Then there was the spur-of-the-moment plan to demonstrate against (another) outlandish gun-grab by the state legislature. 560 KSFO. Thanks, Cindy. It was a soundbite from Nancy Pelosis handlershe sounded like a startled, cackling sheep after a friend of the show, Jason Matera, totally backed Pelosi into a political corner. Katie, Sheri and I were listening to old clips from our show recently. [34][35] KSFO's studios were now at 300 Broadway along with King Broadcasting's renamed KYA-FM. [4], Following the passage of the Radio Act of 1927 in April of that year, the newly formed Federal Radio Commission (FRC) relicensed KTAB to broadcast on 1070kHz with a power of 500 watts, effective June 1, 1927. Listen below for Brian's message to listeners: Filed Under: I got fired, I shouted. The stream was stopped (connection time out occurred). So, on a Friday afternoon, they all followed me into the owners office, standing directly behind my back as I took a seat across the desk from our boss. pronouns: none/any www.etsy.com/shop/katiegreen Posts Reels Videos Tagged Continue. I really miss listening to you and Katie in the mornings, on my commute to work in the Bay Area. Katie had at least 1 relationship in the past. Green was a shop assistant in West Sussex earning minimum wage in summer 2008 and considering applying to join the police force when she saw a magazine advertisement for a model to represent Wonderbra. You can catch me on Hot Talk 560 KSFO AM and I'm also DJ KATIE on KOFY TV's Dance Party! [49][50] "In going conservative, KSFO follows a proven national trend, in which conservatives have come to dominate the radio talk show industry," observed Edward Epstein of the San Francisco Chronicle. Shes doing a great job with Brad but I gotta think Brad will need to get back to his life in the insurance business and keep better hours for his family. You can catch me on Hot Talk 560 KSFO AM and I'm also DJ KATIE on KOFY TV's Dance Party! Ive watched or listened to you since day one when you came to the Bay Area. "[87] Spocko began a letter-writing campaign to advertisers on KSFO, alerting them to these examples and urging them to withdraw their support of the station. In the October/November 1976 Arbitron survey, KSFO was the most popular station among women aged 25 to 49 and averaged 10,800 listeners aged 18 to 49 per hour, between KCBS and KFRC.[30]. Thanks, Steven. During the Eighties, Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture. Often the show has the largest streaming audience of any local program in America. [69][70] KSFO continued to be in the top 10 in the spring of 1999 as the impeachment of President Bill Clinton took place. I think the prayer was answered! They had to wait outside for their table with all the other people waiting, and there you were! The first generation to reach adulthood in the new millennium, Millennials are the young technology gurus who thrive on new innovations, startups, and working out of coffee shops. If you see something that doesnt look right, contact us. Copyright 2023 All Access Music Group All rights reserved. Green contacted the newspaper and soon learned that she had beatent 4,000 other girls in the competition. KSFO transmits with 5,000 watts. [46] The FCC ruled that the transfer was "consistent with the public interest and would have no effect on diversity and competition in the San Francisco market. Sort by View. [103], In July 2013, Morgan left KSFO for the second time, and Katie Green replaced Morgan as morning show co-host. [37][38], On January 27, 1992, the First Broadcasting Company bought KSFO and 93.3 KYA-FM for $13 million. She was first given an opportunity to model when a Surrey photographer arranged a test-shoot for her at Image Park Studio in West Sussex. "[13] Its signature jingle, "The Sound of the City" with words and music composed by Johnny Mann, was sung a cappella by eight studio singers at the United Western Recorders studio in Hollywood. Wonderbra introduced her to Premier Model Management agency, with whom she signed. Horoscopes March 4, 2023: Mykelti Williamson, stick to what matters most, Riveting new S.F. I calmly explained to him how my co-workers were already being paid below-market wages and retracting everyones raise was unethical. They were the kids of the 1990s who were born roughly between 1980 and 2000. The goal was to play as many holes as possible before sunset. I was listening to KSFO when news broke that America had been attacked. "[75], Former KPIX meteorologist Brian Sussman began hosting evenings on KSFO in 2003. He was the general manager, his wife oversaw the books, and his son was in charge of sales. Brian Sussman is the former host of the Morning Show on KSFO in San Francisco. [23] In November 1960, KSFO hired Al "Jazzbo" Collins, former host of NBC's Tonight. Is Katie Green married or single, and who is she dating now? Fortunately, I was able to leave KSFO without burning any bridges or holding any hard feelings toward the wonderful management team. and The Sun. My wife had just finished a Masters degree in Special Education and had a nice contract teaching in the local school district. Bay Area TV and Radio Personality. Due to budget constraints that resulted from parent company Citadel Broadcasting losing over $800 million in the fourth quarter of 2007, KSFO declined to renew Morgan's contract after it expired on March 31, 2008. On 11 September 2009, Green raised 200,000 for various charities at the BGC Partners charity event in honour of employees who died during the September 11 attacks. Interestingly, City Arms instantly became so popular they no longer needed to advertise on our program! Site Map. Ill have more to say very soon. [4] By early 1929, KTAB broadcast full time on 550kHz after KLX moved to 880kHz, and KTAB had an on-air backronym slogan, "Knowledge, Truth, And Beauty. Following a one-year contract in 2004, KSFO signed a contract extension in 2005. Which means Katie runs the show on your days off. KTAB moved from a penthouse apartment to the entire 31st floor of the Russ Building on April 11, 1935. [45], In addition, the new KSFO carried news updates from ABC Direction, and Stanford football broadcasts returned for the first time since 1984. [73] Talk Radio Network began complete national syndication of The Savage Nation on September 21, 2000. Cardiologist Mark Freed, M.D., Dispels Dangerous Sun Safety Myths and Mistakes. The most compatible signs with Virgo are generally considered to be Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, and Capricorn. Katie Green has not been previously engaged. [4][40] Among its new programs were the syndicated Talk Sports with Pete Rose and Sports Byline USA. She was first given an opportunity to model when a Surrey photographer arranged a test-shoot for her at Image Park Studio in West Sussex. The transmitter is on Amador Road in Brisbane, California, near the Islais Creek Channel.[1]. [4] Pickwick sold The Associated Broadcasters to mortgage banker Wesley I. Dumm and business partner Philip G. Lasky in the fall of 1933. Green is 5ft 10in (1.78m) tall. You have been missed. These 20-somethings to early 30-year-olds have redefined the workplace. Dave and I enjoyed dinner together once or twice a week, and on a couple of special occasions we flew in his private plane to lunch in Napa prior to starting our shifts at the TV station. [8], On January 1, 1937, KSFO replaced KFRC as San Francisco's CBS Radio Network affiliate. However, all also agreed that if we did make him a part of our family, I needed to find another job: the demands of my TV career meant leaving home sometimes as early as noon and returning back home well after midnight. Brian Sussman Show: Faith, Family, Freedom. [63] A month later, a bipartisan group of state legislators, including State Senators Mike Thompson (Democrat of St. Helena), Quentin Kopp (independent of San Francisco), and Larry Bowler (Republican of Sacramento) challenged KGO and KSFO hosts including Morgan and Metcalf to provide evidence that the state's new Smog Check II program would harm drivers in California, with allegations including that 60 percent of cars would fail the new smog test. Gray Davis' recall endures", "KSFO makes 3-year deal as voice of the Raiders", "Disney Merges ABC Radio with Citadel Broadcasting", "ABC Radio To Merge With Citadel Broadcasting", "Disney And Citadel Announce Completion Of ABC Radio Merger", "New chapter in battle of words over tracking terrorist financing", "Trying to censor blogger / Owner of conservative radio station KSFO demands liberal critic quit using audio clips", "ABC Sues Critical Blog Out of Existence", "Bloggers Cost Radio Station Advertisers, Money", "Bloggers Give Spocko An Assist, Post Contested ABC Radio Files", "KSFO radio hosts take on blogger's allegations", "Melanie Morgan, conservative radio jock, axed", "Citadel Broadcasting Files for Bankruptcy", "An angry Luckoff signs off at KGO, KSFO", "Cumulus Strikes $2.5 Billion Deal for Citadel", "Cumulus Media Inc. Following an appeal, the FRC allowed KTAB to broadcast with 1,000 watts on Sundays in July and August 1927. I have all of your books and have enjoyed your show on KSFO in the evenings and in the mornings. . . We each slowed down and lowered our windows. According to Brian, "The program was incredibly successful because we combined politics with lifestyle news and oddball trending stories, and then top it all off with flat-out hilarity from my co-host, Katie Green. [4] KSFO signed a three-year contract in May 1992 to broadcast University of California, Berkeley (Cal) men's basketball games. She lost 7 pounds (3.2kg) in eight days and became ill. She expected modelling work to start flooding in, but she said that every time the agency called "it wasnt with an offer of work, it was to check on my weight loss. Ok I have a theory about your future. 2022 Brian Sussman. [83][84] The ABC Radio-Citadel merger completed on June 12, 2007. 2023 Last.fm Ltd. 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Reynolds buy KSFO San Francisco for $1 million", "The History of KTAB/KSFO, San Francisco", "The World's Greatest Radio Station - KSFO: The Golden West Era, 1956-1983", "Response Ratings Reveal D.J. The Sales Manager at the local Christian station, KFAX-AM, was an acquaintance and knew I was interested in radio. However, four days later, Cumulus kept Owens on KGO due to language in his contract forbidding Cumulus from relocating his show from KGO. It began in the late Seventies. She applied for FHMs High Street Honeys competition in 2007 and finished in the top 10 in 2008. [9] KSFO's licensee was renamed San Francisco Broadcasters on May 25, 1954, in advance of the DummLasky ownership group selling KPIX to Westinghouse Broadcasting. On 11 September 2009, Green raised 200,000 for various charities at the BGC Partners charity event in honour of employees who died during the September 11 attacks. Katie was born in the 1980s. I wanted to share a cute story with you. The owners previous employment was in the engineering department of a TV channel in St. Louis. [10] On the morning of December 19, 1956, AFTRA union members went on strike at KSFO after being unable to reach an agreement for a new contract. He returned to the Bay Area in 1989 and served as a meteorologist at KPIX (CBS5) until 2000 when he left to launch a career in talk radio. Green was a shop assistant in West Sussex earning minimum wage in summer 2008 and considering applying to join the police force when she saw a magazine advertisement for a model to represent Wonderbra. In the summer, once a week wed hustle over to Lincoln Park golf course right after the closing credits rolled at the end of the Six Oclock News. She began to lose 7 pounds (3.2kg) in eight days and became ill. She expected modelling work to start flooding in, but she said that every time the agency called "it wasnt with an offer of work, it was to check on my weight loss. English model who modeled for Wonderbra and signed to the Premier Model Management agency and the Unleashed PR agency which led to her becoming the face of Ultimos D-G Range. I also hosted a popular segment each night on the 11PM newscast, known as Night Scene. Sussman apologized for remarks highlighted by Spocko while calling Spocko's website "a complete abuse of the First Amendment. Facilities for KSFO, KWID, and KWIX were located at San Francisco's Islais Creek where the KSFO transmitter continues to operate today. Whos the richest Model in the world? I had to stand on scales then a tape measure came out to do all my vital statistics. However, in October he went on medical leave through the remainder of the year. In 1999, San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker and I were co-honored as Man of the Year by the Juvenile Diabetes Association. , money, salary, income, and assets. Repeats of weekday shows are also heard. & Station Influence", "San Francisco Giants Baseball on the Radio", "560/KSFO, San Francisco: The Jim Lange Show", "Oakland Athletics Baseball on the Radio", "KSFO Radio Is Changing Its Tune for Boomers", "KSFO: 'The World's Greatest Radio Station' Defined 'The Sound of the City', "A's Make Radio Move, Drop KSFO for KNEW", "KSFO/SF Goes All-Talk Via Capital Cities/ABC LMA", "KSFO/SF: KGO's Conservative Little Sister", "KNEW Likely Winner in Stampede for Raider Rights", "KSAN Granted Rights To Raiders' Broadcasts", "In Seattle Radio, Youth Is Definitely Being Served", "A Tidal Wave Of Deals Rocks Bay Area Radio", "Lawmakers Blast Radio Hosts' Smog Claims", "Limbaugh Heading to KSFO in July, As KNBR Makes Format All Sports", "KSFO's Michael Savage becomes America's Michael Savage! [67], Talkers Magazine named KSFO's Savage among the 100 most important talk radio hosts in the U.S. in its March 1998 issue. Katie Green. [109], Airing the show in early evenings, KSFO became the 600th affiliate of The Dave Ramsey Show, a financial advice show, on January 8, 2018. I would take yours, and other podcasts, and load them onto SDHC cards to share with several of my co-workers. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubiks cubes, Yuppies, Air Jordans, shoulder pads and Pac Man. Nobody had received a raise in a couple years and, realistically, I was still new to the business and learning more each day. Discover Katie Green's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Katie Green has not been previously engaged. [33] In June 1983, Golden West reached an agreement to sell KSFO to Seattle-based King Broadcasting Company, which also owned KYA and KLHT (later KYA-FM) in San Francisco, for a reported $8 million. We were both twenty-four, in love, happy-go-lucky, and believed deep down that somehow everything would work out just fine. His absence will begin Monday, October 28th. Green was originally signed to represent Wonderbra in July 2008, but her agency required her to lose weight, and she refused, ending her contract. I never lived in the San Francisco area, but I used to download your shows and those of Barbara Simpson (and others) every day so that I could listen at work. I recall actually saying, Lord, please, do something.. She has not been previously engaged. [77][78] The Savage Nation moved to rival station KNEW a month later. Best regards, I believe the story was he inherited some money and decided to launch this ABC affiliate about seven years earlier. I was in college at the University of Missouri, majoring in Radio/TV/Film production and working two side gigs. Green was first given an opportunity to model when a Surrey, England photographer arranged a test-shoot for her at a photographic studio in West Sussex. I casually began talking to radio stations about becoming a talk show host. Katie, Sheri, and me with my Hall of Fame badge What you likely don't know is that during my years at KSFO, our morning ratings have steadily and respectably grown, as have our revenues. [66] However, KSFO broke into the top 10 of the San Francisco Arbitron ratings by summer 1997 with a 3.2. Though they're sensitive, they also hesitate, which makes them lose on chances. Weve got your back, Brian, they assured me. [40], KSFO dropped the oldies format on September 20, 1993, for a talk format, with Gene Nelson and Peter B. Collins hosting drive time shows and nationally syndicated hosts in other times including G. Gordon Liddy, Larry King, and Bruce Williams. Luckoff told the San Francisco Chronicle that he had been considering leaving the stations since November 2009 and cited the bankruptcy and management decisions by Citadel as reasons for leaving. This page is updated often with fresh details about Katie Green. By Chuck Barney | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 15, 2020 at. [96], Sussman became full time morning drive host on February 19, 2010, after Rodgers retired. [35] By March 1987, KSFO began simulcasting KYA-FM, with breakaways for Oakland A's games. She thought she did not have a chance but attended an open casting in London in July 2008 and had a few quick pictures taken in her underwear. Entertainment Attorney James Hirsen Pays His Respects to the Death of Late Night Comedy. [19] Additionally, KSFO faced additional competition for its target 25-to-49 age group from FM progressive rock stations KMPX and KSAN. On a Monday, during an interview with Californias Republican Party chairman regarding the recent increase in the vehicle license fee, I naively asked if it was possible to recall Governor Gray Davis who signed the bill into law. Our clubs were all in the back of a car parked in the red-zone in front of the station on Battery Street. One was as a studio cameraman for the 6PM newscasts at the ABC-TV affiliate in Columbia, Missouri, the other was doing a Sunday overnight on-air shift at the top AM radio station in town, KFRU. [52] FM station KSAN (then on 94.9) and AM station KNEW (then on 910) won the Raiders broadcasting rights in 1995. [57][58] In October 1995, Geoff Metcalf joined KSFO. [4], KTAB changed its call signs to its present KSFO and city of license to San Francisco on May 2, 1935. Then there was the live on-air party we threw for our listeners in the KSFO studios in 2019. [7] As early as 1936, KSFO broadcast Stanford University football games. [62] After the 1997 season, KSFO stopped broadcasting Stanford football, which moved to upstart sports station KTCT, formerly KOFY-AM. [74] In February 2000, SF Weekly published an essay by former KSFO producer Samantha Spivack in which she recounted her experience interacting with whom she called "anti-fans" of KSFO in the Bay Area: "To be conservative, nowadays, particularly in San Francisco, is to be considered hateful. Wed peel up Broadway Street and (with the assistance of the clubhouse) be on the tee by 7:20. While in Pittsburgh I also co-produced an elementary school weather curriculum that became popular in schools nationwide. They agency insisted that she needed to lose 2 stone (28lb; 13kg) and reduce her dress size from a UK size 12 to a UK size 8-10. "[16] Golden West turned KSFO into the most popular radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area. Site Map. introduced a lineup that had J. Paul Emerson hosting morning drive, The Savage Nation with Michael Savage in afternoon drive, and syndicated shows hosted by Ken Hamblin, Michael Reagan, and Pat Buchanan. She is a member of famous Model with the age 35 years old group. [45] With the brand "Hot Talk 560" and slogan "The Station for Right-Thinking People," the station [64], KSFO's Arbitron ratings rose from 2.2 in spring to 2.8 and 11th in the San Francisco market in summer 1996. This group is to bring Katie Green Fans together to petition the powers that be to give her a chance. They campaigned for legislation that would require regular health checks for all models before undertaking any assignments.