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Chip Franklin is Out at KGO 810

The award-winning host joined KGO seven years ago to host middays and moved to afternoon drive in 2016. 

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San Francisco talk host Chip Franklin is out at KGO 810, according to Radio Insight.

The award-winning host joined KGO seven years ago to host middays and moved to afternoon drive in 2016. 

He is also the former host of talk shows on KOGO in San Diego, California; WBAL AM 1090 in Baltimore, Maryland; and WMAL in Washington DC. 

Franklin has won 2 National Edward R. Murrow awards and five regional Murrows for his satirical essays on politics.

Franklin’s exit means host John Rothmann has moved up to 4-7 pm with KGO adding the Dave Ramsey Show at night from 7-10 pm. 

Early afternoon host Pat Thurston’s show will add an hour to now run from 12-4 pm.

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  1. Jo luis

    December 12, 2021 at 10:41 am

    Why did you get rid of chip Franklin he was one of your better host with a comic twist. I listen all day starting at 6pm and your worst host niki madoral is terrible her voice is like nails scraping on a chalk board and her I am right all the time, I know it all and you don’t attitude is a headache

    • Lovina Worick

      December 14, 2021 at 5:36 pm

      Why is Chip Franklin out? He is the best show on KGO.

    • Andrea

      December 27, 2021 at 6:32 pm

      I cannot believe that you have eliminated Chip Franklin from your station. He was well-informed, entertaining, incredibly funny, and clearly a really good person. I wish I could tell you how many times my friends saw me driving home laughing and they said “Oh, I bet you were listening to Chip Franklin”. I think this was a very bad mistake.

  2. Laura Delfino

    December 14, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    Please bring Chip back!

  3. Doug Holmes

    December 14, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    Why is Chip Franklin not on KGO anymore? Franklin and Rothman were your best and brightest. Tell us the real story

  4. Mark Judge

    December 16, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    Chip Franklin was the best host on KGO. YOU HAVE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE IN CANCELLING MR. FRANKLIN. This is very disappointing. KGO is on a race to the bottom!! Reinstate Mr. Franklin and I will resume listening to KGO. GOODBYE!

  5. Marilyn Fierro

    December 17, 2021 at 6:20 pm

    Chip Franklin was one of your best host at KGO.I’m just very disappointed with KGO.You get rid of your Best Host and keep some who are not good at all, like Nikki Midoro

    • Cheryl davis

      December 20, 2021 at 10:45 pm

      WHAT IS WRONG WITH KGO ? AT LEAST IT HAD FAIR NON PARTISAN TALK RADIO FROM 6AM TILL 9 PM .
      NOW THE STATION IS MISINFORMATION FROM 7pm till 5am HOSTS THAT UNLIKE THE DAILY PERSONALITIES WHO ONLY TAKE CALLS AND HAVE GUESTS WHO ONLY AGREE WITH THEM.THEY KEEP MISINFORMATION ALIVE AND UNLIKE THE DAILY HOSTS THEY WONT EVEN REPLY TO AN EMAIL .
      JOHN ROTHMAN WAS PERFECT FROM 6 -9 NOW IM LUCKY IF I CAN CATCH 1/2 HOUR UNTIL THE TRASH STARTS AT 7PM

  6. Audrey Janis

    December 20, 2021 at 10:22 pm

    Chip Franklin is a great host! Now you promote far right crap in the evening. I have stopped listening to your Fox entertainment like talk shows. Your platform is going down in quality.

  7. Cheryl davis

    December 20, 2021 at 10:36 pm

    I don’t get what kgo is thinking . I hardly get to listen to Niki or pat who I love . Sometimes I got to listen to chip who was brilliant .I got to listen to John Rothman the most (whom I adore and have so much respect for for his fairness and patience which is unrivalled )
    because he started at 6 and I usually couldn’t tune in till 7 but I still could spend a few hours with him. NOW I AM LUCKY IF I GET TO ENJOY HIS SHOW FOR 1/2 HOUR.
    AND AFTER 7PM YOU HAVE THESE STUPID PEOPLE WHO ARE TOTALLY PARTISAN POLITICALLY
    AND SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT
    Everything. Just now they were putting down Bette midler and the infrastructure bill.
    Jim bohannin and John bachelor are both very rigid and there guests are just as bad .
    AND HOW IS IT THAT ONLY THE PERSONALITIES THAT AIR FROM 6AM TILL 7PM WILL TAKE PHONE CALLS FROM EVERYBODY BUT AFTER 7PM ONLY CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT THINK LIKE THEM ?OF COURSE JOHN BACHELOR TAKES NO CALLS.

    IM GIVING UP ON KGO

  8. Mohammad

    December 26, 2021 at 7:39 am

    Good riddance! Chip Franklin was perfect example of how delusional liberalism is. KGO needs more balance. There’s plenty of us out here that have been fed up for a long time with the lies and anti-American hypocrisy of hosts like Franklin. Good for KGO!

  9. Marion Hover

    December 29, 2021 at 4:31 pm

    Bye bye KGO
    too many wrong changes over all for quite a few years. Chip was a breath of fresh air in you mix of hosts!

  10. Marion Hover

    December 29, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    Bye bye KGO! You have made poor line up decisions for a few years now in my opinion.
    Chip was a refreshing host in your mix!
    I hope he lands somewhere soon!

  11. Nancy Whalen

    December 29, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    Wow KGO you managed to get rid of my favorite radio host Chip Franklin.
    The two new guys are political hacks with Guests that spread lies and venom with no one to check them. Rothman takes guests with diverse political views.
    Franklin’s humor went a long way to get me through the drive home and Covid.
    You just turned your station over to hosts that stoke meanness and resentment.
    If your trying to be less liberal and have more conservative views, look for some conservative hosts with ideas and integrity. Lazy management on your part.

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Dana Loesch: Like Ronna McDaniel, ‘I Like to Go Where the Fight Is’

“Sometimes it’s not about winning the battle, but planting the seed is the victory, right? So that’s how I look at stuff.”

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Former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel is no longer a contributor at NBC News after intense internal backlash. Dana Loesch believes that while McDaniel wasn’t a successful political leader, she had the right intentions with her media aspirations.

During The Dana Show, Loesch argued that she was upset about the reactions from MSNBC hosts that ultimately led to McDaniel’s departure, saying she never wanted to be in a position of supporting the former RNC chair.

“I’m mad because I feel like these people are putting me in a position where I’m defending her,” said Loesch. “And that makes me mad because I don’t want to defend her. I think that she was an incompetent RNC head.”

However, she pushed back on the idea that Ronna McDaniel made a mistake by partnering with a liberal cable outlet like MSNBC to begin with.

“People are like, ‘Well, her first mistake was going to MSNBC.’ I disagree. I like to go where the fight is,” Loesch revealed. “I was one of the first token conservative contributors at CNN back in this was like 2011, 2012, 2013. Yeah, you kind of know that most of the people hate you. But you do have a couple of allies.

“I like to go where the fight is. Because sometimes it’s not about winning the battle, but planting the seed is the victory, right? So that’s how I look at stuff. I’ve never shied away from — clearly — going into any arena, literally or anywhere else. So I don’t fault her for going to MSNBC.”

Dana Loesch concluded by positing that the money for McDaniel’s contract — reported to be $300,000 per year — was an impressive figure because most contributors are only paid around $75,000.

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Dom Giordano: Joe Rogan Needs to Remember He’s an Entertainer And Stay Away From ‘Dangerous’ Topics

Giordano called Rogan a “major, major figure who I think is insane in what he’s saying here and doesn’t have a thumbnail knowledge of anything.”

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Popular podcaster Joe Rogan has never been afraid to wade into controversial topics or interview less-than-desirable guests on his podcast. 1210 WPHT host Dom Giordano believes it might be time for him to start.

In a recent podcast episode, Rogan claimed he believed Israel’s treatment of citizens in Gaza since the October 7th terrorist attacks from Hamas has bordered on genocide. He sat idly by as a guest equated the situation to that of the Allied Forces bombing of Dresden, Germany during World War II, which killed an estimated 25,000 people.

Rogan claimed the message would be “We’re basically saying genocide is ok as long as we’re doing it.”

After hearing those comments, Dom Giordano admonished Rogan.

“Look, I get Joe Rogan’s prominence, but this is a dangerous area. The guy throwing Dresden — and a lot of listeners might remember that the firebombing of Dresden — the allies took it out. They did. I forget how many people were killed. World War II was not pretty. That, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, but it was exactly the moral thing to do,” said Giordano. “That’s exactly what needed to be done. So we’re not committing genocide here and then blaming the other side.”

Giordano called Rogan a “major, major figure who I think is insane in what he’s saying here and doesn’t have a thumbnail knowledge of anything…he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about here.”

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Buck Sexton: NBC News Paying Contract of Ronna McDaniel is Nothing Compared to Megyn Kelly

“$600,000 for them is a rounding error. The amount of money these corporate news outlets can put toward stupid decision making — in both of those cases firing talent — is remarkable in and of itself.”

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NBC News severed its ties to former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel after intense internal backlash. Radio host Buck Sexton says paying out her contract will be a simple one for the network, especially after what it paid to Megyn Kelly.

In 2018, Kelly insinuated it was ok for people to wear blackface as long as they were impersonating a black character. The subsequent backlash led to her departure from NBC News, with the outlet paying her the rest of her contract.

A similar situation unfolded with Ronna McDaniel, who has signed a reported two-year, $600,000 contract with the network to serve as a political analyst after resigning from her role with the Republican National Committee earlier this month.

After her hiring, many at MSNBC and inside the NBC News organization pushed back against the idea of hiring someone who had been intensely critical of the mainstream media, and also touted lies about the validity of the 2020 Presidential election until joining the network as a contributor.

NBC News Chairman Cesar Conde revealed it was his decision to end the relationship with Ronna McDaniel.

“I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down. While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it,” he wrote in an internal memo to staffers.

After the news of McDaniel’s departure became official, The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show began the show with the topic, leading Sexton to argue this isn’t the first time NBC News has been in this position.

“They did it. They actually fired the former RNC chair. I think she did one interview. The reports are they’re gonna pay her $300,000 for both of the years of her contract. For NBC, that’s nothing. Remember, NBC had to pay out Megyn Kelly’s contract a while ago at like $70 million or something,” said Buck Sexton. “$600,000 for them is a rounding error. The amount of money these corporate news outlets can put toward stupid decision making — in both of those cases firing talent — is remarkable in and of itself.”

At the time of her exit from NBC News, it was reported Megyn Kelly would receive $30 million from the outlet.

Co-host Clay Travis argued that while listeners of the show may not be big fans of McDaniel, people should be concerned about the treatment of Trump supporters. “They aren’t interested in talking to half the country,” he posited.

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