In a well-thought-out-plan, three Atlants Sports Radio DJs made fun of former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason, who has ALS. This included one of them pretending to be Steve Gleason and making fun of his computerized voice and cracking jokes about how he wishess he was dead.
Normally I don’t get into the whole RO thing, but…seriously? This might be the most offensive thing I have ever heard from a radio program.
My God, what assholes.
“During his time at Y-95, (Glenn) Beck cultivated a rivalry with local pop radio station KZZP and that station’s morning host Bruce Kelly. Through practical jokes and publicity stunts, Beck drew criticism from the staff at Y-95 when the rivalry culminated in Beck telephoning Kelly’s wife on-the-air, mocking her recent miscarriage.”
I’m sorry but the “I get a boner everytime someone bashes Beck so lets all bash him” thread is that way ---->.
Would have helped if I quoted the “This might be the most offensive thing I have ever heard from a radio program” part for you from the OP?
I’ve never heard of any of the people involved, but if that “sample joke” is representative of the bit, I’m deeply offended by how unfunny it was.
OK, I hadn’t heard that before.
Yes - why should a similar incident with another douchebag radio host be considered relevant to the topic? Damn Libruhls.
People who bring up irrelevant jerkish behavior of other radio hosts should take the bone out of their nose and stick to the OP.
In a thread about jerkish behavior of radio hosts, I fail to see how examples of same are irrelevant. Especially when the OP specifically states “This might be the most offensive thing I have ever heard from a radio program.”
I heard the thing live yesterday morning on the way to work. To me, it seemed clear that the straight man in the skit was very uncomfortable with how the other host was acting, and that it was purely an ad-lib performance by the impersonating host. I’m surprised all three got fired. I listen(ed) to them several times a week and I’ve never known them to be “shock jock” types.
I am in no way defending the one host; it was waaay over the top and offensive, and he needed some firing, but the whole thing seemed to be entirely his idea.
Don’t forget the “tsunami song” played on Hot 97 by Miss Jones, which made fun of people dying in the tsunamis in southeast asia in 2005: MTV | Homepage - Shows & Schedules
The contracts are up on all three in a couple of months. I suspect that played a part both in the decision to perform the skit and in the termination of employment.
Ahh…that makes it more…well, I dunno what it makes it, but it’s a twist.
I’m really starved for something decent on the radio to listen to in Atlanta during commutes. I have no special interest in sports, but these guys seemed to do an OK job of entertaining me without being idiots (until now, at least). Beau Bock drives me nuts, so any show he’s on is not an alternative.
One the absolute best things, maybe THE best thing about a smartphone is the ability to play all sorts of media to a car stereo, either through an AUX IN port or even Bluetooth. You may have to upgrade your stereo like I did (it had neither AUX IN or Bluetooth) , but it was SO worth it. No more morning zoo imbeciles, just podcasts, music and standup comedy (like from Pandora or Spotify or Google Music or just MP3s), and audiobooks.
And I would so love to do that, Revtim. But the audio system seems pretty heavily integrated into the car (SC 430, 2002 model so pre-dates Aux port being a regular feature). And because it’s a convertible, mounting a satellite radio antenna is also problematic. I may look deeper into it, though; thanks for nudging me.
I agree with all of that, particularly the park about Beau Bock. I’m also disappointed that Dimino is off the air for the first time in about 20 years, but I imagine he’ll land on his feet.
He was clearly uncomfortable with the skit, and he also posted the most sincere apology of the three.
Howard Stern got fired from Washington’s DC101 after the Air Florida plane crash in the Potomac River; if memory serves, he called Air Florida and asked the clerk who answered for a ticketed from National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge.
These stations want outrageous shock jocks; part of the package is having to fire them when eventually they go too far.
The thing is, these guys ordinarily didn’t come close to shock jock territory. That’s why most people think there was a lot going on behind the scenes.
During the Atlanta child murders, two DJs played Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” immediately after a news report on the latest murder. They were summarily fired. Maybe it’s something in the GA water?