Sussman and Green Act Irresponsible on KSFO Morning Show; Speculation on Nia Wilson Murder Case as Possible 'Gang Hit' Shows No Respect for Victim and Family (AUDIO)

Brian Sussman and Katie Green

YOU'VE ALL BY NOW HEARD about the senseless murder of an 18 year-old woman at the MacArthur  BART station Sunday night.

Nia Wilson was stabbed to death and her sister was also attacked but survived.

A suspect was apprehended days later.

On their KSFO Morning Show on Tuesday , Brian Sussman and Katie Green act irresponsible and become home-grown detectives --as if they're experts and clearly they're not.

In the show's second hour, Sussman talks about the incident and says "there's more to this" and makes light of what he calls "gang pictures" of Ms. Wilson, the young lady who essentially bled to death.

(AUDIO) At around 14: 45 of the tape, (SECOND HOUR 6AM) you can hear both Sussman and Green insinuate that maybe Green was an intended target because of her "gang signs on social media"; this despite police saying the stabbing appeared that of a random attack by some nutjob who has a lengthy rap sheet. (I'm not using his name)

Nia Wilson

The discussion; the rambling by Sussman and Green show a total disregard for Nia Wilson and her grief-stricken family, at best. At worse, the armchair analysis insinuates that perhaps because she's seen in pictures with a cell phone case that looks like a gun, maybe she (Wilson) had it coming. That's clearly inferred in the tape. Just listen and by the way, several e-mails from readers suggest the same conclusion.

I asked a lawyer about this on-air hijinks and he said if the Wilson family listens to this that they'd have a "great" case against KSFO and Cumulus. Sussman should know better. An 18 year-old stabbing victim hasn't even been buried and he conducts this crap-fest on the radio.

The KSFO Morning Show Is The Worst Garbage on Bay Area Radio

 Want disgusting, repetitious, ghoulish and bathroom humor peppered with enough racist, misogynist and vitriolic garbage to fill SF Bay?

Welcome to the KSFO Morning Show with hatemonger Brian Sussman and cringe-inducing sidekick and alleged news/traffic anchor, Katie Green.

I'm going to be civil about this uncivil mess and it really is a mess.

To be specific, a four-hour cacophony; a wasteland; an audio cesspool littered with hate, ultra-right-wing talking points that Susspool repeats ad nausea from the Drudge Report, (more on that later). It's the same old tired song every minute, every hour, daily. Sussman could be hate-mongering, vitriol-spewed and entertaining --he's neither of the above. In fact, this program is plain terrible on its own, even some conservatives have taste and constantly e-mail me that this garbage-fest is not what they listen to. That KSFO markets this crap as "hot-talk" and the only "conservative" station in the Bay Area is like describing the Nut Tree as the Taj Mahal.

Sussman used to be merely annoying and loud. When that didn't resonate in the ratings, he and some of the other geniuses at Cumulus decided if they couldn't move the right-wing meter by coordinating GOP/We hate Obama talking points, then they'd go for the gutter and begin a morning-zoo-style buffoonery and they have achieved that status only the program is terrible. Frightening, awful, hateful, (yes, I use that word again), and perfect tools suitable for some Houston tea-party breakfast show.

Sussman and his nincompoop "producer" discovered a train-whistle. And cow moos and fart noises. How insightful, how meaningful. This is what you get by listening to the dreadful KSFO morning show; "news" updates that pretend to be "live and local" delivered by a giddy, teenage-wasteland of a woman whose voice sounds like a pimple-faced cashier from a Hayward strip mall. I'm trying to be kind. At best, it's awkward--at worst, this yenta could make your head explode.

Sussman and his band of idiots like NOISE. Lots of it. Apparently incapable of hosting radio,  Sussman likes to infect his presentation with frequent train whistles, cow moos, fart noises. In between that creative verve, Suss--manning Drudge Report, takes headlines direct from the site and puts forth his take...and then repeats the same tripe twenty minutes later...and again, and again. I'm not kidding. It goes on and on and on and is, I would guess, meant for every known moron that probably thinks that American Idol is a documentary and watches Honey Boo Boo on a regular basis.


It's not that it's bad. We've all suffered through just plain bad radio shows and moved on. It's not that it's conservative-oriented. Sussman's pedigree of going for the gutter has cost him several, notable conservative voices including George Will, Mort Zuckerman, and the like...Sussman's cesspool is a breeding ground for older, white, angry, truck drivers who wouldn't know Cap and Trade from Cap Day. It's a cornucopia of mediocre ranting and raving from 5-9 AM on Susspool's extravaganza complete with a barrage of daily, anti-Obama spit, and old at that. It's not bad because he picks on Obama--hell, even I pick on Obama and I voted for him twice. You can be unique and creative, just like the late Lee Rodgers was, and pick on Obama all you like but if that's your only game, then you become like a low-grade political Groundhog Day--there's no there there. It's not only a right-wing fetish, just ask Stephanie Miller, who did the same with George W Bush and soon after, her radio show crumbled.


Sussman, who was destined to be replaced by Cumulus last year, instead took a significant pay cut and decided to stay on the air--that's the only reason why we're subjected to his shenanigans --and Cumulus will keep people, even undignified low-rent players like Suss on the air at a cheap rate. The end result, though, is a dangerous, self-serving bozo fest with enough kitty litter to please the SPCA.


The KSFO Morning Show is, hands down, the WORST radio show on Bay Area radio.


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Yeah, Melanie Morgan And Brian Sussman Shouldn't Be Invited To Dinner Together

 This is apparently a hot-button item of late so I'll say it again even though it's sort of old news but yeah, Melanie Morgan and Brian Sussman are fire and ice.

And listening to Sussman, which I do from time to time to see if he goes off the deep end, I wonder how Morgan lasted as long with him as she did.

A long time ago I liked Brian personally before he began to wander off into the mad scientist circuit. Now it's just painful and sort of weird and I'm not even delving into politics because politics is so damn tiresome these days.

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KSFO's Brian Sussman Blames Drought on Jerry Brown

He's said worse but this one got me chuckling, seriously; oh, he went on and on too about Obama but Da Gov and da dams and Jerry bad, Obama bad, blah, blah, blah..."ok"?


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Melanie Morgan's Creative Displeasures with KSFO Morning Players Led To Departure; 415 Media Exclusive

We all know why Melanie Morgan has split from KSFO.

You read it here first.

Morgan's abrupt departure from the station has been brewing for months and eventually got to a point where the Bay Area radio/TV veteran was ready to leave. A source close to Morgan said it was a combination of both professional and personal reasons.

The source indicated to me that Morgan had no personal animosity toward traffic reporter, Katie Green; in fact, Morgan has mentored many younger female personalities in the biz. Clearly, though it was well known that Morgan felt that Green was over her head and was misplaced in her increasing role on the program.

Morgan, according to the source, was not as impressed with Brian Sussman. The Morning Show had become a "morning zoo" lately and much of its antics; the ludicrous-sounding "app of the day", the hideous "hang up on myself" bit which has turned off many listeners came directly from Sussman. Moreover, it was Sussman who began to take over the program and in essence, push Morgan out the door. Morgan was not happy and missed most of last week and began working diligently with her agent to leave the program.

Morgan clearly was unhappy with the show's direction and it was that aspect that hastened her decision to get out of dodge. The ratings seem to indicate she picked the right time.

Morgan and her reps have negotiated an "out" clause with KSFO. It remains to be seen if KSFO adds a partner for Sussman, but clearly Green's future, (and possibly Sussman too), will be evaluated given this move.

Morgan is said to be going on a long vacation and don't be surprised if she is picked up by another station in the market.

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Breaking: Melanie Morgan Leaving KSFO Morning Show; 415 Media Exclusive

MELANIE MORGAN LEAVING KSFO

Melanie Morgan is leaving KSFO and is in the midst of negotiating an "out" from her contract, according to a reliable broadcast source.

Morgan was absent from her Morning Show duties virtually all of last week and on Monday. Her absence was never mentioned by co-host, Brian Sussman nor traffic reporter, Katie Green.

A veteran broadcast source told me that Morgan was unhappy with relations between her on-air partners and was especially displeased and upset about the direction of the conservative-oriented program. Morgan, according to the source, felt out of place and "ganged up." She was especially peeved about the added on-air presence of Green, the younger traffic reporter who has been more noticeable of late; she has been doing news and features in addition to her traffic duties.

Morgan was co-host of the Lee Rodgers-Melanie Morgan Show in the mid-nineties and also served as a reporter for KGO Radio and KGO-TV. She returned to KSFO to pair with Sussman in January, 2012.

Attempts to reach Morgan were unsuccessful.

It is not known if a replacement for Morgan is in the works.

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Morgan No-Show, (Again), on KSFO Morning Show; Not Mentioned Monday; Rumors Abound

Melanie Morgan was absent Monday Morning on her KSFO show with Brian Sussman. She was absent most of last week also, (minus the holiday and Friday).

Furthermore, during Monday's broadcast, Sussman nor traffic reporter, Katie Green, never mentioned Morgan's name. (Now you know how KSFO feels about its diminishing listeners).

An insider of mine at the SF Cumulus cluster speculated that Morgan felt as if she was being ganged up on by both Sussman and Green. In addition, and given KSFO's paltry ratings, that some folks in the back office want a younger demo, therefore highlighting Green and her contribution to the show, may have been perceived by Morgan as slap in the face.

First off, although I don't agree with much of Melanie's politics, her overall broadcast style and performance is good enough to carry a show. She's not helped, (nor has she ever been since coming back nearly three years ago), by Sussman's style nor the amateur shrieks by gravel-voiced Katie Green. If KSFO thinks by inserting Green into the program with increasing participation, (in addition to traffic, news and the moronic "apps of the day") that's going to draw in a "younger" demo", they're insane. Young folks don't listen to AM Radio and especially a contrived, ultra-right wing show whose main host likes to talk about his guns. KSFO should concentrate on the White trucker crowd and those older conservative housewives that live in Pleasanton and the like.

Morgan supposedly told some of KSFO's sales staff that she was quitting, which she might be doing. Then again, the sounders and promos on the show this morning still had her name attached to it. Could this be a lame radio stunt? I doubt it but then again I wouldn't rule it out. Might money be involved? Probably not given the fact that Morgan's salary is a low six figures--not massive like the old days but comfortable enough.

My gut tells me this might be Melanie being not-to-thrilled with the show's direction and her interaction with Sussman and Green. Green's act wouldn't be tolerated anywhere else, let alone in market#6. She's perfectly capable to do innocuous traffic reports but beyond that her gravel-voiced tonsil is grating to the ears and kowtowing to Sussman borders on the embarrassing.

We'll know more soon.

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The Enigma that is Alex Jones; KSFO is for Sale; Morning Show Hijinks; Saturday Media Notes

Alex Jones is big and bad; the thinking man's Glenn Beck. Whether or not you think Jones is a goof, one thing's for sure: he has an immense following, real guru status and that catches my eye which is cause enough for an appearance on my KSCO radio show. Tentatively, Jones is scheduled to appear this Wednesday on the Lieberman Live Extravaganza from 2-3 PM for an interview you won't want to miss. It'll be fair, honest and explosive. The interview you'd never hear on conventional radio.

**KSFO erased some hours from its Morning Show with Brian Sussman and Melanie Morgan. We highlighted here the brouhaha with Morgan supposedly leaving the show in disgust over treatment from the SussMAN and traffic gal with the chalkboard voice. Truth is, the bigger story is that, according to my insider, KSFO is up for sale and Cumulus is trying hard to dump it.

As for the Morning Show, it's never registered a blip on my radar screen since the late Lee Rodgers and Officer Vic, (Tom Benner), left the show. The problem mostly centers around misplacement. Sussman is simply out of place. Katie Green is too awful to even bother to contemplate. Morgan is talented enough to have her own show, (or a better co-host to play off of); Sussman's mix of ultra-right wing politics and bizarre morning-zooish persona has never registered with local listeners outside the mad scientist crowd.

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