Yo KCBS: Just The Facts; All-News Bay Area Radio Station Deep in "Shit Show" Status; More Vacancies Left Unfilled; "People Can't Wait To Leave The Building"

JUST THE FACTS, KCBS and Ms. Jennifer Seelig, under your watch:

Larry Chiaroni,nightime anchor, retired, May 2019: position still not filled.

Morning co-anchor, Susan Leigh Taylor, retired, 2019, position still not filled.

Morning anchor, Stan Bunger, retired, 2021, position still not filled.

Morning sports anchor, Steve Bitker, retired, 2021, position still not filled.

And of course in August, both sporrts (PM drive) anchor, Kevin Radich and midday anchor, Rececca Corral were let go in a cost-cutting move by Audacy/Entercom (KCBS owners). Both positions have yet to be filled.

The inability to hire a permanent replacement for a vast majority of KCBS's air talent is inexcusable under the best of circumstances; Seelig's lack of direction and leadership is most remarkable when you consider KCBS is virtually a monopoly.

Seelig's amen corner will point out KCBS still has good ratings and they do but their margin of listeners has shrunk too at an alarming rate. Were this taking place in any other market, someone, say Seelig, who loves her PD/VP position and takes pride in her considerable power around the office, would have been shown the door. A long time ago.

But Seelig gets a pass regularly and her bosses seem fearful of kicking her out the door. I wonder why.

All this news comes at a time the KCBS workplace is a scene of chaos, a "shit show" as the rank and file people call it. And it's only getting worse.

There used to be a time when tenured people put off retirement; at least the good ones; anchors and reporters alike; they staved off retirement at a radio station that garnered both local and national prestige for its solid and awesome ability to deliver both news content and breaking news in the Bay Area and beyond.

Now, KCBS anchors and reporters can't wait to run for the door. The latest: John Evans, the overnight anchor who retired last week after 13 years of service. Evans was still at the top of his game but he left and speculation was that he had enough of the shit show himself. Evans isn't alone and it's not just anchors that are departing, editors and producers can't wait to leave the premises.

KCBS is a muddled, deeply flawed radio station that only exists because it it has zero competition and is allowed to crater and despair in front of its dwindling Bay Area listeners most of whom use it now to check out local traffic conditions and even there, KCBS has lost its mark.

The shit show seems to have taken on a double feature with no intermission.