KRON/4 UPDATE–Michael Savage Dinner? Hope So
KRON-TV General Manager Brian Greif has sent a response to my earlier KRON/4 post: “Your story about KGO taking over production of KRON-4 news is wrong. KRON management has not been in contact with KGO...
View ArticleRadnich re-ignites; KGO still #1 in overalls, but KCBS, KNBR Shine
THREE-DOT MONDAY: Just when I thought KNBR’s Gary Radnich was in the “mail-in” mode, he and Tony Bruno did a very funny, thought-provoking twenty minutes on the Michael Jackson death. Bruno lamented...
View ArticleKRON-TV going to the lenders; Update; Radnich speculation heats up
KRON-TV, part of corporate parent, Young broadcasting, is now in the hands of its lenders, having failed to meet the minimum the company, (Young) was looking for, so the struggling broadcaster’s...
View ArticleBay Area sports broadcasters–some of the best ever, past and present
Bill King didn’t have the national following of Vin Scully, but his popularity and incredible broadcast legacy in the Bay Area remains a constant. Ditto Lon Simmons.King passed away suddenly in 2005,...
View ArticleGreg Papa and everyone else; Bay Area’s best broadcaster
It dawned on me doing Comcast Sportsnet’s “Chronicle Live” that Greg Papa is clearly in a league of his own as one of the Bay Area’s premier broadcasters. Papa, who hosts the daily weekday talk show...
View ArticleRichmond Bridge tragedy dominates Bay Area media
The Richmond-San Rafael bridge tragedy, in which two toll collectors, one male and female victim both shot and killed, dominated the Bay Area news. The shootings took place during peak commute time;...
View ArticleTurmoil at KRON; morale at all-time low at 1001 Van Ness; newsroom: ‘unstable’
Not unlike a lot of broadcast outlets these days, KRON, and its news personnel; particularly its staff of writers, producers, and “vj’s“, (video journalists) are embroiled in a cantankerous atmosphere...
View ArticleBay Area media gears up for BART strike; TV/radio adds hours and coverage
As it becomes more obvious, barring a last-minute settlement, that BART workers will strike midnight Sunday, Bay Area media are gearing up heavily to aid you and your friends unlucky enough to be...
View ArticleA sign of how bad things are at KRON
Bill Mann from dcweasels.com forwards this item from an Oakland reader on the state of KRON. The crawl on the screen bottom during newscasts used to contain news headlines. Now it’s full of ads....
View ArticleMedia coverage of the Jaycee Lee Dugard story; a ‘certifiable catch-22′
How do you cover an unseemly, incredibly sordid and disturbing story like the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping/reappearence, yet try to be informative without being sensationalistic? It’s a delicate issue...
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