Bloomberg Bay Area 960 Debuts; Greg Jarrett Offers Smooth Drivetime Anchor; Danos 'Fill-In' Status At KCBS; Fox Takes Over KTVU Oct 16; Monday Coffee Opener

 'Bloomberg 960 SF" debuted this morning and if you like business-central radio then you'll be in heaven. It is mostly news, traffic, and business interviews concentrating on Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

Ex-KGO Radio tonsil, Greg Jarrett, conducted the first morning-drive anchoring and provided a steady if not spectacular style.

"Bay Area Business" is the outcue Bloomberg is using with traffic snippets from Larry Olsen. It is blended in with its other bureaus in NY and Boston. The "Bloomberg Bay Area Business Report" is centered among the local programming although ironically, the "local" story was reported by a NY reporter, Charlie Pellet.

This is not riveting radio in any sense of the word; it's mostly a lot of business, stocks, trends, dividend potpourri but that's precisely what Bloomberg Radio is counting on and with their deep financial pockets Bloomberg will be around the Bay Area airwaves for a while.

*Dean Danos, who got dumped from overnight KCBS because somebody high up, (not ND, Ed Cavagnaro), thought he sounded like a "DJ" during the Napa quake, (huh?), is probably destined for fill-in work. He's not thrilled and talked to the union. Most of the station staff was "shocked" over Danos' firing, including the Assistant ND, Jane McMillan, who is working to get the situation resolved.

*Fox Network takes over KTVU on October 16 --you, the viewer, will notice very little at first. Things will be business as usual until the new GM from Boston arrives, then it's mystery time but usually the first thing these guys do is to chop a little, replace and mix and match.

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Danos Firing Has A Lot Of People Worried At KCBS; Tuesday First Take

Dean Danos' abrupt firing has sent unintended shockwaves throughout the KCBS newsroom.

KCBS likes to preach how much they're "family" and staffers routinely are exposed to a homey "all for one and one for all" mentality. It sounds good in theory even if it's rings a bit hollow around 855 Battery.

One view from an industry source:

" Another act of Age Discrimination at CBS masked as a reorganization.  Look back at the Layoffs of Bill Schechner, Manny Ramos, Tony Russomanno, Barbara Rogers at KPIX.  All let go under the guise of "down sizing", only to see those same positions filled with younger-cheaper people."

 "Sadly, CBS and Corporate America have gotten used to getting away with this kind of bull shit.  Most of the KPIX people never worked in TV again.  Many of them, did ---however--- got a nice windfall.  But Danos was member of the "throw away" PART TIME army in broadcasting and AFTRA is going to be no help at all.  Just ask the KPIX Crew."

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KTVU Has A New ND; Dean Danos Gets Screwed By KCBS; Colin Kaepernick And Race Mix Into Bay Area Sports Media Hatred Of 49ers QB; Monday Coffee First Take

Monday Coffee

*Dana Hahn is headed to KTVU from Washington DC as the new Channel 2 News Director. She replaces Wonder Boy, Lee Rosenthal, who, as I predicted, is headed to Boston to work at the Fox station where soon-to-be moving, GM, Tom Raponi is taking him. I'm sure the Bostonians just can't wait.


*KCBS made a major mistake by firing overnight anchor, Dee Danos. Danos is at the top of his game. I know he's 82- so the hell what! It was Danos who comforted listeners after the Napa quake. It was Danos, the only one on the air at the time, who provided A-rate coverage and was commended by management soon after, only to be shown the door. KCBS ND, Ed Cavagnaro, contacted for comment, did not respond. CBS-SF radio, your brand has taken a hit and Dean Danos, a class act, was treated like shit. Don't think for a moment other personnel in the building and local industry people have taken notice.


*Let's cut to the chase and speak honest, got it? Colin Kaepernick is being chastised by the Bay Area Sports Media by the fact that he doesn't like the local press; they don't like him; and the 49ers are losing. Combine that with the fact that he's young and black, wears tattoos and sports an urban look that is quite threatening to a mostly White, middle-aged, out-of-touch, uncomfortable press corps. That's a fact. It may not be pleasant but it's the truth. For better or worse.


Kaepernick could do himself a favor by simply 'playing the media game' and conducting post-game interviews, it's not like he's performing surgery --but he has contempt for the writers. Based on some of the questions he gets, maybe he's right to cop a 'tude. In any event, don't think for a moment the underlying issue here isn't racial--it is. Yeah, they won't tell you that--I will.


That doesn't make Kaepernick a bad guy, but it speaks volumes about the real issue here. Like I said, out of touch. Here's a hint guys, why not simply ask Cap himself what's the deal? Maybe he'd open up then. Maybe not. Whatever.


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Dean Danos Responds To 415 Media About KCBS Firing; Veteran Anchor 'Shocked' Over Ouster

Dean Danos has been fired by KCBS--Danos just sent me this e-mail; I asked the veteran newsman to respond to the KCBS move.


Hi Rich:


Well, it was a total surprise.  The other day I got a call from Ed, (Cavagnaro), (NewsDirector), saying that they would have to let me go.  After recovering from the shock, I asked why. He said that they need to make a change so that they could have an outside reporter in the anchor position in the case of something like the quake might happen.  He said that they could send that person out to cover it.  I asked how they would do without an anchor. He said that they had done that before. Still no explanation how.  Then he went on to say that my last day would be Oct11, and I would get a nine day severance, and that was it. A person at the union talked to Ed, and told me, from what he said, she couldn't fathom why I was dropped. There are other part-time  anchors that are not reporters.  I found it interesting that, during the quake, as others came in to cover it, they gave me a thumbs-up, and said that I did a good job.  I don't know what is going on, because, during my 14 years at KCBS, I was always available when needed, and was proud to be a member of the news team.


Dean Danos

KCBS Dumps Overnight Legend Dean Danos

DANOS DUMPED BY KCBS


Dean Danos, the mega-veteran, overnight anchor for KCBS has been shown the door by the all-news outlet. His last day is Oct. 11.