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gvk2
> Mickey Luckoff, president and general manager of KGO for more than
> thirty years today announced his resignation.
>
Finally, David Kaye's chance to grab the helm and guide the station
to true greatness.
Patty Winter
In article <higgy-6E3EC5....@news.announcetech.com>,
John Higdon <hi...@kome.com> wrote:
>Mickey Luckoff, president and general manager of KGO for more than
>thirty years today announced his resignation.
Yeah, I just heard that on Gil's show. Do you know whether he's
retiring or going to another job?
Patty
John Higdon
<6c430012-6c1c-49b1...@l32g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
gvk2 <gvk...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Finally, David Kaye's chance to grab the helm and guide the station
> to true greatness.
I predict the station achieve "stick value" within one year.
John Higdon
Patty Winter <pat...@wintertime.com> wrote:
As he pointed out in his note to staff, he had promised to stay as long
as he could stand behind the station's product. Obviously, that's
changed.
It is nice to be in a position to walk before you have something else on
the line, no?
Ciccio
> thirty years today announced his resignation.
No wonder today Ronn put himself out on the limb by saying that KGO
should hire a full-time woman host.
Oh, then there's that Ronn just won a Marconi Award...Coincidence?
[Paging Oliver Stone].
Ciccio
spamtrap1888
> thirty years today announced his resignation.
>
Of all the subject lines John could have picked. Why not "Luckoff
Signoff"
I wonder if there are any owners out there who would appreciate
Luckoff more.
John Higdon
<a414d3b2-7c8b-4684...@u5g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
spamtrap1888 <spamtr...@gmail.com> wrote:
Not any more. If there were, more of them would be doing what he did so
successfully over the years. KGO was unique in that it was run like a
small-town station. It served the community. It did business with the
locals. It focused on local issues.
Watch for infomercials, syndicated programming, and "best-of"
overnights. It has already slipped into selling cost-per-thousand, which
is the hallmark of clueless sales forces.
The pool isn't "what happens now", it is "how fast".
Ciccio
> It is nice to be in a position to walk before you have something else on
> the line, no?
Heh. Maybe he can start shaving away at that 22 handicap.
Ciccio
bubba
I think he's earned the right to kick back.
SMS
He left because he did not like the Citadel people. He'll probably
retire and spend more time up at Tahoe where he's got another home.
I just hope that whoever replaces him is able to continue to bring
talent like John Rothman and Gil Gross to full time shows on KGO.
spamtrap1888
> In article
> <a414d3b2-7c8b-4684-8a35-abdf171d9...@u5g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
>
> spamtrap1888 <spamtrap1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 4, 2:35 pm, John Higdon <hi...@kome.com> wrote:
> > > Mickey Luckoff, president and general manager of KGO for more than
> > > thirty years today announced his resignation.
>
> > Of all the subject lines John could have picked. Why not "Luckoff
> > Signoff"
>
> > I wonder if there are any owners out there who would appreciate
> > Luckoff more.
>
> Not any more. If there were, more of them would be doing what he did so
> successfully over the years. KGO was unique in that it was run like a
> small-town station. It served the community. It did business with the
> locals. It focused on local issues.
>
> Watch for infomercials, syndicated programming, and "best-of"
> overnights. It has already slipped into selling cost-per-thousand, which
> is the hallmark of clueless sales forces.
>
> The pool isn't "what happens now", it is "how fast".
I see WLS in Chicago has Rush, Hannity, and Levin, with Coast-to-Coast
and the Midnight Truckers Network. "Live and Local"is down to ten
hours a day.
spamtrap1888
I think we're going to see talent like Don Imus and Larry Elder.
John Higdon
<0a00a04e-b450-4c70...@13g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
spamtrap1888 <spamtr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see WLS in Chicago has Rush, Hannity, and Levin, with Coast-to-Coast
> and the Midnight Truckers Network. "Live and Local"is down to ten
> hours a day.
That much! KGO will pretty much become KSFO and KSFO will become a
toilet.
John Higdon
SMS <scharf...@geemail.com> wrote:
> I just hope that whoever replaces him is able to continue to bring
> talent like John Rothman and Gil Gross to full time shows on KGO.
Whoever replaces him will more than likely be a "yes-man" to Farid.
Logically, people will last until their contracts run out, and then be
replaced with the bird or with infomercials.
Rothmann can go anytime. That would be an improvement.
Patty Winter
In article <higgy-F6072E....@news.announcetech.com>,
John Higdon <hi...@kome.com> wrote:
>
>As he pointed out in his note to staff, he had promised to stay as long
>as he could stand behind the station's product. Obviously, that's
>changed.
There's no sign of that "note to staff" on KGO's website, but after
seeing some of the contents on the SF Business Times website, I'm
not surprised:
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/10/04/daily10.html
Patty
SMS
I recall first hearing Imus in NYC. He was a different person back then.
Not sure when he became such a wacko. I still have two of his albums
that I purchased back in the 1970's which are still very funny.
Laura M
> In article
> <a414d3b2-7c8b-4684-8a35-abdf171d9...@u5g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
>
Oh noooooo...please tell me it isn't so! I adore KGO and would hate
to see it deteriorate into an ordinary radio station.
Laura M
Hey wait a minute...i'm one who loves coast to coast. :)
David Kaye
>Mickey Luckoff, president and general manager of KGO for more than
>thirty years today announced his resignation.
I'd advise that people who believe that this is the golden age of KGO start
saving as many archives from the KGO web page as you can. With New Citadel
(the reorganized out of bankruptcy Citadel) things are only going to go
downhill unless they do the right thing and promote someone from within to
keep the golden age of KGO going. (Translation: elevate Jack Swanson.)
I don't see that happening in the post-bankruptcy New Citadel world, though.
David Kaye
>Finally, David Kaye's chance to grab the helm and guide the station
>to true greatness.
I'm over talkradio, and have been for some time. I spend much of my radio
time listening to KQED-FM and KALW.
Favored programs:
This American Life
Radiolab
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Snap Judgment
All Things Considered
Morning Edition
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
To The Best of Our Knowledge
Moire Gunn's Technation
Living On Earth
On The Media
David Kaye
>I predict the station achieve "stick value" within one year.
>
I agree, though I'm more inclined to two years. Did Citadel get the Dumbarton
property? That's probably not worth anything anyway, given that it's now
mostly preserved tidelands.
David Kaye
>I wonder if there are any owners out there who would appreciate
>Luckoff more.
CBS.
David Kaye
>I see WLS in Chicago has Rush, Hannity, and Levin, with Coast-to-Coast
>and the Midnight Truckers Network. "Live and Local"is down to ten
>hours a day.
At one point WABC had no local origination except for some weekend gardening
shows and the like, which were probably barter. That's horrendous for
Citadel's flagship station. Now WABC has brought back some local content, but
not much.
David Kaye
>
>I think we're going to see talent like Don Imus and Larry Elder.
Yep. It is likely that Citadel will first run its own syndie talkshows, then
fill the rest with the floor sweepings that Clear Channel hasn't already
placed on their own stations.
Here's the scenario I see. Pick any 8 shows at random and jam them into the
schedule...
Citadel (aka ABC Radio) syndie shows:
Focus on the Family
Mark Levin
MoneyTalk
Mike Huckabee
Imus in the Morning
America's Most Wanted
The John Batchelor Show
Perez Hilton
Doug McIntyre's Red Eye Radio
The Larry Kudlow Show
Premiere (CC) syndie leftovers:
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
Steve Harvey Morning Show
John Boy & Billy
The Bob&Tom Show
Big D & Bubba
The Dan Patrick Show
The Glenn Beck Program
The Jim Rome Show
The Jason Lewis Show
The Keith Sweat Hotel
Delilah
Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx
After MidNite with Blair Garner
Dawson McAllister Late Nights
David Kaye
>I recall first hearing Imus in NYC. He was a different person back then.
>Not sure when he became such a wacko. I still have two of his albums
>that I purchased back in the 1970's which are still very funny.
There was a time when Don Imus was funny. His telephone skit, "10,000
Hamburgers to Go" is still funny 40 years later. But he got cranky and is
probably interesting today only to people who remember him from long ago and
don't realize he's never going to be funny again.
Local note: Knox LaRue fired him from KSTN for his shock jock antics. It's
hard to believe he was ever a shock jock to listen to him today.
SMS
> SMS<scharf...@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I recall first hearing Imus in NYC. He was a different person back then.
>> Not sure when he became such a wacko. I still have two of his albums
>> that I purchased back in the 1970's which are still very funny.
>
> There was a time when Don Imus was funny. His telephone skit, "10,000
> Hamburgers to Go" is still funny 40 years later.
Actually it's 1200, not 10,000.
gvk2
> Mickey Luckoff, president and general manager of KGO for more than
> thirty years today announced his resignation.
>
Anyone have any ideas on how long current host contracts are?
Owens, Gross, Burns, Rothmann, Ray, others?
Seems I remember Ronn saying he was under contract for a fairly long
time.
Would Citadel have to buy him out to remove him?
Would a syndicated show cost so much less, that the station would make
more with far less people listening?
I guess one of the first signs of change will be seen in who replaces
Lazurus.
John Higdon
<7a32abd7-d691-45a6...@h40g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
gvk2 <gvk...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anyone have any ideas on how long current host contracts are?
Gene is up next year, I think. Ronn goes to 2013. Don't know about the
others.
> Seems I remember Ronn saying he was under contract for a fairly long
> time.
> Would Citadel have to buy him out to remove him?
Yep. Or just bench him. Wouldn't be a lot point in that, would there?
> Would a syndicated show cost so much less, that the station would make
> more with far less people listening?
That's what every idiot thinks when they go in and decimate the real
programming. What they don't realize is how fast and how far the ratings
(and revenues) drop. They never realize that, ever. And once they do
that, it is irreversible.
> I guess one of the first signs of change will be seen in who replaces
> Lazurus.
Maybe, but the significant changes that will proclaim the future are in
the shuffle that occurs in the back office. Replacing one low-rent
"talent" like Lazurus with another isn't particularly significant.
David Kaye
>Maybe, but the significant changes that will proclaim the future are in
>the shuffle that occurs in the back office. Replacing one low-rent
>"talent" like Lazurus with another isn't particularly significant.
Especially given that time slot. Few are listening, which is why most
stations put on barter garden shows or Rush reruns.
Peter Lawrence
> In article<4caa4b09$0$1655$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
> Patty Winter<pat...@wintertime.com> wrote:
>> In article<higgy-6E3EC5....@news.announcetech.com>,
>> John Higdon<hi...@kome.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Mickey Luckoff, president and general manager of KGO for more than
>>> thirty years today announced his resignation.
>>
>> retiring or going to another job?
>
> As he pointed out in his note to staff, he had promised to stay as long
> as he could stand behind the station's product. Obviously, that's
> changed.
>
> the line, no?
Here's a short business blog entry from Andrew Ross of the Chronicle. In an
interview with Ross, Luckoff stated about Citadel, "These aren't very good
people," he said. "They don't treat people well. They undermine you at every
turn."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bottomline/detail?entry_id=73787
- Peter
BayAreaBroadcast
> Mickey Luckoff, president and general manager of KGO for more than
> thirty years today announced his resignation.
>
And KSFO.
What a horrible pathetic station that is in contrast to KGO.
Hard to believe the same guy manages both stations.
John Higdon
Peter Lawrence <humm...@aol.com> wrote:
> Here's a short business blog entry from Andrew Ross of the Chronicle. In an
> interview with Ross, Luckoff stated about Citadel, "These aren't very good
> people," he said. "They don't treat people well. They undermine you at every
> turn."
Good for him! Citadel is not a broadcasting company. I don't know what
it is, but they aren't broadcasters. As long as they kept their hands
off KGO, it flourished. But, as predicted from the beginning, that
couldn't last. The temptation to mess around with it with all the
amateurish nonsense that is so typical of corporate radio had to win out
at some point.
Arguably the finest radio manager in the nation has come out and given
an unambiguous vote of no confidence to the clowns at Citadel. I think
that's magnificent. They have destroyed most of the ABC stations,
dragging them down to dripping mediocrity, and now they're finally
getting around to KGO.
I don't think there is anyone who would try to argue that Citadel did
nothing but lay waste to a once mighty radio empire. And to think that I
was once an apologist for the corporate raiders.
Was that ever a mistake!
Ras Mikael Enoch
Mickey Fuckoff ?
He's A Complete Incompetent Boob.
The people he has hired and fired over the years,
only shows that he is a complete LIBERAL
LUNATIC !
Evil Disney C.I.A. Capital Cities !
Go The Fuck Away !
A true enemy of conservative radio, thought - KSFO !
You Over-Paid Liberal Evil Shit !
Get Lost !
Go To Hell !
Fucky Fuckoff Fucked Over Michael Savage at KSFO !
Fucked Over Lee Rogers !
Fucked Over Too Many Important People !
Go To Hell, Fuckoff !
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Ras Mikael Enoch
Mickey Finn Fuckoff,
is the same individual who was at the head of KGO TV
and KGO Radio, when they decided to do a dull-blade
of sinister intentions, the hatchet-job against Bernie Ward.
Using TV and 50,000 watts (KGO) to purposely make it
difficult for Bernie Ward, with a lengthy and 'almost like
a grudge', went after Bernie Ward publicly, over and
over again.....with Brian Copeland too taking pot shots
at Bernie Ward, who suffers in jail today.....
Mickey Luckoff.....These activities all during the period
BEFORE THE SENTENCING PHASE !
That is a clear violation of a person's right to get a fair
trial and sentence (in an already evil jewdiciary), because
Mickey Fuckoff decided to totally go over the line
in regards to Bernie Ward,
who suffers right now,
for some fucking lousy pictures !
Yet is is Mickey Luckoff the Fucker !
Who sat there and watched America' Favorite Home
Videos, with time and time and time and time and
time and time AGAIN,
the images / videos of pre-pubescent children, many
with no clothes...even one with a child butt naked
showing a playing card in the childs butt crack,
seen walking in their living room. That is just one
example of the clear CHILD PORN that KGO
daily offers up...Disney No Less, the America's
Favorite Videos !
Mickey Luckoff, using KGO's wattage and power to
change opinions in society......decided to literally
eliminate....KILL Bernie Ward, who is being
tortured right now !
And Yet, Mickey The Fucker, is watching all the
naked disgusting children on America's Favorite
Videos !
Fuck You Fuckoff !
I am so happy that you are departing the broadcasting
world.
What I want to know is if Mickey Finn is a Mason,
or a Democrat, or a Communist Party Member....
I would like to know more about Mickey the evil
son of a bitch, who literally killed Bernie Ward
before the sentencing phase.
Fuck You Fuckoff !
Go and Die or Something !
You've worked so hard for so many years,
fucking over Michael Savage....I remember your
treachery, real well !
Go an Die or Something Luckoff !
Instead of a retirement watch given to you,
how about just a plain old wooden COFFIN.
You deserve it, you God Damn Fucker !
Bernie Ward is Languishing and Suffering and
being Tortured, over some lousy photos....
Yet America's Favorite Home Videos shows
all kind of naked children !
One more time !
Fuck You Fuckoff !
Go and Die or Something !
You deserve it !
SMS
It's all about money and ratings. KKSFO Radio sells lots of advertising,
and that's what pays the bills.
bubba
Though I'm not a regular host, for many years..the opportunity to do
fill in on this great radio station has always been fun and
fulfiling..and I thank Mickey for that and for all the great
radio ..riveting radio from KGO....This is certainly a milestone
whatever your view .
Mike Ward
wrote:
> Though I'm not a regular host, for many years..the opportunity to do
> fill in on this great radio station has always been fun and
> fulfiling..and I thank Mickey for that and for all the great
> radio ..riveting radio from KGO....This is certainly a milestone
> whatever your view .
I'd just like to take this opportunity to salute Mr. Luckoff for an
incredible run.
I hope he prospers in whatever he does after KGO, and wish the best
for my former Ethan Way co-workers at Front Street (and those I never
got to work with directly, such as you, and everyone else there).
Patty Winter
In article <higgy-0F7924....@news.announcetech.com>,
John Higdon <hi...@kome.com> wrote:
>
>Good for him! Citadel is not a broadcasting company. I don't know what
>it is, but they aren't broadcasters.
I don't understand how they're even still in business. I just checked
the charts on Fool.com, and Citadel was going for $14/share five years
ago. For the past couple of years, it's been around $0.01. I acquired
some shares when Disney spun off its radio division, but the price has
been so low that it hasn't been worth my trouble to sell them.
Patty
David Kaye
>I don't understand how they're even still in business. I just checked
>the charts on Fool.com, and Citadel was going for $14/share five years
>ago. For the past couple of years, it's been around $0.01. I acquired
>some shares when Disney spun off its radio division, but the price has
>been so low that it hasn't been worth my trouble to sell them.
The stock you're looking at, Old Citadel, went bankrupt months ago. It is
worthless, but the SEC does not prohibit the trading of worthless stock. New
Citadel (the owner of KGO) is a private company owned by the creditors with
Farid Suleman, the man who drove Old Citadel into bankruptcy at the helm of
New Citadel. It's one of the stupidest business decisions I've ever seen.
You NEVER keep the old executive team in a bankruptcy. Not even GM did
anything so foolish when it went bankrupt.
Mark Howell
wrote:
>I'm over talkradio, and have been for some time. I spend much of my radio
>time listening to KQED-FM and KALW.
>
>Favored programs:
>
>This American Life
>Radiolab
>Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
>Snap Judgment
>All Things Considered
>Morning Edition
>Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
>To The Best of Our Knowledge
>Moire Gunn's Technation
>Living On Earth
>On The Media
>
Hmm...aren't most of those "talk" programs?
Mark Howell
David Kaye
> Hmm...aren't most of those "talk" programs?
>
>Mark Howell
Yes, but by "talkradio" I mean listener call-in shows. I prefer to hear
experts, not Joe from Moraga.