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KNEW drops Savage

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SFStatic

KNEW announced this morning that they were dropping Michael Savage, and replacing him with John & Ken from KFI. John & Ken were originally on in Sacramento. An interesting move. Smart move, or suicide?
 
The vast majority of replies on the Talk 910 blog votes "suicide."

My concern is the 3-7 slot now has a so-close-and-yet-so-far A&G clone. As much as I love A&G, I'm not sure I can take 4 more daily hours of a variation on a theme. Savage was a distinct break. (Maybe he'll write a book called _Banned in San Francisco_.)

Meanwhile, if you want to read the reactions including mostly opposition, see http://talk910.com/pages/blog.html?feed=330296&article=5988487
 
I knew something is up with Clear Channel. First Clear Channel removes Smooth Jazz from KKSF now Clear Channel Removes Savage from KNEW. Wow now Clear Channel Has pissed of 2 sets of fans in San Francisco the Smooth Jazz fans and Mike Savage Fans. Many people here in San Francisco thinks that Sarah Palin is trying to get a Talk Radio show on KNEW and KKSF here in the Bay Area.
 
Mr Erickson Stop meddling with 2 of my favorite radio stations KKSF and KNEW. Mr. Erickson the Palin Format does not sell in San Francisco.
 
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...John & Ken? Yeeesh....and we apparently have heard from the only A&G fan in the Bay Area.

Savage just costs too much money...Don't worry, someone will pick him up.
 
SFStatic said:
You can bet he's already left several messages and sent several emails to Luckoff, trying to get on KSFO.
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The thing is that Savage and Masters have had to of known this was coming. You can't just tell Savage he is done one night after his show. My surprise is that they did not announce a double shift...leaving KNEW and landing somewhere else. Could it be people really are tired of Savage?
 
recto101 said:
Mr Erickson Stop meddling with 2 of my favorite radio stations KKSF and KNEW. Mr. Erickson the Palin Format does not sell in San Francisco.
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Erickson had nothing to do with the KKSF change. In fact, he's probably a fan of it.

The station wasn't making enough money anymore. The format is slowly dying all over the country. It's only a matter of time.

As far as Palin vs. Savage.

It's like a right-wing version of a comparison between Marry Poppins vs. Oscar the Grouch.

I vote for none of the above.
 
Erickson has outlasted his usefulness in that market. He has trashed every station in the cluster except his baby, 98.1, which he'll never touch.
 
<The thing is that Savage and Masters have had to of known this was coming. You can't just tell Savage he is done one night after his show. My surprise is that they did not announce a double shift...leaving KNEW and landing somewhere else. Could it be people really are tired of Savage?>

I'm not sure they knew. He was delivered the notice at 9 this morning, just before they made the announcement. It sounds like they just dropped it on him.
 
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
recto101 said:
Mr Erickson Stop meddling with 2 of my favorite radio stations KKSF and KNEW. Mr. Erickson the Palin Format does not sell in San Francisco.
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Erickson had nothing to do with the KKSF change. In fact, he's probably a fan of it.

The station wasn't making enough money anymore. The format is slowly dying all over the country. It's only a matter of time.

As far as Palin vs. Savage.

It's like a right-wing version of a comparison between Marry Poppins vs. Oscar the Grouch.

I vote for none of the above.
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Mr. Michael Rivers Kramer I agree with you!
 
RadioBuddha said:
Erickson has outlasted his usefulness in that market. He has trashed every station in the cluster except his baby, 98.1, which he'll never touch.
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What is Mr. Erickson Next move? get Promoted to Clear Channel CEO for screwing good radio like Smooth Jazz and Savage. The San Francisco Clear Channel Studio's will have 2 sets of protesters waiting for him
 
Not a smart move...Love or like Savage, he drew listeners and was actually right about a lot of things...Bay Area radio is going down the tubes, fast!
 
LOL....Buddha, you don't really understand how it works at CC, do you? Erickson had nothing to do with KKSF drowning itself out. The format lasted for 20 years, which was long enough. Can't wait to hear what other stations you think he ruined. Lots of others had their hands in the pot, too. Nobody makes a decision at CC these days without approval from San Antonio. As for Savage, they dropped him because he wasn't making enough money - pure and simple. Scores of advertisers have SPECIFIC instructions NOT to run on his show. His earning potential for mainstream radio is severely limited... which is why you hear spots from offbeat advertisers during his show. Recto, stop being such a fanboy...This is not about liberals or conservatives. Savage will indeed turn up somewhere, but he has burned countless bridges in this business and is a total pain the a$$ to work with. (He's nuts - pure and simple...I wouldn't say it if I hadn't seen it day after day for several years.) Should be interesting who tries to tolerate him next.
 
I predict that KSFO will take him back...but at a greatly reduced fee, and with a stipulation that he not set foot in their building. He was a huge ratings magnet for KNEW at first, but when you drop from top 5 to into the 20s in ratings, and still cost a fortune, you have a big target on your back at Clear Channel. CC moved KKSF and built a talk studio for him in what had been their studio that he used a total of 3 times, and basically disrupted most of the building on those occasions.
 
DyingMedium said:
LOL....Buddha, you don't really understand how it works at CC, do you? Erickson had nothing to do with KKSF drowning itself out. The format lasted for 20 years, which was long enough. Can't wait to hear what other stations you think he ruined. Lots of others had their hands in the pot, too. Nobody makes a decision at CC these days without approval from San Antonio. As for Savage, they dropped him because he wasn't making enough money - pure and simple. Scores of advertisers have SPECIFIC instructions NOT to run on his show. His earning potential for mainstream radio is severely limited... which is why you hear spots from offbeat advertisers during his show. Recto, stop being such a fanboy...This is not about liberals or conservatives. Savage will indeed turn up somewhere, but he has burned countless bridges in this business and is a total pain the a$$ to work with. (He's nuts - pure and simple...I wouldn't say it if I hadn't seen it day after day for several years.) Should be interesting who tries to tolerate him next.
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Good point. I've pointed this out before, but perhaps it bears repeating. Savage made many enemies during his time at KSFO, including a lot of right-wing hosts that agreed with him about politics. Case in point - Jim Eason, who reportedly hated Michael, and is credited with being the first to call him "the Savage Weiner."

Now that KSFO is running Hannity live at 1:00, they might consider dumping Mark Levin for Savage at 3:00, but I doubt they'd consider putting him anywhere else.

I believe Salem owns KFAX (Christian) and KDOW (business) in the Bay Area. Savage is not a good fit for either station, and I doubt they'd break format to pick up his show. Besides, if Clear Channel can't afford him on KNEW, how could Salem afford him for low-power, low-rated KDOW?
 
650am Sac doesn't come in any worse than some other am stations around the Bay. Dial up the Doc at 3p

Borders Language and Culture baby!
 
DyingMedium said:
The format lasted for 20 years, which was long enough.
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The KKSF of recent was not KKSF of 20 years ago. Today's KKSF was an hourly Kenny G tribute. Kenny G is one of the most overplayed and annoying musicians on the air, but his music is simple enough to get an audience. But even an audience of tried and true Kenny G fans are going to get tired hearing him hourly. I don't blame fans of "smooth jazz" from leaving KKSF.
 
As I was saying, did WOR in New York City and other stations including WKIP in Poughkeepsie, NY pulled the plug on Savage after he left KNEW?

I haven't listened to the podcast edition in months, it was not listed on KNEW's website. I missed the podcast edition.
 
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