I don't belive that KTRB was dead on arrival as a talk station. Yes they made decesions to pick from a restaurant menu for their programing. It also sounds like they went to several different restaurants, one called Free-FM and the other called KSFO.
Some people love certain types of food and hate others. Many network affiliations have 90-day calcelation clauses. KTRB could decide to select from a different restaurant menu.
Better yet KTRB could decide to hire its own chef and cook up some original programing.
Has anyone ever heard of a rave review of a francise restaurant in the Bay Area? Hello no!
Are there rave reviews of local non-francise restaurants in San Francisco and the Bay Area? Hell yes!
If anyone has any other evidence to present please do so, otherwise your honor I rest my case.
Newsperson