Nobody Cares About KTVU Anymore Especially Its People; Janelle Wang NBC Bay Area Lightweight Yenta; De La Cruz Meh; Tim Ryan Gets in Greg Papa's Face on KNBR; About Time; Friday Mix

*Janelle Wang, really? Quit trying to pretend that you are worthy. You're there at NBC Bay Area because they needed someone for demo purposes. You have all the interest and authority of a Sunnyvale 7-11. I used to think, Janelle, that you had real talent and gusto, but the truth is, you have neither, you're a walking annoyance.  And more vanilla than week-old wonder bread. By the way, Jessica still thinks you're a yenta. 

YEARS AGO, it was almost an honor to watch the news on KTVU, any news, any time period. Any place. You cared. I did. It was refreshing to watch a Dennis Richmond, an Elaine Corral, a Barbara Simpson, a Claud Mann, Gary Park. I could go on.

Why?

Because they CARED! 

There was a universal passion and determination to not only get the information out but to do so in the utmost professional manner. To show vigor and professionalism and make sure you were on board. It was that passion that made KTVU the envy of the industry. 

TODAY? What a travesty. A certified joke. An abundance of low-talent misfits with a pulse meter slightly more relevant than the toilet bowl of a Castro Valley strip mall. How sad and pathetic to watch the 10 O'clock News every night and see a BORING pack of benign misfits who look BORED and uninteresting. Wake me up when there's something and someone to care for and worry. 

*Yeah, I know Veronica De La Cruz isn't passion central. And yes, she's hardly the talk of the town. When I said she moves the needle, I was referring to local traction. She has no pulse nationally and she hardly has the Bay Area bear, I get it. Again, the little care she has here is just worthy enough that she merits attention. But more than that? Hardly a pulse. On life support. And here's the most telling thing: No one at PIX seems to give a damn about her status. They all just shake their head and seem to shrug her status. As a veteran staffer told me a few weeks ago, it's a been there/done that attitude. Truly, they really DON'T CARE anymore about VDLC. Sad and true.

*Tim Ryan, the 49ers' brash and talented radio color analyst on KNBR, got in the face of Greg Papa, on their air on Thursday no less; Ryan told Papa he was projecting a "negative persona"; it was refreshing to hear someone call out Papa, a massively insecure, albeit talented broadcaster who has the ego the size of Texas.

Papa can be a cool guy and warming personality. His PBP technique and ability to broadcast a game is second to none. Love his work (although I'm still not crazy on "TOUCHDOWNNNNN San FRAN-Cisco".)

But Papa can be mean and small-minded. An asshole, to be blunt.  He also thinks he's God and he really isn't. And many times, I've heard unflattering stories about how bad Papa can treat some younger underlings at both KNBR and The Game. Therefore, I'm delighted he was called out by Tim Ryan. About time.

*Nikki Medoro: the countdown clock is on and it's not positive.

*All the FM music stations in this market sound the same which is why I can't write about FM here, I wish there were exceptions.

*Bloomberg 960 AM is sort of a radio version of CSPAN10. 

*Trump made Savannah Guthrie look good and boy is that hard to do. Sort of.