A Netroots Victory

As we brace for the imminent cave-in on FISA, let's thank our stars for small victories. About a year ago, the blogger Spocko caused a stir by calling KSFO advertiser attention to the vile rhetoric coming from the Melanie Morgan Show, simply by posting audio clips of the hosts. ABC Radio lawyers tried to shut down his blog, but he was determined, and several advertisers dropped the show. Today we learn that Morgan has been canned.

Melanie Morgan — the conservative radio talk show host who chairs Move America Forward, the group which has led efforts to shame and boycott Berkeley for its anti-U.S. Marine Corps recruiting stand — has lost her job at KSFO 560 AM.

Morgan, 51, delivered her final broadcast there today after 14 years at the microphone, she says in a news release. KSFO owner Citadel Broadcasting decided not to renew her contract as part of the company’s announced across-the-board financial cost cutting.

“The ratings were terrific and I got to connect with a lot of passionate conservative casues, and I’m really grateful for that,” Morgan told me just now. “I don’t know what’s going to happen to the show, I don’t know what’s going to happen to KSFO.”

What's going to happen is that they're going to keep broadcasting despite losing you and your "terrific" ratings. Which, you know, is always the goal of radio stations, to drop the ratings winners.

The truth is that Morgan gradually became an embarrassment once the light of day was shone upon her. I'm sure she'll end up with another gig - hard to keep the wingnuts from their welfare checks - but San Francisco is a little better place, thanks to a self-described "5th-rate" blogger. Spocko just lost his father recently, incidentally, and so he's been dealing with life and I'm guessing this isn't the most important thing in his world right now. Maybe soon, though, he'll have a little chuckle about this.