here is what i know......I had the pleasure of serving on an industry board with Mickey for several years..he is smart...a great manager and an even better mentor.......I hope he stays in the business because we still need him.....but even more i hope he has a great life .........cause folks......he deserves it.......
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Mickey Luckoff Resigns from KGO Radio
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You often here from people at a station 1 or 2 years that the place was "terrible" and that management "was in kaos" and sometimes you wonder.
When it comes from a Mickey Luckoff, someone of his tenure and stature, it says alot of terrible things about Citadel and our industry as a whole.
When it comes from a Mickey Luckoff, someone of his tenure and stature, it says alot of terrible things about Citadel and our industry as a whole.
I feel sorry for the folks that still work there. Mickey Luckoff should be OK $$. I once worked at a station with ownership just like Citadel. Took a 35% cut in pay and got out of there. I hope the staffers can get on a life boat and get out with out getting thier $$ messed up.
radioguy39nj said:It's only a matter of time until Citadel takes a blowtorch to KGO and turns it into syndication central, much like flagship WABC New York.
This would seem to be in Citadel's game plan, turning two 50 kW blasters, one on the East Coast, the other on the West Coast into anchors for their own talk programming.
Very sad indeed!
Citadel doesn't exactly hold onto top quality syndication either. They don't know how to keep a good thing.
Don't forget that Citadel's KSFO-560 has two high rated syndicated shows of Rush Limbaugh & Sean Hannity. I don't care for those shows, but they are high rated syndicated shows.Silkie said:radioguy39nj said:It's only a matter of time until Citadel takes a blowtorch to KGO and turns it into syndication central, much like flagship WABC New York.
This would seem to be in Citadel's game plan, turning two 50 kW blasters, one on the East Coast, the other on the West Coast into anchors for their own talk programming.
Very sad indeed!
Citadel doesn't exactly hold onto top quality syndication either. They don't know how to keep a good thing.
A manager with this much experience doesn't usually go out like this. Things must have been bad for him to react like that. It's not just Citadel but an example of radio in 2010. There are people here who will deny there is a problem but radio is in crisis, you can hear it.
I've never met the man. But in all my years in radio (50+), I have rarely known of anyone who has earned such superlative credentials, achieved such extraordinary accomplishments and enjoyed such unparalleled regard among peers as Mr. Luckoff.
Shame on you, Fareed.
Shame on you, Fareed.
Madmansam said:Don't forget that Citadel's KSFO-560 has two high rated syndicated shows of Rush Limbaugh & Sean Hannity. I don't care for those shows, but they are high rated syndicated shows.Silkie said:radioguy39nj said:It's only a matter of time until Citadel takes a blowtorch to KGO and turns it into syndication central, much like flagship WABC New York.
This would seem to be in Citadel's game plan, turning two 50 kW blasters, one on the East Coast, the other on the West Coast into anchors for their own talk programming.
Very sad indeed!
Citadel doesn't exactly hold onto top quality syndication either. They don't know how to keep a good thing.
Citadel flagship WABC New York has broadcast Rush and Sean since they started. Pains me to say it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Citadel moves those two to KGO with its more powerful signal. Premiere is sure to like that. Long-time KGO listeners won't.
A historical note: I seem to remember that when Limbaugh's show was first syndicated, KGO ran it for a couple of weeks when Ronn Owens was on vacation. This was obviously years ago - possibly pre-Disney in the Capital Cities days.
Rush created a lot of buzz locally, but KGO decided not to carry his show, and this was before they owned KSFO, so Rush went to KNBR.
Savage also got his start on KGO as a fill-in.
Rush created a lot of buzz locally, but KGO decided not to carry his show, and this was before they owned KSFO, so Rush went to KNBR.
Savage also got his start on KGO as a fill-in.
I can feel empthasize with Mickey and I'm sure he spoke the truth. He should, however, have held off on his comments until he left the building. A simple "we have philosophical differences" would already have spoken volumes. He should have saved the rest for once he was officially off Citadel's payroll.
Why? I think he should be given a medal for saying how he felt. This crap has been tolerated for way too long. Professionalism works both ways. I have always tried to maintain that same respectful "keep it unsaid" belief and you know what? I think I was wrong. Sometimes you have to stand up and refuse to be swept out to sea.
Where's the "Like" button for Tibbs2's post ("I think he should be given a medal for saying how he felt")? Well said.
As a longtime radio talk show host who has had a friend who worked with Mickey in the past and has watched and listened to his product for a long time, I would work for that guy anyplace, anytime. That kind of class and integrity is nigh onto impossible to find these days. Mickey could be tough, but he was always more than fair.
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Wow!
Kudos to Mickey for telling it "like it is"
Having done lots of fill in talk on KGO in the '90's I can tell you that Mickey never told me what to say or the opposite. The only feedback from him was .."more call letters.please".
Yeah! Tough but a class act.
Jerry Gordon KNUU Las Vegas
Kudos to Mickey for telling it "like it is"
Having done lots of fill in talk on KGO in the '90's I can tell you that Mickey never told me what to say or the opposite. The only feedback from him was .."more call letters.please".
Yeah! Tough but a class act.
Jerry Gordon KNUU Las Vegas
SFStatic said:
Oh, I've heard plenty of bad words about him -- more than plenty. Not a single bad word from anyone inside 900 Front Street, mind you, but I've heard plenty from people at other stations.
What does Mickey Luckoff plan to do next? Would another station in the Bay Area or elsewhere want a 35-year vet? Or does Luckoff go quietly into the sunset?
Apparently, Fagreed locked him put the day after he gave his notice and also refused to pay him the two weeks (in lieu of notice). By doing this Fagreed confirms his utter lack of class and pure ignorance.
I guess Fagreed don't like it!
And the banks that took over Citadel after he ran it into the ground just paid this idiot 43 million dollars! No wonder they need TARP money/bailouts-they're incompetant too!
I guess Fagreed don't like it!
And the banks that took over Citadel after he ran it into the ground just paid this idiot 43 million dollars! No wonder they need TARP money/bailouts-they're incompetant too!
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