STEVE YUHAS on KOGO

[sdwulfdawg]

STEVE YUHAS on KOGO radio is truly proof that it isn't talent that you need to get on major market San Diego radio, but who you know. The guy was anchoring the firestorm coverage on all of the Cheap Channel stations stuttering, mumbling, bunching words together, going to wrong lines, never catching the set times to go to traffic, catching the newsroom talent off guard when he goes long or short on calls, etc. You would think that KOGO if they weren't so cheap that would at least trot out Roger Hedgecock for some anchoring duties.

Steve Yuhas really sounds like he needs to take some basic broadcasting classes at City College or Grossmont or Columbia School of Broadcasting.....or quit. The guy doesn't have a bad voice but in all has little or no talent.

On one hand you hear San Diego's own Ted Baxter, Cliff Albert, who, while he can't manage or program a radio station to save his life, is a true voice pro....compared to the utter untalent and totally unprofessionalism of Steve Yuhas.

Did anyone pick up that I think that Steve Yuhas is horrible on the air?

 

[Bob_Hudson]

STEVE YUHAS on KOGO radio is truly proof that it isn't talent that you need to get on major market San Diego radio, but who you know. The guy was anchoring the firestorm coverage on all of the Cheap Channel stations stuttering, mumbling, bunching words together, going to wrong lines, never catching the set times to go to traffic, catching the newsroom talent off guard when he goes long or short on calls, etc. You would think that KOGO if they weren't so cheap that would at least trot out Roger Hedgecock for some anchoring duties.

Steve Yuhas really sounds like he needs to take some basic broadcasting classes at City College or Grossmont or Columbia School of Broadcasting.....or quit. The guy doesn't have a bad voice but in all has little or no talent.

On one hand you hear San Diego's own Ted Baxter, Cliff Albert, who, while he can't manage or program a radio station to save his life, is a true voice pro....compared to the utter untalent and totally unprofessionalism of Steve Yuhas.

Did anyone pick up that I think that Steve Yuhas is horrible on the air?

This does not surprise and in fact as I was writing in another thread (Larry Himmel's house burning) about how disaster coverage is controlled chaos I was wondering if any local broadcasters and failed this test.

I had seen this happen a couple of times back in the 70's and 80's during coverage of earthquakes and fires. On two different occasions I watched radio news anchors just fall apart when they had to do something beynd just reading news copy during regular scheduled newscasts. One of them had a masters from the Columbia School or Journalism and the other a BA in Radio and TV from SDSU, but neither could think on their feet, juggle all of the information coming at them at once from the wires, in house writers, the phone, the radio (we used two-way radios for field reporters), all while trying to basically ad lib live on the air.

I'm not sure you can be taught to do all that smoothly. It takes experience, especially in field reporting where you are on the scene of breaking news and need to quickly gather information, organize it in your head, and often times go live on the air with it without having time to write down anything other than a few notes. TV news people still get that kind of experience, but there are almost no radio news people anymore who have ever been reporters: KOGO has been fond of taking DJ's and turning them into news readers and non-Clear Channel stations reply a lot on Metro news, which is also read by folks who really are not journalists and don't have reporting experience (although doing traffic for a long time does help you develop some ad lib talent).

Hedgecock, as a former politician, has always been a glib BS'er and topped with his now many years on the air and deep knowledge of the county, he's a natural for reporting this kind of story on the radio. And yes, this is what Cliff Albert does best, by far. His old KFMB radio news teams were outstanding when the big stories broke.

I have been pretty impressed with most of the local TV field reporters I've seen. I normally NEVER watch local TV news (I just don't care about car crashes and gangbanger shooting) but I know that many of the reporters have gotten more on air time this week than they would in several months of normal TV newscasts and I've seen some very smart, talented people at work.

One exception is some near middle aged guy on one of the stations: I don't recall his name or station but as I flip through the channels I keep seeing him in the field not quite looking at the camera, but always sort of looking out into space as if he's a bit lost and confused and he speaks in a halting pattern that is just short of a stammer.

Rod Luck always also looks a little dazed and has his own weird speech pattern but somehow he always seems to tell an interesting story. He always comes across like a stoned surfer with a huge sense of curiosity who somehow got hold of a mike and camera

"Dude, dude.....whoa dude, look over here.....this so, like, cool....... and whoa, over there, what's that?"

 

[jprg]

Let's bring back "Crusty Bob" and 103.7 THE PLANET!!!!!!

 

[sdwulfdawg]

Here KOGO and KFMB radios are trying always to be the big dogs in the market but failed miserably, in my humble opinion. There are so many talented people who know how to handle themselves, juggle information, and do what broadcasters are supposed to do when they are on the air.

Jim McInnis did a SUPERB job on KFMB radio (he has natural talent), as well as a guy I've never heard before on KFMB, one "Dave Diaz." Dave Sniff did a shift the other night and was fantastic. But why they didn't put Rick Roberts to put in some additional shifts I have yet to figure out.

Local News/Talk used to be about information and trotting out the big guns -- "the broadcasters." Now it has come down to (seemingly) just finding someone to be on the air to fill time in between network news breaks and commercials...and that's sad.

But Steve Yuhas...what a freaking putz.... But also Cliff Albert from a managerial point of view is another putz putting someone on the air who is not in control of himself and the show. It is like getting a chronic alkie to steer a super duper luxury car in the midst of a crowd...."so many people...so little time." Of course after the failure of KLSD he'll still be a good and erudite spokesman for his mobile home park in Lakeside protesting the Home Depot going in.

 

[RBA]

Another fool of a broadcaster was Roger Hedgecock. He pumped up all the politicians he likes and than said he had to get political when Sen Barbara Boxer spoke. He played it like he hadn't been political for 4 days and as soon as a Democrat got up to speak he trashes her. They also had some wacko woman caller on saying that all the illegals were looting the donations at Qualcomm. They were taking this lunatic for her word and said they would like to get more information about it.

 

[sdwulfdawg]

Another fool of a broadcaster was Roger Hedgecock. He pumped up all the politicians he likes and than said he had to get political when Sen Barbara Boxer spoke. He played it like he hadn't been political for 4 days and as soon as a Democrat got up to speak he trashes her. They also had some wacko woman caller on saying that all the illegals were looting the donations at Qualcomm. They were taking this lunatic for her word and said they would like to get more information about it.

I'm not going to discuss content, I'm discussing basic broadcast delivery. Rog no matter what you think is very listenable and forms his thoughts before uttering anything. He is a real broadcaster. Even last night before the walking disaster Steve Yuhas came on the air, the DJs at KUSS -- CC's country western outlet -- were doing an admirable job of presenting information and interviewing. Cliff Albert needs to be canned as program director after the KLSD manglement and needs to stick to reading off paper or doing his commentaries which are quite good.

And the story of the illegals stealing/looting donations at Qualcomm was confirmed by the LA Times this morning. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/breakingnews/2007/10/six-undocumente.html

 

[RBA]

Another fool of a broadcaster was Roger Hedgecock. He pumped up all the politicians he likes and than said he had to get political when Sen Barbara Boxer spoke. He played it like he hadn't been political for 4 days and as soon as a Democrat got up to speak he trashes her. They also had some wacko woman caller on saying that all the illegals were looting the donations at Qualcomm. They were taking this lunatic for her word and said they would like to get more information about it.

I'm not going to discuss content, I'm discussing basic broadcast delivery. Rog no matter what you think is very listenable and forms his thoughts before uttering anything. He is a real broadcaster. Even last night before the walking disaster Steve Yuhas came on the air, the DJs at KUSS -- CC's country western outlet -- were doing an admirable job of presenting information and interviewing. Cliff Albert needs to be canned as program director after the KLSD manglement and needs to stick to reading off paper or doing his commentaries which are quite good.

And the story of the illegals stealing/looting donations at Qualcomm was confirmed by the LA Times this morning. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/breakingnews/2007/10/six-undocumente.html

Well, what'd ya know. It looks like she was right. I'm wiping the egg off my face.

 

[mr_arbitron]

Still, the #1 first class jerk has to belong to Jon Elliot.. First his Randi Rhodes story, then after hearing that AT&T and Walmart contributed $$$, he called them cheap bastards for not making it a ¼ of a million at least.. The guy is pathetic and hopefully some welfare station will contribute their studios for him to run his Err Amerika program Loppy loves so much

 

[Jacmac]

And the story of the illegals stealing/looting donations at Qualcomm was confirmed by the LA Times this morning. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/breakingnews/2007/10/six-undocumente.html

Interesting, because I've heard several callers on a couple of different shows say the same thing, although not about anything at Qualcomm. They called about Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, and Fallbrook relief centers. One guy who said he knew most of the victims in his neighborhood asked a few of the people he didn't know taking aid where they lived and they told him they didn't live there, but the Red Cross and FEMA were giving all this stuff away for free. Wouldn't surprise me if they were illegals, it doesn't take much audacity these days, they just take what they can get.