KGO “stunting”
April 1, 2016
Lots of industry buzz in the aftermath of yesterday’s (3/31) seismic shake-up and significant layoffs at Cumulus Media/San Francisco.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that north of two dozen staffers got turfed at the cluster, with a big chunk of those coming from the newsroom of heritage News/Talker KGO.
Meanwhile, the KGO website has been stripped of all ‘show’ info (except for several weekend program listings) and posts a message reading, “The next generation of KGO 810 is coming Tuesday morning (4/5) at 6am.”
A quick listen to the station earlier today heard that same message being looped on-air, interspersed with a mix of music and other various content.
While officials at Cumulus remain tight-lipped about plans to fill the now gaping 24-hour hole in KGO’s programming schedule, it’s hard-to-ignore rumors that iHeartMediaregionally syndicated Armstrong & Getty will takeover as the new morning show on KGO.
In a case of what one might call strange radio bedfellows, the talk duo would be joining KGO’s lineup from crosstown iHM talker KKSF-AM, where they’ve already been replaced in wake-ups by WYM/WYD Media’s syndicated Stephanie Miller.
Safe to say we can probably file this story under ‘stay tuned for further developments.’
KGO “stunting”
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Looks like top talker Ronn Owens is fighting forced move from KGO to KSFO. Appears to have contractual language supporting him.
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.ca/
After Dr. Bill Wattenburg left, it was all down hill for me. “open line to the west coast”
The term “stunting” is new to me. Certainly fits the moves at KGO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunting_(broadcasting)