IF YOU have it tough at the office it could be worse; you can be at KCBS --the all-news 740 AM powerhouse --a scene of tranquility --until now.I'm told there's a genuine unease amongst staff about impending layoffs and cutbacks once Entercom takes over from CBS in the coming months.
A senior air talent told me there's a inevitability of cuts coming "because that's what happens when a new company takes over. It's just the way it is, I've seen a lot of these."
What a great business.
*I can't count how many new reporters there are at KPIX --too many which suggests there's a lot of mediocrity at 855 Battery. It's a cesspool of melba toast and spam correspondents and anchors. About time for another Hawaiian anchor hire, that's working out well these days.
*Repeat report: Dear Vern Glenn: STOP the Radnich mannerisms; the pregnant pauses; the shifting of the copy; the eyes dropping; Gary is a tired BORE. He's Don Rickles in a Louis C.K. era. Vern, you keep doing Gary then you'll be destined for Akron any day now. *Is there a day on his KNBR sports radio show/commercial quagmire, that the Raddy doesn't mention "if you have a family" bullshit? What a complete hypocrite --a boring one at that who talks more shit than a horse buggy at Golden Gate Fields.
*The most powerful man in Hayward: former KGO-TV reporter/anchor, Jim Wieder. *Hey KTVUer Mike Mibach, that was fun watching you this morning hitting on that bartender during The Nine. OK, I'll agree, she was sort of hot. About a firm 7.
*I can't quite place it but there's something quite unique about Tara Moriarty --sort of a beauty and brains persona with added texture.
*The mildew known as people being interviewed on the radio who begin their sentence with ..." so..." is fast approaching a pandemic.
*Unscientific survey: more women then men can't stand Gasia Mikaelian. It's the phony persona mainly and assorted other grotesque images projected by Countess Gasia.
Half or more of KRON anchors you can't stand. But the reporters who do the work are pretty good if they aren't JR Stone. One new one who stands out is Ellen Sogomonian who is native to the country of Sogomonia.
ReplyDeleteNah,just kidding about the last. She is though very good and personable. I like her.
Jeeez Rich, I'm going to print your blog entry for today and hand it out to my students with "How many misogynistic things can you find?"
ReplyDeleteYour comparison of Glenn to Radnich is an insult to Radnich. Vern Glenn has gone far beyond Radnich's and ESPN Sportscenter anchor histrionics and is more like a parody of Walter Winchell.
ReplyDelete"...and ESPN Sportcenter anchor histrionics..."
DeletePerfect observation!
Re: Moriarty, I looked it up and her mom is longtime national reporter, Erin Moriarty's daughter. It's in the genes, apparently.
ReplyDeleteEdit to own post: Erin Moriarty is her mom.
DeleteErin Moriarty's CBS bio lists only a son, and Tara is certainly not male.
DeleteThis is San Francisco, ya never know??
DeleteEh, I'm afraid a new owner leading to layoffs isn't exactly particular to the radio business. Kind of common in ANY business. Not saying it's not a bad thing. It's just typical corporate greed.
ReplyDeleteTara's maiden name is NOT Moriarty
ReplyDeleteGlenn's schtick is almost as bad as Radnich's, which is no surprise, since his tutelage occurred under Radnich and Dennis O'Donnell at KRON when it was a real station.
ReplyDeleteBetween Glenn and O'Donnell, it's easy to steer clear of PIX sports reports, which are mostly exercises in showboating.
The O'Donnell/Radnich/Glenn ego fest has turned into a pox on Bay Area sports broadcasting. But at least having two of them on the same station limits the damage.
So, people who start sentences with 'so' are so-so. So?
ReplyDeleteMan here. I like Gasia.
ReplyDeleteregarding the pic at the top of today's blog entry:
ReplyDeleteI've always thought Mama's was vastly overrated. I actually love going instead to the Liguria Bakery right across the street...to pick up a a Green Onion Foccacia...if I'm really hungry, maybe a 2nd Foccacia, or a Raisin Foccacia...and then eat at Washington Square Park while people-watching.
MUCH, MUCH better food...and a HELLUVA lot cheaper, too.
MUC
How sloppy is KRON getting? As Pamela Moore is saying goodby at 7pm,you can hear somebody in the studio speakers saying "Yeah,she has a picture of a radio"..and Brittney Shipp did a bit of a scowl. End of program,go to commercial.
ReplyDeleteNo,it made no sense. Why I called it sloppy.
Radnich has made that father and son basketball story a daily run on his KRON variety show (aka news) and pulls a "Never talk about a father to his son" along with it.
ReplyDeleteThe same man who called longtime KGO announcer Mark Nieto's mother a whore that Radnich says "I saw with eight sailors".
Spoken like a real family man with a good heart. He's first..and the only one to tell you.
One more truism about KRON. Their Tweets? They are really up to date about all the sex crimes..country wide. But about politics in Washington? Nothing seems to be happening of interest to KRON.
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