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    comeonpoppetHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:06pm

    A friend of mine taught at Eric’s stepchildren’s school years ago.

    Her descriptor: “He wears exclusively The MIX-branded shirts and sweatshirts and introduces himself as, ‘Eric of the Eric and Kathy show, the number one morning show in Chicago.’”

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      stroderealtycomeonpoppet
      2/12/16 12:08pm

      Oh man, in my mind EVERY morning radio host does this! Thank you for confirming!

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      fighting polish is David Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian Srcomeonpoppet
      2/12/16 12:13pm

      Eric and Kathy, just two wacky folks being wacky!!! Just look at the billboards!!

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    RicwashHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:43pm

    I hate morning radio DJs with the passion of 1000 fiery hot suns. IT is just so freaking lame and pretentious, especially here in Los Angeles. I listen to the one (yes. There is only ONE), radio station that does not employ any DJs, so much as they have someone that drops by every so often to announce what concerts and promotions they have going on.

    All I want to hear is music. I don’t care for your pretend “wit”, your hot takes on the latest news, or anything else you have to say.

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      thatsjustmyhairRicwash
      2/12/16 1:30pm

      wut? you no like Kevin & Bean on 106.7? I hate and love them. I alternate between them and 88.1FM.

      The people on 98.7 make me want to jump off a bridge they are awful human beings.

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      jelly71thatsjustmyhair
      2/12/16 1:57pm

      Same about Kevin & Bean. I adore Ralph but hate Hotline to Heaven. And the Wheel of Animal Voices or whatever that bit is called. But I like their interviews and Ralph’s Hollywood news. I have been listening for so many years, it might just be out of habit now because I get a much better Ralph fix with the Hollywood Babble On podcast.

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    JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes hereHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:12pm

    Albert Brooks had a bit about radio guys and summed them up perfectly that on a scale of awfulness you’ve got “Non-contagious lepers, FM Radio DJ’s, then contagious lepers.”

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      sybannJujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes here
      2/12/16 12:18pm

      Hey! I liked you! (40 year-broadcaster). I have to agree, though. Morning people are encouraged to believe their own hype. MOST of them are insufferable - not all. And I, luckily, don’t do it full time anymore. When I did, it wasn’t that type of station.

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      JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes heresybann
      2/12/16 12:26pm

      Apologies to you. :-)

      I also liked Bart Simpson’s line “Country music sucks! All it does is take valuable airtime away from Shock Jocks, whose cruelty & profanity amuse us all”

      Yeah, I can imagine broadcasting is dramatically different than it was when you started out. Everyone tries to be Howard Stern and they’re simply not him. I still remember 70's freeform FM, but haven’t listened to terrestrial radio in years since satellite offers much better choices.

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    palmofnapalmHale Goetz
    2/12/16 1:27pm

    One of the local Houston stations is extremely proud of this segment called “Roses,” where they call up some unsuspecting dude, offering him free roses to send to whomever he wants, with the wife/GF/fiancee listening in.

    They send it to their mistress almost every time (idiots), but every time, without fail, right as the argument gets heated, one of the hosts loudly proclaims “Well, it looks like you folks need to have a long talk” before seguing into whatever Drake song was popular four months ago.

    Am I the only one who finds this tremendously fucked up?

    Like yeah, dude of the week is a colossal asshole for having a mistress and a total dumbass for falling for a blatant trap, but the station is pushing and publicizing those breakups so we can get our dose of moral superiority and some good gossip for morning meetings, and instead of actually trying to maybe spend an iota of time trying to help these people they just forced into an extremely public argument about their private lives, they just throw up a stop sign, shrug for a sec, and then play some Top 40 nonsense, like it’s NBD that they just put on display a very private problem between two people just to make sure they get more listeners than the other Top 40 station.

    Goddamn, like give away a free session of counseling or something, just to help mitigate that your business model is broadcasting human pain and suffering for ad revenue.

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      NomNom83palmofnapalm
      2/12/16 2:00pm

      In DC, 99.5 does this “War of the Roses” — it’s fake as hell and takes entirely too long (I listened to a few but now actively avoid 99.5 in the AM).

      Sirius recently added two big stations from NYC and LA to their lineup (I forget exactly which ones) and I heard one of those morning shows also doing this stunt.

      And, again, they’re fake as hell.

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      EarlofSandwichpalmofnapalm
      2/12/16 2:14pm

      A show in San Diego used to do this, they called it “Cheater’s Hotel.” They did a “you won a free trip with hotel stay” gimmick with the SO listening in. If it was real it’s a horrible thing to do, if it’s fake it’s duping the audience in a really trashy way. No winners here.

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    PhyllisNeflerHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:21pm

    i will never not laugh at this

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      hotsaucedPhyllisNefler
      2/12/16 12:28pm

      LOVE this bit!!

      ATL radio has gone straight to shit. The one that targets my demographic is famous for using their “Voice Disguiser” on people who call in to tell their personal crap but don’t want their loved ones to find out. Shoot me now.

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      paultoesPhyllisNefler
      2/12/16 12:43pm

      I think every comedian I love has some bit or horror story about a morning zoo show.

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    Kristen_mfHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:08pm
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      DashleyinCaliKristen_mf
      2/12/16 12:22pm
      GIF
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      LuckyMc44Kristen_mf
      2/12/16 1:36pm

      WHY DID I HAVE TO SCROLL SO FAR DOWN BEFORE I HIT THIS REFERENCE?!?!?

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    stroderealtyHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:09pm

    Years ago when I was slaving away in a corporate office, I did 2 things to try and fit in with my “desk grouping” of people. One was watch the bachelor for a few episodes, and the other was listen to a certain morning radio show. It’s all my teammates ever talked about- they loved this shit! Both were absolutely awful and I went back to being an introvert who just wanted to talk about spooky movies and comics.

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      Burner613stroderealty
      2/12/16 12:59pm

      I work with two women who LOVE LOVE LOVE The Bachelor and all its disgusting relatives. I don’t get it. At all. There’s no morning show talk - thank goodness. I was listening to one and they were straight up reading crap off of Buzzfeed.

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      Swagstallionstroderealty
      2/12/16 1:02pm

      Replace “desk grouping” with “entire f*cking town” and that’s my situation.

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    JimZHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:04pm

    yeah, it’s too bad there are no radio stations outside of Chicago.

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      GELLA - LLAPJimZ
      2/12/16 12:10pm

      there is no life outside Chicago

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      KingOfKongJimZ
      2/12/16 12:17pm

      Virtually every FM station in the United States has some form of this crap. It’s basically one or two main hosts, usually frat bros and/or “cool chicks” (i.e. women who laugh along with sexist jokes and talk about all the sexy sex they have), with a bunch of producers who either are the target of the hosts’ jokes or have to set up their “hilarious” antics (cold calling prank targets, etc.)

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    ClosetTumblrJunkieHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:58pm

    Walton & Jonhson the “radio gawds” here in NOLA are the literal worst. If u want to gag, Google image them. Two old white dudes who play other characters including a black guy (it’s horrible) and a gay guy (really horrible). They’re racist, homophobic and sexist. I can’t stand them...their rhetoric about Muslims is absolutely disgusting.

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      ClosetTumblrJunkieClosetTumblrJunkie
      2/12/16 1:03pm

      Also I found this on the internet

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      KlewlessClosetTumblrJunkie
      2/12/16 1:22pm

      My bf mentioned them to me and how horrible they are but I had never heard them. So one day when we were out and about at the right time he found a station with them on it. OH.MY.GAWD. That is the most offensive, gross bullshit I have ever heard. (well not ever). I was “lucky” enough to hear the “gay” guy talking. I wanted to reach through the radio and pull their tongues out.

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    Snake PersonHale Goetz
    2/12/16 12:14pm

    I used to catch bits and pieces of a DC-area morning show, but it’d be back to NPR or Bey ASAP. So grating, and yes—too mean-spirited for me to enjoy.

    But, ya know, it could be worse.

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      captain_hookerSnake Person
      2/12/16 12:25pm

      Jesus Christ...I’m at the heart of Rick and Bubba country. Actually worked at the same college radio station they did.

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      Snake Personcaptain_hooker
      2/12/16 12:27pm

      ......................90.7...............?

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