HCochet said:
I don't know what "makes no sense" about it. If we like him here, they'll like him there. Things change a lot in radio and there's no reason a station might not hire a new person with a new "slant".
I didn't make it up. A coworker from produce dept, (I'm meat dept) told me he had heard that. He and I have talked a couple times about KGO because were both long time listeners and both dislike the changes. He thought I'd like to know what he'd heard.
Yes, I remember Ronn used to work in Los Angeles. He flew there and back every week working at both stations for about a year and didn't like it.
How about answering my question? The one asking where you think he'll go when his KGO contract is up.
This is clearly a troll, a poor one at that, but what the hell, let's humor you.
First, "
If we like him here, they'll like him there" is your first flaw, we don't like him here. Owens may have been relevant at one point, but in retrospect, much of that relevance was likely because he lucked into a job at a powerhouse station. As KGO has lost it's powerhouse status since the firings last December Owens' ratings have plummeted. No big market station will be interested in a 60-something personality that can't pull in the numbers. Have you listened lately? I've tried but I can't take it for more than a couple of minutes. He's atrocious, the subjects are lame, he can't pull in decent guests any more, and he sounds like a neutered billy goat.
At one point he probably had the industry creds to get hired by a decent station through one of his buddies, but that's gone too. In addition to listeners not liking him, industry insiders don't like him either. His abandonment of his "friends" after the KGO changes, and the constant sucking sounds as he kisses corporate asses have ruined his reputation.
Too answer your question, "Where will he go when his contract is up?", there's a couple of options. If he hasn't invested his money wisely, which I suspect, he'll need to find something. Maybe a small market station in the boonies, or a small station no-one can pick up in a larger market. If he kisses enough corporate butt Cumulus may syndicate him as filler, but that's unlikely IMHO. Either way, it'll be at a fraction of his current salary. His best hope is his friendship with a big advertiser (SleepTrain?) could be enough of carrot to get him on the air somewhere. Out of those options, my guess is he'll end up on a small station in a big market, not be successful, and last a year or two at most.
If he has saved his money, he'll probably retire and we'll see him hanging out a restaurants talking about the old days. Maybe he'll write an op-ed piece for sfgate every now and then, and sometime in 2015 there'll be a "What ever happened to Ronn Owens" post right here.
