Juliette Goodrich Can Save KPIX; Allen Martin Too; Internal Circle7 Rancor at "Building a Better Bay Area" BS; Ashley-Daetz Factoid; KGO-KNBR Don't Take Calls is Idiotic; NBC Bay Area Rank and File Aren't Impressed By Raj Mathai Looks; Alex Bennett's Goofy/Funny Internet Show; Institutional Goo at KCBS/Audacy; Alisa Clancy Latest Embarrassment; Rosemary Orozco is Unhappy at KTVU; Thursday Rundown

NEW PIX GM, Scott Warren, doesn't have to spend a whole lot of money to shake things up. In fact, he has one thing he (CBS-SF) already owns and it's right in his own back yard.

He can team Juliette Goodrich and Allen Martin together. Martin would benefit because he'd have a fresh look and become instantaneously humanized. That's right, his eternal scowl can be softened by Goodrich, who makes even Brian Hackney look good.

Goodrich, who is wasted on the weekend by PIX's horiffic internal programming, is a valuable tool. She provides instant energy and she's not only smart and posseses news savvy, she's got a great look and is magical on the air. Why she continues to be under-utilized Saturday and Sunday is beyond me. Well, I think I know why.

Goodrich is more than happy anchoring weekends; she hates the primetime limelight and prefers less-stresed Sat/Sun. She also cares for her elderly mother and has teenage kids to attend to. That's cool, a mother engaged with family and priorities but she's also a team player.

Goodrich saves (and by extension, Warren) a whole lot of drama. Her presence would give KPIX a whole new (needed) look. Plus, she's a Bay Area anchor to boot and she knows the region. Warren doesn't have a whole lot of money to play with because anchors aren't paid what they used to make, but Goodrich would be open to getting fair compensation. It's right there for the taking and it would provide KPIX a much-needed jolt and boy can they use that right now.

*The majority of staff at KGO -Circle7, themselves aren't happy with the Disney-inspired "Building a Better Bay Area." But they can't do anything about it because it's a Disney-wide campaign that is employed by all ABC O an O's (one of them, KGO).

The campaign, as BS as it is, is Disney's way of saying they're in for progressive, community-oriented, ways and means. A professional news operation is not supposed to be involved in this type of rubbish but Disney has made it all paramount to its news-gathering set-up. KGO staff, for now, is part of the clown, eh, mouse show.

The Goodrich-Martin pairing is a similar concept KGO utilized after they lost Carolyn Johnson to KNBC.

Dan Ashley, as steady and effective he is/was, was dealt a blow by losing Johnson as a co-pilot. By bringing in Ama Daetz, ABC effectively took care of two things. They allowed Daetz to make her presence on weeknights and that helped her but in addition, aided Ashley and cushioned the loss of Johnson. The Ashley-Daetz combo is the Bay Area's TOP anchor duo.

*KNBR and KGO radio continue their inept matter of not taking phone calls from listeners and relying on texts, as if to believe this tech nuance is vital for survival but instead, it's a death move by both, more so KNBR. The heart and soul of sports-talk radio is caller-driven back and forth. KNBR foolishly doesn't understand that caveat. Successful sports radio stations use the callers to amp up the drama and it makes for great radio. You don't have to have great callers; in fact, lousy, loopy, dumb callers made the late, great Pete Franklin's day; he'd lampoon them and made a bit out of it all. KNBR's hosts are oblivious to this and instead think there own guys are smarter than callers. They're not.

*KGO is dumping callers. Which is ridiculous because news-talk is a two-way deal--caller and host. KGO is asleep at the wheel. What else is new.

*NBC Bay Area anchor, Raj Mathai, has a new problem: his co-workers in San Jose are not impressed by Raj's lightweight props. When the ratings were good, Mathai was given a pass but now that NBC's numbers have taken a dramatic hit, Raj is at the center of the storm.

He's been sighted at various South Bay locales takingpictures with much younger women not his wife and that hasn't exactly warmed to San Jose NBC folks. Stay tuned.

*IF YOU WANT a quick laugh, even unintentionally, take a look at former Bay Area FM shock jock, Alex Bennett's Internet show.

Bennett sounds the same--almost like his original "Live 105" and "Quake" days when he entertained Bay Area audiences with his rash brand of humor and interaction with local and national comics.

Bennett is much older now and it shows but he's still funny sometimes and an asshole (still) other times. His "citizen panel" schtick on "GabNet" can be a good listen but it also borders on downright LOUSY.

*KCBS has institutional anarchy and its current Audacy-owned incompetent managing style has veteran staffers leaving left and right. Which at KCBS has led to technical hell, massive reporter/anchor freefall and early retirement. You've heard the product, it's a collective dire straits and it's not by accident.

KCBS is in TROUBLE. Don't let a few ratings-upside fool you. There's a lot of rancor at the all-news monopoly and it's getting worse every day.

*Add KCBS: the idea that Alisa Clancy, the overnight anchor who has the WORST, most nauseating tonsil on Bay Area airwaves, is allowed to broadcast is a JOKE and a crime too.

Clancy's giggle-riddled voice inflections are embarrassing and LUDICROUS-sounding even by banal KCBS standards.

My God, what a total abomination.

*Rosemary Orozco, the fashion designer masquerasing as second-tier weather guesser on KTVU, is quietly sending out resumes to other Bay Area TV News stations. She's finally disgusted with KTVU's continued SNUB of her services. Orozco has been passed up multiple times and she thinks (maybe) she's beyond the lack of respect (in her mind.)

I would take Orozco over the obnoxious Roberta Gonzales any day but that's me.