KGO Radio gets five-minute plug on KCBS? Go figure; Bay Area media notes

In terms of big picture broadcasting, it won't go down as that big a deal, but it demonstrates how marginalized local broadcast media has become.

David Lazarus is the star business columnist for the LA Times and also hosts a weekend talk show on KGO radio.

Lazarus was interviewed for over five minutes on Tuesday afternoon by KCBS afternoon anchors Jeff Bell and Patty Reising.

Lazarus isn't the only print/broadcast journalist, but his prominent interview on a rival station in the Bay Area market had to be quite a chuckle for KGO's GM Michael Luckoff. You can bet the world that this cute little nugget gets to the desk of KCBS head cheese Doug Harvill. Humn...

**Speaking of a similar subject, KCBS/metro traffic reporter, Kate Scott, also co-hosts the CAL football pre and post game show on, yes, KGO radio. When I think of college football sports, I think of Kate Scott. OK, so Ms. Scott is a CAL alum; I guess that qualifies her to team up with Lee Grosscup. Kate Scott? Guess the Citadel bottom liners were in on this one. (Citadel owns KGO and is in financial purgatory)

**Dan Schulman of ESPN radio on KNBR: "I think Manny Ramirez is a 'disgrace. He's disrespected the game." Schulman was reacting to reports the slightly goofy, but great, Dodger fielder who was reportedly showering when the LAers got beat in Game 4 of the NLCS by the Phillies.

**Chronicle editor at large Phil Bronstein wrote an intriguing piece on the NY Times debut in the SF Bay Area market the other day on SFGate. Worth reading? You betcha.

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