Sara Donchey "Versatility" at KPIX; Rod Brooks Reinvents Himself on 49ers' Post-Game NBC Sports Bay Area; KRON Parent El Cheapo; Darya Playing Old Card Again; ABC7 (KGO) Issues Start With Trixie; Internal Strife; Ashley "Offer" Mulling; Larry Beil No Zone; Jessica Aguirre Is Just Profoundly Gorgeous; Joe Fonzi Nudging Out of Bounds at KTVU; Applebaum Bet; My Giants Gut on Aaron Judge; Thursday Extravaganza

IF, as my spies at KPIX suggest, Sara Donchey is showing off her, uh, versatility, then she might be compromising her journalistic integrity --assuming she has such gravitas.

Donchey has fought long and hard to ward off her "too LA look", as my readers and critics suggest; she can help herself by 86ing the bizarro outfits like last night's god-awful fashion fusion!

*CREDIT DUE: I've been a Rod Brooks (ex-KNBR) critic; I've long thought he was way too irritable on radio but Brooks has reinvented himself; Brooks has grown on me TV wise. His post-game commentary on the 49ers/NBC Sports Bay Area post-game show is a good watch and Brooks actually is cool and effective. Moreover, he makes salient points and moves the show in a forward direction and that's pretty cool.

Brooks' TV passion could be something far more compelling if he's given more freedom to talk and expand his NFL and Niners' weekly performances.

*On the other hand, Carlos Ramirez is just plain out of place.

*KRON's inner sanctum issues with its parent Nexstar present a newfound problem that may (or may not) bode ill for the 900 Front independent; KRON continues to vastly improve on its woeful image with new talent and robust (for KRON) anchors but if notoriously cheapie Nexstar nixes more cash to buy much-needed equipment, then KRON will revert back to its dubious roots. It's still a mild train wreck as it is but a new GM who has begun to make internal changes and wipe the place clean has enough on his plate already--he doesn't need more drama.

*Just when I thought Darya Folsom was improving up her act, she begins doing the breathless act in the morning on KRON's AM teapot.

Darya, be pragmatic. Don't try to reinvent the wheel, for gawd's sake, you are what you are. The sex-kitten look was cool --about twenty years ago! You can be quite attractive, Dar, by reading the news and showing a more regal presence, yes, Dar, it's far more sexy and alluring. Think a sales term, Countess Folsom: don't sell the steak, sell the sizzle.

*Everyone is stress--has stress, common deal right? But at ABC 7 the people behind the scenes are entirely WORN OUT and tired of the usual show at the Embarcadero mouse house. They complain of an overall lack of communication by the bosses and big time malaise and fatigue. The woman boss who's been running the show for years now is at the center of the storm and she knows it. Which is why the Trixie has been sending out resumes en masse to stations here and the East coast.

Of course Disney knows it has a shit show in SF and looks the other way --what else could they do, fire her? No, because in their mind, (hers too) she knows where all the bodies are buried.

*If Dan Ashley wants to (and he can) sign a long overdue extension, he can accept ABC's offer (unofficial) of three years and about $1.5M --a good deal in these murky times but so far, the ASH man is mulliing and weighing all things--Dan loves his ultra-freedom at 900 Front and relative easy load. He's been there over three decades and they don't mess with him. And he loves Walnut Creek and his newish wife too, what a good deal, right? I'd say.

*Larry Beil, the old, selfish, mean tonsil ass at KGO is quietly looking around here to split ABC because he knows the pecking order doesn't have him in place, with authority!

*One place, mark my words, Beil will never be considerd? NBC Bay Area. Why? Jessica Aguirre would never allow it. There's a little history between Jess and Larry and it's, un, sort of a wide open issue.

*By the way, I love Jess. She is the Hispanic Sylvia Chase (in her prime) with a stunning appearence, a gravitas for news delivery and PRESENCE with a capital P. Of course I'll be accused of being something I'm not but what the hell, it's a free country.

*I'll bet you a diet Pepsi Jason Applebaum takes over the lead sports gig at KTVU --Joe Fonzi looks tired and the way The Firm is paying sports guys these days, Joe probably is destined for a few more workouts at the Danville YMCA.

*Fonzi is way, way too serious for my taste--hey Joe, sometimnes you look like you just had a double colonoscopy, Jesus Christ, lighten up, Joe!.

*That new sports guy on KCBS with the Elmer Fudd voice is proof positive: you get what you pay for. Personified.

*If the Giants get Aaron Judge from the Yankees (longshot), remember my post here that Judge, according to my real estate bud in Danville, was looking for a house in the CoCo Walnut Creek/Diablo region near Blackhawk --if Judge nixes the Giants, then forget all this but guess what? I'm an Insider!