IN ALL MY RIPPING OVER THE YEARS of Gary Radnich --and rip I did, I always thought he was a great interviewer, more so on radio and once and a while on TV too.Years ago Radnich did a terrific one-on-one with Jim Brown and was just as entertaining with Larry King. It was a refreshing detour from the usual banal, vanilla back and forth that you hear and watch so often.
Radnich is free these days and has an avenue to quickly get back into the forum for which he could once again become effective and make use of his interview technique and I'll be first to watch and compliment and critique but it's a no-brainer here:
Radnich always loved the Charlie Rose PBS interview show; the singular dark background; the simple desk and microphone with usually hard-to-get guests who were comfortable with Rose's style and educated questions. It was a show worth staying up late and watching Rose and say, Richard Gere or Steven Spielberg pontificate. Appointment TV at its finest. And yes, before the Charlie Rose sexual harassment scandal.
It's not crazy to think Radnich would be spectacular in a local format and KQED, which could use some decent LOCAL programming, (for a change) could have a show a la Rose with Radnich as host doing one-on-ones with sports guests of course, but news and entertainment subjects too. It makes too much sense to happen which means it probably won't but it's worth a shot now that's it's been mentioned here.
I have dissed Radnich many a time because I thought he became lazy and took off the last ten years and got way too schmoozy; it was OK and average but sometimes embarrassing too. This is not the way, I'm sure, he wanted to exit his professional life.
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Like I said, this makes too much sense.
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ReplyDeleteRICH LIEBERMAN 415 MEDIA
TV, Radio, Internet...dishing dirt since 2001
Keep up the great work Rich.
yes idea kqued needs money to pay chairman and perks, no money for local news but once a week? so idea will not happen
ReplyDeletetoo vulgar... and Charlie Rose was a twisted assaulter of those less powerful
ReplyDelete"too vulgar",, agree.. Charlie was a brilliant interviewer which had nothing to do with his personal behavior..
DeleteIt has to do with his psyche and with his intent and with what he found interesting and what he didn't. All of it is relevant. To say that his interviewing skills had "nothing to do with his personal behavior" just tells me that you've never had your pussy grabbed.
DeleteInterview question no. 2, what do you think of Rush Limbaugh?
ReplyDeleteInterview over. Next.
It *does* make too much sense and the powers that be at KQED are, as you know, about as intelligent as snails. Don't expect it to happen, but we'll be getting chipper Leslie Sbraco talking about overpriced eating spots till the end of time.
ReplyDeleteSorry, he's not that dynamic to pull a Charlie Rose type show.
ReplyDeleteGary Radnich would be a great talk show host. I remember seeing him do an interview years ago with Mayor Art Agnos and it was the best interview I ever heard with him. I don't care about sports but Gary is one of the best interviewers in the business. KQED would be wise to give him a Charlie Rose-type show.
ReplyDeleteYou mean to tell me Radnich has a new job now? So that means, I'll have to wade through all your fan-zine articles about him. I thought we were DONE-DONE-DONE with Rad! To quote my favorite president (Trump,of course!) "I'm F*cked!!"
ReplyDeleteKQED would be wise to remember that they once signed a KRON icon and it worked very well. Unfortunately, after Belva Davis retired from Channel 9, it has been downhill for KQED management since. As much as we have razzed the Bentley, one thing we can give Radnich credit for is that there were a few Bay Broadcasting icons he did/does respect, even if the feelings were rarely mutual. Davis, Evan White, and the late Pete Wilson were KRON alums that the Bentley rarely spoke too nasty about on the air (don't know about off air). Wouldn't surprise me if KQED not only is clueless enough to forget the idea, but may also be aware of the Bentley's dirty laundry (and I mean his meanness toward lots of ex-colleagues, not him or us playing the classic Don Henley song blasting the tabloids).
ReplyDeleteBelva was primarily a KPIX aum, the first African American woman in California television and on an iconic station.
DeleteWhat has Evan White been up to in retirement? Seems too intellectually curious to not be involved in the community or enterprise post journalism. Curious - he's a great, and liked how Gary fawned respect at least on air to various in house and competing media personalities.
DeleteSounds like it would be a bore, his schnick is old like him.
ReplyDeleteBubbe, it's "Shtick" not.....Schnick!!!!
Deletelol
DeleteAgree with 9:02pm
ReplyDeleteRadnich would be excellent
Everybody cares.....Do it Gary.
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