If Only KPIX Had Prepped New Traffic Anchor, Roqui Theus, She'd Be a Star; 415 Media Has Hope For Bright Future

Roqui Theus

 At first glimpse and soon thereafter there's nothing at all non-appealing to watch new KPIX Morning traffic anchor, Roqui Theus, do her traffic reporting. I mean, take a look.

Better yet, take a look at this when Ms. Theus was in Sacramento --all 6 foot, 1 inch of her, she's quite a sight to behold.

That's a good thing.

The problem is that once Theus, (the daughter of former Sacto Kings great, Reggie Theus) is speaking, she seems out of her element. She's in a new larger market and PIX seemed to just throw her onto the screen which is great for her, maybe not so great for Bay Area viewers.

Maybe if KPIX actually put her through some practice time (which is normal procedure) she may have blossomed to become quite capable at her gig. But at PIX, they don't have a lot of patience and thus, we have a very green talent for the sake of, well, you know...

Given time, which PIX has not heard of, Theus could develop into quite a star. She's not doing news or sports but she has quite the screen presence and let's face it, she's gorgeous --the right combination for future stardom and a means to eventual viewer bliss in the nation's #6 market.

Too bad PIX couldn't have prepped her better.

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Joe Montana is Getting Paid for KPIX/CBS Super Bowl TV Work

Jennifer and Joe Montana have been on KPIX (CBS5) providing some Super Bowl content and looking like, well, Joe and Jennifer. Home-grown talent, MVP yesteryear is expensive though and 49ers Joe is no exception.


I've heard through my PIX/CBS eye that 415 Joe is getting a cool MILLION bucks for his work for the week.


That's enough money for lunch at Zuni with Les Moonves.




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The Moment Of Reckoning At KPIX; 415 Media Tells It Like It Is; Blunt Force Analysis Of 855 Battery; The Real Thing You Won't Read Anywhere Else

 KPIX is at a pivotal point of time--its own moment of reckoning --and I say this matter of fact: The station has LOST ITS IDENTITY --wait a minute, KPIX HAS NO IDENTITY!

To be relevant to viewers, people have to care about the news anchors they are watching.  Nobody cares about KPIX --haven't cared for years. This is the point at PIX that has eluded its executives and is one of the main reasons why the CBS SF station has lost its mojo --if it ever had it to begin with you have to go back to the days of Dave McElhatton and Wendy Tokuda. That's a long time ago.


Today, PIX (Channel 5) is loaded with a bunch of bitter, no-talent, sub-prime news and sports anchors with a tremendous dose of blasé. There is NO there there. Nobody commands respect. The best talent, Ken Bastida, has been put out to pasture. Lost in the late-night abyss. Bastida should be on in primetime --everywhere. Allen Martin is a TOTAL failure. He doesn't warm the senses. He hardly smiles. Seriously, Martin sometimes gives the appearance he's having a colonoscopy on the air. That won't work to attract viewers, but Martin, unfortunately for PIX, is not alone.


Let's face it: The Veronica De La Cruz experiment is a bust! That's right, I said it. If De La Cruz put as much work into her news reading as she does with her hair and internet browsing, she'd be an extraordinary success. But she HAS NOT--(TRENDING!) De La Cruz looks completely LOST in space and often times sounds like a tortured canary. Please, GM Bruno Cohen and ND, Dan Rosenheim, something needs to be done here--trim the roster, cut your losses.


And what the hell is going on with Brian Hackney? Hey Brian, your pompousness has reached epic proportions! Hell, if you want to go audition for "60 Minutes", do us all a favor and get on the next red eye for JFK! You stink, Brian, that's right, I said it, you stink. Your air of superiority wreaks of cockiness run amuck --and get this? WHY? In order to pull off that bullshit you have to be someone, generate respect. Hackney, you come off as some dimwitted New Jersey public school teacher and I'm being kind. Go take a day off and try to reinvent yourself.


Then there's Ms. Prima Donna herself, Julie Watts--where do we begin? Honey, if your a consumer advocate I'm a stripper. It's not a pretty picture either way. Watts has all the warmth and gumption of an Oxnard Walmart clerk. "But she really works hard", I'm told by station staffers. So do humming birds in heat. Seriously, Watts is a complete tool and nobody takes her seriously --she ought to bunch up with Hackney and do Sunday community shows that no one watches--she's certainly not helping Monday through Friday.


And PLEASE, someone tell Dennis O'Donnell and Vern Glenn that this is NOT KRON in the 80's. Time passes, dudes. Just what the heck is going on in the sports dept? Dennis, we know you're a cute guy, we get it. But please, quit MUGGING the camera night in an night out--you're not Donny Osmond for heaven's sake. And Vern? Oh my god. Have you lost it, buddy? The copy shifting, the wink of the eye, the irritating-as-all-get-go frequent pregnant pauses --this is not good, Vern. You're beginning to act like some latent, Art Linkletter guy only this is 2015, Vern. Wake up and smell the teleprompter.


KPIX, you are a mess. I said what nobody will say. Management doesn't give a rat's ass, obviously, they're too busy drinking beers at Kokkari and staring at women's tits. Hey guys, the only reason you're in game is because New York only cares about the bottom line and, big deal, if I ran PIX, I too could maintain its profitability --better yet, I alone could make this chicken shit into chicken salad. You want proof? Ask the main man at Black Rock. Yeah, that guy!

The anchor who could not smile, Allen Martin

Seriously, now, PIX, your Moment of Reckoning has arrived only I'm not so sure many of you know it.






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Notarangelo Leaving KPIX; Last Show Sunday; Veteran Anchor Says 'It's Time To Go'; Source: Goodrich To Handle Weekends For May Book

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 Been a rough few days for Bay Area women TV anchors and reporters.

First, KTVU's Melanie Woodrow is sent packing and now comes word that Ann Notarangelo is leaving KPIX. Her last show is Sunday per her Facebook goodbye.

Notarangelo has been anchoring weekend duty on PIX for the past 14 years. She's occasionally anchored during the week but her mainstay has been Saturday and Sunday Night.

According to my PIX spy, word has it that Juliette Goodrich, the station's "Go-to fill-in" for all shifts will be called in to handle weekends for the May book.

By all indications from inside 855 Battery, the decision to split was Notarangelo's alone but another source told me she (Notarangelo) wanted more presence during the week and that wasn't imminent. Plus, with the hiring of Veronica De La Cruz, Notarangelo saw the handwriting on the wall and was tired of weekend anchoring. In other words, yes, it was the right time to go.

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Girl Power at KPIX Rears Ugly Catfights; De La Cruz Diva at TV; Wahl-Taylor War at KCBS; Radio Hates TV; Drama at 855 Battery

 The continued CATFIGHTS at KPIX...astonishingly-- !! have begun to break out between PIX and radio sister, downstairs! at KCBS too! We already told you that Allen Martin still can't stand Elizabeth Cook and that weatherman Paul Deanno won't even look at Veronica De La Cruz! Real drama, ladies and gents! Girls Rule upstairs and downstairs --at least some do.

 

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Now we learn there's considerable tension between PIX and their CBS-owned radio relatives upstairs at 855 Battery--an uber-catfight supreme between the likes of Jan Wahl, Susan Leigh Taylor and other radio vets. The gals are aghast at the "royal treatment" by management toward some--but not others.

De La Cruz is at the center of the heat--PIX staffers are steamed that the "beauty anchor" and "hair goddess" (as she's been called) gets "star" treatment while less other glamorous women staffers are ignored.

"She's always touching her hair!--She never stops!", offered one disgruntled PIX source. "And she's always tweeting and going to her Facebook page--It's disgusting!"

Leigh Taylor in radio is supposedly irritated at movie critic Wahl's VIP status from management. Wahl does her movie reviews on Friday and barely pays attention to Taylor. All the while, Stan Bunger just gazes ahead-- It's a hodgepodge of "Girls Rule"--at Wahl's direction. Wahl has extreme power at KCBS and nobody seems to know why. Talk about mystery, this one could rival a Nancy Drew classic.

Meanwhile radio is also pissed at TV. Seems the TV divas and their dollar superiority has all of the radio folks quite unimpressed and disinterested --enough to the point of one staffer's suggestion: "Let's just kick their ass!" We assume this was a joke, but it isn't.

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415 Media Exclu: Baby Bumps At KPIX Morning; Both Michelle Griego And Elizabeth Wenger Are Expecting

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  KPIX morning news anchor, Michelle Griego, and traffic gal, Elizabeth Wenger are pregnant --both announced their impending baby bumps to staff and my PIX spy got word of it.

Congratulations ladies: Is there something in the water at 855 Battery? (Extra kudos: both didn't announce it on the air--Amen.)

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415 Media: Karnow Out At KPIX; Veteran CBS Weatherman

 Veteran weatherman, Lawrence Karnow, has been let go from KPIX, according to my eye at CBS-SF. The reason given was budget cutting, (it usually is).

Karnow's bio on KPIX's website is missing. His linkedin account is absent an affiliation too.

I'm hearing that Roberta Gonzales will be moving to the morning slot to become Karnow's permanent replacement.

I'm also hearing more cuts involving various personnel is coming.

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Speaking Of Bay Area TV News People We'd Like To See More Of; KPIX's Versatile And Cool Reporter Christin Ayers; Mid-Day Thursday Beat

 Christin Ayers is a damn good reporter, a tenacious correspondent and has star potential, which is why she is the subject of rumors that MSNBC is interested in the KPIX personality.

Too bad KPIX doesn't provide her more airtime. In an industry where story length and time on air is vital, Ayers is MIA too much of the time. That's mostly on the assignment editor at PIX; curiously, Ayers hasn't been on the radar as much lately.

On Wednesday, she did a live shot from Berkeley on the soda tax initiative --it was pointed, well-paced and chock full of information and nice and quick, but that's the point. I'd like to see more of Ayers. She's earned her stripes and I know management likes her; she's also extremely well-liked by most of the staff at 8

55 Battery, so it's a puzzle we don't see more of her. Even Channel 5 likes to hype one of its star pupils and that's good and very prudent. Now just get more stories and we'll all be happy.

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KPIX Runs Story On KRON Reporter Robbed At Gunpoint Without Mentioning KRON; UPDATE

 Take a good look at this story about the TV news reporter robbed at gunpoint on 280 Monday.

Notice anything unusual?

For goodness sake, is KPIX that petty as to not mention that it was a KRON reporter? Is PIX so petty as to not want to acknowledge call letters and refer to "a TV reporter?"

Yes, how ridiculous. Adding further shame, the webmaster refuses to include "KRON" in the labels. As if by mentioning KRON, PIX is providing free pub to a competitor --really guys? Embarrassing.

Petty PIX.

This has zero to do competing stations and everything to do with simple common sense and tact. If PIX runs a story about a local TV News reporter who was robbed at gunpoint then it should include the call letters, damn how tacky and irresponsible.

And did I mention petty too?


UPDATE: 10: 46 AM PT: The webmaster just inserted "KRON" into the first sentence of story. How thoughtful, PIX.

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Kate Kelly Was Regarded As The 'Princess Grace' of SF TV Woman Anchors; KPIX Staple

 Every now and then I see Kate Kelly pop up on the KPIX airwaves. I wish she was on a whole lot more but Kelly apparently enjoys her private family life more than TV News. Makes good sense.

What I most appreciated about Kelly: smart as a whip, graceful on the screen, beautiful, and one darn good TV Newswoman --cool, calm and collected.

That beauty earned Kate Kelly a description: the Princess Grace of the SF TV Woman anchors.

Dan Rosenheim Is the Highest Paid TV News Director in Bay Area; PIX ND Makes $350K as KTVU/Fox Hover In; 'NightBeat' Is Still Dreadful And That's TRENDING; Wednesday Notes

 While KGO officially is looking to replace their recently departed assistant news director, KPIX is merely hoping their current longtime ND, Dan Rosenheim, stays aboard at the 855 Battery outpost.

Rosenheim is the highest-paid News Director in the Bay Area, making in the neighborhood of $350K a year. By all indications he's happy and why shouldn't he be, he has a firm grip on the CBS O and O and has managed to become one of the longest-tenured NDs.

I've heard soon-to-be, Fox-owned KTVU, currently rudderless with a pair of lame duck news managers temporarily presiding, might be willing to offer a sweet package to woo Rosenheim  across the bay to run the rails in Oakland. It would be a bold move.

A local broadcast analyst told me "they'd have to really make him an offer he couldn't refuse...remember, Dan is a newspaperman, he's old-school, he came from KRON and he's been at Channel 5 for a long time." Indeed, Rosenheim is nearing 15 years at the CBS station.

*Too bad Rosenheim has to watch "Nightbeat" although I assume he fakes it every now and then.

*News people from all over town were still fuming over PIX's pathetic "interview" of their own cameraman who "saw Robin Williams at an AA meeting a few weeks ago." Making matters worse, KCBS used the same piece, (reported by Sharon Chin), in its morning news blocks before finally pulling it after a huge outcry.

"Somebody royally screwed up here", an embarrassed KPIX staffer told me. Yeah, I'm sure AA people just put KPIX and KCBS on the do-not-watch list.

*Just a hunch from heaven: Robin Williams: "Oh, please, enough already!"

*Another PIXer: "If Nightbeat makes the year, I'll be totally surprised." Not me. But the show, from a comedy standpoint, is truly one of the funniest around. By the way, that last comment is trending.

*KPIX thinks guys without ties is a hip look on the Nightbeat--why not stop there. On hot days, have O'Donnell go shirtless.

*Seriously, the worst thing about the Nightbeat is not how god-awful it is; even worse how it makes Veronica De La Cruz look so bad and that alone should make PIX mangers worry.

*What happens when a local shitty newscast becomes the fodder for a bunch of jokes--will that then BE TRENDING?

*Paul Deanno and VLDC airport quiz: are you kidding me? It looks so fucking ridiculous, I mean, c'mon PIX, get a grip!

*O'Donnell shirtless, Deanna tieless, --VDLC...? (I won't go there). But damn, if you guys want to really see something TRENDING, Damn!

*Tonight on the Nightbeat, Len Ramirez asks teenage mutant ninja turtles if they sneak their smartphones into bed and surf the Internet--Jan on Facebook says, "leave our kids alone!" It's TRENDING!

*The very best coverage of the Robin Williams death: KRON. Steady and understated, great work especially by Catherine Heenan and Pam Moore; reporter, Charles Clifford.

Looks as if KRON went by the old edict: "Brevity is the soul of wit." Amen.

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Adrouny KGO Departure--Part KNTV Wooing, Part Watkowski Fatigue; Keeshan NBC Influence; Best Solo Bay Area TV Newscast on KGO's Sister TV20 Anchored By Ashley; Dream Team of SF Anchors; Wednesday Drill And Items

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Stephanie Adrouny was wooed heavily by NBC Bay Area, (KNTV), for the position of Assistant News Director --the same gig she had for the past 14+ years at KGO.


Some of my Insiders at 900 Front speculate that Adrouny, who was widely respected and beloved by several staffers, was tired of working under ND, Tracey Watkowski.


"Trixie", as she's known derisively inside the Channel 7 studios, is an autocratic leader and looks over everyone's shoulder. "She's a royal pain in the ass", one of the producers told me. "She also  rules by intimidation and that doesn't work here." So I asked if that's the case, why is she, (Watkowski), still working there.


"She has friends in high places at the network that still have faith in her."


Adrouny's sudden departure caught a lot of people off guard but the combination of tension inside the building combined with a chance to get away from Watkowski and earn a nice wage at KNTV was too good to turn down. Furthermore, Adrouny is a disciple of Kevin Keeshan, the former KGO ND, (before Watkowski), and who still possesses major influence at KNTV, an O and O NBC station. Keeshan has a hightop position at NBC News in NY and was instrumental in Adrouny's SJ courting. It also helped that she spent time there in 2000 working as a producer for the 5 PM News.


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*Another thing about KGO: their solo news show on sister station, TV20 at 9 PM anchored by Dan Ashley, is the BEST singular newscast in the Bay Area. Yes, The BEST. Ashley is consistent; a very businesslike, straightforward, no-nonsense and yes, engaging and entertaining news program that zips by fast and furious, is nicely paced and unlike PIX's abysmal circus act, is far more smarter and focused. And it even has pretty decent ratings, what a bargain.


*Here's a DREAM TEAM of ANCHORS, 2014: KGO's Ashley, KRON's Pam Moore, KTVU's Ken Wayne and KPIX's Juliette Goodrich.


*At KTVU, two lameduck managers--soon to be departing for Boston: Tom Raponi and ND, Lee Rosenthal. No wonder there's a lot of people with high pressure in Jack London Square. Combine that with the fact that Mark Ibanez's being courted by KGO--Ibanez' contract is up in March and seems less set with his dream of finishing his career at Channel 2. In other words, Ibanez will listen intently to what, (possibly), KGO has to offer. We continue to hear that Larry Beil would love to go back to his native Hawaii and "be a big fish in a little pond." The money would be a lot less but he loves Hawaii--who doesn't.


KTVU Add: With Fred Inglis' retirement set for August, already the station and Ibanez himself have been bombarded with tapes from interested tonsils. One local guy, (a radio sports fill-in), wrote to Ibanez, according to my mole,--this is no big news, but THIS is: the radio guy used to mock Ibanez' work when he did part-time gigging at a local sports station. I don't think the radio guy is on the short list.


*KGO RADIO UPDATE: The changes are a-comin' in September and they will be fast and furious--in the meantime, OPPS Mgr, Kevin Metheny is scoping the station and getting ready to implement the talk/news hybrid. KSFO too, where the morning zoo father/daughter mishmash struggles forward.


*Spencer Hughes, (aka: Sven Silva), the buffoon from 9-Noon at KSFO: hope you're still renting.


*At Comcast SportsNet Bay Area: the youthful worker bees in the newsroom are FED UP with the EGO-Prickster known as Chris Olivere. Says a staffer to me who asked to be anonymous, "He acts as if he's President of the US --what an asshole." Actually, assholes have more taste than Olivere.


*Hashtag #Likewesototallysuck at 10 PM's KPIX's MTV experiment on KBCW. Maybe they should go all-world and change the name from "NighBeat" to "MY Space News." Ba-Dumb-Bump!


*Ronn Owens on Israel and Gaza policy: We agree.


*That fat slob of a food geek, Grace Ann Walden, is an anti-Semite food geek at that--the fat food yenta referred to me as a "Zionist" in an ad-hominem attack on a Facebook thread. (I won't refer directly to the context but it was pretty gruesome).  Another reason I don't do Facebook threads--stick to the casserole pictures instead.


By the way, Gracie, yes, I am a "Zionist" and proud of it--not a self-hating Jew like 99% of the Bay Area Jewish population.


*Jon Carroll of the Chronicle wrote his 798th column on cats--I think he really likes pussy.


*If KQED is looking for a fight with its rank and file union engineering department, then I think they're going to get one.


*Test-Pattern radio: 'Talk910' AM --The cryonics exhibit at the public library is more interesting. PS: When no one's listening it really doesn't matter if they don't take calls.


*KSFO new contest! Count the number of times the gravel-voiced chick says, "Thanks Brian"--Win a trip to Pleasant Hill!!


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Veronica De La Cruz Talks to 415 Media; Really, Really, Really Begins Tuesday Night on KPIX 6 PM NewsCast; Family/Logistic Issues Reason For Delay

 Barring locusts and/or nuclear war, Veronica De La Cruz officially begins her anchor duties on KPIX 5 Tuesday night on the 6 PM newscast.


Finally.


I just got off the phone and had a pleasant 10-minute conversation with the former MSNBC and NBC newswoman who has finally settled in the Bay Area and is in fact at the station finishing up loads of paperwork.


She explained much of her delay at KPIX was family-related. "My mom has a medical issue and I wanted to be with her--it extended out."


Furthermore, De La Cruz has a year-old child and between finding new digs, caring for her mom and being a single mother, put off her May 5 debut on CBS here. "I love the Bay Area. Can't wait to start. Full of energy and ready to go." De La Cruz will anchor the 6 and 10 PM, (on PIX sister station).


"They want to really beef up the 10 and make it a go-to station for news." In fact, De La Cruz told me she's going to be at PIX' 855 Battery Street studios Monday night to get a first-hand look and feel for the 10 set she'll be a key cog of. She'll only do the 6 News this week as the station finalizes both the look of the set and briefs both on and off-air personnel.


It's that plus PIX's intended purpose of making a splashy hire to supplement its evening newscasts that has led to 415 Media to write extensively about VDLC and her status. Channel 5, I'm told, wants to make the 10 PM Newscast a serious alternative to KTVU's still heady if tired "10 O'clock News"--and the De La Cruz hire is just the start of that mission.


We're happy she's finally on board and will debut Tuesday night.


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Where's Veronica? Pix Anchor Mystery Has a Few Issues But Maybe Presence Sooner Rather Than Later

 Last I checked new anchor for KPIX, Veronica De La Cruz hasn't yet set foot into the news chair --she was to begin anchoring the 6 and 10 PM News, (KCBW), last Monday but so far no Veronica.


The pictures, as I've noted look good. Can't wait.


What's going on?

A PIX staffer says tells me info is scant:


All I hear is she is a single parent with a nanny and a mother --but still having problems moving in...whatever!


Whatever, as usual, KPIX hasn't said a word...yet. Maybe by the TV gods, she'll be on Monday night but I'm prepared for further mystery.




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Glaser and ND Watkowski Weren't Chummy; Overworked/Exposed Cook May Have Been Impetus Behind De La Cruz KPIX Hire; Damon Bruce scores Guest Coup over KNBR's Tolbert; Thursday News and Notes

  So, from a number of KGO-TV staffers, Leigh Glaser, who's set to leave this Sunday after 23 years at 900 Front, wasn't a big fan of News Director, Tracey Watkowski... Supposedly, Watkowski is a control freak. That wasn't what accelerated Glaser's decision to leave; she was ready to split and wanted to be with her family.

On the other hand, the polarizing Watkowski, who's been monitoring weekend newscasts with a mounting urgency, was known to call into the assignment desks and producer's box and make a lot of rash inquiries, including talent. Watkowski wasn't going after Glaser directly but some of her busy bees may have passed on some notes. Weekend newscasts, particularly Sunday nights, generate some of the highest viewer numbers in the Bay Area and Channel 7 in particular. The good news for Watkowski is that given KGO's fairly solid numbers her status is safe but some veterans aren't thrilled with her mercurial style. Factoid: Glaser's sudden decision to leave was announced to the staff via an e-mail by Watkowski. Draw your own conclusion.

*Veronica De La Cruz is set to join KPIX in May and will work the 6 and 10 News. We told you that and made an inference about what may have led management to look for a "prominent hire." Turns out, according to my spies at PIX, Elizabeth Cook, who was almost the face of the operation working the 5, 6, and 11 newscast, seemed to be burning out. Cook is a capable news reader and proverbial "cutesy female anchor look" but PIX's early-evening numbers have been steadily down and just recently they have been getting killed by KGO. The De La Cruz hire is the first major move by PIX upper management. She came to the city via MSNBC and will work alongside Ken Bastida.

NEWS, NOTES, and COMMENTS: Score round one of the guest wars between KNBR and 95.7 FM, "The Game" to Damon Bruce. Bruce, who began his new show on Monday, had highlighted his first guest, retiring Cal basketball coach, Mike Montgomery. Only problem was KNBR's PM driver, Tom Tolbert, had also told listeners "we're trying to get in touch with 'Mike Montgomery...turns out Montgomery did his scheduled 10 minutes with Bruce and about 30 minutes later, went on the air with Tolbert. Kudos to Bruce and The Game which seems to be attracting the better guests and scored another coup by nailing down Giants MGR, Bruce Bochy on its morning show a few days earlier. The latter was especially embarrassing for KNBR considering Bochy was on the A's flagship station. Probably helped that one of the Game's AM drivers is ex-Giant, Aubrey Huff...A note about Bruce: only heard bits and pieces of his first show and while I've had my ups and downs with the new Game PM host, he's at least a breath of fresh air and more than an alternative to commercial spot-heavy, KNBR with 800 hours of commercials, traffic and sports updates. While KNBR's Tom Tolbert has the advantage of Giants/Warriors lead-ins and a better signal and 50K-watts, Bruce's edgy repertoire will sway a few listeners over to FM...Freaky situation over at legendary leftie airwave Berkeley's KPFA where a bigwig was fired only she locked herself into the back office and blocked the door and has the support of many of her staffers...

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