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KGO Fires Burns, Gross, Rothmann, etc.

December 2, 2011 by keithmoore1

Seriously bummed out that Cumulus Media has fired a bunch of my favorite talk show hosts on KGO.

I listen to Gil Gross on my lunch break.

Driving into SF for various things I listen to Gene Burns.

Driving home from those events I listen to John Rothmann, who helped me fall asleep many nights (after I got home, of course).

These guys have taught me things for ten years. They help me see other perspectives besides my own, often through letting their callers express their own views freely.

So they’re being replaced with new talk show hosts? Nope…KGO is extending the news feed through their time slots. Oh, boy! So they’re going to expand the seven minute news bits they normally reserve for the top and bottom of the hour to 14+ hours a day.

Could Cumulus make a more arrogant, misguided decision? KGO was number 1 for almost 30 years, only slipping recently. How about tweaking the formula instead of destroying it? KGO is a unique voice in the Bay Area. Sure, it’s cool to catch a syndicated cat like Limbaugh* or whoever, but Bay Area radio folks talking about Bay Area issues…these people were like family to me.

I know it’s just a radio station, but it feels like an evil force just kicked my family to the curb.

I hit up CNN.com when I need a minute or two of headlines. No interest in getting the same thing from KGO.

*I give both lefties and righties airtime on my dial. Try it sometime.

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on December 2, 2011 at 11:18 pm | Reply keithmoore1

And for the record I was way disappointed that Ronn Owens chose to devote his first hour after the firings to talking about texting while driving. Gave that about twenty seconds before tuning elsewhere. Way to stick up for the team, Owens.
on December 5, 2011 at 1:22 pm | Reply heyricky

This is just horrible…..KGO represented San Francico and San Franciscians…a place for all of us Bay Areans to gather, talk and be heard.
Now it’s just the same crap you’ll hear in every city. I stopped listening to music once corporations took over and made it the same 30 songs over and over and now I guess I’ll switch to podcast or another way to stay connected locally.
Bye Bye KGO!