KGO Radio Jumps The Shark: More News, Less Talk (Essay)

by C.D. Reimer

Overview

After Cumulus Media switched KGO Radio (810AM) from an all talk format to an all news format in December 2011, laying off the best radio talent in the San Francisco Bay Area and throwing away 40 years of broadcasting history in a desperate bid to improve ratings, the lost of familiar voices over the airwaves was heartbreaking.

An original 3,660-word essay being published for the first time.

"When popular radio stations change formats, no matter what city in the USA, that's a BIG DEAL!" - Ed Phillips

Product Details

BN ID:	2940033032440
Publisher:	C.D. Reimer
Publication date:	02/03/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	NOOK Book
File size:	227 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

C.D. Reimer lives and works in Silicon Valley. His interests are ceramics, painting, tropical fish, and web programming. These keep him out of trouble when he’s not fixing broken users and consoling hurt computers.

After serving two tours through The Twilight Zone as a child and a young adult Christian, he writes about everyday reality that he often finds weird, twisted and absurd for being so normal.

He’s currently working on various short stories and his first novel, and blogs about writing and everything else when he's not busy writing fiction.