Sep 17, 2013

Chip Franklin--Out at KOGO Radio--from the UT

Chip Franklin no longer with KOGO Radio

By Jay Posner3:59 P.M.SEPT. 13, 2013

Chip Franklin, a fixture at KOGO-AM (600) since 2007, is no longer with the station.

The Clear Channel-owned station on Friday announced a new lineup beginning Monday and Franklin was not included. Afternoon host Chris Merrill will be in the morning-drive spot previously handled by Franklin and LaDona Harvey (who joined Franklin early this year).

Harvey will be on from noon to 3 p.m., with the previous occupant of that time slot, Bob "Sully" Sullivan, shifting to 3 to 7 p.m.

"I had a great run at KOGO, and they have and continue to treat me in a highly professional manner," Franklin said via email. "Believe it or not, I have been very lucky. I still have a lot of great friends there and I sincerely wish them the very best.

"The new morning guy, Chris Merrill, is a friend and a tremendous talent. Don't underestimate him.

"It's all good."

Franklin, 56, came to San Diego from Baltimore six years ago. He also has worked as a stand-up comic and music performer. The KOGO website referred to him as "San Diego's most popular morning talk show host."

A few years ago KOGO was often the top-rated station in San Diego. But ratings have declined in recent years and in August, KOGO ranked 17th among San Diego stations rated by Arbitron.

Cliff Albert, KOGO program director, could not be reached for comment. In the statement released by the station, Albert was quoted as saying: "Our goal is to inform and entertain in a way that connects with our listeners and this lineup adjustment helps us accomplish that." Franklin's name was not mentioned in the news release.

Merrill recently gained attention when he made controversial comments about the appearance of one of the women who accused then-Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment.

Andy Davies · · San Diego, California

Cliff Albert's reference in the press release to needing to connect to listeners is a tacit admission that the lineup was becoming too out-of-touch with listeners. Why? The fiscal woes of parent Clear Channel has forced KOGO to gut a once award-winning news and public affairs department such the 'News-Talk' has become a misnomer. The Bob Filner imbroglio really exposed Baltimore expat Chip Franklin as our of touch with San Diego politics. Franklin's eagerness to talk over or cut off those he didn't agree with didn't engender many new followers either.

The new lineup has potential to reclaim some listeners but has a long way to go to rebuild the station into a go-to source for local news and talk.

Though he has his detractors, I'm happy to see Sully get a strong afternoon drive slot to engage listeners in local issues.

Just one question -- is Merrill going to keep his Friday 'Speakeasy' tradition but move it to morning drive?

copied from the UT..........................

here is a link to the page....most of the comments are very favorable to chip franklin:

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/13/chip-franklin-kogo-radio/

Sep 15, 2013

I Want To Be Leslie Stahl So I Can Wear Her Earrings....

Yes, it's true.

I want Leslie's earrings....I want to make them. I want to wear them. I want to own them.

I want to be a good, no great--fantastic journalist, reporter, question asker like Leslie.

I think if I was Leslie Stahl I would be a better person--certainly more talented and intelligent about my blog.

She is beautiful and brilliant and successful and does not give up in her question asking, yet remains polite but straight forward.

She has cute earrings.

Her earrings inspire me to make and sell my jewelry--they are a statement in color.

I like her .....and that is all.

Sincerely and admirably,

Chloe louise.....do her cats walk on her keyboard when she is in the middle of an important story...or jump over it while typing....I bet not!

Sep 14, 2013

Chip Franklin--Finally Out at KOGO

Was Chip Franklin on his way out for a long time, now?

Obviously talented and intelligent and extremely quick thinking but his repeated call for vigilante justice could be offensive--particularly vigilante justice against women.
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One morning he called for restaurant smokers to be gunned down rather than have another government ruling about smoking--he is always against more big government rules--motorcycle helmet rules, etc.

This statement was immediately erased from the podcast and when questioned the webmaster said they only erase commercials and their talk is meant to be provocative and interesting.............

The addition of the very popular and strong LaDona Harvey immediately made the morning drive tolerable and entertaining. LaDona actually had the gift of curtailing chip's on-air anger and showing off his talents--once LaDona went on vacation he was up to his old tricks.

chip was just way too caustic at 5 o'clock in the morning. Just this week he again called for someone to be beat-up--on more than one occasion.......before the radio dial went over to 760................

agree or disagree...all comments are welcome......chip, you can comment, too. I know you read my blogs as evidenced by your comments in Salon......everyone wants to hear what you have to say, and "your take" on the situation..............

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this is an interesting comment from the UT posting on chip not being included in KOGO's new fall line-up......

Andy Davies · · San Diego, California

this is a link to the UT page on chip:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/13/chip-franklin-kogo-radio/

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here we go with a blog post from Salon with a response from chip:

http://open.salon.com/blog/chloelouise/2011/08/24/chip_franklinironic_violent_or_just_plain_stupid

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the ronnie republic post from April 10.........

San Diego Radio KOGO 600's Town-Clown chip franklin Short-Leashed by LaDona Harvey

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KOGO 600's Town Clown chip franklin Short-Leashed by LaDona Harvey

Right, it took the big beautiful wild horse of a lady, LaDona Harvey to stomp-out the bald-headed bad boy of San Diego talk radio, chip franklin.

It's about time--he was way out of control--I imagine it was almost time for him to go off the air after his producer Don Ayres was removed and news ladies were added to neutralize the acid tongue of shock-jock, chip.

chip was all over those girls verbally with a certain exuberance that was cringing to hear at that hour of the morning.

Is there anyone who can control chip?.........

This morning chip and LaDona were conducting a serious go-round, the verbal brawl was impending--LaDona was winning and the caller confirmed it, "You've lost this one, chip!"

LaDona will not back down. chip does not ever want to give up or be beat in an discussion--if the argument loss is imminent he goes "O'Reilly."

I don't want to hurt chip's feelings, as if that were possible, but I have only written one post about LaDona Harvery and people are searching my blog daily for more info--where is she..... is chip on his way out....why did she go to mornings....every day....it's taking up the whole page.

The search race has been won by LaDona, Mayor Bob Filner coming in with a close second and chip franklin last...unless he acts-up, then his searches top the list.

LaDona and chip are very talented and strong personalities but chip's war on women and violent outbursts were very hard listening at the 5 AM hour.

Do I agree with Ladona, often not, but like the lady she loves to wrangle, Gloria Allred, she does not mind standing up for her beliefs.

I think she is almost too harsh in some of her philosophies about women (apparently, she always likes to read the fine print before she dives into anything--not all ladies have that opportunity, LaDona) but, nevertheless, her talent and strength and self-belief prevail.

Good job, Ladona.

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Sep 12, 2013

Thibeault's Table Again--I'll Have That Right Now Please

file under: bringing the world together with food and fabric.......

http://www.thibeaultstable.com/

Grilled Brie with Baked Garlic and Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

These pictures are from Thibeault's Table--a cooking blog with really nice pictures and good food ideas--the instuctions are easy to follow and the pictures are fun to see--thanks, Thibeault, for this very enjoyable cooking blog.....cl
here is the link to the ingredients and the blog:

http://www.thibeaultstable.com/

Sep 10, 2013

Seriously--the great nations of the world, RT and AJAM, try to go up against Anderson Cooper--will they be successful?

Right, I am trying to watch AJAM but I am unable to find it.. I will put your post in my blog--the ronnie republic. I am temporarily annoyed with CNN at this time, because I feel that they only want to focus on AC right now---and forever--and refuse to run other interesting shows. After seeing AC360 twice--completely--I feel like I have successfully comitted it to memory and a third complete running of the thing every other hour is really not necessary.

Which leads me to the only reasonable conclusion that Anderson Cooper is trying to take over the world. It's obvious at this point.

Why are you taking this bias in your post--are you very pro-Israel and you are worried? Please explain and I will also post you response--

Do you know how to see AJAM.

Do you have any feelings on RT.

Seriously--the great nations of the world, RT and AJAM, try to go up against Anderson Cooper--will they be successful?

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How to watch Al Jazeera America

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For those of us who believe the American public deserves and needs to know much more about what goes on in the rest of the world, the arrival of a television network determined to focus on hard news, to “make news the star,” to quote my old boss Ted Turner, should be cause for celebration. But when that network is Al Jazeera, we all need to take a few steps back and prepare before we start watching.

The first fact to keep in mind when watching the just launched Al Jazeera America is that the new network is, like the other Al Jazeera channels, owned by the royal family of Qatar, which has used Al Jazeera to spread its influence, raise its global profile, shape public opinion and try to create its desired outcomes.

Al Jazeera is an arm of the Qatari government and an instrument of Qatari foreign policy.

Al Jazeera’s Arabic network has seen its popularity in the Arab world plummet recently as its coverage of uprisings in the Middle took a strong pro-Muslim Brotherhood tilt. The network was dubbed “the mouthpiece of the Brotherhood” by countless commentators writing about a phenomenon that was transparent to viewers. Nearly two dozen Al Jazeera staff members resigned to protest Qatar’s instructions to continue supporting the Brotherhood in their coverage. Anchor Fatma Nabil and others said the bosses in Doha provided guidelines to support the Brotherhood in their studio discussion and downplay anti-Brotherhood sentiment.

Qatar’s foreign policy was to promote the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the main devices to exert Doha’s power were Al Jazeera and billions of dollars in Qatari funding to Brotherhood groups in Egypt, Syria and elsewhere.

Al Jazeera America, broadcasting from New York, promises to focus sharply on “fact-based, in-depth stories of U.S. and international news.” Sounds great, as long as the network refrains from some of the practices that have tainted its journalism on other Al Jazeera networks.

Full disclosure: I spent many years on staff at CNN, a major competitor of Al Jazeera. I am now a frequent — paid — contributor to CNN.com. But I am not employed by CNN. Like many people who worked for CNN when the news was, in fact, the star, I would like to see more hard news on CNN. I hope the new competition will create pressure to spend more time on news, particularly international news. Although I have no illusions.

Al Jazeera, owned by tiny Qatar’s fabulously wealthy ruling family, employs many friends and former colleagues of mine, whose individual integrity and talent I do not question. And much of what I have seen on Al Jazeera English (AJE) — a separate network from the new Al Jazeera America (AJAM) — is of excellent quality, with top production values and high journalistic standards. AJE has done excellent work.

That, however, is not enough to ignore the red flags that go up when you say the words Al Jazeera.

When Al Jazeera first came on the scene, back in 1996, it shook the Arab world, where the news had featured only state-owned, kiss-up-to-the ruler reporting. Qatar became a force to be reckoned with, sending AJ reporters to expose corruption and injustice. Nobody had seen anything like it. It even interviewed Israeli officials, a startling and often disturbing novelty.

But, as Fouad Ajami reported in 2001, Al Jazeera’s coverage was driven by “an aggressive mix of anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism.” The network specialized in close-ups of dead bodies, crying and wounded children, with ominous sound tracks designed to heighten emotions.

The Arabic and English channels used two different approaches. In Arabic, coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as documented by, among others, Mohamed Elmenshawy, of the Middle East Institute in Washington, portrayed Israel as the enemy, “always on the wrong side.” Palestinians are often referred to as “resisters” and “martyrs,” while Israelis are frequently called the “occupiers.” The English channel’s wording is much more careful.

When the network first went on the air in 2006, its principal U.S. anchor, David Marash, went on a promotional tour guaranteeing potential viewers that journalists in the United States would have full editorial independence. He eventually resigned, charging that editorial control had gradually but steadily reverted to Qatar. Al Jazeera’s top executive in Doha is a member of the ruling family.

The long-time Emir of Qatar recently stepped down, handing power to his son. The emirate’s foreign policy of backing the Muslim Brotherhood, believing the group would sweep to power in the Middle East, now looks like a disastrous bet, so policy may change.

For Americans watching Al Jazeera America, it’s important to watch out for subtle biases in content. And it would be interesting to compare any deviation from objectivity and balance against Qatar’s interests.

It’s a challenge for American viewers, who urgently need access to strong, unbiased, responsible journalism.

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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/24/3581967/how-to-watch-al-jazeera-america.html#storylink=cpy

copied from the Miami Herald.....dated 8-26-13

Finding Al Jazeera.....

Finding Al Jazeera.......

Right, finding Al Jazeera America in America....where is it.

Cox Cable in San Diego states they do not have it.

If it is available on the internet streaming the individual writing this blog is unable to locate it. Perhaps it is a case of OE.*

How does one visualize this channel?

You see, some people like to watch a little bit of all of the news--news is exciting from different places.

Watching the news in the London Hotel...........

So far, in limited world travel, it has been noted by many that London has very many news stations form all over the place. There is news there from all over the world, different clothes, different types of news--information from places that never come to mind in San Diego.

It's a fun news bazaar.

Back to Al Jazeera America in San Diego............

Any information on this subject in the comments section below would be really appreciated..........

On the blog of Larry Hancock, noted JFK researcher and author of Someone Would Have Talked in the recent post Going Forward........many contributors are talking about a documentary recently shown on RT. This doc also shows David Atlee Phillips who has been a very interesting and mysterious figure in the JFK assassination controversy. Now, this doc, as far as one can determine, is only shown at certain times......but good news, Larry King is available all of the time.

how to watch this doc, too..................information wanted...........

Sep 9, 2013

Looking for that perfect fashion piece: Style Czar

copied from thestar.com.......fashion and style.......by chloe louise.........

Life / Fashion & Style

Looking for that perfect fashion piece: Style Czar

Real style comes from searching for pieces in unlikely places and even absurdly out of season for just the right thing.

Strappy sandals, while not "important" in any way, turned out to be absolutely perfect for Style czar Karen von Hahn.

By: Karen von Hahn Fashion Columnist, Published on Fri Aug 16 2013

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Christmas comes in July in the media world, a weird calendar I’ve never gotten used to. Smack dab in the middle of summer, all the retailers and PR concerns trot out their holiday wares so that the magazine editors working on gift guides can meet their impossibly early deadlines (a schedule so last century, it is no wonder magazines now read like coffee table books, but that’s another story).

It was at one of these gatherings that I bumped into my dry-as-a-martini colleague, the esteemed fashion writer and editor David Livingstone. Both of us had rushed over in the city heat to the holiday preview, as it is called, in summer-weight attire. I recall David in a striped T-shirt, and I think I was wearing a crisp white blouse over a grey knee-length skirt, and we were admiring a collection of Pendleton blankets, when David remarked on my strappy leather sandals.

Just to fill you in, when fashion people remark on an item of clothing you might be wearing, what they really want to know, like the reporters from the red carpet, is its provenance: where did you get it, and who is it by?

Which is why I had to confess that they weren’t “important” in any way, I had just found them in the kind of nondescript street boutique in New York where they display the shoes they have for sale on a stack of the boxes they came in, but that I had been wearing them all summer because they had turned out to be perfect.

Then it occurred to me that this was the best definition I have ever come up with for what I am always searching for, and will guide me as I make my few seasonal purchases this fall: things that aren’t important, but are nonetheless perfect.

By “important,” I mean both costly, and bearing the stamp of a big-name designer label — qualities to my mind that have more to do with the kind of flash that is best avoided and less to do with an expression of personal style.

Beyond the typically inflated price tag, given that labels are no longer any guarantee of quality, the problem with “designer” clothing is that it is both too easy, and too often easily recognizable. Too easy, in the sense that all you have to do to look au courant is to wander sheeplike into the gilded flagship of some global brand and buy up everything for the season. You don’t have to demonstrate any particular taste or discernment in such a purchase, just shell out the cash.

What’s more, the usual result, with some exceptions for truly brilliant statement pieces like a well-cut coat or a terrific handbag that will smarten up the rest of your H&M and Zara wardrobe for seasons to come, is that designer clothing doesn’t really wear well beyond its season, as it is too readily identified as a piece from so-and-so’s “biker” or “rich-hippie” period. This is because fashion designers have been encouraged to create a coherent and media-accessible runway statement each and every season, as opposed to just creating good clothes.

I found this out the hard way with a chartreuse Prada coat from Miuccia’s ugly-chic collection that was way too much of its time to wear for years after I bought it (and of course I have now scrapped because it was taking up valuable closet space).

Which is not to say that all readily identifiable designer brand clothing is necessarily to be avoided. Logos may largely be a no go, but some timeless house pieces such as Gucci loafers and Hermès scarves manage to maintain their fashionability season after season. The trick, which can be acquired if one cares to hone it, is to be able to see into the designer offerings with some level of appreciation and connoisseurship. To have the confidence in one’s judgment and independence of taste without the designer brand guarantee is where actual style, rather than mere fashion, comes in.

Perhaps what I’m suggesting is that while the ad campaigns of major global brands may suggest otherwise, there is no easy route to style. Happily, for those of us who enjoy the true thrill of the hunt and the adventure of discovery, it still requires searching in unlikely places — maybe even absurdly out of season — for that unimportant, yet perfect, thing.

Karen von Hahn is a Toronto-based writer, trend observer and style commentator. Contact her at kvh@karenvonhahn.com .

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ariabtq

3 weeks ago

Great article Karen! So nice to hear someone else feels and thinks this way. This is exactly what I am trying to do at my modest shop, Aria Boutique, at 686 College Street. All independent thinkers/dressers and want-to-be independents are welcome! You never know what you might find without a big label on it.

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Looking for that perfect fashion piece: Style Czar

Real style comes from searching for pieces in unlikely places and even absurdly out of season for just the right thing.