KSFO, KGO Programming Changes

[BossRadioDJ]

A few programming changes at KSFO/560 and KGO/810:

* Dr. Laura will be moved to 7-10 PM on KSFO starting next Monday (Jan. 5). She had been carried from noon to 3 PM since June 2000 on the station.

* Sean Hannity moves to noon to 3 PM on KSFO (live) from the previous 3-to-6 PM slot (taped).

* Mark Levin (syndicated) takes the 3 to 5 PM chunk on KSFO, with Brian Sussman changing his hours from 6-to-8 PM to 5-to7 PM.

* Paul Harvey News, which has been carried on KGO since ... well, since about fifteen minutes after Marconi invented the wireless, will move to KSFO starting on Monday. Harvey (and/or his doppelgänger son, P.H. Jr.) and the news will be aired at 5:30 and 8:50 AM, while "The Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrest Of The Story" will be broadcast at 6:55 PM.

After Paul Harvey News this morning, Greg Jarrett mentioned that it was the last time the feature would be carried on KGO, and that it was "a programming decision -- don't shoot the messenger."

 

[LKellerIII]

A few programming changes at KSFO/560 and KGO/810:

* Dr. Laura will be moved to 7-10 PM on KSFO starting next Monday (Jan. 5). She had been carried from noon to 3 PM since June 2000 on the station.

* Sean Hannity moves to noon to 3 PM on KSFO (live) from the previous 3-to-6 PM slot (taped).

* Mark Levin (syndicated) takes the 3 to 5 PM chunk on KSFO, with Brian Sussman changing his hours from 6-to-8 PM to 5-to7 PM.

* Paul Harvey News, which has been carried on KGO since ... well, since about fifteen minutes after Marconi invented the wireless, will move to KSFO starting on Monday. Harvey (and/or his doppelgänger son, P.H. Jr.) and the news will be aired at 5:30 and 8:50 AM, while "The Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrest Of The Story" will be broadcast at 6:55 PM.

After Paul Harvey News this morning, Greg Jarrett mentioned that it was the last time the feature would be carried on KGO, and that it was "a programming decision -- don't shoot the messenger."

Though old Paul has mellowed with age, and rarely mentions politics...historically speaking, he's more in tune with the political views expressed on KSFO. I recall that he caused a bit of a stir in 1968 (Gawd! over 40 years ago!) when he broke with his conservative Republican brethren to support segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace for President.

Also interesting about Dr. Laura. Have her ratings ebbed? The evening replay will bring her many fewer listeners in San Francisco among the female audience that hangs on her every word. I guess they can listen while they're cleaning up the dinner dishes and bringing their husbands their pipe and tobacco...like all good traditional Dr. Laura followers.

 

[newsperson]

Newsperson:

So does that mean 15-min. more each day for Lin Tilliem? I have enjoyed listening to him at first. Now he just tells people to try and work it out (and they already have butt cannot) or he tells them to forget about it. I also hear a lot of stock answers and he doesn't listen well to follow up information the caller tries to tell him.

His program seems to have lost its appeal that it once had.

What are your thoughts on this?

Newsperson

 

[oaktree]

The Mike Huckabee comment also airs twice starting Monday on KSFO ... morning and afternoon.

Yes, Len Tillem has been expanded to a full hour, noon to one, on KGO. I still find the program interesting and, apparently so do others, or he wouldn't have been expanded in place of Harvey.

 

[DavidKaye]

Newsperson:

So does that mean 15-min. more each day for Lin Tilliem? I have enjoyed listening to him at first. Now he just tells people to try and work it out (and they already have butt cannot) or he tells them to forget about it. I also hear a lot of stock answers and he doesn't listen well to follow up information the caller tries to tell him.

His program seems to have lost its appeal that it once had.

What are your thoughts on this?

Newsperson

I don't think Len Tillem's program has lost "its appeal", but frankly, there's not a lot a lawyer can say. Either the person has a case or not. And there are only a few things that most people get into -- car accidents, roommate problems, personal injuries, and wills.

The longer more intricate problems are far more rare and are probably not of much interest to a general audience anyway. I mean, how many people care about copyright infringement, violation of the coastal fisheries act, or commercial leases?

 

[sloux]

Though old Paul has mellowed with age, and rarely mentions politics...historically speaking, he's more in tune with the political views expressed on KSFO.

Do you think that really was the reason they sent Paul packing? It seems rather simplistic to measure his conservative leanings against that of a very liberal market on a fairly left-leaning station and decide he wasn't a good fit anymore. Especially since as David points out that PH has been on KGO since time began. Further, to sideline PH at KSFO does nothing for diversification of voices in our market.

Could the primary reason be that PH attendance at the mic has been uncharicteristically poor last year, and that Ron Chapman et al isn't worthy of the prime billboard? Or perhaps this reason, coupled with the popular lawyer's brief daypart, gave them enough reason?

 

[LKellerIII]

Though old Paul has mellowed with age, and rarely mentions politics...historically speaking, he's more in tune with the political views expressed on KSFO.

Do you think that really was the reason they sent Paul packing? It seems rather simplistic to measure his conservative leanings against that of a very liberal market on a fairly left-leaning station and decide he wasn't a good fit anymore. Especially since as David points out that PH has been on KGO since time began. Further, to sideline PH at KSFO does nothing for diversification of voices in our market.

Could the primary reason be that PH attendance at the mic has been uncharicteristically poor last year, and that Ron Chapman et al isn't worthy of the prime billboard? Or perhaps this reason, coupled with the popular lawyer's brief daypart, gave them enough reason?

I wasn't implying that Paul Harvey's politics was the reason they moved him to KSFO, just that he might be a better fit there. I recall that KSFO also runs (or used to run, perhaps) the evil James Dobson's Focus on the Family commentaries.

I rarely catch PH anymore...maybe 3 to 6 times a year - but when I have heard him the last few years, most of his expressed opinions are farily inocuous. Last year, I remember him saying that Americans are not buying American cars in greater numbers only because foreign cars are now more "fasionable" to own - denying they're in any way inferior in terms of performance or reliability. That's a rather Pollyanish viewpoint, but not exactly hardcore right-wing.

 

[sloux]

I wasn't implying that Paul Harvey's politics was the reason they moved him to KSFO, just that he might be a better fit there.

True perhaps, a more homogeneous fit with the rest of the KSFO content. So from a programming standpoint and for KSFO listners, this is definitely one for the plus column. But I wonder if it is a disservice to the KGO listner who sits in a far larger TSA footprint than that of KSFO's. Time will tell if it is a disservice to KGO's PPM.

Another way of looking at it is that it provides an exit strategy as PH rides into the sunset: Ownership can begin now to reduce its risk while furthering the tried and true Len Tillem. With Paul in his early 90's, it is not altogether clear how long or if the franchise will continue after he can no longer work.

I recall that KSFO also runs (or used to run, perhaps) the evil James Dobson's Focus on the Family commentaries.

I will assume your comment has your tongue firmly planted in cheek. You are referring to a short called, "James Dobson Family Minute" which offers up parenting advice, and could hardly be characterized as "evil" save for those of an ultra-left political bent who throw the baby out with the bathwater; i.e. don't like his conservative politics and therefore easily dismiss the content of his message without actually ever evaluating that message. The parenting advice is actually quite good and is often absent any political overtone. In fact, most of his life has been spent outside of politics as a resource to families trying to raise kids, strengthen marraiges, etc.