Building a Wall at KTVU; Radnich Vomiting Farewell; KGO Radio Rumor Stale; New PIX ND Can't Save Titanic; Neda Iranpour: Does She Ever Stop Giggling?; KCBS' Bunger Mid-Age Blues; Ken Wayne Milba Toast Act at KRON Doesn't Move the Needle; Somerville, Ibanez and Haener Not So True Grit at KTVU; Thursday 415 Media Rundown

BUILDING UP A WALL AT KTVU

The new regimen at KTVU: those that dare question "The Firm" (management) and those fearful of the gruesome twosome, Kelley (Gregg) GM and Nohr (Chris) HR boss; they've effectively established a 'Divide and Conquer' atmosphere in Jack London Square, home of misplaced anchors and neurotic morning tonsils who put out memos to bloggers to kiss-ass boss dictators. It's working so far but ultimately there's no happy ending on the horizon.

*That much-anticipated KRON/Gary Radnich/family farewell a few weeks back was not the big story of the night; in fact, behind the scenes in the newsroom, I'm told, the majority of the staffers were supposedly laughing and mocking the Bentley guy --there were no tears, only a feeling of "god, he's gone, finally!"

Gary Radnich

Hey, the man had a good run; 34 years is 34 years but truly, that farewell bordered on a Jerry Lewis song that has me cackling every time I see it.

*Just to repeat, as I reported here and not the utter BS you were fed by the local lamestream media, Radnich's farewell was absolutely NO retirement; it was a management directive that had the boss tell him KRON wanted him to be more "involved" and participate in weekend shows and cover more sports to which Gary said, "hell no, I got family; you expect me to start working again?" At which point he said goodbye and KRON said goodbye too. That's what went down if you want the truth and not the baloney.

*WHILE I WAS GONE ...someone at KGO Radio put out the word that the entire staff was fired up and rejuvenated over a rumor that the new boss, Doug Harvill (Cumulus SF Market Mgr) was about to unveil a new tweaked format that had a lot of money and new people hired, only one problem: there is no money nor new people, at least for now.

KGO has been in flat-line position for years now barely registering any new good numbers and having to resort to exhibition 49ers games promos because there's no fruit left on the tree.

Lisa White

*Yeah, so what, big deal, the news of Mark Neerman as new PIX ND; in fact, the move has caused more friction because the incumbent ND, Lisa White, was supposedly promised the job.

The overriding issue here is not who has the gig to run KPIX's news department; it is helpless and will never improve because the anchors are stale, the reporters, especially the new ones that don't even know their territory are eternally lousy and maintain that stale KPIX look.

If PIX is to try to revamp its crappy news presentation it needs to blow up everything and start over, "cleansing" is the operative word.

*By the way, I'm beginning to get seriously annoyed with PIX/KCBS morning weather yenta, Neda Iranpour, who thinks it's mandatory that every time she talks she has to giggle. It is especially irksome when she follows a serious news story on the radio and worse yet, her personal enabler, Stan Bunger seems to chortle her along.

Neda Iranpour: giggle, giggle.

I cannot handle Bunger anymore either because he too seems to have been Entercomed like the rest of the staff. Bunger is not above reproach and lately has all the news acumen of a barking bulldog. My goodness, Stan, what has happened to you? Drink more water and lay off the KCBS coffee.

Furthermore, your irritating weather embellishments after the forecast are grating as all get go; as I've mentioned in the past, if you wanna do weather that bad, hell, just 86 news and we'll all live happily ever after.

Ken Wayne: wake up

*The human melba toast known as Ken Wayne hasn't made a dent in KRON's ratings. I hate to break the news but, THIS JUST IN: Wayne is BORING. He doesn't have to be Don Rickles but he also could be more inspiring and inject a personality and not carry on a personality that is just about as exciting as watching paint dry. It all worked well at KTVU which one time liked straight news but at KRON it doesn't work. Wayne needs to spice up his bloody Mary with more vodka and less tomato juice.

The Peterson Dean roofer: go away fast

*The Peterson Dean guy with the obnoxious roofer ads should be imprisoned and have to listen to KNBR every day and night. Take your solar panels to a place near the back end of your body and let the Bay Area rid you of your toxic waste, you schmuck.

*Speaking of KNBR I'm bummed to hear the new PD scouts talent by eating his lunch at the Uber depot on Market Street.

If you can say "dude" 21 times an hour and utter, "what up?" on the nighttime schedule, congratulations, you have a job at the Sports Bleeder.

Allie Rasmus

*Allie Rasmus: watch out for Mark Ibanez --the ladies' man--he's always on it even if his batting average has slipped below the Mendoza line.

Mark occasionally likes to spread his wings. It's a known practice from some men especially during the Caligula days.

*God, Frank Somerville, why are you so vain? Please, Frank, STOP! the sanctimony and fake look and be a little more human and transparent.

For heavens sake, there's enough rumors around the building as it is; why make things harder?

Frank, you're a damn decent talking head and you drive a Porsche but enough with the fake persona and I'll get you your six bucks back, deal? Deal.

Frank Somerville

*Then there's yenta supreme, Julie Haener, the gossip monger with more insincerity than a Bakersfield Arby's.

See, here's the deal with Julie. She continues this fake persona, just like Frank only Frank is a better performer.

Haener, miss innocent, likes to stir shit up, for example, talking gossip with her friend, Bill Martin, especially Ibanez' many darts directed at the mumbling weather guy.

If Haener keeps this up I'll have to invite her to the Leslie Griffith party.