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KGO host talks about Bay Area radio station's abrupt signoff
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 6, 2022 | Amy Graff

Posted on 10/06/2022 7:02:59 PM PDT by artichokegrower

American broadcasting company Cumulus Media abruptly announced Thursday during a morning talk show that it’s ending the KGO (810 AM) news-talk format as listeners know it, and company officials told SFGATE in an email that it will be revealing a new brand on the channel on Monday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cumulusmedia; kgo; kgoradio
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To: peggybac
I hate when stations do this.


21 posted on 10/06/2022 9:02:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PsyCon

I used to listen to Mel all the time on KSFO.


22 posted on 10/06/2022 9:21:36 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: al baby

“I miss Bill Watenberg”

I called into his show a couple of times.


23 posted on 10/06/2022 9:29:15 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: smokingfrog

She looks like she just crashed her plane.


24 posted on 10/06/2022 9:33:30 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

That’s a man, baby.


25 posted on 10/06/2022 9:55:49 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Lee Rodgers (with a “d”) was on KGO before KSFO. In the early 90s he had the late afternoon shift, just before Bernie Ward, and they used to debate each other on Mondays, they called it the Monday Night Fights. I always thought Rodgers got the better of it, but it turned out that Ward was a master debator.


26 posted on 10/06/2022 10:00:33 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: artichokegrower; All

I recommend the app “Right Talk” for radio listening. Many stations available.

I use it at night and when traveling :)


27 posted on 10/06/2022 10:01:18 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Lee Rodgers is who I was thinking of. Rodgers died in 2013. He was well known for his 14 years co-hosting mornings at KSFO with Melanie Morgan.

Brian Sussman took over when Rodgers retired in 2010 and co-hosted with Melanie Morgan until she left in 2013. Sussman continued to host until 2019 and he was a fantastic conservative host on KSFO as well.

28 posted on 10/06/2022 10:39:08 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: Mozzafiato

I thought it all went downhill when Rodgers left.

I read his bio tonight. It’s an amazing success story.


29 posted on 10/06/2022 10:43:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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To: artichokegrower

KGO is such a powerful station, that at night, we can listen to it in Seattle, Washington.


30 posted on 10/07/2022 12:38:39 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Huskrrrr
Armstrong and Getty fill the 6-9 spot.

Been listening to those two for years.

31 posted on 10/07/2022 2:18:45 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Captain Peter Blood
we used to get him here in Arkansas on a radio channel

I'm sorry. His emanations should have been confined in California.

32 posted on 10/07/2022 4:46:49 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I go back to Ira Blue.


33 posted on 10/07/2022 5:26:51 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: SoCal Pubbie

I knew that was you


34 posted on 10/07/2022 7:53:54 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Sure loved them all and Dr Don Rose on KFRC.
Dr Don wasn’t political on his on his show but
he walked the conservative walk in real life!


35 posted on 10/07/2022 4:57:33 PM PDT by Sivad (Socialism; Vote your way in, shoot your way out!)
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To: Mozzafiato

I think Lee Rodgers did his SF radio show from
Arizona for quite a while, didn’t he?

On another note I used to listen to Limbaugh on
KFBK 1530 Sacramento before he went to NYC to do
his national show. Pretty sure his first Bay Area
station was KNBR. Gary Radnich hated it but I
didn’t care for Gary’s lack of support for Bay Area
teams, anyway. Rush should never have had a sports
station for an affiliate. IMO.


36 posted on 10/07/2022 5:20:03 PM PDT by Sivad (Socialism; Vote your way in, shoot your way out!)
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To: moviefan8

I recall Pete Wilson trashing Reagan on a TV
editorial before RWR was elected. He said Reagan
would ruin the country if he ever became POTUS.
Wilson wasn’t 5% of a media personality as Reagan
was a president.


37 posted on 10/07/2022 5:30:06 PM PDT by Sivad (Socialism; Vote your way in, shoot your way out!)
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To: artichokegrower

Re: 20 - Sports betting? LOL

Bet that lasts two - three years at most.


38 posted on 10/07/2022 5:39:49 PM PDT by Fury
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To: artichokegrower

Back in the ‘60s, I listened to Mystery Chiller Theater.

At “Ten 0 Five”.

I think it was KGO. all the way to Eastern Washington.


39 posted on 10/07/2022 5:58:53 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Sivad
I think Lee Rodgers did his SF radio show from Arizona for quite a while, didn’t he?

I'm not sure, I'm not a Bay Area native and didn't arrive until the tail end of Lee Rodgers, so I'm more familiar with the Sussman era.

40 posted on 10/08/2022 6:31:02 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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