Wattenburg, in an e-mail to me, referred to Karel as a "nasty mouth."
He wasn't through.
"He immediately back stabbed the very hosts who befriended him and kept him on the air for years. It is never a good idea to get angry or wish a former employer bad luck. Just get even in a fair and competitive way if you want to stay in the business. I know how to do that. My main concern is for the remaining KGO support staff who helped build and sustain the station for many years."
Wattenburg, like his other ex-colleagues, remains confident about the future.
"I have heard from hundreds of former KGO listeners all over the west coast and many stations. They know what is available that can be picked up as an instant talk radio audience with the former KGO Radio hosts who spent years building up the audience that KGO enjoyed. I heard from a very interesting one Monday. KSCO AM1080 in Santa Cruz. It targets the Monterrey Peninsula -- but its signal just happens to cover the most profitable 60% of the Bay Area market. Their signal reaches the whole south bay, San Jose, Fremont, and Silicon Valley (a region with 1.6 million, according to the FCC). But they apparently have not exploited the enormous south bay audience."
*Speaking of Karel, his scheduled seminar, tonight, with KGO advertiser and financial guru, Pat Vatucci has been cancelled. Furthermore, Vatucci is considering pulling his ads from KGO, (like many others have).
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