Joe Salvatore pictured and Bruce MacGowan longtime Sports reporters for KCBS San Francisco were laid off on Thursday due to budget cuts from parent company Entercom Broadcasting (photo by Michael Duca)

On Headline Sports with Morris:

#1  KCBS Sports anchors Joe Salvotore (weekends) and Bruce MacGowan (overnights) and occasional guests on Sports Talk were laid off Thursday after Entercom Radio parent company of KCBS Radio San Francisco made a series of cuts that Entercom CEO and president David Field said was “necessary under the circumstances” due to business shutdowns that equated to poor advertising sales.

#2 Joe had worked at KCBS for 23 years as cuts were made to other KCBS personnel, Joe was one of the most high profile employees of the cuts. Joe anchored sports weekends for much of his time at the All News Station.

#3 Bruce who started in radio in the 1970s worked in Eureka, Portland, Seattle, New York City, and San Francisco. Bruce worked outside of the San Francisco market from 1979-1981 before returning back to San Francisco in 1981 to teach at the Ron Bailie School of Broadcasting in San Francisco until 1983 and also worked TV-Radio freelance. In 1986 Bruce hosted Sports People a talk show heard on 1450 KEST San Francisco. Bruce later worked at KNBR and KGO San Francisco followed by KCBS starting in 2017 which Bruce said was the best broadcast experience he ever had.

#4 Morris as many know you cover the Cal Bears football and Bruce did sideline reporting for TV and radio for Stanford Cardinal football. What was it like to see Bruce during Big Games when Cal and Stanford met we knew it was some extra adrenaline for Bruce having to work the sidelines for those games.

#5 Both Bruce and Joe covered A’s and Giants baseball during their time at KCBS. Joe would be at almost every A’s and Giants game and Bruce at least three times per homestand they both worked doing sports updates during live games.

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