KSFO Relieves Me of My Job

Movwe America Forward ^ | October 3, 2005 | Melanie Morgan

[yoe]

Another conservative voice cut off by ABC

[RexBeach]

Getting canned when you least expect is all part of the radio biz. Believe me, I know.

I'm sorry for her, but no whining allowed aloud. That's just the business. If she's as good as she says she is, she'll get another gig in no time.

[anniegetyourgun]

True....but something tells me we haven't heard the last of MM.

[thegreatbeast]

ABC has at least left WABC radio alone.

[Grampa Dave]

Isn't she still married to the owner/manager of KSFO?

[devane617]

Are we playing "Guess my name?"

[cynicom]

Whiners should find someone that cares.

[McGruff]

This stinks, does she have a freeper name?

[RockinRight]

Rush was fired several times too.

[Michael.SF.]

but no whining allowed aloud

As a whine might go, that seems pretty tepid.

[GVnana]

Thanks for posting this. Her absence was a mystery, and I'm glad she's gone on record. (FYI, I don't receive San Francisco radio, so I wasn't a regular listener.)

[elfman2]

" But, for some reason, the negotiations hit a brick wall and I was asked to accept a number of bizarre compromises."

She’d have to explain that before I’d consider this anything but SOP in Radio. When I worked in the area 8 years ago, KSFO was the most ultra conservative station imaginable.

[bluefish]

Melanie is no Rush. She may be an activist, but as on-air talent, she was weak at best. She simply wasn't very bright and things flew right over her head on an all-too frequent basis. I suppose it didn't help that Lee is getting too old. They are all too part-time. The ex-weatherman guy has to do Mondays. He comes off as a wannabe. The traffic dude always has to try to cover for them and he isn't a strong enough personality. There is no consistency on the morning show. KSFO is probably gearing up to try to establish a true, reliable morning program.

[EggsAckley]

KSFO's signal has become so weak here in the Monterey Bay area that I can barely listen to the morning show anymore. Without MM there's now no reason to even suffer through the weak signal. Firing her is insane; she and Lee were the main reason for the station's success. I predict that the station will fade back into their previous obscurity.

Farewell KSFO. I am no longer a listener.

[sofaman]

I agree...Trying to figure out what part of that was whining. Sge isn't on radio and explained why. I guess to some, that doesn't sit well - she should just disappear.

Sometimes, all I can do is shake my head.

[Ramius]

I didn't detect any whiny attitude in her statement. Lots of people were wondering what happened. She explained what happened.

She'll do fine.

[SF Republican]

Your contract was up, they did not want you back, if you are talented, get another job; don't look back, something better is ahead.

[FlipWilson]

Its all part of the new democrat plan. If they can't win in the debate in the arena of ideas, they will simply silence the other side or make the other side illegal. Regain the MSM monopoly and power by any means, even if those means aren't democratic. But hey, to the dems its "fyuck the voters, if they were too stupid to vote for us, we will just make them irrelevant."

[BigBobber]

I like Melanie and Lee a lot but in the last few years their show has started to get a little stale. The show format is very predictable - usually a good guest in the first half hour but then mindless banter and stock market reports in the second half. I find myself switching to different stations if the guest is not interesting, and almost always switch at the bottom of the hour.

The whole KGO lineup needs work and I suspect this is reflected in the ratings. They have Dr. Laura from noon to 3:00 which is a huge mistake. Radio 650 in Sacramento has much better programming through the day and I usually listen there as it comes in loud and clear in the Bay Area.

I suspect this move has to do with low ratings and not Melanie's political activities, as she has been an activist for many years.

[SierraWasp]

Friday, she said the contract talks had failed at the highest levels. I think that means at ABC, or maybe even at Walt Disney!!!