TUESDAY WIRE*A Good Many Bay Area TV News stations will roll out new, different presentations come fall; specifics aren't known right now but you can expect more anchors standing and reading copy from places other than the desk--as if standing positions are something radical--they're not. In fact, KTVU and KGO do it frequently now on some of their newscasts--so does KRON. KPIX hardly ever but in September, something huge is planned. Again, I don't know but low ratings and decreased ad revenue has dictated change. Doesn't it always? Uh huh.
*Watching Ronn…
Ronn Owens continues to lobby upper management at KGO for a Monday-Friday gig; not the 8-minute vignette that he does on the station to be relevant. In fact, Owens almost daily talks to the Cumulus suits to petition a morning show built around news-talk interviews and his buddies from the East Coast which wouldn't be such a bad thing if Ronnnn was circa 1999. He isn't. But Ronn's best friend is Ethan Bearman who pollutes the airwaves and makes loud noises with his fake takes and political amateurism. Worse, Bearman pretends to do a Bay Area show while he pollutes from LA where he does his program.
*The Oakland A's are actively looking for a new flagship radio station in the Bay Area for 2019 because they'd prefer to be mentioned every now and then --currently, their FM outlet, 95.7 'The Game', talks more about the Giants and 49ers. It has nothing to do with what's more caller-driven. When the Giants were World Series genre, sure they elicit more ratings and interest. Not today. And the Raiders are a foot and a half out the door to Vegas.
*Is it mandatory that PIX has to hire the most ANNOYING, irritating, shrieking, giggling fill-in morning weather women? Like if some guy from Akron was available and just did a quick, simple report and forecast that's against the law? I can't stand the every day nauseating screeching woman on TV and KCBS because they sound like chirping cheerleaders from the valley with all the authenticity from a French restaurant in a Lodi strip mall.
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*Maybe the new GM at KGO-TV might want to get the hell out of his office and actually watch the newscasts he supposedly is in charge but is too busy playing golf and taking three-hour lunches. It's not all that odd given the fact his News Director still rules with fear and intimidation --that is, when she's not telling supreme jerk, Larry Beil, how wonderful he is.
Beil's the kind of guy who steps on ants and thinks high of himself. A 55 year-old punk.
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Beil still hasn't called Mike Shumann but talks behind his back like a first wife's club lunch in Mill Valley.
*Pam Cook: maybe it's because I know a lot about him and you know I know, right Pammo?
*Frank Somerville: quit talking to Ibanez because it could be hazardous --Mark is a male yenta.
And Mark, yo, if you choose to have sporadic lunches with Heather Holmes maybe it would be a good idea to have it off the beaten path.
Julie Haener: Bill Martin's personal snitch.
Memo that!
*Very bold of Pam to block me on Twitter as if I give a damn about your 21-day-old tweets and pictures of you and your cats. Get real, Pammo. Go outside and take a walk near the estuary and comprehend REAL LIFE and real pictures and not think you're some Andrea Mitchell of KTVU. You're actually sort of more like a washed-up Cheryl Jennings and that's saying a lot.
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*Every time you watch a KTVU anchor do a follow-up question to a reporter in the field be advised that 99% of the time, A. they just ask to ask. B. they have no idea of what they're asking. C. it would be downright terrific if they actually ad-libbed a decent question as opposed to the artificial bullshit currently en vogue...right Frank? Julie? Heather?
*Most knowledgeable person at KPIX: Paul Deanno. Wasted on weather.
*Ronnn factoid: never mentioned Wattenburg. Putz.
"Beil still hasn't called Mike Shumann but talks behind his back like a first wife's club lunch in Mill Valley."
ReplyDeleteRich, I don't know nuffin' about Beil, but that's one funny line!
I'm fairly certain that '95.7, The Game' covers the Giants more than the A's because, guess what...there's more interest in the Giants than the A's. It doesn't matter that the A's have the better team this year. The Giants have a 5X larger fan base vs. the A's, have 10X better ballpark vs. the A's and market the team (by keeping stars around) such that fans can have an emotional attachment and continuity with the team vs. something disposable that gets blown up every season. The only way this changes is if the A's make a deep run in the post-season (and the Giants don't)...not an impossible scenario, but not likely.
ReplyDeleteAs an A's fan, I'm disgusted by the lack of attention and respect given to the them by their supposed "flagship station", yesterday I listened to Papa and his idiot sidekick, almost all 49ers, at least while I was listening. I heard nothing about A's - newsflash, the A's are the most exciting, compelling story in MLB this year and these morons don't talk about them, unbelievable. I can only assume Papa is trying to get a job with the Giants or 49ers. Please A's, go to another station where you get some damn respect.
ReplyDeleteEthan Bearman..such a phony! And once you know he's not broadcasting from the bay area, and listen to his show, it's obvious he's hiding that he's not local. Truly disingenuous. Also, he just sounds dumb. Fake+stupid=Ethan Bearman.
ReplyDeleteTo quote a previous post on an earlier thread:
DeleteGlad you brought up Bearman. What a dultz!
I can listen to his show on Monday and again on Friday and it will be the same drivel. Bash Trump, Bash Trump, Bash Trump administration.
He drones on and on about nothing and on and on and on and on. You get the point.
I'm no fan of Trump to be clear but bearman is a lunatic playing a part. Acting. And most of you don't get it! What does that say about your critical thinking? Not much.
He is in LA and broadcasts from an LA studio, not the Bay Area but pretends to be a part of our community which is insulting to me. KGO insults me as well letting this fraud go on.
He is great about calling out a hypocrite yet Bearman was all right wing when subbing for Sussman on KSFO. Hypocrite? Yep. The worst kind and in his own words, "I can be whatever you need me to be."
The guy is a worm and all you fools that buy his crap are fools. Live with it.
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Doesn't anybody in KGO management even listen to Bearman? He sounds like some loonie who just wandered into the studio from a downtown SF street corner. He starts out speaking normally, then within minutes he's shouting and screaming like a psycho. Then he'll adopt a cartoonish voice to represent an opposing point of view and start debating himself. And he does this consistently during his show. How is this kook still even on the air?
Delete5:11. I was trying to describe what you posted but you did a much better job than I could have. He sounds like he is in the radio club at school. Get rid of this childish fraud.
DeleteThe last 10 minutes of Ronn at the end of his show is more interesting than his entire 2.5 hours.
When I first meet Bearmann he was telling his producer... "oh yeah, I can play it either way, whatever they want. Right wing or left." I turned around and walked back into the newsroom. No need to tell him what we were covering. He's an actor not a talk show host. All good hosts, no matter their persuasion are good because they have a core of beliefs and values they've come to believe in over time. Gene Burns, Ronn, even the nasty Savage all have a core that makes them consistent in their views. If you are just playing then anything you say will come across as hollow, because it is.
Delete10:50 AM - and the A's are FAR more exciting AND better than the Giants, drives you crazy, right?
ReplyDeleteAll of that on-field performance and excitement isn't attracting very many people to the Coliseum. The A's are second to last in attendance in the American League. And many who have attended are fans of the VISITING teams (especially when they play Boston, NYY, the Giants, and likely during the upcoming series with the Dodgers).
DeleteA's fans talk a lot of shit, but they don't show up at the ballpark to support their team.
Where are their fans? Certainly not at the ballpark. If it wasn't for Giants, the Bostons and Yankees their attendance would be 25% lower.
DeleteHey Giants fans, it seems the only thing you have over the A's is a better ballpark and attendance, I guess I don't blame you for constantly bringing this up considering the A's are a better team with about a third of the payroll. Enjoy the rest of the season, I know I will.
Delete"Why are these nitwits on T.V.?" Because the lot of them are sellout propagandist whores and have been since Walter Cronkite said Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. State run propaganda brought to by George Bush and Barack Obama, who during their terms established network tv news as entertainment vehicles and not required to report facts and can even fabricate news legally.
ReplyDeleteObama signed an EO before he headed out the door which allowed the Pentagon to legally disseminate controlled news/propaganda through these same networks.
And those aware to such like myself are a threat to the legacy media, who can no longer compete on an even playing field and have now recently resorted to shaming Big Tech into a censorship purge to keep the MSM relevant. TOO LATE! Secrets out and you teleprompting readers days are most certainly numbered.
Oswald didn't act alone? Please do tell, I'm sure we're all interested in hearing who he conspired with.
DeleteI hear the twilight zone theme playing in the background.
Delete10:50 - are you happy with the Giants blowing $200 million and nothing to show for it? I'm tired of you arrogant Giants fans acting like A's fans don't exist, believe me, there's plenty of us...while we're in the post-season, you're going to be wondering what happened, again.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be nice if John Fisher would throw a little larger portion of his 2.4 billion toward his neglected baseball "project." And it would also be nice if the "plenty of you" would get your asses in the Coliseum seats more often.
Delete12:10 - you seriously think I support an a-hole tightwad like Fisher? I'm an A's fan, not a John Fisher fan. I said on a post a week or two ago, go check out attendance comparisons b'tween the A's and Giants in the late 80's/early 90's when the Giants were still at Candlestick. It's the ballpark, not complicated.
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DeleteI had season's tickets at Candlestick, and also went to a lot of A's games, during that period. Ah, I wish I were young (with extra bucks and energy) again! I actually have a great deal of appreciation for the hardcore A's fans who have stuck out the FO "frugality," put up with media slights, and have bought tickets in spite of the stadium conditions.
I hope Fischer opens up the purse strings, and I also hope you and the A's get your/their stadium. IMO, MLB in the Bay Area is much better with the two teams and the burgeoning rivalry between said.
4:14 - well said, I think there's a lot of similarities between current (and past) A's fans and those hardcore Giants fans who went to Candlestick.
DeleteI agree, 5:35.
DeleteKGO ND Trixie "loves" those sports guys. Maybe too much? When Shu said no thanks a dozen years ago, Trixie didn't forget? How she survived is beyond belief. She must have pictures of Bob Iger with sheep! If I were the new GM, monitor the outgoing calls to Burbank. Remember, she wants your gig.
ReplyDeleteHere's something confusing-to-me/new: Haener and Somerville will now be anchoring Sunday evening. I'm wondering if this will be a 4 or 5 day work-week. Admittedly, I do view various news channels to also see specific anchors. While tuning to the various channels, somebody is bound to be off on vacation; sick; on-assignment; fired/quit; now, rescheduled.
ReplyDeletePoor 11:09. He's in a dazed and confused state over the loss of his high integrity news source, Alex Jones, from social media platforms.
ReplyDeleteGo away Ronnnn. Fade away with what little dignity you have left.
ReplyDelete"When the Giants were World Series genre, sure they elicit more ratings and interest. Not today."
ReplyDeleteNot today?? Don't be so obtuse, Rich. How many times does this simple fact need to be explained? 95.7 spends more time talking about the Giants over the A's based on the math. Average Giants attendance this year is nearly 39K while the A's average just over 18K (per ESPN). For local TV broadcasts, Giants game typically garner a 3.4 rating while the A's average a .07 share. It's so rare for the A's to break a 1.0 share that when it happens, people like Brodie Brazil tweet about it. Whether A's fans like it or not, the local sports radio guys are going to talk about what gets the bigger numbers. That's business 101. If the Sharks were selling out every game and doing big TV ratings, you'd hear wall to wall Sharks talk. Hasn't anyone noticed that the Giants get a hour long pregame and a Outsiders show while the As get only a half hour and no Outsiders show?
Now 10:59 can say "Please A's, go to another station where you get some damn respect.", but what makes you think going to another station will get the A's respect? There's only 2 sports stations and we all know the A's aren't going to KNBR. So no matter what station the A's end up on, it will likely be a situation the Sharks have now which is a half-hour game preview and a 15 minute high-light wrap up. Unfortunate as it is, the A's a probably best served remaining with 95.7, a sports station, rather than going to a music or news station.
If A's fans want equal time on 95.7, they need to have equal attendance and put up equal TV ratings. Hey, I get sick of hearing 24/7 Warriors talk, but I understand why they do it. And there's only 2 options for you as A's fans: 1. bombard the station with calls about the A's throughout the day and force them to talk Athletics or 2. stop listening to 95.7 and start trying out some podcasts. Or better yet, start your own A's podcast.
The way Ethan Bearman bashes Trump every minute I think he should be or is on CNN's payroll. CNN=COMMUNIST NEWS NETWORK.
ReplyDeleteHe only recently started bashing Trump. It's the play actor playing a part (albeit poorly) just like he played a conservative on fill ins at KSFO. That's what the suits wanted him to play. Now is the opposite and "Be controversial."
DeleteRemember when he was a new age, health nut, shaman, etc. before? Because that's what the suits wanted him be to appeal to a younger audience. He failed at that too as did KGO for putting this guy on the air.
He's a fraud all around. He has no integrity or convictions. From his views to his lying that he is in the Bay Area. He's in LA in the same studio that Dr. Drew broadcasts from. The exception is Drew doesn't try to pretend he's a Bay Area local.
Hey 2:06 (Boris): Less vodka, More psych meds.
DeleteIger has never wanted Trixie there! Rich, if Disney HQ has made it clear they want her out of Circle7-SF, then convince them to back it up, and not let contract snafus interfere with the top-rated station's desire to work hard without inappropriate scrutiny. If Trixie has committed abuse toward staff or continues to, she has no business being at 900 Front! If NY says fire her, then the SF honchos must fire her! No monetary or ratings excuses!
ReplyDelete"It has nothing to do with what's more caller-driven" wrong Rich.
ReplyDeleteA's talk is a ratings killer (yes, their ratings could be lower).
KXTV 10 in Sack-A-Tomato has their people standing reading the news. I prefer the old school news sets, like the great ones back in the 70s and 80s.
ReplyDeleteYou mean like every other network or station in the country. Try Kate Snow, Norah O'Donnell, Ginger Zee, Lara Spencer, Megan Henderson, most out of men also. Looks count too.
DeleteHi Rich. At which radio station do you think the A's will land?
ReplyDeleteRonn really is a putz. He is the only person left and he is silent. Is he afraid Cumulus will fire him for drudging up past glory? He needs to go away now.
ReplyDeleteHow come all those female reporters once hired working for one of the local TV station in the Bay Area suddenly gets pregnant working their less or within a year?? Once they got the health insurance and a stable job (after 3 months on probation), they want to become mothers without showing the passion of journalism and reporting but instead care about their personal lives more. All station should learn how to protect themselves hiring unprofessional. I am referring to 1 reporter on KTVU and 2 reporter on KGO 7.
ReplyDeleteAnchor babies.
DeleteWhat misogynistic bullshit. You assume that women can't work because they have offspring? Would you say that about a straight or gay man who had kids? Check out some law, start with pregnancy discrimination.
DeleteYou are not as mean as people think you are, just the opposite, you are quite the gentleman, your post proves it.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote, "institutional incompetency" when you could have easily said, "shit for brains."
Out with the old "half people" and in with the new "whole people," great improvement!! The standup people, the different camera angles, much better visual presentation of the News...a long awaited change, a change for the better!! These station sell the News, whole people sell it better. The women who stand out and are daring, the players on the "Extra Special" team sell it the best!!
Shit for brains...the DMV. People waiting 8 hours to get a new "modified" license. Your drivers license has a number on it, if the last number is a "even" one (2-4-6-8-0) you come in on Monday, Wednesday or Friday for your new license. If your last number is an "odd" one (1-3-5-7-9) you come to the DMV on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday. My last number is a 5.
This was a pretty nasty piece of writing.
ReplyDeleteLowenstein: Take a hike you putz. Your day has passed.
ReplyDeleteOn another subject, long-time Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen has made quite a name for himself with his pointed comments about Jerry Jones and some world events. He's not a buffoon like Fatnich. He's intelligent and he's not there to get laughs. He's there to provoke thought. Too late for Fatnich. His clown car is waiting to take him home.
5:56, That odd/even is a great idea and would help cut down the DMV wait.
ReplyDeleteThe system should have been implemented years ago, especially at DMV offices which are always busy. It was used during the oil embargo in 1973, gas was hard to find, many stations were closed. The stations which were open looked like the DMV of today, long lines. People beating each other up, people cutting in line, windows being smashed, cars ramming each other. The DMV started the odd even system...the last number on your license plate determined what day you could buy gas, it worked, gas was easier and less dangerous to buy, long lines greatly reduced.
DeleteOur lives are stressful enough, we don't need any more from the DMV. Make it happen!!
Not as great as you think, and anyone with some knowledge of math would recognize why. If you take half the population and restrict them to half the available days, and the other half to the other available days, you end up approximately back where you were. You might smooth out the day-to-day backlogs a little bit, but it will still average out to approximately where it is now until the backlog gets worked down. The *right* ways to fix the problem caused by this new class of driver's license are (a) more DMV open hours, (b) more open days, (c) more staff, (d) special pop-up offices to service this specific demand. Or you the citizen can avoid the need for this special license altogether by applying for a passport card from the US State Department (they're valid for ID at any US airport).
DeleteRich, Where is Jennifer Jones Lee and what is she doing now?
ReplyDeleteJJL is at KFI doing morning news and living in Glendora with the dogs and bears.
DeleteKGO must like Bearman, they replay his daily shows every evening. I'd also like to see KGO dump Chip and replace him with Ronnnnnn
ReplyDeletei think bearman's repeats are strictly about money..they, cummulous are losing lots of it, and its chepaer to just re run a show at night..same with that other weekend asshole ryan scott, two hours of bs, just to kill time..
DeleteAlthoug I wouldn't mind Ronn being back on the air, I don't think Chip time slot is for him. Perhaps the 1 to 3 p.m. instead of Dr. Drew. I do agree with that Chip needs to go, but there are plenty of choices for his replacement, Pat Thurston, John Rothmann, Brian Copeland. I would like either one of them to be on. Perhaps do one hour of news, and make it a 3 hour show. I like Ethan better than before, but can't say I'm a fan. He screams into the microphone, and sound somewhat hysterical at times. By the way I often see commenters saying Ethan lives in LA, I believe he lives in Santa Cruz, which at least is somewhat local.
DeleteHe DOES NOT LIVE IN SANTA CRUZ, never did. But that doesn't stop him from alluding that he does. He, for a short time, lived in Capitola when he worked at KSCO. He is in fact in LA. Please keep up.
DeleteTo qualify, I live in Santa Cruz so I know of what I speak.
DeleteYes I hear her morning weekdays on internet radio. So much superior to what is on around here.
ReplyDeleteWhat radio station would take on the A's and have the range that the A's would want to reach their fans and can spare the air time? KGO-810AM?
ReplyDeletecant see it.. i say they stay on kgmz
DeleteThat's a great photo of Haener by the way!
ReplyDeleteYes!
Delete@5:11 -- Bearman is still on the air precisely because, A) he will do whatever the suits tell him to do, whether that is be conservative, be liberal, or just be stoopid talking about yoga and yogurt or whatever. B) he works cheap from home; we don't even have to assign him an expensive SF parking space. He is everything Cumulus wants in a broadcaster. Whether or not he's good, or people like him, or he gets ratings.... all tertiary concerns at best.
ReplyDeleteThe A's would also help their cause by getting a more entertaining radio duo. Ken is a nice warm guy, if only he would not announce the score every 10 seconds. His methodical partner Vince has no personality and together, the two sound too much alike, as if stuck in an isolation booth trying to impress each other and us with tons of extraneous information. When Ray Fosse is in both, he lights up the atmosphere and is a good compliment for Ken. Over at the Giants, I have learned to like their laid-back announcers more, because they don't talk as much, and I can actually hear more of the crowds and feel like I am in a ballpark.
ReplyDeleteHow I miss Bill King and Monte More.
Sorry, Monte Moore was a homer of the worst kind.
DeleteFosse lights up the atmosphere?? Still sounds like a rookie after all these years. Sleep-inducing monotone
DeleteYup, agree with 934p...Monte Moore was a big time homer, sounding like those yahoos in the Midwest.Ken is great and Vince is good but could never compare to Bill King and Lon Simmons
Deleteat least ken mentions the score unlike miller on the other station who often goes up to five minutes with no score..and he doesnt tell you several times a year about going to giant games in 1962
DeleteKTVU is getting a brand new studio, debuting next month. They are currently on their backup studio. And as to Frank and Julie working Sundays, I have a feeling ratings indicate there are more viewers Sunday-Thursday as opposed to Friday/Saturday. Don't be surprised if KTVU picks up a 5pm weekend broadcast.... Also, they need to stop it with all their live shots using those damn cellular backpacks. I was watching the noon news today and watched Tom Vacar interview someone about the fire live with terrible audio and fuzzy bad signal video. I guess being in the Bay Area theses stations need to embrace this not so new technology, but in So-Cal almost every live shot is done with the traditional microwave live truck signal. Not sure what KTVU has against raising the mast on their 20 year live trucks! Oh, maybe its the fact that they are 20 years old!
ReplyDeleteI wish Ethan Bearman would move to the San Francisco Bay Area from SoCal. We don’t want him down here. He’s annoying and pops up all over the place. I wonder if KGO still advertises as being “Live and Local” because I can tell you Bearman is not local to San Francisco, he annoying to SoCal
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DeleteNO! Keep him down there!
...And I wish Rich would start an article dedicated to outing this fraud so we could all post our views on him and KGO for their insult to the Bay Area real people instead of perpetuating this nonsense.
He has never been a local, more a carpetbagger from the Midwest.
Rich, how about not mixing him up with a bunch of other topics in your articles?
Then we can concentrate on the Chip fraud. He does live here but is not from here. Another fraud acting like he's been here forever...
Couldn't disagree more with 12:06;Vince C. is great at what he does. Love listening to him .
ReplyDeleteRich, I don't care if the anchors sit or squat, what I'm sick and tired of is the worthless back and forth chit chat. Put a trusted and reputable anchor in front of the camera and give me the news.
ReplyDeleteWith KTVU moving newscasts to temporary set till new set is ready for debut. It'll be interesting to see whether the new main set will be anything like WAGA or WFLD or KRIV, which loom like nice sets. Hopefully Fox starts work on set makeovers at KDFW and WNYW soon.
ReplyDeleteAs for KPIX, I wouldn't be surprised to see them get the almost identical CBS O&O look that debuted on KCBS-KCAL in 2016, and debuted on KOVR, WCBS, WBBM, WFOR, and WJZ.
There are quite a few stations across the country needing set makeovers, including Tribune's WJW in Cleveland and WGNO in New Orleans, TEGNA's WKYC in Cleveland, ABC O&O's WTVD in Raleigh, and Hearst's WVTM in Birmingham, just to name a couple.
I have an idea for A’s management...maybe KYLD should become the A’s flagship station! I know some of their listeners attend the games and it would be nice if they were on Wild! 🐶
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