KGO Radio Formally Begins Weekend Blowout; Update: KGO Canned Infomercial Weekend; Expands News; Oh, and Ronn Owens Frequent Ass-Kissing Lunches With Bloomquist, Cumulus Shill

 Bye Bye "God Talk" ...last program aired Sunday Morning.

*Most other weekend shows on the hit list

*KGO 810, "Your Cumulus-Syndicated Weekend minutiae" --sounds snappy.

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UPDATE: 11: 19 AM PT


So-called "big meeting" last week resulted in top suit, Randall Bloomquist, saying "no talk hosts will be fired." Until Brent Walters was fired.


*Lots of infomercials and "block programming" in the mix--when they implement is not known but sooner rather than later.


*KGO still has no Program Director; (surprise), Bloomquist has the duties until Cumulus finds its next victim. Maybe they could hire Karel--he's an entertainer.


*News 5-9 Sunday--after that, mix of canned-taped programming. Hope you like real-estate shows masquerading as content. And more news--they still forget about that 740 AM guy next to the dial.


*Angie Coiro, the recently hired 10 AM-1 PM Sat./Sun. host is being groomed for eventual M-F show. They see a lot of potential in her work.


*Ass-kisser: Ronn Owens frequent lunch guest lately? None other than Bloomquist. Your mattress man is now a certified corporate ass-kisser. (We'll report on this in a later post).


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Is There Something I'm Missing About KTVU's Heather Holmes?

 Of all the mail I get about local TV media anchors, KTVU's Heather Holmes gets a lot of attention.

I mean, a lot.

Frankly, I've never understood the whole Heather phenomena --I think she's OK on air but nothing really special actually to me and I don't mean this as a knock, but she comes across as sort of impersonal --just my opinion.

She's a capable newsreader but I don't see anything standing out although I guess she must look like something even though it hasn't registered my way.

Obviously, you all disagree.

And please, don't be snotty.

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Peggy Bunker Appears to Be New NBC Bay Area, (KNTV), Weekend Anchor; Veteran Anchor Replaces Diane Dwyer

 Peggy Bunker, who has been guiding the morning ship at NBC Bay Area, (KNTV), at 11 AM is set to join Terry McSweeney as the new weekend co-anchor.


Nothing is official but a source told me the job is Bunker's if she wants it.


Bunker replaces Diane Dwyer, who left the gig  after a lengthy tenure to return to full-time motherhood and continue teaching at Berkeley.




Bunker already has begun working the weekend shift and figures to make it a smooth transition in San Jose. Oh, get this: Bunker is a dog lover and don't mess with her terriers, got it?


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