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Bear O Brian has stepped in it now

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nbtween

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Riddle me this.

What is it that keeps you off the air in Columbus, Ga and off the air in Montgomery, AL?

Karma is a bitch.
 
nbtween said:
Riddle me this.

What is it that keeps you off the air in Columbus, Ga and off the air in Montgomery, AL?

Karma is a bitch.
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Lack of an Engineer???
 
just like any good employer, you should check and see if you have the proper paperwork to work.

People from Mexico need Green Cards.

People who burn bridges and hop around need to read the non-compete clauses in their contracts.

Uh-oh.
 
Wow--a blast from the past

I remember listening to Bear on Rock 103 when I was in high school in South GA...or maybe even Jr. High! That was the first time I ever remember tuning in for a specific morning show. They were hilarious...best of my ability to recall.

Although I lost some of that enthusiasm for him when a friend hired him to come DJ a party, and he showed up 2 hours late!

Oh well here's hoping he's found a home!
 
Ah college days as a college nerd. I had an Olds which could get WNKS-FM in all but North Macon. I had a Delco radio and a stereo at home from Radio Shack. Using a portable radio got you no Bear O'Brian or Dr. Dave. In 1985-88 I could get WNKS and a morning crew which was more youth-friendly than anything in Macon. I remember Bear and Dr. Dave singing a "Wipeout" parody back in '87. Somewhere it's on tape in my vault. One singer went "wa wa wa" while Bear sang "we do it on our finger and we wipe it on the wa wa wa, wa wa waaa". Then there's the black voice character Willie Lee McGee. And yes, I remember "Christmas on Green Island" and "Christmas in Bibb City". The station was CHR until Rock 103.

Bear came to Q-106 in Macon and was sent packing. It seems he had a much racier repertoire than he exposed us to out of Columbus. Macon, compared to Columbus, was an overgrown hick town with Old South types who let the place rot away.

Whatever is killing popular music, and corporate nonsense, also killed off jocks such as O'Brien. Ipods and MP3 sharing/bootlegging have hurt radio, yes, but it fell on its sword.

FYI is Jimbo Martin related to the Martin dynasty which owned the present Carmike Cinemas, Johnny Reb Radio, and a drive-in in Milledgeville?
 
If there is a non-compete in Montgomery, I doubt it could be enforced against him if he's on WKCN. The coverage areas just don't overlap that much, and he's got a good argument for it to be unenforceable.
 
Is Bear O'brian on the air in Columbus right now? Is this lawsuit prohibiting him from bein on WKCN-FM while this lawsuit is pending?
 
According to what I am being told is that his contract stated that he could not be on a radio station whose transmitter is within 60 miles of any part of the Montgomery DMA (which starts one county over). Word is that this was designed to include Columbus, GA, which the ole Bear said he wanted nothing to do with anymore.

And, yes it is enforceable. Whether or not the people over in Montgomery want to press it is yet to be seen. Me thinks that Bear has overestimated his value and undersetimated others. Do you think that he told his new/old buddies about his little ole' contract?

Who knows- you may even see ole' Jimbo drop him like a hot potato. Especially if the lawyers start contacting his advertisers about Bear and his "issue".

I wouldn't pull those moving boxes out to the trash on Shiloh road yet.

He had better start taking up some more love offerings at his free church speaking engagements.

From the words of Jerry Reed- "When you're hot you're hot and when you're not you're not".
 
Why did Bear O'Brian jump ship from Columbus in the last several years (Rooster 106 ... ie Clear Channel where Jim Martin was market manager) to Montgomery in the first place? Apparently it didn't burn bridges between Bear and Jimbo.
 
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