Earlier in July, SFist reported that Alice 97.3's Morning Radio Show booted No Name (AKA Mike Nelson) from the (allegedly) popular morning program. Reason given for ridding Nelson from the zany morning team was that the show was going to move in a "different direction." And by "different" they meant "backwards," it seems. See, Vinnie (who used to be Sarah's partner before getting fired in 2002 for partying too hard with his pal Tina, thus......

Revealed by its competitor Live105 this morning, word is that Alice 97.3's Morning Radio Show just pruned part of its morning team, on-air personality No Name (AKA Mike Nelson). Alas. Together for six years on the radio, and a few weeks on television with an ill-advised spin-off of the show, Sarah and No Name have entertained the Bay Area masses every morning with, ahem, shocking banter and bon mots. (Or so we assume. We......

Please change your billboard already. As annoying as Don Bleu is with his "bleupers," Star 101.3 is guilty of something even more annoying. Something that makes our skin crawl every time we glance up at it. Something even more annoying than Alice's whiny Sarah & No Name. The billboard Star 101.3 has in SOMA, which is viewable to 101-South drivers, has been up since late summer. As proud as Oakland must be that the featured......

Flipping through the radio this morning, we caught an interview with Bill Romanowski on the Sarah and No Name show. No Name pretty much fawned over him while Sarah fawned not necessarily over him but over his new protein drinks. Callers, however, didn't just fawn over him but slathered over him too, mainly for what they kept on saying was for "bringing passion to the Raiders." The subtle dig, of course, being that the Raiders......

This morning we were lying in bed, trying to summon the will face the day as the Alice Morning Show played in the background. (In the words of SFist Jon: "Hey, they're funnier than the Live105 crew and there's only so much public radio one can take in the morning.") It's so weird, but we could have sworn we heard the CSI half of the late, great CSI: Plumpjack in an interview discussing Gavin......

It’s been awhile since SFist has listened to morning radio but when we did, we found ourselves ever drawn to Howard Stern. Yeah, we know. But when you’re stuck at some soul-sucking temp job, nothing helps fill the existential void like a little lesbian-dial-a-date. If we did listen to radio in the morning, however, tomorrow we’d be totally listening to Alice Radio. Filling in for Sarah’s erstwhile partner No Name for the past several days is the one, the only, Kevin Smith. Yep, Silent Bob himself has been getting up in the morning and chewing the fat with Sarah and the rest of them....

While it's always fun to snark on the Religious Right, lately it's just been too darn easy. After taking on Sponge Bob and "No Name Calling Week," those whacky Bible-thumpers are at it again, this time with yet another cartoon (do they watch anything else?) In this case, the upsetting thing is a cartoon airing on PBS, a cartoon about a cute little bunny named Buster. Postcards From Buster is about Buster's adventures travelling to......

If it seems like it's a shinier, happier world out there, it's because this week is "No Name-Calling Week." All week Middle Schools taking part in the program will teach kids that calling each other names is bad…mmmm…kay? Participating schools will receive a resource guide that includes lesson plans, a video for classroom use and other promotional materials. At the end of the week, an essay and poetry contest will be held. We're sure the......