Special Report: The Crumbling, Bumbling, Idiocy That Is KCBS; Jenny Seelig's Pathetic Mismanagement Continues; Staff Outrage and Indifference; A Once-Mighty Radio Station Teetering on The Abyss

WHEN YOU operate under a quasi policy of unease, you have mass paranoia.

Which is the case at mega-mistake-central, better known as KCBS, the once-hallmark all-news powerhouse that has become a label of derision by the majority of its own staff.

You would think a good ratings report would be cause for overall joy at The Shit Show but you'd be wrong. The fact is, as I've said here numerous times, KCBS is a monopoly, it has virtually NO competition which means it can do what it does without any fear of pushback even when its internal pushback is evident every day and night at the scene of the crime.

Jenny Seelig is the news boss, ND at KCBS and she continues to rule/intimidate and control her own set of favorites at the radio station without any fear of reprisals from Audacy, KCBS's corporate parent.

Sellig doesn't tweet much but when she does, it's a gooey, sappy pitch to her Audacy amen corner. Her staff in San Francisco is largely made up of ass-kissing sychophants who don't dare question her rule or alleged "leadership" for fear of being dumped into radio purgatory.

Yes, for the record, KCBS has decent ratings but there's lots of bad, major info that is anything but good and all on Jenny Seelig's watch.

KCBS's CUME (the estimated number of different persons who tuned to a station or the radio for at least one quarter hour within a specified time period) is less than HALF of what it once was--in real numbers? KCBS had a reach (CUME) of aboaut 1.2M listeners a decade ago--now it's roughly 600K. And it's intensified all downhill for the last five years which is the same time Jenny took over the top post in 2018.

Jenny is allowed to carry on despite the fact KCBS is a daily/nightly hodgepodge of audio hazards, personnel issues up the ying-yang and a systemic policy that doesn't fix matters, only makes matters worse.

Seelig has used her own gender status as a woman heading a mighty, (at one time) radio station as fear factor for Audacy should they consider ousting her. They can't/won't. They're afraid. She's got 'em, yeah, by the stones.

Jenny's unholy alliance is a fragile peace in reality because the real deal at KCBS is, you wanna have fun and play ball? Then be Jenny's loyal legion and no quibbling allowed. Do so at your own peril and made to do the overnight traffic reports if not outright fired.

There's Jen's amen corner of obliging staff and there's the other outlaws-- those who won't rock the boat even though they see the radio station crumbling and deteriorating into the abyss it's become and is destined to remain. They see and observe the challenges of a once-respected news-gathering fortress evolving into cringe-worthy status --all, yes, on Seelig's watch. Some of it, yeah, is not Seelig's fault but most of it has been allowed to fester, to accrue, and Seelihg's been there at the center of the storm with no accountabilty whatsoever.

The constant, daily barrage of electronic glitches still plague KCBS. It's a joke. It's a calamity and it happens so frequently now that it's no longer the exception but the rule. When you hire dreck and neanderthal staff, then you get The Shit Show that is KCBS. Jenny's job is to fix the shit, to correct the nasty that causes the shit only Jenny allows it to continue, unabated, with no consequences from her bosses.

She is seen as a complete phony at work, among staff who are obliged to tolerate her own personal and professional misgivings --a station source told me the following:

"Have I ever told you about the really large smile she puts on when she sees someone in the hall? It's repulsive. Ask anyone. It's like a cartoon. You can't make this shit up."

More? People at KCBS--on and off-air staff say the atmosphere is akin to a smoldering house waiting to ignite and explode and that all the fake reverence is just that, fake.

"Sure, there's camaraderie between workers... the way soldiers in foxholes bond and care for each other. How else are they going to survive?", said a longtime staffer--who, like all, spoke to me on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation by Seelig and management at KCBS.

I don't know what the future portends for KCBS; a tweaking of the nighttime schedule is on the radar, (as it is at all Audacy stations) but I don't see anything significantly positive as far as our local once-mighty all-news outlet, KCBS is concerned as long as Jenny Seelig is allowed to continue her post at the top of the mountain.