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KOGO to shake up air staff
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It's good to hear that there will be an alternative to Rick Roberts on KFMB. I like him most of the time but sheesh...he's always so incredibly grumpy behind comprehension. Now that KFI with Bill Handel (my alternative) continues to be neutered in terms of Sandy Eggo coverage in the morning (and now a lot of the time lately), it will be a good thing.
Bill's 5 to 6 a.m. on KFI is the best non-scripted hour on radio. It's the fourth wall exposed. You can learn a lot about the medium there.
Back to KOGO: How many news staffers will on da beach lookin' for that next news gig in Sandy Eggo? The no-spin zone is starting on the "we're not dropping our commitment" to news. Well, there's always Radio Sophie.
Back to KOGO: How many news staffers will on da beach lookin' for that next news gig in Sandy Eggo? The no-spin zone is starting on the "we're not dropping our commitment" to news. Well, there's always Radio Sophie.
Chris, will any of the other AM stations in San Diego be looking to expand their news staff or try to fill their mornings with a news block, now that KOGO is going to a regular talk show format for mornings? Also, was this move by KOGO justified by slipping ratings or lower profit margins for news?
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Bob_Hudson
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Re: KPBS' solid radio news commitment
Now that I have streaming internet radio in the car and an XM portable for when I'm sitting at poolside, about the only "radio station" I listen to any more is KPBS-FM and I have to say they have a lousy local news department: it's the only part of the radio station that makes it sound like they're affiliated with a college.
KOGO long ago stopped requiring that newscasters be actual broadcast journalists and started making disk jockeys into news readers, usually reading stuffed cranked out by low paid writers: it's not much better than the old "rip and read" system when DJ's would rip news stories from the teletype and read five minutes worth on the hour.
Media Hack Chris | SDR said:
Now that I have streaming internet radio in the car and an XM portable for when I'm sitting at poolside, about the only "radio station" I listen to any more is KPBS-FM and I have to say they have a lousy local news department: it's the only part of the radio station that makes it sound like they're affiliated with a college.
KOGO long ago stopped requiring that newscasters be actual broadcast journalists and started making disk jockeys into news readers, usually reading stuffed cranked out by low paid writers: it's not much better than the old "rip and read" system when DJ's would rip news stories from the teletype and read five minutes worth on the hour.
It's still a crime that cliff Albert runs KOGO and KLSD.. Taking from one to prop up the other
sdwulfdawg said:
Why should KFI cover San Diego? They're a Los Angeles station. SD has its own news/talk stations for that.
Bob_Hudson said:
How did you get that?
Media Hack Chris | SDR said:
Out is Dave Mason and that's truly sad. Here's a guy that been used and abused with 95.7, 99.3 and now KOGO. I hope he winds up somewhere wonderful.
livingfruitvirus said:
KFI doesn't intend to cover Sandy Eggo; just having a killer signal (even at 25,000 watts) ... there are many callers from Sandy Eggo county -- and you'll hear ads too "serving San Diego too!" in plumbing and termite.
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Bob has a very long string and a cup. Of course, you should ask him about his hi-fi receiver. Very genius.
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Bob_Hudson
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livingfruitvirus said:
I use a Palm Treo 700P with a Seidio Treo phone cradle. The cradle provides power for charging the battery plus has a stereo audio output which I connect to my car stereo system using one of those cassette adapters. Streaming radio stations use different audio bitrates and the ones with higher bitrates sound outstanding coming through the system. Unlike FM, which constantly fades in and out here in North San Diego County, the Internet audio (which comes through Sprint's network) is rock steady. The only thing I missed about leaving Kansas City was the blues and rockabilly programs on KKFI, and now I listen to those in the car, plus jazz, comedy and potentially hundreds of other stations. I do have one of those handheld XM radios and one day while my son was with me he listened to Radio Disney on that while I listened to a Korean-based rockabilly station via the Treo (the handheld satellite radios are very, very touchy though about antenna position and of course don't have as many stations options as streaming Internet radio). While providing music, my Treo was also providing spoken GPS directions: the GPS software is on the Treo, but the satellite receiver is a tiny unit clipped to the sunvisor and it communicates with the Treo via Bluetooth. It kind of blew my mind to think that at that moment in the car we were using the services of two satellite system (XM's and the multiple satellite GPS system) plus the Sprint wireless network, plus Bluetooth radio.
It kind of makes plain old AM and FM radio look so antiquated: they may be able to do "HD radio" but they still can't stop the signal from fading out when you go behind a hill. I had not been a fan of satellite radio but my wife surprised me with the little XM unit (apparently figuring I don't own enough gadgets) and since she has XM in her Honda Pilot it costs less than $7 a month for the XM service for my unit. I do use it, but honestly it's not something I'd recommend. The Treo though - that's a different story. This is my second Treo: i bought the 700P to take advantage of Sprint's highest speed data service (the older Treo 650P had a lower data speed). I pay about $29 for unlimited high speed data service which includes streaming audio, internet browsing, email, using the Treo as a DSL-speed modem for my Powerbook, etc.
livingfruitvirus said:
Not that they should, or they care... however, 830 out of LA comes in pretty decent, better than KFI, as far as I can tell driving around. Glenn Beck may well be as entertaining as the buffoon on KFMB, the stooge on 1700, or the Baltimore transplant-to-be on KOGO. The 20kW night pattern will cut out coverage to all but the coastal areas, which should make it difficult during AMD as winter approaches, however.
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