The End of An Era: Lee Rodgers Gone From KSFO

If you're a conservative in the San Francisco Bay Area, you started your morning by turning on KSFO and listening to Lee Rodgers, Melanie Morgan, & Office Vic...even before you poured your first cup of coffee.

Almost two years after the Citidel Radio, the owners of KSFO, let go of Melanie, Lee ended the morning show the other day to find out it was his last show. Brian Sussman, who filled in on Mondays and had the evening show, will now take over as host in the morning, along with Officer Vic.

Melanie Morgan writes at her website:

Lee, me, Miss Yee and OV (Officer Vic) were a team for 14 years.

We sure had a wild ride, recalling a governor, enacting legislation banning cancer-causing chemicals (M.I.M. note: MTBE) forced on us by environmental whackos, excoriating the dopes in politics, and adopting a lot of puppies (with your help.) Lee also is VERY proud of the fact that he has pissed off Media Matters and other left-wing liberals. There were never enough hours in the day to bitch-slap those people, politcally speaking, of course.

I like to think we had a pretty good show. I like to think we might still make some chin wag together again. Who knows?

But I wish Brian Sussman and Officer Vic a lot of luck, and much success as KSFO radio continues into the future.

Before I get teary eyed (and I hate to cry!) I want to tip my cloche hat to Mr. Rodgers ...I'll miss him in my neighborhood.

Although I left the Bay Area over two years ago, I'd listen in via the internet occasionally to the KSFO morning show. Lee, Mel and OV were the ones responsible for me turning my car radio from music during my Novato to San Rafael commute to talk radio, and part of my political education and introduction to conservative activism.

So, best wishes to Brian Sussman, you have big shoes to fill. To Lee Rodgers, I say, thank you for the education you gave via KSFO weekday mornings, best wishes and Godspeed.