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Gil Gross Gets Pete Wilson's KGO Slot

Lkeller said:
I would also like to hear Rothman more often. My other wish would be a different male morning news anchor, because Ed Baxter's lack of uh....um...heh, heh, heh...er, um...you know, uh...articulateness makes me want to kick my radio in. But popular is popular.
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You're not the only one who wants to throw the radio out the window at the sound of Ed Baxter's voice. He is the master of speculation and of inappropriate editorialization (the latter of which he readily agrees he does when he should not.) His ego sounds pretty large on the radio too. The amount of speculation he does in the early hours of a breaking news story is totally off the charts. My question is, popular with whom?!

Sorry, I know this thread is supposed to be about Gil Gross. As for Gil, I can barely contain my excitement he is coming to the Bay Area. He has to be one of the hardest working people in broadcasting, not to mention pleasant and entertaining too. KGO has played its ace. As I mentioned on another thread, Gil's politics are a good match to the vacuum left by Pete Wilson. Interesting that they both hailed from the Midwest at one time.
 
"You're not the only one who wants to throw the radio out the window at the sound of Ed Baxter's voice. He is the master of speculation and of inappropriate editorialization (the latter of which he readily agrees he does when he should not.) His ego sounds pretty large on the radio too. The amount of speculation he does in the early hours of a breaking news story is totally off the charts. My question is, popular with whom?!"

Well, I ASSUME Baxter is popular because he's had such a plum job for so long, and was promoted from afternoons to morning drive when Jim Dunbar retired. I remember years ago - early 1980s, when I first started listening to KGO - being very impressed with how great a station it was, but then wondering why such a great station would have a guy like Baxter on for three hours in afternoon drive. The Afternoon News came off as lame, and very low-brow...and all the "happy-talk" joking around he did with co-anchor Jan Black was extremely annoying. I didn't think much of Jan either - then she went to KCBS and it became apparent that she was very bright, and an excellent reporter and anchor. It was Baxter who brought the program down.

"Sorry, I know this thread is supposed to be about Gil Gross."

Yes, but Gill was an excellent hire, and we've already said that. Besides, complaining is more fun.
 
While I don't dislike Baxter, I do have to admit that sometimes he starts 'issues' when he should just keep his mouth shut. Remember the "The hell with me, Willie" conversation he had with then-SF mayor Willie Brown? I also remember him making some stupid comment that caused him and Stan Burford to have a bit of a spat on the air.

I am OK with him as an anchor, but he should really just leave the commentary to the talk show hosts. But to say something positive, Ed Baxter is the only guy at KGO that always responds to his e-mails!
 
Re: Afternoon Drive on KGO n/t 810

And, then there's the Bay Area's Peter B. Collins, who is syndicated 3P-6P Pacific, but doesn't have a home yet. KGO would be perfect for Peter B.
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Newsperson responds:

KGO does not like syndicated programing and only clears programs that it has a connection with. Bob Brinker and Dr. Dean both started their shows at KGO and Leo Laport on computers previously worked at KGO.

If they did drop news in afternoon drive (which would be a mistake) in favor of a talk show, it would certainally be local.

Do you know if KGO is seriously considering such a major change in afternoon drive?

Newsperson

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No I don't know if KGO is considering Peter B. Collins or any other hosts afternoon drive. Maybe Peter B. could go to AM 960.

After Kris Olinger and Ken Berry left Entercom Seattle LLC, new mgmt. at KIRO in Seattle cancelled their afternoon news in favor of a series of local talk hosts, including Dave Ross who eventually went back to 9A-NOON.

Here are some unusual proposals:

Any ideas on 1 - Rothmann 2p-4p and 2 - Gil Gross afternoons 4p-7p, with frequent newscasts from the KGO news team every fifteen minutes and traffic every ten minutes?

If Rothmann went to weekdays, how about expanding Karel on weekends, perhaps 7p-11pm, in order to get a younger demographic to listen for another hour? Then, defer Dr. Bill to start at 11pm - 3am, with Edie Selers 3am-6am???
 
With all those interuptions, don't you think it would be hard to do a talk show? Oh, and how about the commercials?

Also, perhaps the fact that they hired Gil, and not Rothman, Karel or Sellars for 2-4 they have made the BEST Choice for the hours available.
 
Some of us who are unable to catch Gill's show from 2pm-4pm would love to have KGO re-run the show from 1am-3am and then maybe Dr.Dean from 3am-5am. Thus forever getting rid of the FOOL they have during that time slot...1am-5am.
 
As a person who enjoyed Gil's tenure as morning man for KLAC/LA during it's Talk period, I find Gil a warm, understanding, moderate presence. It was a shame that people here did not discover an appreciate his talent.

I also was thinking that of all the people who subbed for Paul Harvey on the net, he was the best suited as a permanent replacement when Paul leaves.

If there was anyone who was better suited for KGO than Gil Gross, I can't think of that person right now.

Congratulations, KGO, you have added a significant talent to your heritage.
 
doberd said:
Some of us who are unable to catch Gill's show from 2pm-4pm would love to have KGO re-run the show from 1am-3am and then maybe Dr.Dean from 3am-5am. Thus forever getting rid of the FOOL they have during that time slot...1am-5am.
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The ultimate irony on these talk radio forums is that individuals who are supposedly genetically gifted with the ability to present arguments in an articulate fashion sometimes are sabotaged by occasional rapid releases of glutamate and aspartate in their left amygdalas and consequentially can only resort to name calling when formulating constructive analyses of political figures, program directors, general managers, or fellow talk show hosts.

Personally I find the host in question* (*Rev. Ray Taliaferro) to be a moral leader who had inspired tens of thousands of individuals since he began his political, radio, horticultural, and television careers over three decades ago and anyone who is on the radio has to serve the public interest per the FCC rules and this certainly involves helping the poor and minorities of all types and the host in question has long been a prominent advocate for such individuals, probably more so than 90 percent of the conservative hosts who only care about making the Rich richer.

-albuquerqueTom
 
ABQTom said:
doberd said:
Some of us who are unable to catch Gill's show from 2pm-4pm would love to have KGO re-run the show from 1am-3am and then maybe Dr.Dean from 3am-5am. Thus forever getting rid of the FOOL they have during that time slot...1am-5am.
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The ultimate irony on these talk radio forums is that individuals who are supposedly genetically gifted with the ability to present arguments in an articulate fashion sometimes are sabotaged by occasional rapid releases of glutamate and aspartate in their left amygdalas and consequentially can only resort to name calling when formulating constructive analyses of political figures, program directors, general managers, or fellow talk show hosts.

Personally I find the host in question* (*Rev. Ray Taliaferro) to be a moral leader who had inspired tens of thousands of individuals since he began his political, radio, horticultural, and television careers over three decades ago and anyone who is on the radio has to serve the public interest per the FCC rules and this certainly involves helping the poor and minorities of all types and the host in question has long been a prominent advocate for such individuals, probably more so than 90 percent of the conservative hosts who only care about making the Rich richer.

-albuquerqueTom
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I couldn't agree with you more! Ray does a lot for people at his day job.
 
The ultimate irony on these talk radio forums is that individuals who are supposedly genetically gifted with the ability to present arguments in an articulate fashion sometimes are sabotaged by occasional rapid releases of glutamate and aspartate in their left amygdalas and consequentially can only resort to name calling when formulating constructive analyses of political figures, program directors, general managers, or fellow talk show hosts.

-albuquerqueTom
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65 words in ONE sentence. Everyone reading that is saying...Huh? What a nightmare trying to diagram that sentence. I get what you're saying, but did you really have to phrase it that way?
 
Q: "65 words in ONE sentence. Everyone reading that is saying...Huh? What a nightmare trying to diagram that sentence. I get what you're saying, but did you really have to phrase it that way?"

No, I'm not really sure, I'll have to check and see if it's the right amygdala or the left. However, it is obvious that there was some sort of rapid release (and subsequent uptake) of one or more neurotransmitters during the writing of these lines. Likewise:
http://www.nightscribe.com/Entertainment/pc_holiday_greeting.htm
 
Ed Baxter I don't think is so much the problem, it's his crackling voice that makes me want to throw the radio out the window. But then again Len Tillem is by far the worse. His voice makes Bernie Ward sound like Frank Sinatra.
 
"Ed Baxter I don't think is so much the problem, it's his crackling voice that makes me want to throw the radio out the window. But then again Len Tillem is by far the worse. His voice makes Bernie Ward sound like Frank Sinatra."

I'm not sorry we're past the era in which broadcasters had to have deep emotive voices, or even good diction. By and large, I think that's a good thing because we get to hear people from all walks of life who can be informative or funny even though they may have less than perfect voices, or less than educated sounding accents. Diversity is good, and all that.

What bugs me about Baxter is his lack of articulateness, and all that uh, er, um stuff. I have friends like that, and I'm probably no great shakes, myself...but we're not professional broadcasters.

A talk host or news anchor ought to be able to express him or herself well without a lot of verbal tics and fumbling around.
 
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