EXPECT some major voices on KCBS to be goners by the end of the month as the Entercom takeover nears; already a prominent traffic anchor is looking around in case the axe falls soon. That person is not alone.*Imagine the unthinkable The US and North Korea go to war setting off a turbulent time in the country and mass unease...and simultaneously, Chip Franklin opens his show on KGO asking men and women: "What's the best pick-up line?"
*KGO is really irrelevant these days but just out of habit some people listen, myself included. We're jaded, of course, because we all miss the golden days when a really special radio station was the go-to place when major news broke out...say, for example, 9-11; we'd immediately tune to 810 AM to commiserate, vent, rage, scream, opine, whatever...now we're resigned to insipidity at its best with mind-numbing fools masquerading as talk-show hosts who wouldn't know how to run a real newsy show if their life depended on it.
The 12-Noon guy, Ethan Bearman, is the worst with all the news acumen of a hyena. Bearman is following the KGO/Cumulus handbook: "get the demos; get the millennials; stay on "people" topics"!--sure, just as the world burns.
*The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (BASHOF) for some reason called off Mark Ibanez as its MC and replaced him with Gary Radnich: groans in the audience last night at the dinner. Gees, I wonder why.
*Radnich is a super-class phony with ultra paranoia up his sleeve. His salary was slashed by more than 60% at KRON and he's probably now just circling the bases searching for another outlet to help him pay for his mass overhead.
*Behind the friendly face and spirited look...a guy that is getting more boorish by the day: Greg Papa. He was kicked in the ass by Comcast and lost his Giants Post-Game gig; he still does the Warriors but that might be reviewed by seasons end.
Papa has an arrogance and jerk meter that rivals his bosses; he's also supremely disliked by the majority people in the newsroom at Comcast headquarters on 3rd street.
*Reggie Aqui at ABC7: the epitome of asininity. A jerk with the Disney look who was hired by the jerk who hired his own wife and pissed off the majority of the newsroom.
*I haven't watched the extra half-hour of news on KTVU but since you asked: just extra summations from the 10 and a way to stick it to PIX and KGO. Plus, Fox loves extra money and KTVU is its cash cow in the Bay Area.
*For the 100th time, I still don't get the fascination with Heather Holmes; a complete lightweight and overrated teleprompter reader. Oh, you mean that too? Yeah, sure, straight out of Fresno where she'd be lucky to do traffic reports. Gimme a break!
*Another overrated PC gem: KCBS' Holly Quan. Lightweight galore. I wonder why they hired her. Oh, but of course.
*CBS big suit, Doug Harvill: you know, Doug, that bullshit memo about Swanson? You fooled everyone but me.
*KCBS has more KGO people than KGO did. Hell, why don't you just move the studios to the backroom of Grumpy's.
*Jon Bristow wants to anchor at KCBS from 5-9 AM...and also Noon to 3...and also 3-7 PM...and from 7-10 PM...and all night and all weekend morning, noon, and night.
Some people work to live...Bristow lives to work.
*Not that you cared, but Dave Padilla took a buyout offer from KCBS ... so "RISE and SHINE!" is retiring now. God bless us all.
*The asshole radio sports guy who had the chutzpah to write some bullshit on the KCBS' guy's Facebook page he replaced was hired by a guy who never met him; never knew him; never even listened to him. (Psst, Thanks Jack!)
*Torture: my back pain and "The Happy Hour."
*BREAKING NEWS! You too can become a KPIX anchor ...just move to Hawaii.
*Ben Fong Torres: About time for another Bay Area Radio HOF story.
*THIS JUST IN: Roberta Gonzales doing her 47,00th Miss Mary Ann act to Stan Bunger on Tuesday morning. ..Excuse me dear, just give us the damn weather and save the Anaheim act for TV. Holy Shit!
*Duane Kuiper, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller, Mike Krukow...all are on assignment tonight so be sure to catch Baldy McFuckface on his first Giants' telecast!
*"On assignment": Oy vey.
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Speaking of Reggie Aqui, I understand why Castro District and SF viewers will accept him as an anchor after reading his amazing profile. I did not know he is not a big fan among staffs inside the newsroom. Maybe, people still give credit to Eric and Kristen.
ReplyDeleteThat North Korea situation is sobering. And disturbing.
ReplyDeleterelax. Dennis Rodman is on his way.
DeleteIt was ignored for decades, 2 Democrat presidents and 1 Republican president. Everyone kicked the can down the road and now they're close to nukes. Something has to be done with Hawaii and California in their crosshairs.
DeleteNOrth Korea has had nukes for a decade. What they don't have is an ICBM capable of delivering one to California or Hawaii. The idea that other presidents "ignored " the issue is without merit. The options of "doing something" include nuke threats to our ally, South Korea" and our ally "Japan". Perhaps Mr. Trump will send his two manly, elephant killing sons to lead the charge into oblivion.
Delete2:39,
DeleteWhew, I forgot about The Worm. I feel more secure already!
Californians or Hawaiians (or any state) need not worry about any NorKo missiles. Assuming one successfully makes it off the launch pad (a MAJOR accomplishment, given what we've seen from NorKo's recent test launches) our subs/ships/land-based anti- missile defense systems would shoot down any NorKo missile somewhere between NorKo and Hawaii.
DeleteThe REAL concern would be for our strong allies in Asia: South Korea (which is only about 20-miles from the border/DMZ)...Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Australia. I doubt these countries have the technology and means to shoot down an incoming missile. And even if they did, they probably wouldn't have enough time to react.
If we, however, detect missiles heading to these countries, would we have the authority to shoot one down--shoot down a missile not heading our way???
Sorry to hear that Radnich disgraced the BASHOF event with his presence.
ReplyDeleteMan, the shit is packed with good stuff today. Good job. Bruce McGowan is a blowhard. Dave Lewis is a nice guy who is doing even better now than if he were to have stayed at KCBS. Speaking of which, wonder if it's Kim Wonderfully that's in jeopardy. What's going to happen with the Pacific gag me talk with Susan Leigh Taylor??? Kimmie's husband, Kevin the Dirty Rodent, will maybe follow suit. But that could all mean that another pompous ass, Rich Walcoff, could replace him or even that wiener, Steve Bitker, in the AM. Greg Papa thinks he's better than he is. He's not. He has zero humility. He struts in the press box at Raiders games like he's the man. He's always done that, going back to his Warriors days. A big problem with announcers is they think they're the show, not what they're reporting/calling. That's a big mistake. Look at Fatnich. I'm surprised he's not on the corner Polk and Geary begging for Bentley gas money. He'll have to get his piece of shit snob car washed only once a week as opposed to every day. Tsk tsk tsk.
ReplyDeleteBefore KGO went haywire you could tune in for earthquakes, fires, crashes, politics, happenings around the bay and more. You knew the hosts like they were family even if you didn't agree with them. Hell you even got to know some of the callers, some good some not so good. Good old KGO NEWSTALK 810.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right about KGO. When I was awakened by the Napa Earthquake two--or was it almost three, years ago--I didn't even think about turning on KGO because I knew no one was there to report on it.
DeletePapa's a smarmy overrated shithead. So glad he isn't on the Giants broadcasts anymore . . . now the Warriors need to kick his ass to the curb where it belongs.
ReplyDeleteAlong with Shitzgerald.
DeleteDisagree, Papa is the best Pre Game/Post Game guy there is.. Most knowledgeable, insightful, easy to watch and best on air personality.
DeleteIf you look up the word strident in the dictionary,
ReplyDeleteyou will find a photo of Ethan Bearman.
The loudest mouth at KGO.
Say what you want about Reggie Aqui, but "Donnie & Marie" as Rich refers to them, along with the rest of the morning KGO news team, make up the best of the morning news programs.
ReplyDeleteFollowed by channels 4, 2, and 5.
Hard to really get any hard news on any of the stations, but if one is need of traffic and/or weather reports, they all do a decent job.
I just started reading you. Geez, don't you like anyone?
ReplyDeleteRadnich ripped the BASHOF many times over the years as he has something better to do with his time and he always wanted people to know his awards are in boxes.
ReplyDeleteThat was then. Now? He feels his mortality catching up to him. Uhuh- better put out some good vibes if he wants people at the funeral. Or,his casket goes on a hand truck 'cause ain't enough people to carry it.
Have a nice day!
Get rid of Sports on KCBS.
ReplyDeleteAnd on TV: Sports, sitcoms, those 'action' shows, daytime lady's shows, Liz Cook and other forms of brainrot.
ReplyDeleteVisit your local library, you'll feel better about yourself.
If I announced for the Giants I'd hide too. At least the A's announcers show up. Geesh.
ReplyDeleteWell, what IS the best pickup line?
ReplyDeleteBoth KHON-2 and KITV-4 in Hawaii have solid news products right up there with KTVU.
ReplyDelete'Cept for one little thing...
The women are much hotter.
Any idea what happened to NBC Bay Area's Elyce Kirchner? She just vanished a month or so ago.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem with KCBS is they're clueless and have people working out of position. For example, they have Bruce McGowan and Matt Kolsky doing sports, and Henry Wofford doing traffic. That's unbelievable. If I were Henry I'd walk into the boss' office and say you have to be kidding me.
ReplyDeleteI am moving to South Orange County, and I can't wait to see the women in news, weather and traffic on TV in that market!
ReplyDeleteOrange County CA, NY, or FLA?
DeleteI agree with the above statement. Why in the hell do they have Henry doing traffic? He would be their best sports guy by far. I'm still trying to figure out why CSN let Henry go and kept a few people who are very difficult to watch on air.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to Ron Cervi, the Sky One traffic reporter for KCBS? I haven't heard him in the 9:00 hour for about a month. Also, what's this "Insta-View" in their traffic reports?
ReplyDeleteLarry Baer to Kupe and Kuipe "Gary Radnich said we would only get 8,000 for a Giants game in a new stadium. We just had our 500th consecutive (something like that)sell out." Neither K or K had a single good word for Radnich live on TV.
ReplyDeleteThe legend of his goes on....