1. Dan Ashley/KGO-TV: $575,000
2. Frank Somerville/KTVU: $525,000
3. Julie Haener/KTVU: $525,000
4. Sarah and Vinnie/CBS Radio-FM $450,000 (Each)
5. Ken Bastida: KPIX: $450, 500
6. Raj Mathai: KNTV, (NBC Bay Area): $425,000
7. Jessica Agurrie: KNTV: $425,000
7A: Michael Finney: KGO-TV/$425,000.
8. Allen Martin: KPIX $415,000
9. Larry Beil/KGO-TV: $411, 500
10. Veronica De La Cruz/KPIX: $400,000
11. Ama Daetz/KGO-TV: $400,000
12. Pam Moore:KRON/: $400,000
13. Gary Radnich/KRON/: $375,000 (not including KNBR)
14. Wayne Freedman: KGO-TV/: $375,000
15. Vic Lee: KGO-TV: KGO-TV: $350,000
16. *Ronn Owens: KGO Radio/Cumulus: $350,000 (Option year on 3-year contract)
17. Phil Matier: KPIX/KCBS/SF Chronicle: $350,000
18. Heather Holmes: KTVU: $350,000
19. Mark Ibanez: KTVU: $333,500,000
20. Dennis O'Donnell: KPIX: $325,000
21: Terry McSweeney: KNTV/NBC Bay Area: $322,500
22. Damon Bruce/The Game/95.7 FM: $300,000
23. Tom Tolbert: KNBR: $300,000
24. Ken Wayne: KTVU: $275,000
25. Claudine Wong: KTVU $275,000
26. Mike Mibach: KTVU $245,577
27. Paul Deanno: KPIX: $240, 500
28. Juliette Goodrich/KPIX: $240, 500
29: Carolyn Tyler: KGO-TV: $239,000
30. Spencer Christian: KGO-TV: $200,000
31. Stephen Stock: KNTV: $200,000
32. Larry Krueger: KNBR: $200,000
33. Bob Fitzgerald: KNBR: $200,000 (Excluding Warriors Salary--Unknown)
34. John Lund/KNBR: $200,000
35. Sal Castaneda: KTVU: $200,000
36. Steve Paulson: KTVU: $200,000
37: Bill Martin: KTVU: $200,000
38. Tom Vacar: KTVU: $200,000
39. Rob Roth: KTVU: $200,000
40. Allie Rasmus/KTVU: $200,000
41: Anne Makovec: KPIX: $200,000
42. Stan Bunger: KCBS Radio: $200,000
43: Susan Leigh Taylor/ KCBS Radio: $200,000
44. Jeffrey Schaub: KCBS Radio: $173,500
45. Jon Bristow/KCBS: $127,500
46. Chip Franklin/ KGO Radio: $150,000
47. Darya Folsom: $147,550: KRON
48. Catherine Heenan: KRON: $147, 500
49. Viki Liviakis: KRON: $125,000
50. Da Lin/KPIX: $100,000
Gary is worth every penny. He brings in eyeballs. Period. End of story.
ReplyDeleteWhere are these eyeballs? How come they don't show up in the numbers?
DeleteHuh.The only people who express admiration for Radnich are the imbeciles.
DeleteFigures.
Don't take that personal.
DeleteYou're right, Stan is an imbecile. And most likely currently holding himself.
DeleteMost likely,your excited at the idea of me hanging on to the jewels.
DeleteI don't recall any national story's of I harassing Cathy Heenan,now that you bring it up.
I'm not even sure what 331 is saying or talking too.
DeleteI tell you,people who try to insult me? Don't make sense.
Huh.
Overall the numbers seem low for that market. $300K in the Bay Area is borderline middle class.
DeleteJulie Haener at No. 3??? Money wasted. They could hire a mannequin and dress it in weird/ugly clothes.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. When is KTVU going to rid us of Julie H. and replace her forever with beautiful gracious sharp confident Heather Holmes, a proper step in the tradition of angelic Leslie Griffith? I'm beggin' you please.
DeleteHow Vicky Nguyen is not in that group is beyond me
ReplyDeleteHey Rich, are you missing some info here? So funny Da Lin earns more money than Reggie, Natasha, Gasia and Liz Cook not included. I doubt Claudine earns more than Gasia, impossible.
ReplyDeleteI saw that. Can't ad-lib, can't interview on the fly, talks way too fast at times jumbling words.
DeleteDa Lin is overpaid. He also doesn't look at the camera.
DeleteSarah and Vinnie No. 4? I look at the Lieberman Blog all the time, and uh, I am thinking the operative word is "overrated". And if Alice ratings are any indication, you have to wonder even more so. And yes, it makes no sense that Liz Cook is not in the Top 50; also makes no sense that the gap between VDLC & Jules is so wide (be there, yes; 150K-plus? no). The Top 3 PIX ladies should not have such a wide disparity, based on Cook's improvement and Goodrich's steadiness.
ReplyDeleteThe right guy is absolutely at No. 1.
Cool that Pam Moore earns more than the Bentley exclusively at KRON. Certainly earns respect, unlike the other one.
Seriously, talk about $900,000 flushed straight down the drain. Zero talent.
DeleteMark Ibanez gets $333,500,000???
ReplyDeleteDiaryia is overpaid.
ReplyDeleteBecause there's a banana clause in the contract.
DeleteAll that gargling and Darya doesn't even pull a buck and a half?!? Pero must be peddling elsewhere...
ReplyDeleteRod Brooks really isn't on this list?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm kind of surprised about that as well. Rod has been on KNBR for a long time. Yeah, he's probably not getting paid like Gary, but still.
DeleteIf Betty Yu needs some cash, she can contact me and we'll work something out.
ReplyDeleteWho are Sarah and Vinnie for $400k?
ReplyDeleteNo-talent hacks who do the morning show on 97.3 FM
DeleteMaria Medina should get a modeling contract....because she would be a "hot" model! She can do more than reporting and fill in anchor.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Da Lin needs to fire his agent.
ReplyDeleteFire his agent!!??!! Da is worth @ a third of what he is getting. He should give his agent a raise!
DeleteWow, Damon is getting paid $300K a year? No wonder why he moved over to 95.7.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure if might be awkward for some of these media personalities to have their salaries posted, but it is kind of cool to have an idea of what they make. Thanks Rich for posting this!
Mind blowing what people get paid today to read a monitor. It Must piss them off that WE all know what their making. Nice work Rich.
ReplyDeleteNice list. Next please post the "Top 50 Bay Area TV Department Head Earnings".
ReplyDeleteThis! Plus I'd love to know what Cumulus "execs" are making for running one of the former top stations in the entire country into the ground for the last ten years or so.
DeleteJulie makes that kind of money? Hell, she's paying next time.
ReplyDeleteThe Salary List doesn't matter to me.
ReplyDeleteI'm not gettin a penny of it from any of those well dressed smiling people. Such is a way of Capitalism.
All I wonder about is what do they spend it on?
One can only eat so much Chinese or Italian Food, then the News Director starts sending broad hints about Membership Discounts now available at 24hr Fitness.
The good news is Gasia didn't make the list.
ReplyDelete375K for Radnich is obscene! He adds nothing to KRON 4. If he were to go, the ratings would go up. Funny that the new management hasn't figured that out.
ReplyDeleteDon't think this list includes everyone. Where are Sandhya Patel, Dan Noyes, Eric Thomas or Michael Finney? Or Vicky Nguyen, Janelle Wang or Laura Garcia (I forget her third name)?
Cannon
DeleteTo change the subject, did you hear the Pat Thurston and John Rothmann show tonight. It was hilarious. Pat started spouting conspiracy theories like the one where George W. Bush's grandparents helped Hitler, and Rothmann had to keep correcting her. It was like Thurston really believed this tin-foil hat stuff you hear on Amy Goodman's show, and Rothmann knows the actual history and felt it was necessary to correct her. I'll bet Pat is a 911 Truther!
ReplyDeleteNo Pat is not a 911 truther, and I like Pat, but she gets a little hysterical at times in her dislikes of Republican's or I should say some Republican's. That particular tale of the Bush's and Hitler was something Ray Tallifario loved to talk about. I never bought it, and although never a Bush fan (43) in light of who is President now, I can only say Bush looks better and better. Anyway this is why it is such a shame that John Rothmann should have his own show, he is a liberal (which I am as well), but he sticks to the facts and he is extremely fair I believe. Pat gets too caught of in her very progressive agenda (which I'm not a fan of, although I'm liberal)and it seems like she will tout anything, facts or not to further her views. We need John on the air on a regular basis.
DeleteHoly Jesus! Sarah and Vinnie $900K? Seriously???
ReplyDeleteFor some historical perspective, Dr. Don Rose's $125,000 salary at KFRC in 1976 would be $551,900 in 2017 money. BTW, the unfunny and untalented Chip Franklin (the human version of an pinball in a machine) is grossly overpaid.
ReplyDeletePlease post salary per thousand viewers/listeners.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Rick, do you smell smoke?
ReplyDeleteI expected to arrive at your web page and expect it to be on fire with news.
Now I can understand why Erica Kato is engaged to Da Lin.
ReplyDeleteEngaged?!?! I ain't seen no ring yet!
DeleteThis is disgusting. What a waste of money for all these hacks!
ReplyDeletePete Giddings calls everyone on that list a chump.
ReplyDeleteNice list, a lot of research on your part.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that list is accurate or certainly there are some people missing from it, such as the lovely and talented Jana Katsuyama. But who cares how much anyone makes?
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