Local (and other) radio news

[Tinka Cat]

Our own Tinka Cat was the first person to win tix (Joe Walsh) from Annalisa this morning. Congrats!

It's nice to hear AL's voice but the show's pretty bare-bones -- she needs a newsperson and some traffic reports, ASAP. And I dunno if I can handle Whitesnake at 6am.

Congrats Tinka!

Yeah, as much as I like AL, from what I'm hearing r/ KFOX, I'll stick w/ KFOG.

pretty psyched to win..!  I'm surprised I got through at all, but it was pretty early (for me, anyway).

[RGMike]

Per a post on radio-info.com... Around 9:40 AM on Tuesday, Ronn Owens was talking about the Green Bay/Seattle game and a caller, in an attempt to show how bad the replacement refs are, said "it would be like someone buying a talk radio station and hiring a bunch of replacement hosts."   

LOL! Apparently Ronn didn't acknowledge the comment.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Per a post on radio-info.com... Around 9:40 AM on Tuesday, Ronn Owens was talking about the Green Bay/Seattle game and a caller, in an attempt to show how bad the replacement refs are, said "it would be like someone buying a talk radio station and hiring a bunch of replacement hosts."   

LOL! Apparently Ronn didn't acknowledge the comment.

That's pretty funny.

[RGMike]

KPOO appears to be off-the-air since yesterday, tho' they are still streaming live.

and I mentioned this on FB, but amid speculation that The Bone might "go older" to pick up disaffected former KFOX listeners, yesterday I heard the Bone play Living Color, "Cult of Personality" which didn't use to be in their wheelhouse. They're also doing 10@10-ish flashback segments all weekend, mixing songs and news clips from specific years.

[RGMike]

September ratings are in:

http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009

KFOG pretty much holds steady. Ditto K-FOX, Live 105, Alice.  Slight uptick for The Bone.  KNBR, thanks to the Giants, is #1

[RGMike]

KPOO appears to be off-the-air since yesterday, tho' they are still streaming live.

KPOO appeared to be back on the air yesterday, so they were down for apx a week.  Their signal sounded strong last nite; dunno if the repairs had a side-effect of boosting their power but that would be nice if so.

[RGMike]

flipped on K-FOX last nite around 9:30 and was surprised they were playing Tracy Chapman's "Give me One Reason". And I thought: well that's not very compatible with AC/DC and the Scorpions.  And sure enuf we then got the trainwreck segue of the week... Tracy Chapman --> Billy Squier's "The Stroke". Egads.

[ggould]

flipped on K-FOX last nite around 9:30 and was surprised they were playing Tracy Chapman's "Give me One Reason". And I thought: well that's not very compatible with AC/DC and the Scorpions.  And sure enuf we then got the trainwreck segue of the week... Tracy Chapman --> Billy Squier's "The Stroke". Egads.

Exactly the problem.

[RGMike]

Rather odd message on the home page for Dave Morey's WTF Radio...

WTF OFF AIR FOR HALLOWEEN DECORATING 10/10-10/17.

Be listening for details regarding our new share-time agreement with
WDOA - "The Absolute FINAL word in Soul and Blues."
 
There doesn't appear to be an actual radio station with the WDOA calls so I'm guessing this is another Morey side project? Stay tuned...

[RGMike]

Nice tidbit from Rich Lieberman, re: the Giants Series victory..

In the 10th inning of the the Giants clinching World Series game against Detroit, Miller was offered a broadcast treasure, history really, and in a class move to Dave Flemming, turned it down.

To wit: Duane Kuiper said that because the game went into ten innings, it was Dave Flemming's turn at the mic...but when the bottom of the 10th came...Dave asked Jon Miller if he would like to take over, and have the chance to call the possible last out of the Series. "Out of respect," Duane said.

Jon declined...saying "it's your time, kid" and Dave called the final out.

Class act, Mr Miller. Kudos.

[RGMike]

October (actually more like mid-Sept thru mid-Oct) ratings are out:

http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009

KFOG drops back a bit (from 2.8 to 2.5); KFOX, Live 105 both down slightly; the Bone up slightly.  KNBR was #1 (no surprise considering the Giants playoff run).

[ggould]

Nice tidbit from Rich Lieberman, re: the Giants Series victory..

In the 10th inning of the the Giants clinching World Series game against Detroit, Miller was offered a broadcast treasure, history really, and in a class move to Dave Flemming, turned it down.

To wit: Duane Kuiper said that because the game went into ten innings, it was Dave Flemming's turn at the mic...but when the bottom of the 10th came...Dave asked Jon Miller if he would like to take over, and have the chance to call the possible last out of the Series. "Out of respect," Duane said.

Jon declined...saying "it's your time, kid" and Dave called the final out.

Class act, Mr Miller. Kudos.

I didn't buy the last one, but if they do a DVD again with the Giants announcers audio, I think I'll get it.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Nice tidbit from Rich Lieberman, re: the Giants Series victory..

In the 10th inning of the the Giants clinching World Series game against Detroit, Miller was offered a broadcast treasure, history really, and in a class move to Dave Flemming, turned it down.

To wit: Duane Kuiper said that because the game went into ten innings, it was Dave Flemming's turn at the mic...but when the bottom of the 10th came...Dave asked Jon Miller if he would like to take over, and have the chance to call the possible last out of the Series. "Out of respect," Duane said.

Jon declined...saying "it's your time, kid" and Dave called the final out.

Class act, Mr Miller. Kudos.

I didn't buy the last one, but if they do a DVD again with the Giants announcers audio, I think I'll get it.

ditto

[urth]

Nice tidbit from Rich Lieberman, re: the Giants Series victory..

In the 10th inning of the the Giants clinching World Series game against Detroit, Miller was offered a broadcast treasure, history really, and in a class move to Dave Flemming, turned it down.

To wit: Duane Kuiper said that because the game went into ten innings, it was Dave Flemming's turn at the mic...but when the bottom of the 10th came...Dave asked Jon Miller if he would like to take over, and have the chance to call the possible last out of the Series. "Out of respect," Duane said.

Jon declined...saying "it's your time, kid" and Dave called the final out.

Class act, Mr Miller. Kudos.

I didn't buy the last one, but if they do a DVD again with the Giants announcers audio, I think I'll get it.

The 2010 edition has the Giants announcers on an alternate audio track.  I've got it and have never listened to the primary channel with Buck and McDipshit. So I'd assume there will be one again this year, with the same feature.

[ggould]

Nice tidbit from Rich Lieberman, re: the Giants Series victory..

In the 10th inning of the the Giants clinching World Series game against Detroit, Miller was offered a broadcast treasure, history really, and in a class move to Dave Flemming, turned it down.

To wit: Duane Kuiper said that because the game went into ten innings, it was Dave Flemming's turn at the mic...but when the bottom of the 10th came...Dave asked Jon Miller if he would like to take over, and have the chance to call the possible last out of the Series. "Out of respect," Duane said.

Jon declined...saying "it's your time, kid" and Dave called the final out.

Class act, Mr Miller. Kudos.

I didn't buy the last one, but if they do a DVD again with the Giants announcers audio, I think I'll get it.

The 2010 edition has the Giants announcers on an alternate audio track.  I've got it and have never listened to the primary channel with Buck and McDipshit. So I'd assume there will be one again this year, with the same feature.

It's already available for pre-order, for release on my birthday, but not many details yet:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008TYGDIW/gdforumcom-20