SF Angle To An LA News Item...

[BossRadioDJ]

Courtesy of R&R Online:

• CBS Radio news KNX/Los Angeles' 9 a.m.-noon "Money 101 With Bob McCormick" news/talk business program is going away, and the station will revert back to all-news during weekdays.

...Bob McCormick was known, of course, as Robert McCormick during his lengthy tenure here in the Bay Area (including KFRC, KPIX, KCBS and KOFY). What isn't mentioned is whether Bob will continue as an anchor on KNX.

I've heard him quite often on KNX over the past few years, and he'd make an excellent talk show host, perhaps in a KGO-type situation...

His page on the KNX website:

http://www.knx1070.com/pages/3290.php

 

[LKellerIII]

Not being a radio insider, I don't REALLY know the answer...but that never stopped me before. I know that both Los Angeles CBS All News stations (KNX and KFWB) are in the ratings basement. A couple of years ago, CBS hired David Hall - the manager credited with the huge success of talk station KFI. After taking over, Hall turned both news stations toward less hard news, more features, topical talk shows like Bob McCormick's, and sports. KFWB became the Dodgers station. The results have not been good, so management may be re-positioning one or both stations back toward hard news.

The irony is - back in the 70s when both stations were high-rated competitors, "All News" KFWB was the hard news station, while "Newsradio" KNX ran a lot of hour long features like cooking and gardening shows, and the great CBS Mystery Theatre in the evening. In San Francisco, the Mystery Theatre was farmed out to KSFO because it didn't fit with KCBS's all news format.

Back to Bob McCormick - I think CBS realizes his worth and will keep him in some capacity (Business Editor, perhaps) - unless he really wants to return to the Bay Area. Of course, I could be wrong...

Another resume item DJ didn't mention - just to bring everything back to James Gabbert - McCormick was the anchorman on the short-lived KOFY TV20 10 O'Clock News

 

[XM RADIO]

If James Gabbert was in charge at KFRC,, we could have Sean king doing the news, Gabbert knows radio far better than Preston,, Funny how things work out, or dont, too MUCH vo on KFRC!! Let the DJ s get on the air! Preston how come Cammy could ramble on, and Celeste is so limited!! One year ago it was open Mic,,,are the DJs charging you buy the word, or is this the new way we listen in the bay Area? Why not give us what you give LA? They have live DJs and a whole different type of radio, Huh both owned by CBS, yet so very different!! KRTH is so much better than KFRC,,I doubt KFRC will ever hold a candle to KRTH, Kenny in Concord

 

[LKellerIII]

Kenny - you're preaching to the choir here. I don't think a single person has posted on the SF Board who claims to like the new almost-jockless KFRC, or that wants Cammy back.

Every thread doesn't have to be about KFRC. This thread was about Robert McCormick. BossRadioDJ only mentioned KFRC and James Gabbert because McCormick worked at the Big 610, and for Gabbert's KOFY TV20.

 

[paulsecic]

Courtesy of R&R Online:

• CBS Radio news KNX/Los Angeles' 9 a.m.-noon "Money 101 With Bob McCormick" news/talk business program is going away, and the station will revert back to all-news during weekdays.

...Bob McCormick was known, of course, as Robert McCormick during his lengthy tenure here in the Bay Area (including KFRC, KPIX, KCBS and KOFY). What isn't mentioned is whether Bob will continue as an anchor on KNX.

I've heard him quite often on KNX over the past few years, and he'd make an excellent talk show host, perhaps in a KGO-type situation...

His page on the KNX website:

http://www.knx1070.com/pages/3290.php

Bob was on KTLA a few years ago doing stock market stuff. He's top notched.