Mark Thompson is now certifiably unbearable on KGO Radio; unlistenable too which only makes matters worse, an acute egomaniac who loves to hear the sound of his voice rumbling and mumbling about nothing most of the time and when he does say something useful, which is rare, he's still a bore.
Thompson has repeatedly failed. But even worse, carries a HUGE chip on his shoulder and is utter arrogant too to boot. I say, Mark, why are you arrogant? You have no right to be arrogant. Your show is a total failure. You don't talk to the people, you SHOUT to the people. I have no idea how you got the gig. You ask your fellow EGOMANIAC, Ronn Owens, "what am I doing wrong?" See Mark, if you have to ask Mr. Lowenstein, you have a problem. Ronn's ship set sail long ago which is why we have a "Ronn Owens Report", which pays for free cruises and hotel rooms. There's no there, there, sorta like your show.
Mark Thompson |
And then it's worse. When the few times you make it up to the Bay Area and actually do the show live in SF and not some remote studio in the San Fernando Valley, I hear you're a complete asshole. Wait, I also heard and know that Ronn famously did his best "Blon Blowens" act to advocate your hiring. In that respect, maybe Lowenstein will take you to get a free manicure.
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I really wanted to like your show. We need good radio in the morning when drinking shitty 7-11 coffee but truly, Mark, your show really sucks. You need to adapt; to tweak it real soon. And quit hanging with Owens who was last relevant when Bill Clinton was president.
Moreover, quit your shtick on radio. Be human. Be REAL. This isn't LA Nickelodeon. Your personality has begun to resemble Wink Martindale on steroids. It's not becoming and it sounds like shit. TALK to people Mar, or is just no one calls or there's just not enough subjects on the Drudge Report to rip off and steal. I see.
Chip and his sidekick Rosie Perez are far far worse.
ReplyDeleteLove Nikki and that voice. Great radio voice!
DeleteAlways thought it was a conflict of interest having a talk show host/co-host like Nikki Medoro who pontificates and editorializes in the show, but then also does the news "reporting." What happened to ethics in media? Oh, wait...one less person to have to employ if you do this.
ReplyDeleteRonnie sounds horrible, even on his prerecorded report. Twice as bad when he weasels on-air live.
Very good point on Nikki Medoro. I instantly turn the dial.
DeleteEgomaniac, the "Chief" weather readers! "Right after the break our Chief Meteorologist, Bla Bla, will bring you the weather." "Hi folks, I'm Chief Meteorolist Bla, Bla and here is the weather. I really don't know why I am standing here, all the info you need is right behind me, but just in case you forgot, scattered darkness in the early evening hours and if it rains next week the roads will be wet."
ReplyDeleteTalk about an ego trip...Chief this Chief that, I'm not impressed. There doesn't seem to be any Chief sports people or Chief news people, just Chief weather people. To stroke their ego a little further, I suggest installing the 4 gold stars (8 in all) on both sides of their coat collars, just like the Police and Fire chief's do. How about wearing one of those hats with all the gold stuff on it, that would be very impressive!
She's not a Chief but she does it better than all the Chiefies put together...Rosemary!
The Women "Are" The News...They prove it every day!
How dare you diss Wink Martindale? I used to do some dancing on a little tv show in LA called,"CC Cinnamon Cinder-Hollywood Dance Time".. Wink Martindale was the host. He was very cool!
ReplyDeleteHey Christine, what game show was it where Wink plugged up the toilet backstage, flooding the studio?
DeleteI have never watched game shows, then or now..so I do not know.
Delete7 11 coffee is only shittty because it's overpriced!
ReplyDeleteYup REAL bad. How many times has he mentioned his neighborhood losing a few homes during the fires. PLEASE!!! Dump him!
ReplyDeleteSo glad I listen to Sirius Radio.
ReplyDeleteOne thing to say. STOP YELLING ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT NOTHING OR THINK YOU'RE BEING CLEVER. You're not. Tone it down.
ReplyDeleteTalk show hosts need to understand the reason people tune in isn't to listen to the host's opinion. Or to listen to the news guy's opinion. It's to listen to the callers' opinions. The host's primary job is to select interesting topics & moderate the conversation, challenging the callers when they are ambiguous, ignoring salient facts, or illogical. My advice for MT: More conversations w/callers, longer segments about the same topic, & fewer conversations w/the news guy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about how Mark Thompson can improve his show. I disagree with you about the hosts, yes the callers are important, and it is important for the host to present the subject in a way so people will call in. There are times where the host might just present the subject in a way so the listeners don't know what his opinion is, but usually the host states his opinion. Have you ever listened to Michael Savage, Hannity, Rush, Pat Thurston and John Rothmann, they will usually tell you where they stand, and then invite callers to weigh in. Pat and John take callers from people that disagree with them, they other hosts, not so much, Levin and Savage get very rude when callers disagree with them.
ReplyDeleteMark does have the best voice on KGO.
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