Christine Craft Worthy of a Full Time Gig at KGO; Veteran Broadcaster Has Paid Her Dues

Here's a plug for Bay Area broadcaster, Christine Craft, a proven radio talk-show host with a solid background and knowledge of the issues of the day. It's a mystery why even the albatross KGO Radio won't hire her full-time on their weekend schedule. It sure as hell beats this.

Craft, in case you don't know, has been a regular substitute host on KGO for over ten years and seemed destined for a full-time gig until KGO went to KGOne. Even at that, you'd have figured the brass, (whoever runs the daily cirque-de-soleil), would put her on her own time slot, (say, 10 PM-1 AM, for example). Then again, there's no rhyme or reason at the Cumulus factory.

Craft is deft and has a very storied body of work. Yes, she's highly opinionated and has a tendency to let you know even if you don't care. She's also, in many broadcast circles, remembered for an historic age discrimination lawsuit, which she won back in the 80's against a Kansas City TV station, ( which a judge subsequently threw out).

When she first started doing the old KGO, I wasn't much of a fan of Craft. Her on-air bits of occasional smarmy 'tude and shortness with intelligent, (and even not so intelligent), callers seemed to border on boorish and smart-alack behavior. Sure, you need to move the show and caller-driven radio isn't my cup of tea, but Craft went overboard. Never mind the fact I always tended to agree with her opinion(s).

Craft has grown on me. She's quite adept at virtually all the topics, although her over-adulation of "critters" tends to wear every now and then. But when it comes to good, solid news-talk, she's clearly one of the best and a damn great interviewer to boot.

It was Craft who happened to be on the mike the night of the tragic shooting massacre, involving Congresswoman, Gabby Giffords. Craft managed to snag a Tuscon-area reporter for a first-rate twenty-minute phone interview which provided much needed information and levity on such a massively horrific day. I can only imagine what it would have been like if one of KGO's current crop of rank amateurs had been broadcasting that evening. God help us.

Craft has a lofty set of credentials--she deserves a decent shot. I'm hoping that the Einsteins over at 900 Front don't perceive her as too old, (something I've heard--what a complete crock if true)--she's interesting to listen to and her law status, (Craft is a Workman's comp attorney), provides her only more ammo needed to get KGO's or someone else's attention.

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