Nooo.
Saturday night's 6 PM sports report on KTVU was the most comical, (unintentionally), embarrassing few minutes I've ever watched.
And I've seen everything.
Bailey O'Carroll BLEW every word-also mispronounced names too. It was painful to observe.
O'Carroll seemed lost. Her sportscast amounted to a comedy act although all five of us weren't laughing.
*IN a non-PC world, it would be great for KRON to have both Catherine Heenan and Vicki Liviakis on the news desk --every weeknight at 6 --one, to replace retiring Pam Moore.
But that's impossible. Not in 2023.
I know, ridiculous. Calling out the asshole consultants.
*DON'T buy the FAKE laughs and bantering: ABC7's Dan Ashley is suddenly no buddy of Ama Daetz. It's all personal.
She's pissed over his continued coddling pf DETESTED Kristen Sze, a woman who has all the sensitivity of a Millbrae Arbys.
A senior staffer at KGO told me, "Ming Sze makes Trixie (ND/VP--News) Watkowski look like Mother Teresa."
Gary Radnich was spotted at the West Portal chic restaurant with a woman,not his wife and no, they were not talkinjg about his lasagne recipes.
*Greg Papa doesn't mention his wife much on his KNBR show because he's too busy dating other women --a yellow flag on Papa but it gets even worse when he YELLS, "Touchdoownnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, San Francisco!"
*FRANK SOMERVILLE threw his cell phone into Lake Merritt--he really did.
Yep, KTU, that’s where I get my sports. 😀
ReplyDeleteYou sure as hell won’t get Sports news on KNBR, THE SPURT leader!!
DeleteDon't that knucklehead FS know electronics in the Lake is harming the environment? Oh, right, that's why he's no longer an anchor, lost his marbles
ReplyDeleteI had that same thought.
DeleteSpot on. The guy is a hypocrite.
DeleteMaybe Frank should have jumped into Lake Merritt and left his cellphone on the shoreline?! All this bad drama and cheap theater isn’t helping him to make a case of “coming to grips” with his afflictions. Someone needs to kick Frank in the sack to wake him up from his sad dream. Get a clue Frank, we are all rooting for you, but ye God man, straighten up and fly right. Volunteer at Glide for awhile, it will give you some perspective on your simple twists of fate. Helping others will help you Frank. And cut the thespian act - even seasoned pros go begging for jobs.
DeleteDump Noel Bello as well, she’s awful…. and uh. Uh, uh
DeleteFrank is an alcoholic and needs a lot of help
DeleteSeems to me Kron has a good amount of anchor prospects, almost anyone would be fine
ReplyDeleteThey are lucky enough to have established anchors like Catherine and Vicky. If Josh Palefsky makes the mistake of putting a young un-great anchor in he will pay the price dearly when the ratings sink. Justine makes so many mistakes on a daily basis, no one is rooting for that. Sorry but it's true. And the others that are under 35 will alienate the audience they have at night. They're gaining on KTVU. To lose Pam is huge. To replace her with anything less than a solid, time tested anchor will be the end of the KRON 10pm race that they're gaining ground on.
DeleteMiss Waldman must remember that it’s about News not putting herself out there with multiple seductive pictures, no class and immature
DeleteO’Bozo not ready for this market
ReplyDeleteOk, Darrya
DeleteHow did O’Bozo even land an on-air position? I know we’re talking about the KTVU (the laughingstock of news), but still. Have they just completely given up and no longer have standards?
Delete“Have they just completely given up and no longer have standards?”
DeleteIf you’ve actually had the misfortune of watching KTVU then you’d already know the answer to that question is a resounding and unequivocal, “yes.”
Dollars and cents. That’s what the Bailee’s of the world come down to. An insult to women in this business who have worked hard to build connections and hone their skills to become true journalists. That is, if there are any of us out there anymore.
Delete@5:27 looks like it. OMG dyin O’Bozo. Lol
Delete7:24 check KRON for your answer. They already have the graves dug for experienced, i.e. “old” female journos, and based on that hire at KTVU, looks like they do too.
DeleteJealousey. Enough said.
Delete5:27 you’re wondering how Bailee got hired? Well, for starters she’s an educated woman with invaluable behind-the-scenes experience in production and digital content development. Even at her “young” age, she’s arguably the most likable and positive personality in the newsroom. She welcomes constructive feedback and has made it clear to those she works with that she wants to leverage their expertise and experience as she learns and develops her craft.
DeleteWhy do such qualities trigger you?
Amber seems to think this is a joke. But those of us who have worked here over the last decade are not amused. Get your shit together. Stop making a mockery of the legacy we helped build or keep making enemies out of your own team.
DeleteBailey getting an on air job is what happens when your station’s reputation is shot, your budget is blown/tied up on exorbitant salaries going to has-beens and old farts, and you need to hire a reporter but no longer have the ability to attract anyone even remotely qualified.
DeleteSimple as that.
Q: Why did Frank toss his phone in the lake?
ReplyDeleteA: So he could continue to drink like a fish!
(ok one more)
A fish walk into a bar...
The barkeep ask "what can I get you?" to the fish...
The fish say's "Water".
Bew sure to tip your weather girl.
@ 1:16 Nyuk nyuk nyuk, don't quit your day job, thanks for a chuckle or two
DeleteActually, I would hope, as Frank leisurely walked around the lake,
DeleteHis phone beeped ........
.....Safeway-4-U App notice !
....."8 bucks off Smirnoff"
Then he throws the phone.
So blame it on the App...
Joke B was Chuckle-Worthy
DeleteJoke A ...I'm still trying to calibrate.
Related to sports but not the station. Charlie Walter’s last day at KPIX was this past Friday. It sounds like he was under a contract and management told him the station was going in a different direction. Perhaps he got fired?
ReplyDeleteThey don’t let fired people say goodbye on air. I’d guess he winds up in New York
Delete3:26 CBS management going in a different direction which is sad. Charlie was solid
DeleteI was wondering about this too.
Delete@10:45PM - Charlie was pretty good indeed. I will really miss him. For now, we have Andrea and Vern. Wonder if we'll get another sports anchor or they will stick in-house and go with Gianna Franco (who does once in a while and when she does, she does a great job) or even Ryan Yamamoto, who used to do sports for a previous station.
DeleteDon't forget, he was initially a fill-in and replacement for Dennis O'Donnell back in the pandemic days.
@4:09PM - I guess that's true, BUT on the 11PM news on Friday with Juliette Goodrich, filling in for Sara Donchey, Jules brought it up that it was his last day, he did not go into too much detail compared to the other retired anchors (i.e. Allen Martin, Ken Bastida) or meteorologists leaving for another gig (i.e. Paul Deanno or Mary Lee, who is still "technically" with KPIX). Isolating from the KPIX side, Bill O'Reilly from FOX from example and Don Lemon wasn't able to say goodbye. Maybe Lou Dobbs did but it was brief.
I think it’s pretty clear what happened based off his twitter post. He wanted a full time contract, the station finally posted the job, and decided to bring in someone else. Instead of staying on freelance, he said peace. Based on the way anchors reacted on his Twitter it all seems like they were pretty shocked and that management made a very bad decision.
DeleteThat likely explains it. I didn't know he was actually a freelance. You see him on some days and not others.
DeleteEven Paul Heggen found out and replied on his posts saying someone should hire him. Remember, he moved to the Bay Area because of his wife, Kylie Mills who is a sports anchor for KRON 4. I hope he will join another Bay Area station (hopefully not KTVU, but who knows).
What about that mass shooting in SF the other night?
ReplyDeleteDemocrats gonna Democrat.
What about that orange turd masquerading as a billionaire?
DeleteRepublicants being felons!
SOS. Can’t we just make fun of Radnich being Mr Playuh? He parlayed a paid job at UNLV into big money - not bad for an idiot out of San Ho !!
@4:00.So much hostility? Okay? Lets begin. Can you point to the spot on the doll where the "bad man" touched you?
Delete5:11, LOL!!!
Delete@ 5:11 You need to sign up at a comedy club, that was hilarious! Thanks for a good laugh!
DeleteMore progressive behavior
DeleteMaybe they're considered too old because one is in her 70's and the other is pushing 70?
ReplyDeleteWrong on all counts
DeleteOne went to Berkeley in the mid 1970's. So wrong on the dates, eh?
Delete"One went to Berkeley in the mid 1970's. So wrong on the dates, eh?"
DeleteNever heard of adult education?
Frank is still blaming everyone else instead of accepting responsibility that he is an alcoholic and needs help.
ReplyDeleteAnd addicted to prescription drugs.
Delete"Touchdoownnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, San Francisco!"
ReplyDeleteOK now I know who was in the motel room next door.
I am really disappointed that Dan Ashley supports Ming. I thought he would stay neutral in the newsroom drama. So much for “Building a Better Bay Area!”
ReplyDeleteWhat a disgrace! Saw this young lady’s sportscast this weekend. She clearly does not have the chops for the job. Bring back Ibanez. He must be at home laughing or vomiting in a bucket watching this swill.
ReplyDeleteGirl ain’t even cute. Learn how spspsp speak.
DeleteThey may have to bring him back via zoom to do sports better than o’bozo
DeleteIt's not her fault. She was the only one in the building!
DeleteHaha 839 u right. Bring in a doorstop. Be better than O’Carol.
Delete8:39, exactly! KTVU follows the “any warm body” approach to scheduling. If you’ve got a pulse, you’ve got a job. I’m surprised they haven’t thrown a janitor on anchor desk.
DeleteThough if they want to expand their scheduling pool, then they should look no further than their own parking lot and the various side streets and back alleys around the station, which is where most employees can be found whining and sniveling and gossiping about work (while on the clock).
Mitch Hanger, LOL
DeleteTom Vacar would roll over in his grave if he knew the mockery that KTVU has become.
ReplyDeleteUm, he's not dead. Although admittedly sometimes it's hard to tell.
Delete"This will kill him!" - Jack Gilford
DeleteAnyone but Justine Waldman. She stumbles a lot as an anchor and her transitions to/from sports and weather are very awkward. She does fine in a very prepared environment, like when she's a news reporter.
ReplyDeleteKRON should move Stephanie Lin off weekends
DeleteYeah, but the most well-connected usually rises to the top, not the best.
DeleteLin is a kiss ass and a prime example of Nexstar’s no merit, no talent — diversity first approach to hiring. KRON keeps digging its own grave per usual.
DeleteWould prefer Darrya? Eww
Delete@ 7:37 &10:28 Ok Darrya
DeleteThe Greg Papa news isn't entirely surprising. The man was once announcing all 3 major sports. He's now just doing the weekday radio show, so he has some extra time until the 9ers start up again.
ReplyDeleteIt's totally surprising; who are these women that can stand to be around such an annoying d-bag clown for more than five minutes?
DeleteWho needs a cell phone when you get arrested as often as Frank Somerville? Every time you get booked they allow you a phone call from jail. He can recover what he put out for bail with what he's saving on his phone bill.
ReplyDelete"Every time you get booked they allow you a phone call from jail."
DeleteFor Frank they have a dedicated line. ;-P
Sad but all too appropriate...
DeleteIt was weird to see the attractive Shayla Girardin on this Sunday morning's ABC 7 Bay Area KGO-TV weather forecast. Very clearly in her somewhat nasaly voice, Shayla said no city names, but she did say "Liz [Kreutz]" a few times during the full forecast and wx teases that were prerecorded. @ABC7Shayla
ReplyDeletePre recording allegedly live TV is utter BS. They should be ashamed. How far KGO has fallen from what it used to be.
DeleteTonight Julie Haener is a no-show once again. At this point it’s not clear if she was terminated, has retired, or is simply taking advantage of the unlimited PTO policy that station management has granted her.
ReplyDeleteOn her Instagram, she is on vacation in Europe. So unlimited PTO.
Delete7:11, missing work 93% of the time is, in and of itself, the dictionary definition of unlimited PTO.
DeleteSometimes I feel as though I’m reading a Ray Bradberry futuristic, nightmare science fiction novel.. The people who inhabit radio and TV news and sports in the bay area are by and large, mediocre at best and laughably amateurish at worst. Yes there are a some exceptions as Rich pointed out, but they are far snd few between. Radio and TV news and sports are now sharing the spotlight with social media, which is a ghastly combustion of annoying noise. Nonsense and misinformation. The “young demographic” barely exist for the electronica media and isre completely dead for the print media. Almost everyone under the age of 35 is constantly staring at their tiny screens, completely disengaged with anything but the virtual world. Many are pecking away furiously w their thumbs, reacting to the latest gossip or texting four or five words to people or checking the most ridiculous platform of all: Twitter. And even more of these mindless clods are walking across the street without even looking. for cars, bike riders or buses. It’s a wonder more don’t get run down by distracted drivers who are also too busy texting or talk Ng w people on their phones as well to pay any attention. .meanwhile, these soullesd , mega media companies who are working on the cheap keep bringing in newbies, and fresh faced college kids who are getting the kind of pay a media member would have gotten in Fresno 30 years ago. . It’s really pathetic. So much for Bay area radio and TV serving the public!
ReplyDeleteMediocre? Now do our politicians.
DeleteIs Ama pregnant? She sure has been putting it on.
ReplyDeleteI posted a nice, non-insulting comment detailing Bailee’s qualifications and the reasons, IMHO, her promotion to field reporter makes sense.
ReplyDeleteRich censored the comment and refused to post it.
Bailey is cute as hell, and really, who's gonna watch a newscast for 55 minutes waiting for the sports report?
ReplyDeletePoor Radinich...looks like he's still on Prednisone?
ReplyDelete"He is currently getting screwed."
ReplyDeleteWhat's the story with Frank throwing his phone into the lake? Did someone witness this or did he tell you himself?
ReplyDeleteFrank Somerville, Nick Nolte, Gary Busey. Triplets separated at birth.
ReplyDeleteThere is an ARBY'S in Millbrae???
ReplyDeleteHarland
Pacifica
What's wrong with your blog? No more news? What's the matter Big Baby? Aren't people showing any love? Are you punishing us because no one will send you money? Get a real job!
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