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Don Geronimo Fired from Big 100
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It is possible - and understandable - if she regrets that moment in her career. It is possible Don's remarks hit a sore spot.
It is possible - and understandable - if she regrets that moment in her career. It is possible Don's remarks hit a sore spot.
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I go back along time wi Mr. Source…PIG…BEE…’LS…how do you blow a chance to resurrect your career after you’ve fallen off the face of the earth in SAC?
And be BOSS Jock…hit the posts and take the money!!
Read the room!!
And be BOSS Jock…hit the posts and take the money!!
Read the room!!
Turpitude clause.
Don Geronimo got fired for being Don Geronimo. Why even hire Don Geronimo in the first place? It would save a lot of trouble.
He's part of the antiquated shock jock crowd that was almost funny like thirty to forty years ago, not so much today. I'm surprised radio stations still think he's a viable personality. The guy's pushing 65 years old and his shtick is more stale than week old Krispy Kremes. Any station owner that wants to employ him and sign his paycheck in this day & age needs their head examined.
He's part of the antiquated shock jock crowd that was almost funny like thirty to forty years ago, not so much today. I'm surprised radio stations still think he's a viable personality. The guy's pushing 65 years old and his shtick is more stale than week old Krispy Kremes. Any station owner that wants to employ him and sign his paycheck in this day & age needs their head examined.
I wonder what's next for Big 100.3 in mornings?
What I don't want to see happen is Elliot in the Morning be moved from DC101 to Big 100.3. That would expand programming disruption to a second station, which in my view would be unwise. I am concerned iHM might use this as an opportunity to bring the Woody Show to DC101.
What I don't want to see happen is Elliot in the Morning be moved from DC101 to Big 100.3. That would expand programming disruption to a second station, which in my view would be unwise. I am concerned iHM might use this as an opportunity to bring the Woody Show to DC101.
So? Just because of a way a woman dresses doesnt give men the right to objectify or criticize them.. i can only guess she was dressed like that for work?
Why should she regret this moment in her career? It looks to me like she is reporting on a cheer camp and dressed up to possibly work with the participants and use it as a visual aid for her story. What about that screams that she should regret this photo? That photo is part of her past, and in no way gives Don Geronimo the right to make demeaning remarks to her. The photo obviously was part of a story and she posted it as such. I'll be sure to tell my reporter friends from now on that posting photos of themselves doing stories and dressing the part means they'll probably regret it later in life. If they wear a cowboy hat while covering a rodeo, by that logic, 10 years from now maybe someone will say they were a cattle rustler.
Maybe this wasn't your intent, but when I first read this comment and saw the photo, and with you saying that "It is possible - and understandable - if she regrets that moment in her career", that you're justifying Don's remarks by insinuating that she wants to be objectified because she's attractive, blonde and dressed up as a cheerleader for a TV story once. Aren't you projecting YOUR morals and values on someone else by suggesting that she should 'regret' it? I really hope this wasn't the case.
The only person who should regret anything, understandably, is Don Geronimo. I really wish he had someone who would look at him and say, "You said something stupid, ON-AIR, and now you're paying for it. Maybe it's time to stop being a neanderthal and grow up. After all, you're 64, and good paying gigs in Radio aren't coming around much anymore."
Maybe if we had more companies standing up like iHeart did and holding people accountable, we'd have less people like Don Geronimo and their one trick pony show.
Exactly. Thank you Paul.
Playing recorded music is very different from an employee harassing a woman. Here's how the government views harassment:
People don't get fired for this? You have a short memory:
Three more 97 Rock employees fired following racist, sexist on-air comments
Programming director and Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame member John Hager, plus radio personalities Rich Gaenzler and Chris Klein, lost their jobs.
www.wgrz.com
I could post a dozen similar stories. If he thinks he was fired unfairly, he can take them to court.
But as others in this thread have pointed out, there were other circumstances that made this the wrong place to try to be funny.
I'd love to see them hire Jack Diamond. He was the best at Q107. He's working at a small station in Maryland right now.
Because, in theory, he was relatable to the target demo.
The problem with grizzled talent like he is/was, is they aren't used to being out of the studio in a public setting. I'm sure he got caught up in the moment playing off his sidekick, forgetting what happens when you objectify another person these days live on the air and in front of other people.It would save a lot of trouble.
He's part of the antiquated shock jock crowd that was almost funny like thirty to forty years ago, not so much today. I'm surprised radio stations still think he's a viable personality.
The schtick is probably somewhat still relatable to his audience in general. Still, it's pretty obvious he didn't realize that the days of 'Teflon Jocks' saying socially inappropriate things on the radio ended decades ago. Several grizzled veteran radio talent have been sent out to permanent pasture for doing the same on social media. Apparently, Don was another one who didn't pay attention to how things have changed.
Unfortunately, I expect this will either be either an unfortunate wrap on his career, or he'll end up doing mornings in Eureka, CA.
100 percent agreed regarding Jack. Is he still working in Hagerstown?
The 97Rock Buffalo situation involved racist comments not analogous to this situation, in my opinion. We obviously disagree on that point.
Brown's record label, and presumably Brown himself, directly and indirectly earn big money from exposure of his music on FM radio. Someone who engages in physical abuse of women should forfeit the right, at least for a very significant length of time, to such a platform.
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We totally agree on this one. Sounds like they were in jeopardy of losing the entire agreement with the team, which stands to be a cash cow in the coming years, if they didn’t make this move.
I doubt the new team ownership would or could terminate a contract over inappropriate comments from a clueless jock toward a sports reporter from a local TV station. Something like this does give a really bad public first impression to the new team ownership though. Canning your offending morning guy may seem extreme, but it sends the message that iHeart is a partner with the Commanders going forward, and is willing to make the tough call.
Probably not, but they will most likely send "sports talent" from now on and refrain from using "personalities" for anything other than schmoozing and public events before games.
In my mind there are a couple of ways of looking at this: It isn't uncommon to try and tie your expensive highest-profile talent with other high-profile programming on the station. I think the lesson learned here is; one can't assume that even someone who should be considered a veteran professional is going to know what boundaries exist when it comes to their public behavior at a high-profile event. Did, or should management have briefed the talent in advance to be on their best behavior? Given his age and experience, one wouldn't think they should have to, and Don paid the price for being unprofessional and not able to self-regulate.
Did you read the DOL's list of what constitutes harassment? Name-calling, teasing, ridiculing, insulting mocking are all forms of harassment, and therefore fileable offenses. The fact that they did it while also on the radio brings FCC rules into play.
We have seen major celebrities and company CEOs fired on just the accusation of harassment. This was live on the radio.
They don't play Chris Brown on BIG100. Totally irrelevant.
They may fire the PD next. Don wasn't hired to be a talk show host. BIG100 is a music station. Geronimo knows how to be a DJ. He was one before he became a talk show host. This was uncalled for and unnecessary.
He’s the most obvious radio free agent since Cumulus sold off WRQX four years ago and had no place to put him.
iHM owns more radio properties than just WBIG. Would not surprise me if he is played on Hot 99.5. I've heard his music on multiple iHM stations in my market.
If iHM wants the world to know they oppose disrespect of women mentally and physically, they probably should stop playing the music of domestic batterers.
Sadly, iHM is hardly alone in playing his music and the music of other domestic batterers.
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