Melanie Morgan Silenced At KSFO
Pictured: Melanie Morgan squares off with Code Bitch Susan “Medea” Benjamin.
Got an email from Melanie yesterday about KSFO not renewing her contract. If you recall, Melanie is Chairwoman of Move America Forward, and helped lead the counter-attack on Code Pink and their Stalinesque Useful Idiots Beserkely.
Hang in there, Mel. So the door closes, I’m pretty sure several windows are being opened as we speak.
This is what Melanie sent me:
Conservative Melanie Morgan
Cut from KSFO Radio
* Vows to Continue Her Role as Conservative Activist *
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Renowned radio personality and national conservative leader, Melanie Morgan, delivered her final broadcast on talk radio powerhouse KSFO 560 AM today – Monday, March 3, 2008.
The owner of KSFO radio, Citadel Broadcasting, decided not to renew Morgan’s contract as part of the company’s announced across-the-board financial cost cutting.
Melanie Morgan has been a fixture on KSFO for the past 14 years, enjoying a run from 1994-2008 that far exceeded industry standards for longevity.
During that time, Morgan emerged as one of the nation’s most dynamic conservative activists, using the radio airwaves to motivate listeners who shared her passion to take action and fight for causes important to them.
Morgan’s on-air activism included an effort that removed the carcinogen MTBE from gasoline in California, launching of the historic Recall Gray Davis campaign that led to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California, and co-founding the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org).
“It has truly been an honor for me to work at KSFO for the past 14 years. 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,” said Melanie Morgan.
“We never had a one-way dialogue with our listeners, and we never believed that we had to resolve ourselves to accept the status quo. We got out of our chairs, left our homes and offices, and circulated petitions, rallied for our troops and met with government leaders.
“We did all this to make sure that we left an even better world for our children than the one we had inherited from generations before us,” Morgan said.
As part of her ongoing conservative activism, Morgan has traveled to the Middle East twice to interview U.S. Troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait. Her broadcast efforts from Iraq resulted in her winning the Associated Press’s Mark Twain Journalism Award, and The Peninsula Press Club’s award for Best Interview or Talk Show.
“Meeting our troops who are on the frontlines of the war against terrorism stands as the most powerful experience in my broadcast career,” said Morgan.
Morgan’s career with ABC began in 1981 when she was a television reporter for KGO TV. In 1984, she became an on-air personality for KGO radio where she worked for six years before switching over to ABC-San Francisco sister-station, KSFO 560 AM, co-hosting the Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan show. In 2006, Citadel Broadcasting acquired the ABC Radio group. She has reported on the scene from the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon; the Mexico City earthquake; and the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.
Melanie Morgan says her focus in the days ahead remains unchanged: She will remain a conservative activist leader.
“My commitment and dedication to serve as a leader in the movement to support our military men and women continues to grow, and I am very proud to serve as Chairman of the pro-troop non-profit group, Move America Forward,” Morgan said.
Melanie Morgan is not compensated for her work with Move America Forward, a fact since the group was first launched in 2004.
Morgan will also continue her weekly column for the news website www.WorldNetDaily.com and will continue to serve as a television analyst on news programs on cable and broadcast television stations and networks.
“My passion and commitment to the troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world are foremost in my heart.
While I will miss my good friends Lee Rodgers and Officer Vic, and our great producer Sheri Yee, I am excited to stay close to the conservative grassroots. And I’ll always lead with my chin out,” Morgan concluded.
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You have to wonder what the real goal is at Citadel, and who is behind it.
March 4th, 2008 at 11:57 amI found this in my email yesterday too …
Too bad. But as Bash says, she won’t be “unemployed” for long. She’s a strong voice for the military and the right. Someone will grab her. Maybe FNC?
March 4th, 2008 at 12:07 pmI was looking into this yesterday - Apparently, Citadel owns the station she worked at . . . Citadel was so mismanaged last year that their stock has dropped dramatically and the head guy spent all of his energy, money, time courting Imus . . . and is letting all the conservative side of the business go to heck. I didn’t have time to dig deep . . . the sports guy on my local Citadel talk station this morning made a joke about his poor judgement in investing in Citadel stock.
Melanie Morgan is one of my favorites so I am pretty pissed off about this . . . what else is going to happen to conservatives this year?
Earlier I was flipping through television stations and saw Hannity interviewing some guy - I think his name was Donnatelli - something like that - He representated the McCain campaign. Sean asked what/when/where can we except McCain to reach out to conservatives as promised - The guys smart ass response was: “Well, if you want someone who you will agree with on everything, then you just need to run yourself!” . . .
I just returned from voting - Voted for Romney - Was going to vote for Hillary, but I needed to support some of the real local conservatives running for office and you had to pick a party and vote only within that party.
I will vote for McCain in November - BUT I WILL NOT LIKE IT ONE BIT!
March 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pmDid you know, the “sister station” KGO employed Bernie Ward, a liberal host, and kept him on the payroll for at least a month after being indicted on really vile, gross, out of control, crazy federal child porn charges, even though they knew he was being investigated for a long time. So, evidently, this station equates Melanie Morgan to the deviant Bernie Ward.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:27 pmMaybe she can guest host for Michael Savage.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pmis it me? or do liberal women not shower or wear makeup?
March 4th, 2008 at 1:42 pm