Sunday, June 22, 2014

A Message, Sort of, To KGO/KSFO Employees From Pig Virus

 Hello Boys and Girls at the 55 Hawthorne Cluster!

This is PIG Virus

Surely you know me by now. Ha hah ha...

Guess who's coming to town July 14? I bet you can't wait.

KAYYYYY--GEEEEE-OHHHHHH!

KSSSSSFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. We got a lot, and I do mean A LOT of HOUSE-CLEANING to do --so please, don't be too comfortable. Some of 'yous are in for a rude awakening, you know what I mean? Of course you don't! --Ha Hah Ha!

This is going to be so much fun.

*Developing...

20 comments:

  1. Look...the Dickeys obviously knew what Pig Vomit would do given his long and less than distinguished resume. They hired him anyway.

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  2. RICH LIEBERMAN....YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE?

    YOU ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING ANTICHRIST

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    1. Well, here's more good news on this apparently slow news day. For you people watching in and listening to Karel, and for those at 55 Hawthorne, you can anxiously cash in your Trifecta Tickets!

      If you asked and bet on the question "When will Karel ask if he will be fired?" YOU WIN!

      Not once, but THREE TIMES!

      This is why 8 of us, truly, watch the web cam to hear his "between the grooves" comments to Brian (producer) and Dominick.

      He says before the show, "I'm not allowed to talk about it, (The arrival of Kevin Metheny.) Then, just 1 minute before his show open and his "Theme", he leans in before Dominic says "You're hot, Karel," and says, "Well, do you think I'll get fired? I don't care." Second, at the 9:15 "Traffic on the Fives," he says to Brian, "Brian, do you think Pig Virus will fire us like he does everyone else, apparently? I'm bigger than Howard Stern and I'll give him fits. I don't care." and third, at 9:30, he mentioned it again, "I hear this Pig Virus fires a lot of people and tells them how to do their shows. Not me, honey. I'm more trouble than Howard Stern. I come in to do great shows every weekend."

      Then, he goes on to say, "It doesn't matter Renee Bakos runs the station now and she likes us. Everyone hated her when she started, now, she's at the top and we're still here." (Bakos is Executive Producer.) So, Ron's gone and we'll see what the new guy does. You think I'll get fired?"

      At 9:55, he realizes that his commercial plan timing is off and says, 'I need to get new promos. I can do them in the morning is somebody at KGO would run them, but that hasn't happened. I don't know why. Weintraub has promos, why don't I?" The producer has to explain that Weintraub went around Ron to get his done and how, starting next week, he'll get with Weintraub on how he did it and that Karel will get updated weekend promos.

      Keep in mind, the one promo running about George Bush has been running for TWO YEARS. Kare vs. Pig Virus or the other way around. "You know Karel, people hate you and they hate your show, so, you're out!" Please, Mr. Methany, KGO listeners, what few are left, will hold a parade in your honor.

      Oh, if you're over age 49, forget it. Screeners will ask your age after July 14 before you get on the air. He does not like listeners, let along older listeners. You will be lucky to see the light of day on KGO if he holds to his normal MO.

      Also heard a rumor only that since he likes to be the axe man and likes syndication, while keeping everything under his thumb, he may .... and I repeat ... from inside sources, he may start not using New Jersey bread fill-ins or those not from San Francisco and the Bay Area. Hosts to operate out of the KGO studios on Hawthorne? That would be a switch. Maybe everyone will get a gas trade. This is ALL true. He thanked his producer and engineer for "all you do to make me look so good." Yeeeeeech!

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    2. Thank you, Mr. Savage. I'd watch your back, too, dude. You're numbers aren't so hot and stations are moving your happy ass to nights all over for two hours not three. You aren't doing so well in Detroit, either, nor in New York. Your numbers in SFO aren't setting the world on fire. Of course, you have no competition here. KNEW is the pits and Hannity no threat whatsoever. No one is listening. Nor is Gil on KKSF. Keep screaming, Savage. You're not setting the world on fire on KSFO for sure. Pig Virus will fix that, I'm sure. Oh, that's right he does what the Dickey's tell him, not you, fool..

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  3. Haven't listened to KGO since I discovered Randi Rhodes (and then look what she did......) KGO is a distant, pleasant memory and nothing else.

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  4. Will this include Brian Sussman and Katy Green on the morning show??? Are they going to be shown the gate too??? I'm sure they're not appreciating this too much!

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    1. I sent Brian an email to his private address, asking that question. No reply.

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    2. Katie, rumor has it, has been hired to do "Weather on the 38s" in Stockton.

      Sussman got a call back to do public address work at an Oakland Safeway.

      "Attention shoppers, in Aisle 4, Del Monte pineapple chunks on sale for the next 20 minutes at two-for-one. Get your while they last. Whole watermelons on sale at $4.00 each. Enjoy your summer and thanks for shopping at Safeway. Go Giants!"

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  5. Say WHAT??? Metheny says, "There are a lot of similarities between the two cities."

    Similarities between Chicago and Cleveland? Are you effing kidding? That's like taking a crap in a toilet as opposed to going outside in the bushes.

    Metheny is full of SHIT! Period.

    Hey, Pig Virus. How'd that Wizzard 100 shit work out for you in Philly? Not so hot. I know, I competed against you, doofus. How was trashing the McCormick Room of the vaunted Tribune Tower with booze, broads and cigars with your pal Randy Michaels? You are clueless.

    Maybe you can teach Karel to speak French, like you allowed Simon to do a WGN on Sunday night. Import Paul W. Smith from your current haunt to do mornings for KGO?

    Also, since you threw Greg Jarrett under the bus in Chicago (though you didn't hire him,) why not bring him back to KGO? You owe him one.

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  6. Come over to KNBR and dump the morning and mid day crews Mr. Virus.

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  7. KSFO will be sold and the big Cumulus properties will be on KGO. A mix of news, syndicated talk and a little local talk. Half conservative, half liberal. It makes sense, it's been talked about for a while and now the guy who has experience with this kind of stuff is in charge. Don't be surprised if ratings increase after 6 months of this. That's how bad talk radio is right now.

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  8. Anyone else notice a striking resemblance between Paul Giamatti, pictured above, and Rich Lieberman?

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    1. No. Didn't watch that closely to notice.

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  9. I thought it was "pig vomit"

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    1. It is "Pig Vomit" in the Stern movie "Private Parts". In real life, however, with Methany program director at WNBC, Stern named him "Pig Virus".

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  10. Like the old KGO, the old WGN was part of Chicago culture and was truly unique, it even had its own version of Gene Burns.

    Now the only thing left on radio imho is public radio, especially KQED or in Chicago, WBEZ (which might possibly be America's best public radio station) and WFMT which has a huge online listener audience and is devoted to the ARTS (and is a unique private/public operation), especially classical music and jazz. Down in L.A. there is KCRW and KUSC. I guess my point is that if you want original local programming the only thing left to do is support public radio.

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  11. I watched a little of Karel's broadcast this evening. With his mohawk and cut-off shirt he looked like a character from a video game. Without the muscles.

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    1. ...and without the character.

      We can only hope that Mr. Pig Virus accidentally tuned in to this trainwreck. "So, am I going to be fired ... again?

      Honest - last night on air he says, "My producer, Brian, is working on getting me Joe the Plumber on my show. You remember I told Joe the Plumber to F off then on air. I hope we get him. I will tell him to F off again."

      Pig Virus ought to like that. Oh, well, there's always Bernie Ward when he gets out of prison in December. Pig Virus hired a convicted felon Chicago politician for weekends at WGN. Gave him a big ass hug as he was, finally, removed from the air for being so horrible on the air ... on the same day he and Kevin Metheny were fired together.

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    2. My guess would be that Pig Vomit will fire Karel, not a matter of if but when. This is why I say he may not last long in this market. He'll want to take a strong hand and the troops will fight him at every turn. I can't wait to see the protests in front of 55 Hawthorne when Karel is thrown out of his time slot for someone who's conservative. Shit, he's liable to stroke out!

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    3. KGO won't go totally conservative, only less radical / extreme. Karel already is pimping the fact that left-wing talk as it is is dead and getting deader, so to speak. When groups like Clear Channel, Cumulus and syndicators dump these lefty shows, it's a business move. The make no impact in ratings and least of all in revenues.

      Karel cries over ever station in the country that drops lefty talk -- names cities, call letters and all. Including his own losses of his little once handful of stations, now reduced to a one hour "cast" on two internet stations. and only one other station behind KGO whic he is so dependent. He's priming the pump for the inevitable. Not soon enough.

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