Mystery KTVU/FOX Meeting Unraveled; The Firm's Internal Affairs Lets 'Em Have It; Tolbert Contacted by Warriors For Radio Commentary But KNBR Gig Gets In Way; Radnich Was Humiliated By BS 'Retirement' Spin; Hey, Meet Livermore's Ripped Dennis Fanucchi Who Doesn't Look 75; 415 Media Shout Outs To Juliette Goodrich and Dan Ashley; And Bay Media on Gilroy Garlic Festival Mass Shooting

THOSE MYSTERIOUS MEN VISITING KTVU?; Only I Reported It; were sent from Corporate FOX NY and they let the local O and O have it --this way and that and I'm not talking about spaghetti recipes. 

Put it this way: the union is seriously worried. And when "The Firm" doesn't mess around, they really don't mess around. 

*I ALSO learned that had Jim Barnett have no interest in being the new color guy on Warriors' radio broadcasts, the likely candidate would be Tom Tolbert. How do I know? Because the Warriors made contact with Tolbert but Tolbert has a gig on KNBR and I assume he's busy.

Radnich (l) with wife, Alecia

*THE WHOLE BS GARY RADNICH SPIN that he (Radnich) "Retired" was not only fake news but Radnich himself, I'm learning and know all too well, was humiliated in the entire process. A source close to Radnich who couldn't speak on the record confirmed to me that Radnich went along with the charade because had he not cooperated his severance and good-bye check would have been in limbo. In Gary's case, taking care of the family trumped his major hostility toward Cumulus and KNBR. 

It'll all come out sooner or later.

*I DETEST LIES. I DETEST that KNBR puts out BS that Radnich decided to suddenly "retire" out of the blue when common sense indicates it's the farthest from the truth and how the local mainstream bought this whole deal, hook, line and sinker.

Except those of you here who read 415 MEDIA.

Dennis Fanucchi

*YOU PRPBABLY never met a guy named Dennis Fanucchi; if you have, you've met Superman lives in Livermore. Fanucchi is a character. I know firsthand because I ventured out to Livermore the other day and got to talk to the fitness king and bowling alley owner magnate. At 74 (but looks like 60) Fanucchi is ripped and lean but not mean. He's straight out of central casting and even sounds the part. In a true sporting media light, the guy is BIGGER and BADDER than anyone I've met in recent times and has stories you won't believe  to boot. As I mentioned, he's a character --a funny, compelling, seriously endearing man with impeccable pedigree as I witnessed on scene at his condo in Livermore. Stay Tuned for quite a bit of relentless Fanucchi minutia but riveting all across the dial. Jack Lalanne would be proud.

Juliette Goodrich

*I NEGLECTED to mention the outstanding work by KPIX's Juliette Goodrich (pinpoint reporting) and KGO's Dan Ashley (riveting anchor action) on the Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting. Goodrich, who should be the prime anchor on 'PIX's weeknight newscast displayed tactically supreme reporting and asked tough questions in an ad-lib mode when nobody else would even try or dare ask in initial early time when the shooting barely stopped. Ashley came into the KGO studios Sunday night and was as tenacious as ever. Kudos to Circle7 for its decision to call in Ashley --other stations chose to stick with their usual weekend people --except KTVU which, astonishingly stayed with FOX programming.

*I'M USUALLY HARD ON YOU BAY AREA TV/RADIO ANCHORS/REPORTERS, yes I am but I also have to be consistent too so when, generally, working a difficult story (both specifically and logistically too) when credit is deserved, then it should be noted.

YOU ALL did a very good job under trying circumstances. The crime scene itself was tough. The people running for their life and not knowing how dangerous it was. You could see the terror on people's faces. It must have been pure hell and immense fear. Nobody knew for sure if the shooter had been taken down.

ANYWAY, you reporters on scene were sensitive to victims' plight. You didn't ask stupid questions (for the most part) and you stayed on subject and reported accurately (also, for the most part) Furthermore, at the various hospitals and trauma centers, you asked decent and not insensitive questions and kept in mind these people's obvious, perilous mental state.

Dan Ashley

Congrats from 415 MEDIA and continued prayers to the victims and their family and those still in the hospital recovering.