yup, Karel got canned.
anybody want to speculate on the who will get the 7-10pm slot? i would like to see john rothman get it, myself. christine craft is too sarcastic, IMHO. david lazarus just doesn’t have the “moves.” he could overcome being sort of plain vanilla if he was deeply expert in a subject, but I have seen no evidence of that. pat thuston is lots of fun, but she just doesn’t have the deep intellect or expertness in a given area (unlike wattenburg with physics and sciences in genral, or rothman with political history, or edell with medicine or tillem with law, etc.) thurston is too giddy and lightweight, IMHO, though she can be charmingly fun and feminine. brian copeland is a solid .260 hitter - not good enough for the 7-10 slot.
i love the way KGO os a meritocracy. if you pull the ratings, you stay on. it’s too bad jews don’t get hte kudos they deserve. check out how many jews are first-stringers on KGO
Len Tillem
Dean Edell
Ron Owens
Gil Gross
Bill Wattenburg
John rothman
Marty Nemko isn’t a first-stringer, i guess, but damn he’s good, and, surprise surprise, he’s jewish!
Note: I AM NOT JEWISH. However, i am deeply appreciative of whatever works well, and Jews rock on KGO, period. It’s too damn bad that it’s not PC to sing the praises of Jews in the media. they damn well deserve it.
CORRWCTION: In the above post I meant the 10-1 slot, of course (not the 7-10 slot, so ably handled by Gene Burns)