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Michael Savage Out at KNEW
BayNewser ^ | Sep 10, 2009 | Jason Turbow on

Posted on 09/10/2009 12:04:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Rich Lieberman sends word that KNEW (910 AM) has dropped Michael Savage as of this morning.

The station's program director, John Scott, was quoted on Lieberman's Web site as saying that they were "headed in a new direction and a new mind set at this station. Savage does not fit in any longer."

Coming from a guy who still puts Glenn Beck on the air, this is, to say the least, confusing. Word on the street points to internal friction with station management; losing Savage's significant salary might also have been a factor.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: fcc; fired; knew; michaelsavage; michaelweiner; radio; savage; talkradio
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To: nickcarraway

Savage is nationally syndicated. He won’t have any problems. I still like listening to him.


21 posted on 09/10/2009 12:21:30 PM PDT by FTJM
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To: nickcarraway

Savage has his moments, but you have to listen to a lot of junk and filler to get to those moments.

I mean, how many times do we need to know what he had to eat last night at Alioto’s?


22 posted on 09/10/2009 12:24:08 PM PDT by Deo volente (You can take the thug out of Chicago, but you can't.....well, you know the rest.)
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To: nickcarraway

Woah.


23 posted on 09/10/2009 12:26:59 PM PDT by exist
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To: Xenalyte

Yeahhhh, he wastes so much time on things like that. Maybe he should talk more about cigars and golf.


24 posted on 09/10/2009 12:27:11 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: FTJM

I like to listen to him, but he cannot focus. He rambles from Meatballs to Medical Plants to Red Diaper Doper Babies. I dont have the stamina to keep up anymore.


25 posted on 09/10/2009 12:27:37 PM PDT by JustinMinor (Ramblin' Man)
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To: DesertRhino

I’ll put the amount of Time Rush talks about something relevant against Savage’s time any day. Savage has become about Savage. Occasionally he is insightful, but he has lost much of his appeal since it has become the “I’m so mistreated by the world” show.


26 posted on 09/10/2009 12:29:21 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: DesertRhino

The wiener is a nut case. They took his goofy arse off stations in Ky as well. You wiener fanatics are as crazy as the big Wiener himself.


27 posted on 09/10/2009 12:30:03 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: null and void

Thanks. I fogot that. I guess that means the article was inaccurate and KNEW didn’t want to pay Savage’s syndication fee.


28 posted on 09/10/2009 12:30:35 PM PDT by sig226 (Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
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To: nickcarraway

M levin don’t like M Savage
http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/cvguy/Videos/?action=view&current=MLevinonMSavage.flv


29 posted on 09/10/2009 12:36:40 PM PDT by preacher (A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Xenalyte
Too bad, because at his best he is genuinely entertaining.

He doesn't care about being the best, or even his own personal best anymore and many talk radio listeners have figured that out and they are moving on to other hosts who actually want to be behind the mic.

30 posted on 09/10/2009 12:37:38 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (http://koreanforniancooking.blogspot.com/)
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To: Snurple

My my,,Now let me get this straight; YOU are criticizing Savage because he has crazy rants? While simultaneously calling him a nut, using “arse” as though you were Chaucer, and call me “fanatic” and “crazy”?

And all i did was dare to notice that talking about his dinner and his dog, isn’t all THAT different from listening to stories of cigars, diets, West palm beach, how his kitten wakes him up, Bizjets,,,etc,,

Thats REALLLLLY fanatic of me, huh?


31 posted on 09/10/2009 12:38:59 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: Regulator
KNEW will probably plummet in ratings after this since he was their biggest draw, and Wiener (Savage) will end up somewhere else, maybe back home at KSFO. K

Actually Savage has been losing out to Levin (who is on at the same time on KSFO) for sometime. They need someone who actually cares about being on the radio to want to go toe to toe with Levin and fight for listeners.

32 posted on 09/10/2009 12:39:20 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (http://koreanforniancooking.blogspot.com/)
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To: nickcarraway
Coming from a guy who still puts Glenn Beck on the air, this is, to say the least, confusing.

Not really. Savage really, really sucks. Beck just sucks.

All with due deference to Beck's great contributions recently, I just don't dig his style.

33 posted on 09/10/2009 12:43:05 PM PDT by TankerKC (USAF...retired.)
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I used to like Savage and then he just started getting downright mean, calling his conservative hosts names and degrading them. He even said something derogatory about Glenn the other night after Van Jones quit. I had to turn the station. He’s so pompous. Where Glenn speaks out on fact, on reseach, Savage speaks on emotion, tooting his own horn over and over. There’s only so much of “I’m right, you’re wrong’ attitude anyone can take.


34 posted on 09/10/2009 12:43:14 PM PDT by humble and shy (Taking our country back, one corrupt politician at a time)
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To: DesertRhino

Im Irish.... not English. Savage is a nut....you defend him so....you are a nut as well.


35 posted on 09/10/2009 12:44:32 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: nickcarraway

Mark Levin is the new direction for early evening talk radio


36 posted on 09/10/2009 12:50:04 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Snurple

Ohhhh, that explains it! As a foreigner, i guess you wouldn’t understand! And also, name calling is rather tacky. Can’t you refute my point? Or can you only call names?

Also, include football, stories of his dad, stories of the Kansas City chiefs,,, the list rolls on, and on, and on,,,

I enjoy Rush greatly, but it’s a little hypocritical to criticize Savage for talking about his experience on last nights walk, sailing, or his dog, and then give Rush a pass. Pull your lips away from Rush’s “arse”. Dittos!


37 posted on 09/10/2009 12:52:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: DesertRhino

LMAO! Thank you for confirming my point. Go Savage weenie!


38 posted on 09/10/2009 12:56:00 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Xenalyte

You could always check out Hugh Hewitt on 1070 5-8. If you can stand that he is a Romney fan, he isn’t too bad and has some interesting guests.


39 posted on 09/10/2009 12:57:25 PM PDT by Liberty Tree Surgeon (Mow your own lawn!)
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To: null and void

sad to see him go in a way..

he definitely added some sizzle to the pot..

he can always write some more books about his latest ordeals or take some more treks in search of nature’s secrets in the wild.


40 posted on 09/10/2009 12:59:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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