFOG and The Bone too, don't forget about their issues too.
*KSFO is in for massive and I do mean, massive changes. Cumulus is still actively trying to sell the once-legendary station but the price is not right. Yet.
*"NightBeat" is already a joke in local TV News circles with much of the ridicule coming from KPIX staffers themselves. To take the show seriously, it needs at least 6 months of storage--at this rate it's lucky that it'll last through November.
*It was not just lousy ratings that sealed Frosty's demise at Talk910 AM; the Snowman simply couldn't afford living in SF which is odd given he has a house in LA but oh well.
*Gil Gross has a contract and Clear Channel doesn't want to buy him out just yet thus you Gil Gross groupies have at least another six months left with the Gilster --after that, buh-bye.
*Claudine Wong is smiling a helluva lot more lately on KTVU--gees I wonder why.
*Silence of the Lambs: Bay Area sports media sheep not calling out Radnich over his Becky Hammon she can't coach remarks.
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Noticed that about Claudine. She was looking hot yesterday.
ReplyDeleteShe usually looks hot, even when she doesn't smile. But when she smiles, even more smokin' hot!
DeleteClaudine is the finest female at KTVU. I am hoping that the FOX network will give her due attention when they take over.
DeleteHow are you supposed to smile on air when the weekend news is blood and guts like the weekday morning news. Put her in a relaxed environment and she can show her personality, gees yourself.
DeleteKGOh-no! Matt Ray's line from Chico crashed and burned...he finished the 10am hour on the phone...and just announced, at the end of the hour, that they're going to re-run hour two and three of yesterday's show next...sad, really...
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I noticed that his line was breaking up, in the first hour. It seemed to get better a little later, but I was running errands then, and didn't hear that the later parts of the program were, actually, re-runs.
DeleteIt's hard to tell, as he repeats ... repeats ... repeats everything, anyway. He repeats Ronn's program. He repeats WITHIN a show, and he repeats from Saturday to Sunday.
Same thing happens with the evil Rabbi Lapin almost every week. It happened today in the third hour of his diabolical show. He was going on a rant about the evils of liberalism and suddenly the line went dead. Silence for about 20 seconds and then sudden commercials. Unfortunately the maniacal rabbi returned. I'm sure that guy has turned many otherwise same folks into raging anti-Semites. Let's hope pig vomit axes the rabbi. Take those tefilin and shove'em!
DeleteWhen you listen carefully to Rabbi Lapin, he has a lot of outdated, weird ideas. At times he is worse than Savage, it is just that he sounds reasonable, with his British (actually South African) accent, he is polite to callers, even if they don't agree with him, so it took me awhile to realize how hateful he can be, and he doesn't yell and rant and rave like Savage and Susmann.
Delete9:17 is exactly right. The hateful rabbi is an elegant version of Savage masked with a South African accent. The guy spews the most hateful vile elegantly packaged and sealed kosher for morons like the regular caller named Hannah from Israel, who always calls and reveres the rabbi's every word on her knees. Pig vomit please axe the rabbi and then turn your eyes towards the pot head Karel...PLEASE!!!
DeleteSorry. I meant until the "purge" not purse. I'm a bit ill today. Thanks, again, Rich. Although you are not a traditional journalist, you are no more inaccurate than Silicon Valley's tech media or many other mainstream outlets. As a longtime, card-carrying SPJ member, I take your blog for what it is: entertainment, news, etc. If Bay Area media did their job of reporting on themselves, perhaps you wouldn't get so many hits. I've never understood how media who claim such high values and independence suddenly become docile when it comes to reporting on their own warts. When I had to report on my ownership, I did so, in bold 72 pt. headlines and earned the praise of the person who had filed suit against my ownership. Sadly, the Bay Area media lack such resolve and are largely spineless. Me, just a small-town journalist now living in Silicon Valley.
ReplyDeleteFrosty should do like many of us single adults; we either sub-let or share an apartment with the leaseholder and obtain a private bedroom to yourself. I've been renting my two bedrooms out for years. It's the only way I can stay in San Rafael. I would have rented to Frosty in a snap, if I wasn't full up already. Of course, somebody like a rich radio host probably wants a "Room With A View". I got that here, if you don't mind viewing the parking lot. I personally find the activity in the parking lot fascinating, better than an aquarium!
ReplyDeleteMaybe Frosty didn't want to share an apartment or house with anybody? I have done it at various times in my life, it is fine when you are young, but as you get older, you value your privacy and the freedom to entertain, have friends and family staying with you for days, and perhaps play the music loud. Probably Frosty has owned the house in LA for years and has a low mortgage.
DeletePig Vomit isn't getting any younger and he's been given the keys to the kingdom. This will be his legacy. An opportunity to turn a failing market into a stronghold via strategic partnerships with tech. NOT just having a Facebook page and Twitter for every face and twat but TRUE partnerships taking terrestrial radio out of the 20th century. KSFO is the lab where experiments will be done - more changes than even Dr. Frankenfurter could dream of and he's getting the surgical team in place. Cut the fat, liposuction the love handles, lose the crow's feet and strengthen the chin. They have the money, others have the technology. Think John Gotti more than Steven Covey. This is gonna be fun!
ReplyDeleteSept will be interesting to see if something finally actually happens with KFOG. Over the last year you've said they were rumored to be switching to country, then news/talk. What's the rumored new format now? Does it involve the firing of "Dred of the Night?" Everyone at Grumpy's and Tommy's Joynt is itching to know. :P
ReplyDeleteCumulus is set to roll an even newer "NASH" country shortly -- called "NASH Icons" - a modified, more contemporary "Classic Country" of mostly 90s huge country (mainstream and "new" acts) as well as late 80s and early 2000s hits. Coming soon Like "NASH" - another way to build a network of "commercial inventory" for underperforming facilities. KFOG could be a good complement if the takeover of KSJO starts to move. The New York "NASH" is doing quite well. Why not "NASH ICONS"? Cumulus has take out domain names for EVERY FM frequency in markets it has stations. Not just for stations it owns -- but every FM frequency in markets they have stations as of Sunday.
DeleteMaybe Monsieur Pig Virus will establish instant good will in the bay area by removing "That Lady" from the True Car ads. She seems to be on more than ever now, brought to you, straight from Da Hood. When, O when is her contract going to be finished? Somebody give me some good news,please.
ReplyDeleteFinger nails on a chalk board!
DeleteHave to rush to the radio to change the station whenever I hear it!
Oh merciful Pig Vomit - please PLEASE sever the bond Karel has with KGO! I just tuned in....the pot-head is giving recipes for "edibles" - his life revolves around that weed. Tuning out now - what a classic, narcissistic BORE!
ReplyDeleteNote above and to Kevin Metheny of KGO, the absolute LINE OF THE YEAR from the character known as Kare. 7:35 tonight, on his website, in cue, during the "Traffic on the Fives:
ReplyDelete"It's to bad KGO chased all those listeners away. I do a great show every nght I'm on."
You MUST be effing kidding. THAT is what he said for all to hear on his little webcast. He is blaming KGO for HIS being "So Bad." You must be freaking nuts, Karel. You're the one (of several) making all of KGO so bad, as is your management who just doesn't know hat to do.
Maybe Chip Franklin, the next "audition wannabe" will start to save the day or at least replace Karel. Franklin comes from mornngs at KOGO in San Diego. He was fired last September after six years working for Clear Channel. He worked for Hearst in Baltimore doing middays at WBAL before that and at now Cumulus' WMAL in DC before that. 56 years old, credible in San Diego, now out of work. On a scale of 1-5 from last night - a 2.5, maybe a 3 at most.
Rich: thank you for continuing to expose that fraud named Ryan Scott. His so-called show is just a "Ryan Scott and Friends" infomercial. It really is very shameful. The funny thing is that he comes across as a guy who thinks he's pulling a fast one on us unsuspecting suckers. Not surprising since the guy fits the profile of the delusional, self absorbed jack ass who stares at his selfies and thinks the world revolves around him. Please keep exposing him and that other moron "secret Asian man". Is there a more racist segment in Bay Area radio?
ReplyDeleteYes. That would be Karel. He doesn't like white people.
DeleteLet me see if I got this. KGO in Dec. of 2011 had over 4 share in both San Francisco and San Jose. The "legends" were fired by Cumulus. The numbers started going south, to a 1.6 in SF and a 1.4 in San Jose as of this month - a period of 2.5 years. Karel thinks that's KGO's fault? It took months and months to get down to where the station is now -- with him contributing to the mashup of horrible radio. I thought that if firing the legends was so "good" - the numbers would RISE, not FALL. He thinks he good? Are you kidding? With the the minuses of Tim Montemayor, Chef Ryan Scott and a couple of phone it in wannabees, Karel is the worst excuse on that radio station and should be gone out of the box.
DeleteChip Franklin likely wrote the comments under 11:30 PM....I couldn't tolerate listening to more than about 10 minutes of his "program" on Sunday nite (and would have tuned out sooner, but was in the shower.....). His voice and delivery style are almost more irritating than Karel's - but Karel still holds first place for "worst radio host". Chip - on a scale of 1 - 5 , was a minus 5.
ReplyDeleteHas Franklin has replaced Matt Ray on Saturday mornings? He never mentioned that he was filling in as he did when he filled in for Owens last week. However, Matt Ray is still listed as the host for Saturday and Sunday mornings at the KGO website.
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ReplyDeleteClaudine Wong isn't Fox material (re: she's not blonde). Fox already has its token Asian minority (Michelle Malkin)
Karel is repulsive, uneducated, untalented, stupid and mean. Get him out of N. Cal, please. No one would hire him besides KGO, especially in S. Cal.
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