Sunday night the 4th-tier, New Jersey "comedienne" had a feline "special"...There was a cat behaviorist on “Hangin’ with Langdon”…A CAT BEHAVIORIST? ‘Cause nothing attracts a young, hip, affluent audience like…PUSSY talk!
This is the format that genius Renee Bakos is running through the gulag in Atlanta so be advised to chuck news-talk, kill off any potential breaking news, like an earthquake or a plane crash, Ho-Lee-Fuck, KGO has gone all-pussy Sunday night.
Meow.
| Christin Ayers of KPIX |
BEST BODY, hands down of Bay Area TV Reporters: KPIX's Christin Ayers. Nobody else is close.
*KSFO went off the air for several minutes on Friday afternoon. Lots of dead air or God's gift to the Bay Area with a community service award. Yeah, to make matters worse: Michael Savage's savage monologue was chopped up, word-by-word. Sounded rather, well, Cumulussey. Probably would have been better merely with the dead air.
*SPORTS-ANCHOR EGO WARS! KTVU's weekend warriors, Joe Fonzie and limp-dick, Scott Reiss, (he's the guy with the well-coiffed hair and manicured fingernails) are on an all-out WAR! Fonzie is worried that his airtime is being spread thin to cater to that handsome lass, Reiss. Meanwhile, KTVU continues down 'Happy Talk' lane with more chit-chat than pre-show taping of The View!
*Sorry, Kristine Hanson does have an ass. My correspondent, Dick Assman, told me via Skype.
*Speaking of asses, Gary Radnich returns to the Bay Area KNBR airwaves today--after plunking down 6 grand for a tune-up on his used black Bentley--shit, for that money you can buy a Tenderloin theatre!
*New KQED bumpersnicker: Have you hugged your manager today?
*I was mistaken --Sarah and Vinnie are not married. Kind of a common-law deal, OK, so you got me on a technicality ---meanwhile, note to Sarah: those racy tight jeans and the flashy tops has caught notice from some of the Battery St. truckers. Keep it coming, honey!
*KGO AM news yapper, Jennifer Jones-Lee, aka: The 810 giggler: Your first "It's Friiiiiiiiiday" giggle-shout 2015 style coming soon, this Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiday!
Jones-Lee and Veronica De La Cruz can duke it out duet-style: "GAAAAAME ON--IT'S FRIDAY!!!
*BREAKING NEWS! Playboy Magazine has rejected an idea proposed from Dickey Short, an intern: Girls from the KGO Radio Newsroom. Unless of course you throw in Robin Winston, solo.
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Apparently there are mandatory meetings tomorrow at KGO. Any idea what that's about?
ReplyDeleteNew operations manager? Even limp-wrist Karel must be on hand tomorrow afternoon with Langdon. Please, FIRE THEM BOTH, but especially Karel. Way overdo. Says he must leave Long Beach by 4 am to get there by noon. Tough Maybe this could be the last mandatory trip, creep. All hands on deck for this meeting. Two sessions,- one in the morning, one in afternoon. Please dump Karel.
DeleteWhy would it be noteworthy that a business organization has scheduled mandatory meetings? What world are you living in that you imagine something intriguing about a business scheduling a "mandatory meeting"?
DeleteIntroduce new acting manager and future cancer patient Jim Mahanay. The same man responsible for bringing "Crazy Renee" back to KGO.
DeleteIt just never ends.
Completely wrong, 1:28. Karel may have other reasons for having to come north (or for complaining that he has to), but staff members have a number to call to attend the meeting by phone, as always.
DeleteI'm living in a world where a radio station I grew up with, KGO, has gone through a series of dramatic changes with more rumored to be in the offing. Thus, interest in KGO's mandatory meetings. Also, I've worked in radio for 25 years and mandatory meetings have been rare at stations where I've worked, and usually significant. Thanks for asking.
DeleteI had an uncomfortable feeling yesterday that some weird dictate against news-talk might be coming from KGO Radio management, when Angie Coiro ... who is excellent discussing issues with callers ... did her entire program in mediocre interviews. I didn't hear Saturday's program, so I don't know if it happened there.
ReplyDeleteBrian Copeland opening with news talk, brought some relief. I guess we'll have to see.
Even before the "bloodbath," of '11, I tended to tune out of most "guested" hours. If it becomes an all interview format - Good Bye!
wow...commenting on the bodies of female reporters like a creep...then calling Scott Reiss a limp-dick??? Wow dude...just wow
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DeleteReading this blog entry is making me lose brain cells at an accelerated rate.
ReplyDeleteYet another new morning show at KFOG. Though with market re-treads No Name and Irish Greg. KFOG has been dead for years. I keep thinking they'll simulcast KGO on 104.5 but guess not.
ReplyDeleteWhat did I just read?
ReplyDeleteYou can say Ayers has a great body all you want Rich, she'll never hold it against you.
ReplyDeleteCount me in as a fan of Jennifer Jones-Lee. I have always liked her upbeat style and have no idea why you have a problem with her being cheerful, but to each their own.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on Jennifer Jones-Lee, 12:02. She and John Bristow are an excellent morning pair. They're always at the height of professionalism, and one could do worse than to start the day with some cheerfulness.
DeleteI know John Bristow, from former employment at KGO, but I left before Jennifer joined the staff. He is delightful, and she sounds to be, too.
I dunno, I think it's Larry Beil, hands down.
ReplyDeleteWhy listen to Savage on KSFO, unless you are in a car, when you can get the WABC app and listen to him on KABC 790 out of New York? If you are tired of KGO's boring morning show, listen to KABC's Curtis & Kuby show. They are back, and while the discussion is often about New York, they are hilarious and take on issues of a wider audience. One minute, you might be agreeing with Curtis, and the next with Kuby. I think it's brilliant radio. Not in-depth but entertaining. Cumulus did one good thing by bringing them back. They are way funnier than Savage. Far more witty. And they are not stuck on constantly promoting themselves like Savage has been doing for several years (and I've listened since he was on KGO), nor are they stuck on President Obama like Sussman. I even downloaded the WABC app 'cause I like 'em so much. Oh, and Savage's "Unprotected Talk"® is RIDICULOUS. Savage thinks it is brilliant, going so far as to trademark it, but already, he's gone back to basic screening of calls, as he noted last week. I love Savage's stories, some of his commentary, but his obsession with Obama is a bit old, although no where near Sussman's idiocy.
ReplyDeleteCurtis and Kuby are better than Savage if you're a local NYer. I used to listen to them years ago. They never got great ratings.
DeleteWoops. I put KABC in my comment. I meant WABC out of New York.
ReplyDeleteWABC is 770 on the AM dial ... Not 790. Where did that come from ?
DeleteI've listened to Savage since he was on KGO, and then as he switched stations over the years. The fact that he thinks only liberals drive Priuses is as hilarious as Sussman's stupid claims about Priuses. I am conservative. My wife and I drive a Prius because it SAVES us money, Savage. Not all of us are rich. Our other car is a 2003 Chrysler Sebring convertible and we love it and will never get rid of it. Not even 100,000 miles on it, Savage. If you drive your muscle car by us, Savage, we'll give you a thumbs up, so stop stereotyping those who drive Priuses. Not all of us are idiots. Some of us are conservatives. Plus, why attack liberals who drive Priuses? I wish more would. I moved to Silicon Valley six years ago and I have asthma. Pollution affects asthma. The less pollution, the better.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly whine like a liberal. Were you like this before the Prius?
DeleteI agree that less pollution is better. Tell me, 12:48, where will the batteries in those hybrids go when they are unable to be recharged? The magic fairy's clean disposal site? Or a landfill?
DeleteElectric cars? Clean emissions? Where does the electricity come from? The Happy Little Elves? Or coal burning and nuclear power plants?
8:05
DeleteThey are currently being recycled, don't see that changing much in the future.
6:33: been a conservative all my life. All my media career, too, and I have years of columns and editorials to back it up, so criticize all you want. Call me a conservative whiner. That's fine. And, I never said I favor electric cars, 8:05. That's what you get for being stereotypical. Just like 6:33. Electric cars wreak havoc in my neighborhood by drawing too much form the lines, and PG&E has already had to install at least one new transformer. Electric cars are no more environmental friendly than a gas-powered car, and may be dirtier if it's coal that is being burned to supply the electricity. So, 6:33 and 8:05, sorry to disappoint. Even conservatives drive Priuses. And, 6:33, before I had the Prius, I had an SUV that had electrical problems. I loved it, but I was tired of American and some foreign cars that continually have problems; thus, we got the Prius. Love it. We last filled it in November. Just filled it this week. By the way, 8:05, hybrid is not electrical. Hybrid is what a Prius hybrid is. What you are referring to is a Hybrid electric. Oh, and 6:33, I can introduce you to several of President Reagan's former advisers who are friends, former Gov. I'll Be Back, and a whole host of other conservatives I am friends with after many years in media. So kiss off. If I whine, too bad. Don't read it. And, conservatives whine just as much as liberals. Ever listen to Hannity? Savage? Fox News? I just don't drink the conservative kool-aid, and realize life is really more nuanced than liberal and conservative.
DeleteI know the difference between hybrid and pure electric, 8:26 and previous. The hybrids still have batteries that need eventual replacement and I don't know that they're being recycled, or how much energy and other enviro-negative factors are involved in said recycling.
DeleteThe internal combustion engine is now quite efficient, especially in the clean diesel variants of which there are more to choose from in Europe.
You are correct about life being nuanced, you don't seem quite so when it comes to your passion for the hybrids.
Why all the creepy sexist content on this website?
ReplyDeleteEmbarrassing and childish.
The content here is indeed creepy and sexist. I often wonder why anyone would want to create a space that is hostile and insulting to half of the population?
DeleteRich is embarrassing and childish (and sexist).
DeleteHe complains we don't have journalists today like Dave McElhatton, Evan White, etc., but then he does posts about which female anchor or reporter has the biggest titties.
And we haven't even gotten yet to his over-the-top romantic fiction where he's basically George Clooney and he asks us to believe it is real.
Normally I would agree, but I cut Rich some slack because sex appeal is a huge factor in who is on air. Why not comment on it?
Delete"Commenting" on it is not the same as who has the biggest hooters in Bay Area broadcasting. That's *participating* in it.
DeleteWhen's the next pussy talk???
ReplyDeleteBest Body, Come on Rich!
ReplyDeleteStan says hands down Gary has the best body on TV
Not just Local News but on TV!!
Yeah, I haven't seen a body like Radnich since "The Blob" in '58.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Raddy- big news. KRON execs laid down the law. First,he's not within arms length of female anchors. As another topic reminded,Raddy has attempted to be chummy with every black anchor or reporter KRON has hired over the last 30 years.
ALSO- FLASH- Raddy had to have been told,not asked by execs to start a Twitter account. What he had claimed for years was for lonely losers- he joined the club!
I still say my posts had influence. Well,you know they did.
My feeling on the Twitter is he has Jason Applebaum to "produce" it. And that means he will block every snarky person who posts to Raddy. You will not read Raddy rips there.
"I still say my posts had influence. Well,you know they did."
DeleteOh of course Stan. KRON carefully monitors everyone of the posts on your unread blog and then establishes company policy accordingly.
That's interesting 829,since Radnich himself tried to explain his banishment from the newsdesk as "The sponsor wants me to stand in front of his logo".."I can still GRAB PAM MOORE'S ARM..at 11pm" (uhuh,who brings that up?)..Funny,as he tried to pass that as the truth?- I never saw that logo behind him from when he started to talk to when the segment ended.
DeleteI don't watch at 11pm...
Hey make a living Raddy..,just be honest. And be nice to co workers. Me,they like.
What's New, Pus$yCat? Whoa, whoa, whoa!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
DeleteStan, are your dreams in black and white or full color?
ReplyDeleteI don't think Radnich is the only one with an inflated ego
ReplyDeleteJumping the Shark! I've enjoyed your inside(ish) information the past 4yrs. However as of the last few months you have spent a lot of time on posts that are immature and are very sexist. I would consider giving you money if it weren't for your uncalled for posts about the hotness or lack of some female reporters & anchors. I really expecte more and once again you stoop to the level of an 8th grade boy
ReplyDeleteDon't change a thing, Rich! We now live in a button-down world, used to seeing wildness on an entertainment show, but rarely in our own lives. I'm a Tea Party conservative who likes to rock the boat every so often. It's okay to be a wee bit unpredictable. You don't have to be rich to be interesting. The power of free expression reminds us that we never really know anyone cover to cover except ourselves, and some folks won't even allow that happen naturally. They don't want to know who and what they really are inside. It's much smoother, much easier to play a part and read your lines as per role with no improvising ever to be permitted.
ReplyDeleteFor many, the scariest fact is knowing that we may change over time. It's okay.
This feeling is captured in the 1970 song "Express Yourself" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Band.