San Diego Radio: Bob Sullivan Exits KOGO Talk Show

Bob Sullivan

Bob "Sully" Sullivan has decided to exit his afternoon show on Newsradio KOGO 600 AM, which he co-hosted with Carl Demaio.

He says he'll be concentrating more on his two national TV shows, The Big Bi Review and Sully's Biz Brew.

He's also indicated he's developing a new weekend topical show for TV and that his TV production company is "knee deep" in production of four cableTV reality shows.

The 55-year-old Sullivan, who has been an on-air personality at KOGO since 1997, will stay at the station in a scaled-back role that will include serving as business editor and fill-in host.

Sullivan, who announced the move at the beginning of his final three-hour show with DeMaio just after 1 p.m., said his decision was partly prompted by a change in direction for the show since DeMaio came aboard, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

“I like to talk red meat topics — illegal immigration, gun control and minimum wage — and I think the station wants that segment to go more toward local politics, pension reform and the water crisis,” Sullivan said. “Carl is very passionate about that stuff and I just am not.”

DeMaio joined the show a few months after losing a nasty race for Congress last fall to Democrat Scott Peters. DeMaio, a Republican, also lost the 2012 San Diego mayor’s race to Democrat Bob Filner.