Posted on 10/03/2005 8:18:38 AM PDT by yoe
Edited on 10/03/2005 10:48:22 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Melanie was the only reason I would tune in to KSFO for the morning commute. Now it will be the guys on 910.
I agree. And the reception of KNEW is much much better for me. Maybe they will pick her up. It would be a good move for them.
....My husband, a strong conservative, listens to her every morning on his way to work and says she's great!
Quite right. If my numbers went down, so did I(I worked in a larger market than SFO). When my numbers were good, everyone in station management loved me. Simple as that.
But you know, no matter how big or good you get, sooner or later, in broadcasting, especially in radio, you stand an excellent chance of getting the "bum's rush".
Nearly everyone, on air, that is, gets fired. It's show biz. That's just the way it is.
Send her out here to Kansas City to replace that horrid Darla Jay on 980, leading into Rush.
I've resorted to listening to Mancow (I can't get 710 and Tony Snow in my office for some reason).
See? There you go right there!
Thanks for your note.
Farewell KSFO. I am no longer a listener.
LOL
.. But how ya gonna listen to the Oakland Raiders on the radio in the Bay Area now? (ducks under the table)
KSFO bumps either David Gold and the Babe in the bunker off the air on weekends, too, fwiw.
"Friday, she said the contract talks had failed at the highest levels. I think that means at ABC, or maybe even at Walt Disney!!!"
So she was fired by Mickey Mouse and his goon, Goofy!
KSFO believes that they can be successful with a lib program instead.
Wonder if they will replace the show with the highly success Err Amerika show "The Morning Sedition" /sarcasm off
I don't like seeing my friend Melanie Morgan smacked around by anybody!!! She's done more good than most genuine conservatives I know of!!! I think she's under attack for countering Cindy Sheehan with this action and we need to help her by calling the KSFO "Comment Line" like Mrs. Wasp did last Friday!!!
Now... Get on it! Go to the KSFO.com website and get the number and CALL, NOW, PLEASE!!!
"I'm sorry for her, but no whining allowed aloud. "
I am not sorry for her. I couldn't care less but I didn't detect any whining. Shes off the air and explained why. She has a right to do that.
Now these geniuses kill the second place drive time morning show in the nation's third biggest market (up against a 50,000 watt regional news station).
They can now call themselves KRSH, because Rush is all they gots left. Right?
That's why I left radio. It is ALWAYS all screwed up and it doesn't matter who owns the station or the network. Sooner or later you'll get an idiot for a boss, and that will be the end of you. Why get up at 2:30 AM for that? Ugh.
Don't worry about Mel. She'll be just fine.
My wife was a news director for a radio station. I lived through all of this already.
Yup. It'll drive you crazy, and that's for sure.
The happiest people I've met in radio are the ones just leaving it. But then, you already know that.
Cheers, and thanks for you note!
"Getting canned when you least expect is all part of the radio biz. Believe me, I know. "
Yup, I too can testify to that!! One of the reasons I got out of "radio"-NO security. And, it didn't matter how popular you are/where.
No great loss....
Just my opinion.
Hopefully, MM will go to 910 and leave Lee at KSFO.
KSFO starts fading out here about 30 minutes before sunset, and about 5 miles north or east of here.
Melanie was a perfect "sidekick" for the real show host. Lee carried the show, but Lee has a predictable position and rant these days and as he has his fortune made he takes off one day eacy week. He will likely retire soon and the show will have to start over. (Since I already retired, I cannot throw stones, but it will be a while before the conservative movement finds new talent to compare with this trio.)
But with Melanie, the morning show gradually moved up until it took over first place in the SF Bay Area. (Imagine a conservative show being number one in that market and you will see how really good the show was.)
This is a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts and taken piecemeal the people each have drawbacks. It will not be as good a show without Mel. I have been listening on line since I left the Bay Area and hit the road. Trust me, there are very few conservative shows with the informational content and impact of Lee, Mel, and OV. And I am sad that ABC thinks they can do better. Much more likely a left wing "kill" signal went out when they realized they could punish Mel for her activist work.
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