KFOG's 10 @ 10

[ChannelFlipper]

Nothing against Annalisa, who has the unfortunate task of replacing a legend, but geez, whotta letdown...

Don Pardo, the sound effects, and mostly Dave himself are what made 10@10 what it is. I'm missing the good ole days already.

[NoMoreLurking]

There was an attempt to syndicate "10 at 10," but it's been many (maybe 20!) years. The syndicator - I can't remember who it was - called it "Ten from Then." Presumably that's because KFOG wasn't in on the syndie deal and owned the original name.

[Bowler Bob in Brisbane]

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...BTW, KFOG is inviting listeners, er, "Fogheads", to audition for Pardo's announcer slot. One lucky 10@10 fan will get to be famous (and presumably unpaid).
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I am soooo coveting that position!

Having DJ'd in the Poster Room Lounge @ The Fillmore once a month since 2002 with my faux radio show "Just For The Record" (an extended version of 10 @ 10), I believe that I would be ideal for that spot.

"Just For The Record" highlights an hour's worth of songs on vinyl from a single year between 1966 and 1989 (the first 2 era's of the Fillmore) broadcast on the mythical radio station "KBGP, 98.7 FM, San Francisco, a 1/10th of a degree higher than normal".

I do more than just spin old records, I also the give the kind of musical knowledge that only someone who's been listening to and playing records for 45 years can give to an audience, especially an audience where a lot of them weren't even born when some these songs came out.

Right about now I'm like that kid in class with his arm outstretched going ''ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me, I know that answer!", lol.

And just for the record, my next "show" will feature songs from 1984 for the Duran Duran performance on July 7th at the Fillmore.

I really, really want to be the "next Don Pardo".

Wish me luck!

[Mike]

we're rootin' for ya, BBB!

[Mike]

Yesterday may have been underwhelming (as '90s sets on 10@10 tend to be) but Annalisa pulled out all the stops today for a 1966 set that included the Monks and the 13th Floor Elevators. Easily the equal of any '60s set Dave ever did (musically if not politically).The suits won't be pleased if she does that sorta stuff regularly, but I'll be thrilled.

[Bowler Bob in Brisbane]

we're rootin' for ya, BBB!

Thanks a lot Mike, I totally appreciate the support!

Yesterday afternoon I made a demo intro for "10@10" with Annalisa over the phone, and nailed it in one take.

So I guess I'll just sit back and wait and see what happens.

I like the fact that she was thinking outside the box of the traditional "10@10" format by playing 10 Neil Young songs from his early works, in conjunction with the release of Neil's new box set "Archives Volume #1 (1963-1972)"

[casual observer]

Dave Morey's 10 @ 10 had a short-lived run in national syndication but he eventually gave it up due to the workload and focused exclusively on his KFOG show. His work on KFOG set a standard that many other stations tried to clone but failed to capture because none of them had Dave's wit, encyclopedic knowledge, and vast archives of audio ear candy. His use of Don Pardo was inspired as were those holiday specials when Dave and Don got drunk together. Of course, it was all done in the production studio using out-takes woven together in a way only Dave could deliver.

Dave's 10 @ 10 was a special show crafted with love by an exceptional broadcaster and provided KFOG with its highest rated hour for decades. That Cumulus and GM Tony Salvadore couldn't find a way to keep this special legacy show on-air just shows you where their priorities lie these days.

[Mike]

Dave Morey's 10 @ 10 had a short-lived run in national syndication but he eventually gave it up due to the workload and focused exclusively on his KFOG show.

Where is your information from? I've met Dave, he has always said he got offers to syndicate it but turned them all down. Of course, I've only been in SF since '91 -- was that an '80s thing? Agree with you about Dave's unique brilliance, however.

As to the all-Neil Young set, it was quite good. Dave was never big on single-artist sets unless they were dead (he's done John Lennon sets on occasion and once did a wonderful BeeGees salute after Maurice Gibb passed on). But the other 10@10s in Chicago and suburban NYC do birthday sets featuring one artist all the time. I suspect Annalisa will be doing more of those.

And I must say her first week was very impressive and far exceeded my expectations. Not that I doubted her capability; I just figured management would jump in and clamp down on the creativity. Dave had "complete creative control" and I think Annalisa my have something less than that.

[Radical348]

I have no doubt that Annalisa can pull it off, but I'm worried that she has the monopoly on the specialty shows now. (10@10, Live from the Archives, the Side Show x2...then the little ones like Mid-Day Mind Games.)  The only thing she doesn't have is the new music program on Thursdays, but that's essentially the same thing as the Side Show.

I concur about noticing her adding more 90s & that the 90s 10 @ 10s were bland, but I for one would like to see more 90s.  They don't have to be bland if done right -- it's just that in the Dave era (for which the rest of the shows were great minus the ridiculous 'themed' shows i.e. superheroes) he played way too many Hot AC recurrents (i.e. Wallflowers, Gin Blossoms.)  This was such a change from his 80s shows where he played many obscure/experimental songs that I had not heard since I was very young or ever & made me want to go look up the artist & title.   Annalisa should do the same for the 90s...perhaps throw in a few Eurodance tracks that were fairly big back then but nobody plays anymore.

[Mike]

I have no doubt that Annalisa can pull it off, but I'm worried that she has the monopoly on the specialty shows now. (10@10, Live from the Archives, the Side Show x2...then the little ones like Mid-Day Mind Games.)  The only thing she doesn't have is the new music program on Thursdays, but that's essentially the same thing as the Side Show.

I concur about noticing her adding more 90s & that the 90s 10 @ 10s were bland, but I for one would like to see more 90s.  They don't have to be bland if done right -- it's just that in the Dave era (for which the rest of the shows were great minus the ridiculous 'themed' shows i.e. superheroes) he played way too many Hot AC recurrents (i.e. Wallflowers, Gin Blossoms.)  This was such a change from his 80s shows where he played many obscure/experimental songs that I had not heard since I was very young or ever & made me want to go look up the artist & title.   Annalisa should do the same for the 90s...perhaps throw in a few Eurodance tracks that were fairly big back then but nobody plays anymore.

Actually it's their Music Director, Kelly Ransford, who does the Sideshow.

Agree that '90s sets don't have to be bland. In the Morey era anything after 1987 tended to be very KFOG-playlist oriented; and even within that universe they drew from a very limited rotation.  (It's been suggested by some that the late '80s was the period when Dave's partner Mike was ill and therefore he wasn't as plugged into pop culture for those years.)  Also, pop cheeze tends to become more acceptable as it gets older; so it's OK to play the Partridge Family in 1971 but there's more resistance to, say, Rick Astley in a 1988 set. Remember that "Fogheads" originally gave Dave endless grief for playing ABBA, but he managed to rehabilitate that group's image years before Mamma Mia!, and the "disco sucks" crowd were also quite vocal for a while.  Add to that the fact that Dave's taste in rap is atrocious (he loves Gerardo's "Rico Suave" -- yeesh), and '90s sets have tended to be snoozefests.  Annalisa is off to a more-than-decent start; I hope she gets support from management AND the audience when she plays adventurous stuff.