Monday, March 30, 2020

Monday PM Schmooze; KRON Paranoia; Pero Still Yelling and Screaming But Who Cares; CBS Sports Radio Begins Layoffs; KNBR Next?

Flu season. Coronavirus. How managers can handle sickness and ...

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE PARANOID about you-know-what, take the case of KRON where the newsroom is  basically empty and they're having to offer incentives for the slave-wages reporters to go out in the field and report--only a bundle of cash will motivate the soldiers.

*The arrogant ass in the ND office , Aaron Pero, still constantly SCREAMS and YELLS at his staff --I was reminded his reign of internal terror means nothing now because there's hardly anyone left to yell at; KRON is still putting the news out but their KTEL version will be expanded even further becaue of the virus. Literally, they need able bodies. If you deliver pizzas and need more cash, call KRON.

*Yeah, KTVU and KPIX are dark and empty (save for the assignment editors) but the BS shit continues...seems two, high-profile anchors tried some lovey-dovey on another naïve intern --maybe love in the Coronavirus era is taboo, but not to these nitwits.

*Dennis O'Donnell is doing the PIX sports from his home way out --I can see everything but the Budweiser cans. All you need is a Dan Rosenheim visit.

*CBS Sports Radio, based in NYC, has begun laying off certain weekend hosts due to the virus and its effect on ads. Mind you, this is CBS sports radio, owned by deep-pockets, Entercom (which owns several radio stations including 95.7 FM "The Game" here) --so if CBS is laying off people, you can only imagine what KNBR (Cumulus) has in store. I don't revel in potential worker misery, I'm just giving you the facts which is why ou come here.

* I'LL BE LIVE-BLOGGING later tonight so if you have any questions, feel free to chime in and fire away.

2 comments:

  1. Do you ever have any thing nice to say? When there was no coronavirus you still bashed everyone and the majority of the radio & television stations. What a dork you are!!!

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  2. Not sure that Entercom, which bought the stations from CBS, Owns the CBS Radio Network, which includes The sports radio product. Might want to check that. Now as for Cumulus, They are teetering on the edge of a 2nd Bankruptcy. The are in trouble, and have been for quite some time. That is why they are selling off Major Mkt stations, Tower Real Estate and anything else the can turn into CASH...Let's see what happens to them when the have to pony up 13 million to the Giants for NO BASEBALL because the Idiots they employ ,Cumulus, don't know how to write a contract for radio rights.

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