KFOG, But Not 10@10

[RGMike]

AL is on vacay, after just having had a long weekend to sort out family stuff in Beantown, and after having had months of unpaid leave last year.  Renee was on vacay last week. NoName was off for part of the holidays and Irish Greg went to Ireland for the other part; he's going to Mexico in a couple weeks. Is there ever a week when everyone at KFOG is there at the same time?

[RGMike]

Seriously: how many times a week do they play "By Bye Love" by the Cars? I swear I hear it every other morning in the 6:00 hour.

[RGMike]

Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!

[Tinka Cat]

Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!

That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show....   (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)

[Lightnin' Rod]

Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!

That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show....   (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)

Saw JJ a couple years back at the Warfield, and really enjoyed it.  Considering this show as well, but I'm pretty sure it's a school night.  I was more up for that a few years back.

[urth]

Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!

That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show....   (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)

Saw JJ a couple years back at the Warfield, and really enjoyed it.  Considering this show as well, but I'm pretty sure it's a school night.  I was more up for that a few years back.

Another recco for Joe Jackson's live show. I saw him do a solo show at the Fillmore about 10 or 12 years back that was great, and also a couple of times in the 80s that were hot (the Night & Day tour, which was stellar) and the one that followed it that was not (he was throwing a bit of a snit onstage).

[dischead]

Did this "evolution" crap just start this morning?  My prediction:  the ad bumpers will be
more interesting than whatever it turns out to be.

[urth]

Did this "evolution" crap just start this morning?  My prediction:  the ad bumpers will be
more interesting than whatever it turns out to be.

Yep, they rolled out at 10am, 10@10 is MIA for today, and AL posted a rather cryptic photo on her FB page of a pint of some dark liquid (could be stout, could be a coke) and a penny with the  comment "Sorry I can't be with you today, phenomenal human beings." So of course everyone in GS-ville is assuming the worst, but I can't say I have much hope either.

This article about KFOG/KSAN's new PD posted on All Access this am (you might need to register to read it):

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran

ETA: Anyone check in on The Bone to see if any overt changes have happened over there?

[RGMike]

to add to the KFOG/Cumulus thing, they're also doing (another) major overhaul at KGO -- Ronn Owens is now the morning guy, and Getty & Armstrong (Sac'to neocons) have been added to the midday lineup.

And KGO-TV fired news anchor Alan Wang for apparently "liking the wrong tweet" (!)

[Lightnin' Rod]

Did this "evolution" crap just start this morning?  My prediction:  the ad bumpers will be
more interesting than whatever it turns out to be.

Yep, they rolled out at 10am, 10@10 is MIA for today, and AL posted a rather cryptic photo on her FB page of a pint of some dark liquid (could be stout, could be a coke) and a penny with the  comment "Sorry I can't be with you today, phenomenal human beings." So of course everyone in GS-ville is assuming the worst, but I can't say I have much hope either.

This article about KFOG/KSAN's new PD posted on All Access this am (you might need to register to read it):

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran

ETA: Anyone check in on The Bone to see if any overt changes have happened over there?

Well, the last paragraph of the allaccess article mentioned above is pretty ominous:

In further KFOG news, ALL ACCESS is hearing that most of the KFOG air staff has been let go.  The station playing quite a bit of ‘90s Alternative hits at the moment and is running sweepers on the air saying The Evolution Is Coming April 20th.” - See more at: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran#sthash.O4PZMwiZ.dpuf

EDIT to bold the ominous part.  Hope AL (and 10@10) stays, but...

[RGMike]

Well, the last paragraph of the allaccess article mentioned above is pretty ominous:

In further KFOG news, ALL ACCESS is hearing that most of the KFOG air staff has been let go.  The station playing quite a bit of ‘90s Alternative hits at the moment and is running sweepers on the air saying The Evolution Is Coming April 20th.” - See more at: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran#sthash.O4PZMwiZ.dpuf

EDIT to bold the ominous part.  Hope AL (and 10@10) stays, but...

In a related story Lieberman (so take it with a grain) reported last week that Live 105 was not long for this world. So "The Evolution" clearly means to be what they were and then some.

[RGMike]

From Lieberman's page, he's got the email sent to all SF Cumulus staff re: the changes...

http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-extra-death-memo-sent-to-cumulussf.html

[darryl]

Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!

That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show....   (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)

Saw JJ a couple years back at the Warfield, and really enjoyed it.  Considering this show as well, but I'm pretty sure it's a school night.  I was more up for that a few years back.

Another recco for Joe Jackson's live show. I saw him do a solo show at the Fillmore about 10 or 12 years back that was great, and also a couple of times in the 80s that were hot (the Night & Day tour, which was stellar) and the one that followed it that was not (he was throwing a bit of a snit onstage).

Oh hi everyone. Came here to get the scoop on AL, but yeah, that was me, so thanks. Looking forward to the show!

Anyways, I did notice No Name was AWOL this week, but as of yesterday Renee was still calling it the "Irish Greg, No Name and Renee Show". Figured he was on vacation, but maybe not. :-{

Also of note: Greg and Renee mentioned a story about a $175K/year Butler position opening up in Noe Valley. They joked about whether they could/would take the job, and made a weird mention that it would be perfect for a certain person at the radio station whom they could not mention for fear of getting fired. I actually thought of Dred Scott and now I wonder if he too was one of the unlucky folks that was cut. :-/

[darryl]

You know, I kind of thought that Evolution promo sounded a little like Muse. (Don't get me wrong, I really dig that one song of theirs, "Uprising", even though I swear it steals a bit of Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows".)

So I was curious if much like Alice, or Jack, Evolution was perhaps a format.

God, let's hope not, eh?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(radio_network)

A majority of Evolution's programming tends to feature a heavy amount of EDM product but at times will play other Dance genres and an occasional classic. During the evening and weekend hours mix shows from influential performers in the world of EDM/Dance are featured.

See also: http://www.iheartevolution.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_radio

  By November 2012 KDHT would drop the format for Adult Hits, but in December 2012, WHBA, who had been programming an Adult Hits format in Boston, went the other way around and made headlines by flipping to an EDM-focused presentation, billed as "Evolution 101.7," with the call sign WEDX.

Huh: 1.5 years later they later kicked Evolution to their HD channel and switched to a country format.
http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/06/13/bull-born-evolution-101-7-fm-changing-formats-going-country-3-p-m-est/
 
(To be fair, listening to Muse now, they are *NOT* EDM.)

[darryl]

Huh. Before we throw the new guy to the wolves, I found this tidbit from back in July 2014:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/131507/bryan-schock-heads-to-texas

After two-and-a-half years as MD/afternoons (and recently as interim PD), BRYAN SCHOCK has exited COMPASS MEDIA Triple A KPRi/SAN DIEGO as of JULY 15th.  He now heads to AUSTIN to re-unite with his wife, HALEY JONES, who is now PD of EMMIS Triple A KGSR.

Would that be the Haley Jones who was Music Director at KFOG from 1999-2005? Why yes, that Haley Jones. http://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/10-questions/archive/6318/10-questions-with-haley-jones

Man it must suck to work in radio, from a job stability POV.