The axe swings at bay area sports station KNBR.

[usonian]

The wonderful people at Cumulus Radio, who have repeatedly laid off hosts, have axed Pauly Mac in the morning show and have wiped out the 6-10 pm show, "Sportstalk" which was recently manned by former Giant and A's player F.P. Santangelo.

F.P., who worked for Washington for a time, including a world series win, will hopefully get a job with the Giants.

Every so often, Cumulus takes the axe to high-paid hosts. Perhaps the revenue from the every half hour ad for the guy promoting "ERC" (employee retention credit --- FREE MONEY FROM UNCLE SAM), the dick-stiffener clinic and of course, Kars for Kids, is not enough.

The most famous incident was when Ralph Barbieri, who practically invented sports talk radio in the bay area, let it be known that he had early Parkinson's disease and was shortly thereafter let go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Barbieri

In 2011, Barbieri disclosed to KNBR and the public that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2005.On April 11, 2012, the 66-year-old Barbieri was let go by KNBR. KNBR's parent company, Cumulus Media, said he "refused to honor some of the most basic terms of his contract". Barbieri's legal team cited age discrimination and disability discrimination in the termination. In 2013, he settled with Cumulus for an undisclosed amount, reportedly over $1 million.

I recall that he was represented by the formidable Angela Alioto.

To all the "Chainsaw Al Dunlap" folks at Cumulus Media, I offer the Elon Musk salute.

F U all.