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Dean Goss, Jack Friday To KKIQ?

BossRadioDJ

BossRadioDJ

I heard this week that among those possibly lined up to replace Carolyn McArdle (quit? fired?) at KKIQ/101.7 over in Pleasanton are Dean Goss or Jack Friday. Two other names were mentioned as potential candidates, but these Goss and Friday are reportedly the strongest candidates.

...Which means I just guaranteed that one of the other two will get the job.

Jim Hampton, who was KKIQ's morning man forever and ever, is filling in on the A.M. shift until a permanent morning host is brought on board.
 
i think i heard her on k101 in the last couple of days. for those of us who get around in the bay area and listen to different stations and different personalities, it kind of makes you perk up and go .....hmmmm.....where did i hear her before.
 
Somebody once told me that Dean & Jim have been friends, forever. So, if we're placing bets...

In the meantime, c'mon Carolyn, why'd ya leave?
 
BossRadioDJ said:
I heard this week that among those possibly lined up to replace Carolyn McArdle (quit? fired?) at KKIQ/101.7 over in Pleasanton are Dean Goss or Jack Friday. Two other names were mentioned as potential candidates, but these Goss and Friday are reportedly the strongest candidates.

...Which means I just guaranteed that one of the other two will get the job.

Jim Hampton, who was KKIQ's morning man forever and ever, is filling in on the A.M. shift until a permanent morning host is brought on board.
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According to Mike Preston who knows the big guy at KKIQ...DEAN GOSS will NOT get the job.
 
Why would anyone leave KKIQ? Hmmm...don't know...could be she doesn't like her morning newsperson...Just a guess there. Also, working for Hometown Broadcasting, while at times it can be very cool, can ALSO be like working for a basic cable station.
 
Why would anyone leave KKIQ? Small town. PD is a hack. They're cheap.

My guess is Faith Alpher will get the morning gig. If they don't hire her, they'll be running an all male cast of jocks. Plus, she'll probably cost less than the guys with large market experience, which I think will play a bigger part in the decision-making process. Just my guess, I could be way off.

Good luck to Carolyn, she deserves to be in a bigger market.
 
DyingMedium said:
Why would anyone leave KKIQ? Hmmm...don't know...could be she doesn't like her morning newsperson...Just a guess there. Also, working for Hometown Broadcasting, while at times it can be very cool, can ALSO be like working for a basic cable station.
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True, but the KKIQ World Headquarters in Pleasanton is a first-class operation. I had the pleasure of touring the facility a few months ago, and it's as good -- if not better -- than many of the Big League stations in San Francisco and San Jose.

As far as audio quality, I'd rate KKIQ's sound well above that of almost any station in the Bay Area. John Higdon does a magnificent job on the station's audio and technical end.

DJ
 
BossRadioDJ said:
DyingMedium said:
Why would anyone leave KKIQ? Hmmm...don't know...could be she doesn't like her morning newsperson...Just a guess there. Also, working for Hometown Broadcasting, while at times it can be very cool, can ALSO be like working for a basic cable station.
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True, but the KKIQ World Headquarters in Pleasanton is a first-class operation. I had the pleasure of touring the facility a few months ago, and it's as good -- if not better -- than many of the Big League stations in San Francisco and San Jose.

As far as audio quality, I'd rate KKIQ's sound well above that of almost any station in the Bay Area. John Higdon does a magnificent job on the station's audio and technical end.

DJ
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As i drive across the usa many times i hear better audio processing in small/med markets. I have a theory....many of the really good engineers are older and have left the big cities. I mean just listen to most stations. GRUNGE. Bad Levels, improper compression/limiting. Bad clipping! EQ overbearing, Etc, Etc, Etc...No punch Just L-O-U-D! SAD :mad:
 
VelvetMcIntyre said:
Why would anyone leave KKIQ? Small town. PD is a hack. They're cheap.

My guess is Faith Alpher will get the morning gig. If they don't hire her, they'll be running an all male cast of jocks. Plus, she'll probably cost less than the guys with large market experience, which I think will play a bigger part in the decision-making process. Just my guess, I could be way off.

Good luck to Carolyn, she deserves to be in a bigger market.
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Maybe Joe Breezy should get the morning gig at KKIQ. He is what I think one of the most talented radio personalities in this market....my two cents!
 
"Maybe Joe Breezy should get the morning gig at KKIQ. He is what I think one of the most talented radio personalities in this market....my two cents!"

Whaaaatt?? I absolutely agree about Breezy being one of the most talented jocks in the market, but morning drive in Pleasanton is not exactly an upward career move. Have I missed something? He's still on Wild 94.9, right?

I see Joe as on more of a JoJo Wright type of career trajectory - maybe a drive time job in the Bay Area, then on to LA or another top 3 market.
 
It's not Dean Goss, Jack Friday, or Faith Alpher. It's some guy whose name escapes me now. Wayne something?

For a station aimed at soccer moms, it seems a bit strange that they're going for an all-male lineup of jocks. But Jim Hampton makes strange decisions.
 
Then Jim and the Levitt brothers make strange decisions...rather, they make the decisions their consultant tells them to make.

Either way, it doesn't make sense to me why they'd go with an all male lineup for a soccer mom station like KKIQ.
 
VelvetMcIntyre said:
It's not Dean Goss, Jack Friday, or Faith Alpher. It's some guy whose name escapes me now. Wayne something?
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If they hired Wayne Something (whose brother, Gary Something, once worked at a station somewhere, as I recall) then he isn't on the air yet.

Jim Hampton was still doing the morning show this morning.

And if they are going with an all-male lineup, what are you saying about Faith Alpher? Plus, they still have Tricia Ferguson and Kanya Goldman on the weekend shifts.

DJ
 
AMFMDJ said:
I think he means an all male "Full-Time" staff.
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Yep, that's what I meant. Ferguson is full-time on KKDV, and Faith will go back to being "fill-in Faith" (she's filling in for Hampton - voice-tracked, not live) while he's covering the morning shift. And Wayne whatever his name is hasn't started yet. I heard he'll do a few night shifts in the next couple of weeks to get his feet wet. And the nights are STILL running on auto-pilot since they took Trish Bell off the air and didn't do anything to replace For Lovers Only.

But yeah, all week long, it'll be all guys.
 
Wayne Coy is the new morning host.

http://www.kkiq.com/showdj.asp?DJID=8214

They must be getting a bargain on Tricia Ferguson - if the KKIQ and KKDV websites are to be believed, she's on the air from 10a-2p on KKIQ and from 3p-7p on KKDV. Cheap, cheap, cheap.

Someone needs to work on that website, too. I know it's a small town station, but the Levitts have money, they should spend a little more on it so it doesn't look so small time.
 
Wayne who?? If Jack Friday is an option, why do you go for an unknown?? Radio...I will never understand these decisions the guys in charge make.
 
If Jack Friday is an option, why do you go for an unknown?? Radio...I will never understand these decisions the guys in charge make.
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Quite simply, Velvet put it best:

Cheap, cheap, cheap.
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And that, boys and girls, is corporate radio at it's "finest?"

The bottom line determines EVERYTHING.

Nothing further, Your Honor...
 
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