KFOG, But Not 10@10

[RGMike]

Thursday nite, around 6:15 I got in the car. Punched up KFOG. They were playing "Don't Speak".

Today, around 1:15, I got in the car. Punched up KFOG. They were playing "Don't Speak".

Gee, what were the odds?

[radical347]

From 9-10 PM weeknights, they are doing a new music hour with Matt and Bryan. The music is very similar to that of the time they went schizo from 8-midnight circa 2010-2011 and played new hipster music without really telling us what was going on. But this time, they are actually billing it as New Music at 9.

[RGMike]

so apparently 3 voices in the morning weren't enuf -- now the KFOG Morning Show has a producer who also speaks, Arthur Ballesteros.   From the looks of their FB page, they had a much bigger presence at BottleRock this year than they did in 2016.

[RGMike]

aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/

[dischead]

aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/

Hmmm, KFOG, KFOG... Oh yeah!  That's that '90s/'00s hits station.  It's one of the radio presets
in my car, but I hardly ever find myself listening to it.  Didn't they used to play some other kind
of music?

[RGMike]

aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/

Hmmm, KFOG, KFOG... Oh yeah!  That's that '90s/'00s hits station.  It's one of the radio presets
in my car, but I hardly ever find myself listening to it.  Didn't they used to play some other kind
of music?

Just realized I couldn't decide between "gone" and "done for". Heh.

May ratings will be out on Monday, BTW. Some folks in the various KFOG FB groups seem to think Bryan Schock is gone too but I'm not seeing any confirmation of that.

[dischead]

aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/

Hmmm, KFOG, KFOG... Oh yeah!  That's that '90s/'00s hits station.  It's one of the radio presets
in my car, but I hardly ever find myself listening to it.  Didn't they used to play some other kind
of music?

Just realized I couldn't decide between "gone" and "done for". Heh.

May ratings will be out on Monday, BTW. Some folks in the various KFOG FB groups seem to think Bryan Schock is gone too but I'm not seeing any confirmation of that.

I feel I should clarify my snark.  I couldn't identify any of the morning on-air staff to win a million
dollars.  Of course, I have no reason to listen in the morning.  In fact, I don't know any of the new
people.  My mourning period is over.  KFOG has been dead and buried to me for months.

I'm not a radio nerd, so I don't follow the reports.  But weren't KFOG's ratings drifting upward
slightly?  Or has that trend stopped and/or reversed?

[RGMike]

I feel I should clarify my snark.  I couldn't identify any of the morning on-air staff to win a million
dollars.  Of course, I have no reason to listen in the morning.  In fact, I don't know any of the new
people.  My mourning period is over.  KFOG has been dead and buried to me for months.

I'm not a radio nerd, so I don't follow the reports.  But weren't KFOG's ratings drifting upward
slightly?  Or has that trend stopped and/or reversed?

Totally understand. Other than punching it up in the car occasionally just to see what song is playing, I don't listen. I get my news from Foghead FB groups. 

Their ratings began to drop slowly after the purge; they bottomed out at around a 1.5 and then slowly rose back up. They've been fluctuating in the 1.9 -to- 2.1 area lately. (and presumably the average age of a listener is younger than it was a year ago) The new ratings not posted as of this writing.

[Tinka Cat]

I feel I should clarify my snark.  I couldn't identify any of the morning on-air staff to win a million
dollars.  Of course, I have no reason to listen in the morning.  In fact, I don't know any of the new
people.  My mourning period is over.  KFOG has been dead and buried to me for months.

I'm not a radio nerd, so I don't follow the reports.  But weren't KFOG's ratings drifting upward
slightly?  Or has that trend stopped and/or reversed?

Totally understand. Other than punching it up in the car occasionally just to see what song is playing, I don't listen. I get my news from Foghead FB groups. 

Their ratings began to drop slowly after the purge; they bottomed out at around a 1.5 and then slowly rose back up. They've been fluctuating in the 1.9 -to- 2.1 area lately. (and presumably the average age of a listener is younger than it was a year ago) The new ratings not posted as of this writing.

rating are in. (from http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009)

KFOG is flat.


Station   May 17   (Apr 17)
KQED-FM   6.7   (7)
KCBS-AM   6.1   (6.3)
KOIT-FM   5.3   (5.5)
KLLC-FM   4.2   (3.7)
KIOI-FM   4.1   (4)
KNBR-AM   4.1   (4.2)
KISQ-FM   3.8   (4.3)
KBRG-FM   3.3   (2.8 )
KMVQ-FM   3.2   (3.2)
KMEL-FM   3   (3.1)
KYLD-FM   3   (3.1)
KBLX-FM   2.5   (2.5)
KGO-AM   2.5   (2.4)
KSAN-FM   2.5   (2.3)
KRBQ-FM   2.4   (2.5)
KSOL-FM   2.3   (2.4)
KOSF-FM   2.1   (2.7)
KSFO-AM   2.1   (2.3)
KFOG-FM   2   (2)
KGMZ-FM   2   (1.7)
KITS-FM   1.9   (1.8 )
KDFC-FM   1.8   (1.9)
KRZZ-FM   1.7   (1.4)
KBAY-FM   1.6   (1.4)
KEZR-FM   1.4   (1.4)
KUIC-FM   1   (0.9)
KALW-FM   0.9   (1.1)
KKIQ-FM   0.6   (0.6)
KLVS-FM   0.6   (0.5)
KLLC-STR   0.5   (0.3)
KKDV-FM   0.3   (0.3)
KTCT-AM   0.3   (0.3)
KKSF-AM   0.2   (0.1)
KLVR-FM   0.2   (0.2)
KSJO-FM   0.2   (0.1)
KNEW-AM   0.1   (0.2)
KUFX-FM   N/A   (N/A)

[radical347]

Just posted by Dean K: https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/168216/mat-bates-named-kfog-san-francisco-pd?ref=mail_bulletin

Bryan Schock exited a few months ago? I had no idea although I guess he (and Pinfield) haven't been doing the new music hour anymore. Now someone named Dayna is. Well, shows how much I care.

They blew out the air staff in one swoop but they're rotating PDs at the same rate they always have, it seems.

[urth]

Looks like their shifts have been tossed up too. The program page still says "Mornings on KFOG" for the AM drive, with Alicia Tyler doing 9 to noon and Rockwell in the early PM slot. But Tyler's bio now says she's doing 6am to 10, so no telling who's got 10am to noon, or if Rockwell's shift has been expanded.

Also, the schedule shows Rockwell on every day of the week, including weekends. I suppose some of that could be voice-tracked but, still, jeez.

http://www.kfog.com/programming-schedule/

[RGMike]

Interesting development: KFOG is featuring "protest songs" this weekend, as a nod to local events. From the post on their FB page by their new PD:

Welcome to KFOG’s “Protest Song” weekend.

I’m Mat Bates; I’m the new program director at KFOG, and I’m honored to be stewarding such a legendary and beloved radio station.

We believe that free speech is sacred, and in fact, KFOG would have ceased to exist many times over the years without its protection and guarantees. That said, we stand in solidarity against violence, intimidation, and hate...

Looking at TuneGenie, it's been, like, one song per hour ("Ohio" got a spin early this morning, as did Springsteen's cover of "We Shall Overcome".)  But it's certainly an attempt to connect with the market in a way Mr Shock and Co haven't done in the past year. 

Full post here: http://www.kfog.com/2017/08/25/854161/  It's been up about 6 hours as of this writing; it's gotten 15 "likes" and there are no comments so far.

[RGMike]

Got in the car yesterday, punched up KFOG band heard REM followed by Chumbawumba. So, generally, I guess nothing's changed.

[RGMike]

This is odd: KFOG is selling tix for Concert 4 Kids (Dec 1st at the Masonic) but they haven't announced the acts yet.  Can you get a refund if you don't like the acts when announced?

[radical347]

The Woody show is coming to KFOG on April 30. :O AFAIK it's still based in LA and syndicated.

Also, the advertised 10@10 with Rockwell is no longer listed. Rockwell is no longer listed either for that matter.