Today, was absurd. Karel on his 9 little radio stations from Washington to New Jersey ... with 2 hours dedicated to KGO and three hosts -- Gene Burns, John Rothman & Ray Talifiero. No relevance to the topic at all ... it was "Karel, Karel, Karel." He didn't let Ray speak much and kept cutting him off and interrupting him to talk about ... himself.
He just flat cut John Rothman off several times. Karel didn't listen at all and the questions were idiotic. He looked so pained when all three of them pretty much disagree with his "take" on media needing more regulation by government. Can't say I blame them ... and all three are liberal. Karel is out of his league.
And Gene was gracious and played it right and straight down the middle. Very classy. They all tried to be, but the interruptions were awful to take. Gene, to his credit, bailed after the first hour and left the second hour to Ray and John which was pretty lame. I'd have pulled the plug if I was a station owner running this. Two hours more on KGO.
Plus, as always, Karel was wrong about "carriage fees". Said shows in syndication pay to be on stations. Not so. It's the other way around, except in rare cases. The stations pay the syndicator (Premier/Clear Channel, TRN, Westwood One, etc.)
All three agreed that there should be no bureaucratic intervention of the government choosing what stations should be allowed to run left or right wing politics.
Also, Karel forgot to mention that a renewal of the Fairness Doctrine has been buried by this Congress. It won't happen.
He toed the line in saying anything bad about Cumulus; he pretty much left that to the guests who were put in an awkward position. Ray did describe the "firing" process and it wasn't pretty.
Only three calls taken because he talked so much about himself.
He did let the hosts say goodbye to the KGO audience and Karel did give Gene the chance to break the news about 910 KKSF from 4-7pm. I bet Cumulus loved hearing that ... and the promtion of their company and KGO ad nauseum as it has been since Dec. 1 on nine radio stations that KGO has no bearing in ... nor should, on someone else's radio stations.
Never a mention about Dr. Bill, but what to expect? He did mention Jim Gabbert once ... and the "stupid but entertaining" line. Mentioned it on KGO both Saturday & Sunday.
If Clear Channel were to rehire him, it would be the death of radio as we know it.
Oh, and he said in his post show interview of thousands (he said) that "I'd like to syndicate Len Tillem and Christine Craft."
Puh-leeze. Out of his league.
He just flat cut John Rothman off several times. Karel didn't listen at all and the questions were idiotic. He looked so pained when all three of them pretty much disagree with his "take" on media needing more regulation by government. Can't say I blame them ... and all three are liberal. Karel is out of his league.
And Gene was gracious and played it right and straight down the middle. Very classy. They all tried to be, but the interruptions were awful to take. Gene, to his credit, bailed after the first hour and left the second hour to Ray and John which was pretty lame. I'd have pulled the plug if I was a station owner running this. Two hours more on KGO.
Plus, as always, Karel was wrong about "carriage fees". Said shows in syndication pay to be on stations. Not so. It's the other way around, except in rare cases. The stations pay the syndicator (Premier/Clear Channel, TRN, Westwood One, etc.)
All three agreed that there should be no bureaucratic intervention of the government choosing what stations should be allowed to run left or right wing politics.
Also, Karel forgot to mention that a renewal of the Fairness Doctrine has been buried by this Congress. It won't happen.
He toed the line in saying anything bad about Cumulus; he pretty much left that to the guests who were put in an awkward position. Ray did describe the "firing" process and it wasn't pretty.
Only three calls taken because he talked so much about himself.
He did let the hosts say goodbye to the KGO audience and Karel did give Gene the chance to break the news about 910 KKSF from 4-7pm. I bet Cumulus loved hearing that ... and the promtion of their company and KGO ad nauseum as it has been since Dec. 1 on nine radio stations that KGO has no bearing in ... nor should, on someone else's radio stations.
Never a mention about Dr. Bill, but what to expect? He did mention Jim Gabbert once ... and the "stupid but entertaining" line. Mentioned it on KGO both Saturday & Sunday.
If Clear Channel were to rehire him, it would be the death of radio as we know it.
Oh, and he said in his post show interview of thousands (he said) that "I'd like to syndicate Len Tillem and Christine Craft."
Puh-leeze. Out of his league.
