Lee Hammer Temporarily Running KGO Radio; Damon Bruce and Gianna Suter-Franco Super 1-2 Punch At The Game; KQED Radio Power Trip; Thursday Breakfast Liners

 THURSDAY BREAKFAST LINERS

*KGO Radio is being temporarily run by KNBR top suit, Lee Hammer.

*The Game's, (All-Sports-95.7 FM ) PM talker, Damon Bruce and his news update woman and occasional sidekick, Gianna Suter-Franco, were a phenomenal 1-2 punch on the sports-talk radio scene on Wednesday. Topic one, of course, was the Raiders/49ers announcement of new coaches and if you listened, it was the very best and smartest act from the duo, including some of the funniest and more pointed phone calls from the lunatic fringe, the callers. Hail to the "Butcher Boy". (More on all of this in a later column).

*NBC Bay Area, (KNTV) Will Adams--a good guy in a tough business that doesn't get enough credit and should be acknowledged here--thus, he has.

*Mounting siege mentality at KQED Radio --between one of the hosts and a few people behind the glass. Sounds to me like a power trip run amok.

*If that local station that might be pursuing the local TV sports anchor really wants him, add a few zeros to the contract and you'll get him. Make that more than the usual.

*Speaking of KNTV, a big congrats to Laura Garcia-Cannon, morning news, for her 15th anniversary. Another classy dame is getting even better at NBC San Jose.

*Jason Barrett, PD at 'The Game': When the content and show is good, like Bruce's, then I'll say it so. You did good in PM Drive. So there.

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Olbermann/Current TV looking at KGO Radio mess; Thursday Media Liners

*Keith Olbermann and his Current TV posse are examining the possibility of doing a segment on the KGO mess. My best guess is the angle will be the expansion of corporate right-wing radio. And like all of us, Olbermann has to know that KGO wasn't just another radio station.

*Yeah, I know Current TV is hard to get, (I get it on Comcast), but if Keith does a bit, it can't hurt. And I have a prime candidate for Worst Person in the World, (you can add your suggestion too).

*If a local, (and national, for that matter) talk-show host does "buy gold" commercial spots, then you can bet he or she is an ultra-right winger.

*Yeah, I finally heard the Ray Taliaferro/Kay Zwerling "argument" on KSCO. Hysterical. Vintage Ray. Too bad he didn't blow a fuse. (Wink).

*Yeah, little Rudy himself, Bobby Fitzgerald, on KNBR, didn't mention a word about the Monta Ellis Warriors sexual harassment suit. Truly shocking, I'm just forklempta.

*What's to come of KSFO? Probably not a thing. It has little overhead, 90% of its programming is syndicated, (save for Sussman and the nut in the bunker), and its ratings are tolerable. In effect, Cumulitis supreme.

*"Up to 30": Hey Ronn, what the hell happened?"...Up to 30: Hey Ronn, about that format change?..."Up to 30: Yo, Ronn, what's with the guests reading your mattress ads? 

*Put Spencer Hughes and the babe in the bunker in the KSFO basement. Just for an hour.

*About time mattress man writes a new letter on Facebook.

*Meanwhile, Jared Hart, KGO's new Napoleon, is telling people in the building that he's the power broker. Yeah, that should go over well. Time for another cold one at Grumpy's.

*Jared's new resume entry: "I protect Ronn." Yavoy!

*Irony of all ironies: Pat Thurston, Christine Craft and Karel ALL address the KGO mess with listeners for well over an hour, but the mattress guy can't do more than 15 minutes. And he wonders why all the fuss? Schmuck!

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