The Sunday 415 Media Happy Hour: This, That and the Other; Red Dresses; Cooking Show Infomercials; Dan Ashley Consistency on KGO; Frank Somerville Mini-Clarification; KTVU in Full 'Foxification'; Randy Hahn Bonanza; Neda Iranpour Voice Officiallly Irritating; The 1-800 'No Cuffs' Guy Makes Me Laugh; KFOG: Even if the Station Sucks, Call Letter Value; Mick LaSalle Go-To Sunday Read in Chron; The Clint Eastwood/KGO Story Too Good To Be True; Bottoms Up

THE BLOODY MARY: Our TV weather yentas have found the color red their nirvana. In fact, patterned red and black have become regular fashion faire. Now if they could only get the forecast right.

*GIN&Tonic: Speaking of weather, (and you all know how I feel about that) is it my imagination or do KTVU and KRON do about ten or so weather updates every hour? It's especially evident on the weekend too which might be a reason why everyone under the sun is tuning out.

*Kettle One rocks, splash of soda with a twist: The other day when the shit hit the fan at 'PIX (DR out) a wake of sorts took place around the corner at Old Ship; once again, the putz who likes to yell and scream and thinks highly of himself was at the center of the bar drinking long and tipping short.

*Kendell Jackson Cabernet, 2015, one glass: In this current world of chaos, I find cooking shows on TV a refuge. Especially the guy with the red hair and shiksa sidekick who loves to use 'THE AMAZING PRESSURE COOKER!' I don't know if the fried chicken tastes as good as it looks on TV but I'd love to give it a try.

*Shot of Jack: I've been speaking negatively about the stale Bay Area TV News scene and I come upon a frequent word: tame. Nothing stands out; there is no creative force; no spark; no energy. Everyone does the same thing over and over. Consistent dreck and no end in sight. Except the 5000 weather updates. Clever. What ingenuity.

Randy Hahn

*Sparkling Zinfandel: a breath of fresh air and candor and spark en fuego; the broadcaster who made me a hockey fan with his superb pipes and vocal esteem: Sharks pbp announcer, Randy Hahn.

*To prepare, to execute, to show consistency and treat every newscast as if it's page one content: this is why I like KGO's Dan Ashley.

*I never said Frank Somerville's technique on the air was lousy; quite the contrary. Somerville is quite the savvy anchor just maybe he's too good.

See, I'm just too damn critical.

Dan Ashley

*Yeah, KTVU is my chosen scorn because I can't stand what they've done to the gold standard of stations. The Foxification is in full gear and the product has been cheapened and marginalized to the max. Anchors giggle; talk gibberish for the sake of just phony talk and sweet-nothing banter. Like a carnival show. It's getting more and more difficult to watch. And the mantra from the masses: "Ve just following orders," prevails. Yeah, you have to feed the family.

Neda Iranpour

*Neda Iranpour update: the morning weather guesser/giggler on PIX/KCBS Radio: your voice is really beginning to irritate the heck out of me. It's either too many cigarettes or not enough coffee. Maybe time to work on that especially now since the uptight EP chickee took a hike.

*I found an original: The 1-800-No Cuffs guy makes me laugh out loud every time I hear him and that's hard, trust me.

If you're into that kind of thing.

*The reason why Cumulus has rebuffed suggestions that it turn vagabond KFOG into a KNBR-FM has to do with call letters. They are valuable and hold lots of leverage. It's why the dead guy on KFRC is still talking and Family Radio still owns the frequency because call letters and vintage dial position creates moolah even if the price is too high.

Mick LaSalle

*Mickey Luckoff, yes, the old KGO/ABC pioneer bought some old, small-market radio stations but doesn't have the juice to pull off a new-KGO deal simply because Father Time has taken its toll.

*The very best Sunday read in the Chronicle: film critic and writer, Mick LaSalle, who is my go-to read first thing and I'm not much into movies so that's a telling stat. LaSalle is lucid and splendid over a Peets coffee and bagel. Pass the cream cheese while you're at it.

*Authenticity is a unique entity because it shows firsthand how an artist, be it, he/she stands out in a vast media oasis. That can be in a bad way too, case in point, the shockingly awful "celebrity" chef on vagabond KGO Radio Death Valley Weekend 6 PM, Ryan Scott, a blustery fool of extreme crass and bloated minutiae. The human vomit machine with fake callers to boot.

Clint Eastwood

*The story that continues to make the rounds but is too good to be true: Clint Eastwood, still fairly lucid as he approaches sunset; the Oakland Tech alum still walking the streets of Carmel and living large off Pebble Beach Golf Course ownership assets, is a big buddy of former KGO host/scientist, Dr. Bill Wattenberg --so the story goes, Eastwood was considering buying a frequency in the Bay Area (think 610 AM) and creating a 2018 KGO like the old KGO. Could it happen? Yes. Will it happen? No, because it's too good to be true.