Radnich and MLK Holiday Remarks Draw Caller Ire on KNBR

Gary Radnich made a comment about it "not feeling like a 'holiday today'" on his KNBR show. Of course, Radnich was referring to the fact that today is Martin Luther King, Jr day, a national holiday. Many media people are working and the stores are open, but the banks and schools are closed, noted Radnich.

Fair enough.

But then a caller, (a regular, who happened to be black,) chastised Radnich and his cohorts for making light of the remarks. Radnich, predictably, mocked the caller and promptly cut the call.

I don't think Radnich intentionally tried to de-ligitimize the MLK holiday. In fact, he's married to an African-American woman.

But he clearly crossed the line by making fun of the caller's legitimate questions. It could have been the caller may not have appreciated Radnich' ill-timed blather. Certainly, if Radnich was that ferklempt, it would have been far more professional to let the guy have his say and go from there.

Instead, what ensued was perhaps one of the main reasons why Radnich' shtick rubs many people the wrong way.