Melanie Morgan loses radio job; wanted Times editor executed...

[MnFats]

Melanie Morgan out at KSFO
Melanie Morgan has lost her job as morning co-host at KSFO-AM 560 as part of a cost-cutting measure by the conservative station's new owner, Citadel Broadcasting.


link:
http://penpressclub.org/2008/03/melanie-morgan-out-at-ksfo

Citadel, which acquired KSFO and KGO-AM 810 from Disney last year, decided not to renew her contract, according to WorldNetDaily.com, where Morgan is a columnist. Other cuts at the two stations are expected as Citadel lost $848 million in the most recent quarter. KSFO's morning program will continue to be hosted by Lee Rodgers.

"What I loved most about my time at KSFO was that it allowed me to connect with listeners and take action to make real changes in the world," Morgan said in a statement issued after Monday's program. "We got out of our chairs, left our homes and offices, and circulated petitions, rallied for our troops and met with government leaders."

Morgan and Rodgers have been widely credited with starting the recall of Gray Davis. In 2006, she was put in the national spotlight for saying New York Times editor Bill Keller should be executed if convicted of treason for revealing government secrets in his newspaper. Most recently, Morgan led protesters who countered demonstrators who wanted to close a Marine Corps recruiting office in Berkeley. Morgan co-founded Move America Forward, an activist pro-troop organization, which has defended American military intervention abroad.

Morgan, 51, began her career in 1981 as a reporter for KGO Channel 7. In 1984, she became an on-air personality for KGO radio where she worked for six years before switching over to KSFO

[leftofcool]

1. Time to take out the trash

[varkam]

2. Now that's ironic.

A stalwart conservative bag of hot air gets laid off because there's not enough money to go around. Wonder if that's going to change her perspective any.

[wryter2000]

3. Let's hope this is a sign of the times

Let the whole corrupt enterprise that is right wing radio go down the toilet for lack of funds.

[SpiralHawk]

6. republinomics in action

ptooey !

[zbdent]

4. hmm ... tell-all book in the works?

Will be smeared as a "disgruntled" former employee if so ...

[Ilsa]

11. And the book will end up in the 50 cent bin at the dollar store. nt

[brentspeak]

5. Ha, ha. This is like the Doonesbury cartoon

where a CEO's assistant comes up with a "cost-cutting" idea: offshore all the employment to India.

The CEO says "Thanks for the great idea! By the way, I'm offshoring your job, too."

[proud patriot]

7. Whee !

[Der Blaue Engel]

8. Good riddance to bad garbage

I didn't realize she was influential in that shameful recall. :puke:

[durablend]

9. No doubt a position at FauxNews will open up

For her to fill

[elehhhhna]

10. SHe can just go back to gambling. Google it & you'll LOL.

She's a real piece of work.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. We know she didn't get booted for her Al Sharpton "watermelon" comment

Because reich-wing radio hosts are allowed to to be racist.