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| Randy Bloomquist |
Hey, Randy Bloomquist, I thought you had at least a half a brain--first rule: never send out inter-office e-mails--they usually land in my domain..
The KGO Radio-Cumulus temporary king was all huffy-puffy in reacting to my item involving his PM news anchors status, (they're being considered to get cut from KGONE's edifice.)
Bloomquist memo--verbatim-- to KGO staff, (obtained by my secret spy):
"Regarding a certain piece of brain vomit that appeared on the Internet today… Bret Burkhart and Nikki Medoro are key and beloved members of the KGO 810 team. They aren't going anywhere. You know, in Dante's Inferno rumor-mongers are hacked to pieces over and over again by demons — a fitting punishment for having divided people during life. Just sayin' Now, let's all get back to our fantastic storm coverage."
RB --
"Brain vomit?" Clever, boy wonder, that should get you another Sweetjack bonus from the Dickeys and a free lunch from the mattress man--wonder where the vomit reference came from--you're so insensitive, dude.
And the whole Dante's Inferno deal? God, you're getting deep on me; I'm appalled--I thought you were more of the Nancy Drew mystery-type.
BACK STORY: Burkhart, he of the sensitive type, was enraged and rattled upon getting wind of my item and went directly to Bloomquist to inquire, "What's the deal?" (neurosis sets in)--Bloomy then thinking wisely decided to send out some bullshit to placate BB and Medoro.
*STORM WATCH NEWS AND MEDIA NOTES FRIDAY: The uber-storm was covered heavy duty from the locals; rightly so. Kudos to KGO-TV which was on top of the whole deal from beginning to end. At first irritating but as the day progressed, wise: ABC7's decision to place Doppler radar in its screen even when other programs were on. Lent a helping hand...KPIX chief weather guy, Paul Deanno gets full marks for correctly forecasting that the storm would be with us most of the day and into the evening--KTVU's Bill Martin not so good: "It'll be a quick-moving front and we'll be OK after 4 o'clock." Uh, WRONG! Again...Outside of the roof caving in at that San Jose Safeway and the predictable all-hell/flooding in Marin, the storm was nothing out of the ordinary. OK, so Union Square and parts of the city were without power, it happens. Ask the people in the Midwest and east coast post hurricane how their damage compared to ours...That Comcast/Giants "Insider" who said he was quitting from the beat to move on to other things was really more forced out by the powers-that-be because after all, don't want to piss off the Giants now...KRON's Jackie Bennett is headed to KNBC in LA, (most likely)--maybe she can take coffee breaks with ex-KGO-TVer, Carolyn Johnson...One advantage for Bennett: at least her station might stay on the air in the event of a rain storm...All you need to know about the gadget man and Bloomquist: Owens kisses ass over a 40-something asshole that has all the authenticity of a Concord Denny's --Hey Ronnnnn? That female therapist you had on the other day, Dr. Tara Fields? God, talk about uncomfortable radio. Gotta listen to this, tell me if this ain't weird...There was a lot of commotion over at KQED Radio over Forum host, Michael Krasny, and his bizarre take with a guest on the whole Virginia Univ. gang-rape story, which has now been sort of debunked, courtesy Rolling Stone's coming out--that's gonna help the cause...The "staff-meteorologist" at KKKSFO, devoid of phone lines due to a power outage, had to broadcast his shit over an actual microphone--what a concept! Still sounds like crap, but good old gravel-voiced traffic chick's, "Thank You Brian" saved the day, (nose growing).
RADNICH HABIT: Sends interns to fetch him his orange sodas--gives 'em five bucks and makes sure they return the change. NO tip, no treat. What a swell guy.
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Whoever becomes the next CSN Giants "insider" needs to suck off Larry Baer better than Andy Baggarly did.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else hear Sussman use the word "Jap" today when talking about the film unbroken? It was around 6:22. co-host kind of gasped
ReplyDeleteYea, he should have used Orientals
DeleteNo way. If there is one drum he's beaten more then others,Radnich says "I always tip". He gave the dishwasher installer 100$ extra he said. He's also full of love and care, for the KNBR interns.
ReplyDeleteRadnich should sue for libel.
My guess is that Bloomquist's colorful e-mail was written with full intention and expectation that it would appear in this domain for our consumption.
ReplyDeleteAnd he needs to sue Pam Moore for telling him "You like to say things just to stir it up". Raddy's head bobbed as he tried to come up with something..
ReplyDeleteBill Martin did keep saying that "The radar is deceptive as it shows snow high in the atmosphere as falling rain. Its not raining that hard" None of the other Meteor men said that-- red meant heavy rain they insisted. It seemed heavy to me. Would have helped if Bill had said how much deception is from the radar--50%? 25%?. Like that.
ReplyDeleteI can attest that I live right under the center of that orange/red area that barely moved for five or six hours. It was HEAVY. There was serious flooding on my street and my neighbors on Seaview Avenue in Piedmont spent today having their basements pumped out. However, this is the same neighborhood that all summer had those same neighbors watering their lawns liberally, even though they were supposed to be cutting back because of the drought. I contacted "2 Investigates" and one of their crack(ed) reporters asked me where this was happening...exact streets. This is easy since it's the same offenders every day. Some of them even have their watering systems on a timer that I'm sure they don't know how to turn off because they go off every day all year round and even went off today, the day after the storm! So last summer there was run-off and saturated lawns all the fuck over. I give the reporter EXACT ADDRESSES and two days later he emails me that he was unable to find any evidence! The same streets I walk up and down, stepping in puddles and mud, every day. So I'd hate to see if they really had to do some actual reporting. Mike Wallace must be spinning in his grave.
DeleteIf you need any proof that radio is on the ropes, the media division of Lincoln Financial Group this last week inked a deal to sell 14 of their radio stations (12 FMs and 2 AMs) in Atlanta, Denver, Miami, and San Diego for $105 million. About 10 years ago only 2 or 3 stations in those markets would go for that kind of money. Four stations in Memphis (market 50-ish) went for $100 million then.
ReplyDeleteAt least Lincoln got out when radio stations were still worth SOMETHING.
He does look like a Nancy...
ReplyDeleteKGO apparently thought it was a cable news network last night with that idiotic wing they put up and just like cable news going off the deep end with picture in picture wings, it showed nothing helpful. What? It was raining hard? Really? I couldn't tell that from looking out the freaking windo? Idiots.
ReplyDeleteNews Tip: When you shrink your doppler radar picture that tiny it's relatively useless. Even when you stick your nose up against the screen it's damn hard to make out what parts of the bay are getting slammed and what aren't.
Don't get suckered Rich. Cable networks do the same damn thing. They put up a picture in picture of an external shot of the White House when something is going to happen inside the White House. Does the external shot do anything to help tell the story? No. All the action is inside and you're looking outside. But they put it up anyways. Why? To hype the story. I thought what KGO did last night was deplorable bordering on comical. They kept that damn wing up through network broadcasts, thus making it harder to see the shows. Awful.
This is interesting: KRON did a tribute to themselves- mostly Radnich that is. The man who says he "Doesn't root for laundry" ..seems to root for concrete blocks and 2x4's as he got choked up near the end talking about a building. Eh,they moved? 100% of the KRON audience couldn't have cared less-lol. So what?
ReplyDeleteAlso,Radnich was asked who he remembers the best at KRON. ALL he named were black. What a racist!
Grant Lodis brown nosed in high gear,hugging daddy Raddy and blowing hyperbole with "This station was built by people like Gary,Pam,and Cathy"...nah- no mention of Jackie anywhere by anybody. Even as she at there,Lodis didn't say a word to her.
I wonder where they got the idea that another worksite was worth something like that tribute?
Self indulgent, man.
You should change your name to something more appropriate like "Stan The Exaggerator."
DeleteIf Jackie Bennett goes to LA, she will join the other beautiful women that we have sent down there.
DeleteBesides Carolyn Johnson, ....Evelyn Taft and the very hot Marla Tellez.
Rich, I love reading your site, but your #beautiful wallpaper gives me a headache trying to read between the trees.
ReplyDeleteOn a different note: I cannot stand listening to the KGORadio new Sat host Angle Cairo (sp?). Apparently she had some national syndication show elsewhere, thought I'd give her and the new daily 12-3pm host. Done, back to KQEDRadio. KGO continues to be the bottom of the barrel, with the exception of Ronn Owens. Sorry Rich, still like Ronn, even with that awful show 12/2/10.I must forgive him and move forward. #HappyHolidays Rich!
Merry Christmas, Rich!
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