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Brad Kava has been a journalist for 26 years, with the Kansas City Star, the Bradenton Herald and the San Jose Mercury News. He wrote music and radio columns for the Mercury News until July 2007. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and Rolling Stone.

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A plea from Ronn Owens' producer Mark Silverman

Mark Silverman is one of the nicest guys you will come across in radio. He's not only nice, but he's extremely...
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Michael Savage off KNEW. How long before he's on KSFO?

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After more than 15 years of slime, race-baiting, misogyny and shameless self-promotion, Michael Savage is off the air in his hometown market, San...
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KGO gives John Rothmann the 10-1 a.m. slot

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After years of shuffling the Bernie Ward slot on KGO among three or four hopefuls, station president Mickey Luckoff announced today that John Rothmann...
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Rock radio is really dead in San Francisco

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Despite the news yesterday that Apple is going to add an FM radio to one of its iPod lines, the latest ratings show that it's probably too late to...
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Students: looking for a job in radio? KGO has a good opportunity

KGO-AM (810) radio is recruiting student interns to do "green" reports for the station. This is a great opportunity to work for the Bay...
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There's gold in them thar hills...or not, depending on which radio commentator you hear

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When KGO-AM (810) local business reporter Lynn Jimenez filled in last weekend on Bob Brinker's nationally syndicated "Money Talk" show, she...
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KGO on top of radio ratings, Mickey Luckoff on fire, rock is dead?

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KGO-AM, which had fallen in the last ratings book, has pushed back to the top for the past three months, with a 6.3 share for May; 6.0 share for June...
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Michael Jackson's death shows why radio is still a viable medium

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The Internet crashed today.The supposed source of all up-to-date information went down over worldwide interest in the death of Michael Jackson.Here's...
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Greg Jarrett and Melanie Morgan land on their feet back East

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Citadel vets land new roles.Melanie Morgan started her new gig in Washington, D.C. Monday. She sent out a press release saying she has jumped the...
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Big cuts at KGO-AM (810)

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I haven't yet confirmed, but have information that KGO-AM has made three big cuts, one on-air, two behind the scenes.Weatherman Leo Ciolino is gone,...
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