KFOG, But Not 10@10

[darryl]

Ok, I'm getting into stalker territory, but this was too poignant to resist. Haley Jones just publicly shared this post on FB: https://www.facebook.com/haley.jones.9469/posts/10154038030413695

It's by a DJ on KGSR named Andy Langer, and he's posted a photo of the playlist/rundown of their new music hour (called "The Music Meeting") which recently got moved from midnight to 11pm. The kicker is his description:

It's no secret that one of the frustrating realities of commercial radio is that new music, what the suits call "unfamiliar" music, leads people to punch out much quicker than a bona fide hit song they already know. And yet, for 20 years, I've been lucky enough to host commercial radio shows where I control everything that's on them and where everything is new. For years and years, it was 101x's The Next Big Thing. And for the past four years at KGSR we call that show "The Music Meeting", and this week we moved it up to 11pm from midnight. It's now an hour easier to hear nothing but new music for an hour. This is what tonight's show looks like:

And because I'm a pal, here's the image:

[urth]

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.

Interesting that Haley Jones,  while not named in the changes so far, could easily end up back in the mix. She did a decent job as MD when she was at KFOG, iirc.

[Davefish]

Annalisa has changed her name from "Annalisa KFOG" to "Annalisa Pop". So, no, I don't think Annalisa and 10at10 have any chance of remaining. The format may end up tolerable, but who cares? It's all about 10at10.

[urth]

Annalisa has changed her name from "Annalisa KFOG" to "Annalisa Pop". So, no, I don't think Annalisa and 10at10 have any chance of remaining. The format may end up tolerable, but who cares? It's all about 10at10.

Nope, she is done. Check the Core Discussion board for a thread on this.

And yeah, I listened pretty much exclusively for 10@10. Could be that was part of the problem. Too many people tuning away after the set was done.

[darryl]

Unconfirmed report in visitor comments on KFOG Radio's FB page that Renee was also possibly fired:

I've heard at least 2 ads this morning featuring 2 of your laid off DJs: Annalisa Pop and Renee. Didn't have time to "evolve" those ads before the big purging, I guess.

Also, the All Access story reports:

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.”

Psh, I'm looking at my playlog, and no, the playlist has not significantly changed:
http://www.rudebadmood.com/foglist/

Last 10 spins:

2016-03-31 15:03:01   Of Monsters and Men   Mountain Sound              
2016-03-31 15:00:02   Sinead O'Connor   Nothing Compares 2 U              
2016-03-31 14:57:01   Cold War Kids   First              
2016-03-31 14:51:01   Queen & David Bowie   Under Pressure              
2016-03-31 14:48:02   Elle King   Ex's & Oh's              
2016-03-31 14:42:01   Collective Soul   Shine              
2016-03-31 14:33:01   Ray LaMontagne   Part One - Hey, No Pressure              
2016-03-31 14:27:01   INXS   What You Need              
2016-03-31 14:24:02   Ed Sheeran   The a Team              
2016-03-31 14:12:02   Depeche Mode   Personal Jesus

I like all of those songs and artists are fine. I hate that if you look at playlist history, those are almost the *ONLY* songs they play by those artists. I'm fine with their catalog being wide (as in type of artists). I hate that it's not deep.

I know that this is because of People Meters. I know that's it's because of computers. It's people who do analysis and research, that fear the tune-out above all else. That it's a numbers game to them.

But it sucks the soul out of a station. Ed Sheeran is actually quite great. More so even when you dig deeper into his catalog. Ray LaMontagne, yes, obviously, amazing. But c'mon, he wrote a ridiculous tribute to Meg White called "Meg White". Does that ever get airplay? Hells no. Yes, INXS. But c'mon, "What You Need?" Didn't we hear enough of that track in 1986? The last (and possibly only?) time you played "This Time" was 2012-05-23?

Yeah, iPods, iPhones, Spotify, Podcasts, Satellite... i KNOW already. But you buy or rent the cheapest car in the lot, what does it have w/o a doubt? An AM/FM radio. The ears are out there. They deserve better. Fuck.

See also: KGSR of Austin, Seattle's KEXP. Are those towns really better than the SF Bay Area? Are they more deserving of not stupid overly programmed calculated goddamn vanilla safe stations? I mean hell, even KCRW manages to stay afloat (yeah, they're public radio, it's a different story).

Sorry. [/rant]

[Lightnin' Rod]

Doesn't sound like they've changed the format yet, just fired people so far.  Probably won't hear the new playlists until 4/20.

[darryl]

Confirmed Webster's out. He gives shout-outs to the rest of the on-air crew, but maybe that's not indicative that they've *all* been cut? God.

Time for a change on the marquee.
You may have heard the news, but if not: most of my radio brothers and sisters at KFOG Radio have left the building. They wanted to re-boot the station, and we were the wrong show size.
Much love and appreciation to Irish Greg SF, Renadiosf, Mike "No Name" Nelson, @Annalisa Pop, Dred Scott and Rosalie!

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=791088424360202&id=144262405709477

[darryl]

Welp, they are all-in now, changing their FB Cover Photo to this:


And unsurprisingly, the comments are rolling in:
https://www.facebook.com/kfogradio/photos/a.403472576347650.107794.107995802561997/1243084919053074/?type=3&theater

Alas, if only angry Facebook comments translated into ratings (or whatever bullshit measurement they're basing this decision on), amirite? :-/

[radical347]

Annalisa has changed her name from "Annalisa KFOG" to "Annalisa Pop". So, no, I don't think Annalisa and 10at10 have any chance of remaining. The format may end up tolerable, but who cares? It's all about 10at10.

Nope, she is done. Check the Core Discussion board for a thread on this.

Is this the clubhouse on Facebook?

[radical347]

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.)

That new logo, 4/20, and EDM...that could be it. 

[urth]

The management has done a pretty efficient job of scrubbing any evidence of the released staff members from the website. I got a couple of hits on Annalisa, but only found blank pages with her name, no pictures save a partial thumbnail. And 10@10 is pretty much all but gone too. Only the programming schedule page remains, but it's only reachable via search. No links to it on the door.

[darryl]

The management has done a pretty efficient job of scrubbing any evidence of the released staff members from the website. I got a couple of hits on Annalisa, but only found blank pages with her name, no pictures save a partial thumbnail. And 10@10 is pretty much all but gone too. Only the programming schedule page remains, but it's only reachable via search. No links to it on the door.

Bastages.

[darryl]

Annalisa

Annalisa hosts middays and the long-running retro radio show known as 10@10, hand-picking and mixing songs (and sounds) from a different year every Monday through Friday. She started her music obsession early, hitting her first mic in college radio, then headed West to KFOG from Boston in 1996.

She calls Pacifica home, but loves to travel and dig through vinyl bins in every town she can to keep her record cellar well stocked for you.

[darryl]

Acoustic Sunrise & Sunset with Rosalie

Rosalie Howarth got into underground free-form FM radio at KLRB in Carmel in the 60’s, then landed a gig in 1983 at a new adult rock station in San Francisco called KFOG. She’s been here ever since, occupying a variety of roles, including, host of the station’s Sunday specialty shows Acoustic Sunrise and Acoustic Sunset.

She and her husband raised two daughters (both CalPoly grads) in Walnut Creek, where she enjoys bird-watching and nursing her drought garden with buckets of shower warm-up water.

For Comments, Questions and Requests, email Rosalie.

[darryl]

KFOG In The Morning

#BoobProject: Boob Spelled Backwards Is Boob

Renee         
No Name         
Irish Greg

(Still looking for their individual pages.)