Posted on 03/03/2008 4:13:19 PM PST by Impeach98
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 3, 2008
CONTACT: Melanie Morgan at: Melanie@MelanieMorgan.com
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Renowned radio personality and national conservative leader, Melanie Morgan, delivered her final broadcast on talk radio powerhouse KSFO 560 AM today – Monday, March 3, 2008.
The owner of KSFO radio, Citadel Broadcasting, decided not to renew Morgan’s contract as part of the company’s announced across-the-board financial cost cutting.
Melanie Morgan has been a fixture on KSFO for the past 14 years, enjoying a run from 1994-2008 that far exceeded industry standards for longevity.
During that time, Morgan emerged as one of the nation’s most dynamic conservative activists, using the radio airwaves to motivate listeners who shared her passion to take action and fight for causes important to them.
Morgan’s on-air activism included an effort that removed the carcinogen MTBE from gasoline in California, launching of the historic Recall Gray Davis campaign that led to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California, and co-founding the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org).
“It has truly been an honor for me to work at KSFO for the past 14 years. What I loved most about my time at KSFO was that it allowed me to connect with listeners and take action to make real changes in the world,” said Melanie Morgan.
“We never had a one-way dialogue with our listeners, and we never believed that we had to resolve ourselves to accept the status quo. We got out of our chairs, left our homes and offices, and circulated petitions, rallied for our troops and met with government leaders.
“We did all this to make sure that we left an even better world for our children than the one we had inherited from generations before us,” Morgan said.
As part of her ongoing conservative activism, Morgan has traveled to the Middle East twice to interview U.S. Troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait. Her broadcast efforts from Iraq resulted in her winning the Associated Press’s Mark Twain Journalism Award, and The Peninsula Press Club’s award for Best Interview or Talk Show.
“Meeting our troops who are on the frontlines of the war against terrorism stands as the most powerful experience in my broadcast career,” said Morgan.
Morgan’s career with ABC began in 1981 when she was a television reporter for KGO TV. In 1984, she became an on-air personality for KGO radio where she worked for six years before switching over to ABC-San Francisco sister-station, KSFO 560 AM, co-hosting the Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan show. In 2006, Citadel Broadcasting acquired the ABC Radio group. She has reported on the scene from the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon; the Mexico City earthquake; and the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.
Melanie Morgan says her focus in the days ahead remains unchanged: She will remain a conservative activist leader.
“My commitment and dedication to serve as a leader in the movement to support our military men and women continues to grow, and I am very proud to serve as Chairman of the pro-troop non-profit group, Move America Forward,” Morgan said.
Melanie Morgan is not compensated for her work with Move America Forward, a fact since the group was first launched in 2004.
Morgan will also continue her weekly column for the news website WorldNetDaily.com and will continue to serve as a television analyst on news programs on cable and broadcast television stations and networks.
“My passion and commitment to the troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world are foremost in my heart. While I will miss my good friends Lee Rodgers and Officer Vic, and our great producer Sheri Yee, I am excited to stay close to the conservative grassroots. And I’ll always lead with my chin out,” Morgan concluded.
And Melanie's now been removed from the KSFO website: http://www.ksfo.com/home.asp
Hey Elk GroveDan-at least we got Eric Hogue back for an hour over on the other AM station. It was nice to hear him today, even if it was for a little over 45 minutes.
Melanie Morgan cut from KSFO radio - San Francisco
HEY RUSH, we need to find Melanie a new home. Maybe EIB can help her find a silver microphone. (There’s only ONE golden EIB mic.)
Only one correction - her husband was indeed the Program Director for liberal KGO and conservative KSFO, but about 1.5 - 2 years ago they made him just the Program Director of liberal KGO. They brought in a new person (and more $$$ to spend) to be KSFO Program Director.
Melanie Morgan off the air after 14 years at KSFO - San Francisco.
There’s room for her on KFYI in Phoenix, Bruce Jacobs whines and rants too much and Barry Young is getting very stale too..
“doesn’t put much faith in her listeners’ memory or intelligence.”
well, she DOES write for World Net Daily.
I believe so. Citadel has made some wild changes in at least a few markets.
Well Melanie and Rush are friends, and they’ve known each other going way back to days in Kansas City!
Idiots. Sounds like someone with liberal connections got to this STUPID broadcasting company. Major loss to them. But my guess is it is politics and money.
I’m sorry to see this .. damn!
Best wishes to Melanie Morgan Hill .. a trooper in the best sense of the word
Sorry, I used to like Eric Hogue until he turned into a Tom-Mclintock-bashing, Arnold-Schwarzenegger-butt-kissing, sycophant.
No thanks.
Here in DC, they axed Chris Core, who has been at WMAL for many, many years.
In NYC they axed John Gambling from WABC.
And now they have axed Melanie Morgan from KSFO.
I don't know what they are doing or why, but it looks to be Citadel (formerly ABC Radio) radio personalities in large markets across the country are getting tossed overboard.
There does seem to be an opening in Savage's old spot in the late afternoon slot.
Syndicate her from KFIC outta add a few bucks to the pot.
Ooops! KFIV... duh.
If there's anything that scares the hell out of the liberals, it is conservative talk radio. Melanie has been outstanding, so of course she was in the crosshairs.
Best wishes, Melanie. Remember, you have many friends at FR and throughout the country. Stay positive, hang in there, and you will prevail. I fully expect that you will turn up with an even better job than the one you just left.
They axed 12 of 13 on-air people at their country stations in Atlanta last Friday, including Rubarb Jones, who’d been there over 25 years.
She can come to KFAQ in Tulsa. Our conservative morning radio talk show host, Gwen Freeman, has recently left and there is a HUGE void.
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