KNBR 86's 'racy' drops; KTVU/Sasaki/BANG-Peele blow-up part of Print/Electronic feud; Thursday Pulse

A listener, fed up with KNBR's occasionally "racy", (according to the listener,) sound bites threatened the station with legal action if they continued to play the controversial drops. One drop, played during the Gary Radnich show, ('stick that 'bracket up your ass!') was the major source of the unidentified listener's ire, but whoever it was, their timing couldn't have been any better. (At least from the listener's standpoint.)

KNBR, owned by Cumulus, (which is in the midst of buying Citadel Broadcasting, who owns KGO/KSFO) and any potential lawsuit, however frivolous and baseless, could potentially delay the acquisition. So, if you listen to his highness from 9-Noon and notice the lack of drop-central theatre, you now know why.

*KTVU's John Sasaki, (pictured) and Bay Area Newsgroup Investigative reporter, Thomas Peele's confrontation at the Chauncey Bailey murder trial in Oakland, (as reported by the Chron's Matier and Ross) is nothing new. There's always been friction between print and electronic reporters, the main source of irritation stemming from TV guys making a lot more money than their print brethren.

I recall many feuds between the TV/radio guys and newspaper scribblers covering sports and news for K-101 in the 90's. Making matters worse is the fact that with newspapers becoming ever more scarce, the feuds have become more frequent and will probably not go away soon.

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