KFOG, But Not 10@10

[darryl]

Interesting read about the new morning show:  http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/KFOG-rebuilds-show-after-Fogheads-slam-anchor-3686371.php

Re: Irish Greg and Webster's departures:

"I loved Webster and Irish Greg, too," Constantine said. "Both of them came to me at different points and said they were having a hard time with the show. Particularly Webster, who wasn't used to the morning hours, and it was affecting his overall well-being."

[darryl]

The article got me to wondering whether Webster and Greg landed on their feet.  So far Webster's LinkedIn doesn't show anything new, but Greg does have a new gig:

Producer, Don Bleu Show, KOSF 103.7
Clear Channel Radio
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CCU; Broadcast Media industry
July 2012 – Present (1 month) San Francisco Bay Area

Clear Channel?  Don Bleu?  Ooof, may god have mercy on his soul.

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=35063250&pid=23822523&authType=name&authToken=OplI&trk=pbmap

[darryl]

It'd be funny if Tim Goodman started doing his TV reports on KKSF though.  (Wait, they changed their call letters to KOSF?)

Man, I kinda remember liking KKSF when it first started.

[RGMike]

It'd be funny if Tim Goodman started doing his TV reports on KKSF though.  (Wait, they changed their call letters to KOSF?)

Man, I kinda remember liking KKSF when it first started.

yeah, KOSF is supposed to stand for "Oldies San Francisco" or something.  The KKSF calls were moved to 910 AM which used to be KNEW.

[RGMike]

June ratings out -- KFOG remains stable at a 2.6. I'm surprised the morning fiasco didn't make them take a hit-- at least a couple of tenths-of-a-point downward woulda made sense. Odd.

[Lightnin' Rod]

June ratings out -- KFOG remains stable at a 2.6. I'm surprised the morning fiasco didn't make them take a hit-- at least a couple of tenths-of-a-point downward woulda made sense. Odd.

That might be an indication of how well the morining show was doing prior to the fiasco.

[RGMike]

"it started with a wheesper
and then I grabbed her keester"

[radical347]

DC, after playing the new Alex Clare song:

"He's, uhh, a British singer-songwriter, from, uhh, England."

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[Big Fingers McGee]

Played at ~9:40 last night, 3 Doors Down's "Kryptonite". I recall in Y2K wondering why KFOG wouldn't touch it then.

[darryl]

I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.

 I tuned in but heard no real voice, but it must have been his show, b/c I heard Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher. That's like his all-time favorite song.

I also heard Michael Penn No Myth and the Cars' Magic. Pretty common stuff.   Plus every ten minutes a 30-second ad takes over the stream, right in the middle of the song.  I don't think I'll be back anytime soon, unless I hear about a show that plays some really different.

DUDE! MC5, "Back in the USA"! " '69 American terminal stasis. The air's so thick it's like breathin' in molasses." Followed by Bowie, "Win".

But if you click that "go to the new USTREAM" tab it takes you to a stream that appears to be commercial-free.

Hey, do you have a link for this new USTREAM?  I'd love to go ad-free.

[RGMike]

I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.

 I tuned in but heard no real voice, but it must have been his show, b/c I heard Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher. That's like his all-time favorite song.

I also heard Michael Penn No Myth and the Cars' Magic. Pretty common stuff.   Plus every ten minutes a 30-second ad takes over the stream, right in the middle of the song.  I don't think I'll be back anytime soon, unless I hear about a show that plays some really different.

DUDE! MC5, "Back in the USA"! " '69 American terminal stasis. The air's so thick it's like breathin' in molasses." Followed by Bowie, "Win".

But if you click that "go to the new USTREAM" tab it takes you to a stream that appears to be commercial-free.

Hey, do you have a link for this new USTREAM?  I'd love to go ad-free.

I don't see that tab there any more. Just tuned in -- Jonathan Richman, "Here Come the Martian Martians". Followed by John Prine -- "oh my stars, Melinda's gone to Mars". Cute.

[RGMike]

Just heard on Morey's WTF:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_9iqWIaTKI

[RGMike]

SFGate catches up with M.Dung. Ay-waaay, or something.

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-DJ-M-Dung-plugging-aaywaay-on-podcast-3735480.php

[Tinka Cat]

SFGate catches up with M.Dung. Ay-waaay, or something.

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-DJ-M-Dung-plugging-aaywaay-on-podcast-3735480.php

you might dig his podcasts:

http://www.idiotshow.net/

[RGMike]

SFGate catches up with M.Dung. Ay-waaay, or something.

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-DJ-M-Dung-plugging-aaywaay-on-podcast-3735480.php

you might dig his podcasts:

http://www.idiotshow.net/

I know you expect nothing less from a Crankypants like me, but I don't quite get his appeal. His tenure at KFOG was before my time, more or less, but I remember the month that I arrived in SF, the Bammies (remember them?) were being broadcast live and he was there, interviewing people backstage and whatnot. And it seemed like Every. Other. Word was "Oh-DAY!!" and "ay-WAYY!" and I'm sitting there going "whothefuck is this MORON??" He truly came across (to the un-initiated, at least) as brain-damaged. No wonder he did "The Idiot Show".   But people really liked that schtick, I guess.