It's TOPIC A around the Bay Area and Northern California: the ravaging Kincade fire up in Sonoma County and Geyserville-- spreading rapidly. 
COVERAGE of the latest October carnage has been stellar --as this story continues to fluctuate with the emphasis on the latest wind conditions (which are forecast to be howling on Saturday night in to Sunday) reporting can be both frustrating and especially dangerous. It's therefore a very difficult story to tell and given the conditions, darn hard too.
HIGH MARKS: KCBS has been wall-to-wall --with several reporters at the scene of the fire and with radio actuality and on-scene interviews, terrific listening. I've argued quite a bit about the new KCBS and its irritating chit-chat between anchors but their coverage up North has been great. I'm not a huge fan of Holly Quan, but she's been very good on scene from the beginning --so too Margie Shafer, who has offered first rate reporting and great info back to the anchors.
KTVU, KPIX, KGO: all have done better-than-average reporting from the fire with some decent ad-libs (for a change) and overhead copter images which show an area all too familiar with this hellish wind and fire.
Couldn't believe KGO 810 was doing political talk while these homes burned.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is political. Way back in the early 90s, the late James Burke, who was sort of the British Carl Sagan, did a whole documentary about climate change—something that wasn't even on the radar back then—warning that "in about 30 years" firestorms and huge rain events that wipe out homes and raise water levels would be commonplace. He was considered "extreme" and a "doomsday monger" at the time. Looks like he was spot on. It's now on YouTube. "After the Warming."
DeleteDid they discuss the "todos con Biden" or Democrat Katie Hill and her nude photos/bong photos/nazi tattoo/fucking a campaign staffer controversy?
DeleteThey probably glossed over all of that because it's Democrat wrongdoings. Cal Democrats..."do as we say..not as we do!"
Believe it !!
DeleteAn automated shit station now owned by a bankrupt company.
Filler infomercials now.
What do you expect ?
Wall to wall coverage.?
Remember they FIRED 95% of staff.
The whole news department is gone.
Nah, the best is KSRO 1350 - Santa Rosa, they had a live person reporting all through the night it started while KGO ran some old Art Bell tapes...
DeleteDarya: That fire's almost as hot as ME!
ReplyDeleteReggie Aqui: That post I did on my social media about the fire got 27,000 likes!
Brian Hackney: I'll bet most of you out there don't know forest fires burn as high as 1,500 degrees?
Wendy Tokuda: There's a florist fire...a forest fighter...a forest FIRE that fire FIGHTERS are fighting right now and the fighter fires...the fire FIGHTERS are meeting with Ronald Dumsfeld at the Church of the Holy Selpulchair in Boca Rattan...
Ken Bastida: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Frank Somerville and Julie Haener: Isn't it terrible, all those people losing their things...Um... [sad face]
Veronica De La Cruz: Guess the airport code nearest the forest fire. GAME OOOONNNN!
Heather Holmes: Many wild animals have been displaced by the fire...and I'm wearing them.
Ken Wayne: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Phil Matir: Could this fire help or hinter Gavin Newsom's reeelction chances? Let's ask Jeff Adachi...oh, wait...
Ama Daetz: Duuuuhhh.......there's a fire?
To 11:59 what show are you referring to? I was listening off and on all afternoon, as far as l could tell Pat Thurston talked fire all 3 hours. Not sure about Chip. Caught the last 1-1/2 hour of John Rothmann, he said after covering the fire for 2 hours he would switch to politics because of listeners request. Guess you can't please everyone. Although the fire is an important news story, as a talk topic it only goes so far.
DeleteKenny Choi the king of breaking news
ReplyDeleteForget that...
ReplyDeleteSo who has the hottest "sign language" person. ?
PG&E ?... ABC7 ?
Really we need that ?
Ever hear of activating the tv closed captioning ?
Jobs...jobs....jobs..
She's kinda hot with that finger motion...hahaha
A lighter moment in the coverage tonight on Channel 2. Reporter Jana Katsuyama did a story on PG&E trying to reduce the impact of power outages by installing "sexualization devices." I rolled back the video to listen to it again, and that's what she said, "sexualization." She never explained what a "sexualization device" was. I assume it's a device that grabs an innocent child off the streets and shows him a porno.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how that's a "lighter moment." Sounds like more bad KTVU reporting, the sort they do all the time now.
Delete@11:17 - The word you are looking for is, "sectionalizing."
ReplyDeleteToday, 10/27/19 Sunday, KGO is giving minute-by-minute coverage with real-time interviews of emergency services personnel; info as detailed as which gas stations are open; and what roads are open or closed; very important minute to minute info on several fast-moving fires. I was listening while Pat Thurston spoke about her commute to the studio and Spencer Christian reported via cell-phone from his Castro Valley driveway as the power to his home was shut off. Both really lended a very personal touch to their reporting/broadcasts. Several callers were aired as KGO radio kept encouraging folks to call into 415-808-0810. At first, I couldn't understand what the call-in phone number was as whoever was on the mic at that moment (not Spencer or Pat) was just speaking too fast. I kept hearing "41580810" which of course was incorrect, not that I needed to call in.
ReplyDeleteKCBS is active, too, but seems to be sticking more with its regular Bay Area wide news along with the regular traffic, weather, and commercials.