Frank Somerville Interview on KRON; Backstory and Ken Wayne Fingerprints

Frank Somerville's interview on KRON (with Pam Moore), was pitched by Frank himself--with a major assist by one of Frank's past buds at KTVU.

More on that later.

Somerville tried to get similar interviews on every station (except KTVU) and was turned down.

KRON agreed to the set-up. The interview, broadcast this Tuesday night at 10, is KRON's way, (I guess) of sticking it to Fox2--no doubt airing it at 10 is no coincidence. And given KTVU's state of cratering at 10, Frank's sit-down with Moore should be a ratings winner.

The interview had an appeal to KRON's parent, Nexstar, which directly competes with Fox. Nexstar and Fox are not exactly bed fellows. Put two and two together.

Not that Somerville has a future ticket at KRON--that's way, way too many odds to overcome--could it take place? Sure, but not likely. Nexstar would not only be legally incompetent but largely desperate, which points to the Somerville late-night snack/MO, to begin with. KRON thinks this is a winner, albeit a temporary one but numbers are numbers.

How did Frank wet KRON's appetite? Most of the shebang was set up/negotiated by Ken Wayne, who worked with Frank at KTVU when both were there. In fact, Wayne was one of the very few people at Channel 2 that liked Frank. Frank's friends at KTVU are few and none.

It was Wayne that massaged Pam Moore's ego and KRON's suits to allow Frank to tell everyone he's a savior now. I haven't seen the interview yet but I've seen snippets. It has a lot of Frank's sanctimonious excess littered all over it.

Like I said, Frank is a good politician.

KRON's willingness to give Somerville air time was met by a few voices at the station who were not exactly thrilled with the decision--more on that and other tidbits soon.