The Friday Flash; Hammer Probably Not KGO Bound; Erectus Could Teach the Knibbers a Thing or Two; Rothmann's KGO Entebbe Omission Disgrace; Somerville Mouse Factoid; Eric Thomas Not So Rosy at KCBS; A Good 'Alice 97.3' Story; Larry Baer and Giants/KNBR Minutiae

Lee Hammer, if the rumors are warranted, will NOT be named KNBR PD, programming wizard, whatever; good news for KGO, maybe not so good news for the Cumulus local broadcast guru who might have jettisioned back to program KNBR since their own PD, Jerimiah Crowe was told he was no longer wanted by the clouds. Crowe is headed to Vegas soon and KNBR is officilly rudderless but with the Giants cruising and 49ers about to begin training camp, KNBR can be aloof and still have an impact.

Hammer's pull, even though he might be non-Knibbered, is not like prison labor. He can thank his lucky stars that his presence in Bay Area radio will not be side-swiped. Crowe, the guy who had a ZERO personality and NO people skilss, thought he was Babe Ruth, only Cumulus thought of him more as Johnnie LeMaster. Nobody's crying over Crowe's departure other than the ass-kissers in the morning who would cheer Mussolini if they were told to.

*The point of a genius like Dennis Erectus was that he was, first and foremost, a SHOW MAN, an ENTERTAINER. He was no "shock" jock, he was a jock, really a performer, who "shocked" with his work, his words, his personal STYLE. He didn't have to resort to cheap, artificial, contrived sound bits that are not only FAKE, but manufactured BS, take note, Powlie Mac, the ring leader of crass nonsense at KNBR. And, yo Murph, Erectus didn't have to blurt out pop culture references every two seconds. He checked the originality box every day.

*Fool's fool, speaking of KNBR, insipid, shill, Mark Willard, was lampooning his parents over their having a land line phone (still) and how silly that was; apparently, Willard doesn't know that in the event of an earthquake, only land lines are operational. I kept mine too because they also have much better reception than cells. Willard didn't get the memo, maybe a stray golf ball he hit devoured half his brain.

*John Rothmann, on his KGO show last Saturday night, failed to mention it was the 45th anniversary of the Raid on Entebbe, the Israeli IDF' world-renowned rescue of most of the hostages on a highjacked jetliner on a Ugandan airport runway. For a man who charts history and presidential moments, it was spectacular OMISSION, all the more infuriating when it was a longtime admirer who asked him (Rothmann) to acknowledge it. Instead, Rothmann chose to talk about Trump (yawn) and Fox News blowhard, Tucker Carlson. Really John? That desperate for attention.

*Tucker Carlson, who distributes fake crap and Fox rewards him ($30M a year) so moronic media outlets and people react to Carlsen's blather. Tuck continues to piss off the masses and do precisely what FOX wants him to spout and he does so every night.

*Good to hear Dan Mitchinson on KCBS during the week as a fill-in; I'd love for him to get the gig permanenlty only my guess is KCBS is hedging only because Mitch doesn't have a big enough name to hold down morning drive.

*I didn't say Carolyn Burns was Dianne Sawyer just that I liked her work on traffic; some of you go overboard on my takes, gees.

*Pat Thurston's interview with the Oakland PD's chief was a solid piece of journalism by a radio talk-show host who didn't kiss any ass, show any favortism or lob softball after softball. Her co-worker in the morning drive, Nikki Medoro, might want to listen the next time she schmoozes with Libby Schaaf.

*Alice 97.3 FM supposedly flew out a NY woman DJ to talk about working here in SF but when she asked the bosses about providing a short-term rental home in the Marina and they (bosses) said no, that was that.

*I didn't say Dave Flemming was a doofus, I said he was too vanilla for my taste, my opinion, which is one of the reasons you read me bec ause the Chronicle doesn't like to cover things like that.

*The Chronicle, 2021, new, younger, CHEAPER by-lines every day. What a beautiful country.

*Gone are the days of Caen, Delaplane, Hoppe, Rosenbaum, McCabe, The Owl (if you remember the last reference, coffee on me)

*CHUTZPAH DEPT: the schmucks who come here and write me comments and emails pissed off because I have pledge breaks and ask for contributions. And point out that KQED (worth roughly $500M) has over 20 pledge breaks EVERY DAY! Yeah, I ask for five bucks here and there so I can pay the bills and buy some Peets while you drive your Tesla to Marin and buy 10 dollar mustard at Trader Joe's. Shoot me.

*415 Media is 100% AD-FREE. No influence on my work, so if you enjoy it and even if you don't love me, make a contribution so I can eat an egg-salad sandwich every now and then.

*A 6.0 quake in Tahoe that hardly anyone here felt --those rocks falling down hills on Hwy 395 looked groovy though.

*;Terilyn Joe and Cheryl Jennings, former Circle7 anchors and from what I hear, the inventors of a KGO-TV game show called, "Short Skirts Are Us) --I wish I could have seen it all in person.

*Frank Somerville will not, 100% certain end up at Channel 7. "Disney wouldn't allow that," said a mouse spy.

*Somerville will probably be back at KTVU come September only his tenure might have a sell date come March, 2022. His buddy, Mark Ibanez, who recently signed an extension, is lucky that Fox wanted to keep pne of the "core 4" around.

*NOT A CHANCE: Gasia Mikaelian moving to 10 PM, she's lucky to be chortling at 7: 30 AM.

*Nobody in town dares to talk the Giants broadcast will be RADICALLY different in 2022 and it has ZERO to do with Duane Kuiper. Think of that domino effect and think hard.

*The alternate unis are just decrepit enough to look cool. Nobody's getting murdered. It's all about MONEY and MLB, it always is.

*If you think Larry Baer isn't behind the machinations of what's about to take place at KNBR, I gotta half of bridgefront property to sell you.

*I don't begrudge Baer's ability to SILENCE the masses, especially the KNBR zombies, I actually marval at his muzzle prowess. He's so good he could knock down a spouse and get away with it.

*Tom Tolbert: degenerate gambler or sports-talk radio host? You make the call.

*Eric Thomas is not very good. His KCBS anchor duty has a lot to do with vacation time and fill-in work but putting him on every time slot and trying to muster up his performances fails to acknowledge reality: He's better on TV. He can read and is just less than OK on radio. There's a difference. TV guys who think they can wing it on radio are el wrongo.