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Dee Snider is history

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pifflestick

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Dee read a passionate letter (psuedo or real I couldn't tell) about how working at MMR has been taking him away from his family. What a friggin baby. He does the show from his house on a crappy ISDN connection and voicetracks the last 2 or 3 hours, sometimes the whole show! He is probably the laziest night jock in history. How many night jocks get to do 2-3 hours of radio from their own house? He wants to be able to have dinner with his family and read his daughter a book. Well eat before 7 and read her a story at 9 while your voicetracks are running. What a crybaby.

I shouldn't complain. His show was one of the worst I've ever heard and an insult to the Philadelphia radio audience since he did it from Long Island. I could understand if it was a good syndicated show, but it wasn't. It only ran on WMMR.

Good riddence to bad radio. It's probably too much to hope for but I wish they would bring back Frank Lario. He's only doing part time at WYSP. I wonder if he would even come back after they dumped him for that burned out has-been, Dee Snider.
 
> BRING ON MFC!!!! I need the "Work Release" Program...
>
What does "MFC" mean?
 
> > BRING ON MFC!!!! I need the "Work Release" Program...
> >
> What does "MFC" mean?
>
Matthew Frederick Cord. It's a no-brainer -- they'll put him on full-time now. Matt rules!
 
> > > BRING ON MFC!!!! I need the "Work Release" Program...
> > >
> > What does "MFC" mean?
> >
> Matthew Frederick Cord. It's a no-brainer -- they'll put
> him on full-time now. Matt rules!
>
That's a good idea. I liked Matt when he worked at MMR in the 90s. I guess that's more likely than Frank Lario coming back. Matt would be a good choice. Or do you think they might move Randy Kotz up? He just recently started doing overnights and he has a long history in Philadelphia an MMR and YSP.
 
> > Matthew Frederick Cord. It's a no-brainer -- they'll put
> > him on full-time now. Matt rules!
> >
> That's a good idea. I liked Matt when he worked at MMR in
> the 90s. I guess that's more likely than Frank Lario coming
> back. Matt would be a good choice. Or do you think they
> might move Randy Kotz up? He just recently started doing
> overnights and he has a long history in Philadelphia an MMR
> and YSP.
>
You got your wish. Cord starts 7/5. Snider's last nite is Fri.
 
> > > Matthew Frederick Cord. It's a no-brainer -- they'll
> put
> > > him on full-time now. Matt rules!
> > >
> > That's a good idea. I liked Matt when he worked at MMR in
>
> > the 90s. I guess that's more likely than Frank Lario
> coming
> > back. Matt would be a good choice. Or do you think they
>
> > might move Randy Kotz up? He just recently started doing
> > overnights and he has a long history in Philadelphia an
> MMR
> > and YSP.
> >
> You got your wish. Cord starts 7/5. Snider's last nite is
> Fri.
>
See kids. Dreams do come true!
 
> > > Matthew Frederick Cord. It's a no-brainer -- they'll
> put
> > > him on full-time now. Matt rules!
> > >
> > That's a good idea. I liked Matt when he worked at MMR in
>
> > the 90s. I guess that's more likely than Frank Lario
> coming
> > back. Matt would be a good choice. Or do you think they
>
> > might move Randy Kotz up? He just recently started doing
> > overnights and he has a long history in Philadelphia an
> MMR
> > and YSP.
> >
> You got your wish. Cord starts 7/5. Snider's last nite is
> Fri.
>
I guess there are no secrets in the radio business. I just found a thread from a few weeks ago accuratly predicting all of this, except one poster thought they would put Matt on afternoons, where he was at Y-100 and move Jackson to evenings. IMHO that would be even better. I'd take Matt or Frank Lario over Jackson. He has a really phoney, forced delivery.
 
> > > > Matthew Frederick Cord. It's a no-brainer -- they'll
> > put
> > > > him on full-time now. Matt rules!
> > > >
> > > That's a good idea. I liked Matt when he worked at MMR
> in
> >
> > > the 90s. I guess that's more likely than Frank Lario
> > coming
> > > back. Matt would be a good choice. Or do you think
> they
> >
> > > might move Randy Kotz up? He just recently started
> doing
> > > overnights and he has a long history in Philadelphia an
> > MMR
> > > and YSP.
> > >
> > You got your wish. Cord starts 7/5. Snider's last nite is
> > Fri.


I think he was dumped by WMMR and to protect his big fat ego they said he is leaving the station...How many mistakes does this new program director get beofore he is dumped?.....Jaxxon is his hire also, and a bad one at that, they should have moved Frank to drive time when they hired Dee..

On the YSP front it would not surprise me if they give Frank Lario a full time shift soon maybe the 7-11 slot....M&H are sounding dated...



> See kids. Dreams do come true!
>
 
> > > > > Matthew Frederick Cord. It's a no-brainer --
> they'll
> > > put
> > > > > him on full-time now. Matt rules!
> > > > >
> > > > That's a good idea. I liked Matt when he worked at
> MMR
> > in
> > >
> > > > the 90s. I guess that's more likely than Frank Lario
> > > coming
> > > > back. Matt would be a good choice. Or do you think
> > they
> > >
> > > > might move Randy Kotz up? He just recently started
> > doing
> > > > overnights and he has a long history in Philadelphia
> an
> > > MMR
> > > > and YSP.
> > > >
> > > You got your wish. Cord starts 7/5. Snider's last nite
> is
> > > Fri.
>
>
> I think he was dumped by WMMR and to protect his big fat ego
> they said he is leaving the station...How many mistakes does
> this new program director get beofore he is
> dumped?.....Jaxxon is his hire also, and a bad one at that,
> they should have moved Frank to drive time when they hired
> Dee..
>
> On the YSP front it would not surprise me if they give Frank
> Lario a full time shift soon maybe the 7-11 slot....M&H are
> sounding dated...
>
>
>
> > See kids. Dreams do come true!
> >
>
Oh yeah, can I get a big WOOP WOOP WOOP????!!?!?!?!?!
 
>
> On the YSP front it would not surprise me if they give Frank
> Lario a full time shift soon maybe the 7-11 slot....M&H are
> sounding dated...
>
I doubt that will happen. Lario doesn't really fit the YSP mold. M&H get very solid ratings. I definitely think Cord will do afternoons...which makes sense. All the upcoming shifting and changes should make both stations work harder, which is better for the listener. Think about mornings on rock radio a year from now...what will it be like?
 
There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

I'm sorry to see him go. My friend and I sat in the car, rapt, listening to what sounded to us like a heartfelt goodbye. That makes two people, at least, in Eastern Pennsylvania that will miss Dee Snider.

I've commented about my fanship of Dee in a past post, so I won't rehash all of that here. I just wanted there to be at least one comment on record that somebody somewhere out there likes Dee.

Whatever the actual situation may be (family problems? just plain ol' fired?), I hope that things work out for him in the future.

I'll miss him.
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

> I'm sorry to see him go. My friend and I sat in the car,
> rapt, listening to what sounded to us like a heartfelt
> goodbye. That makes two people, at least, in Eastern
> Pennsylvania that will miss Dee Snider.
>
> I've commented about my fanship of Dee in a past post, so I
> won't rehash all of that here. I just wanted there to be at
> least one comment on record that somebody somewhere out
> there likes Dee.
>
> Whatever the actual situation may be (family problems? just
> plain ol' fired?), I hope that things work out for him in
> the future.
>
> I'll miss him.
>

In true Jerry Springer fashion:

GO TO OPRAH!

J/K (I couldn't resist! :) )
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

I really do not know what happened to Dee coming on to MMR. His show was pretty popular when he did mornings at WMRQ here in Hartford, you would see DEE euro stickers everywhere. Wonder what made him so unattractive at MMR.
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

> In true Jerry Springer fashion:
>
> GO TO OPRAH!
>
> J/K (I couldn't resist! :) )
>

Excellent. :) That was the best possible reply comment you could have made. Sweet. :-D

Maybe I should go to Dr. Phil instead and work out this unnatural attachment to Dee Snider. I can't stand Twisted Sister, yet I really like Dee...:p
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

> > In true Jerry Springer fashion:
> >
> > GO TO OPRAH!
> >
> > J/K (I couldn't resist! :) )
> >
>
> Excellent. :) That was the best possible reply comment you
> could have made. Sweet. :-D
>
> Maybe I should go to Dr. Phil instead and work out this
> unnatural attachment to Dee Snider. I can't stand Twisted
> Sister, yet I really like Dee...:p
>

:)
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

> I'm sorry to see him go. My friend and I sat in the car,
> rapt, listening to what sounded to us like a heartfelt
> goodbye. That makes two people, at least, in Eastern
> Pennsylvania that will miss Dee Snider.
>
> I've commented about my fanship of Dee in a past post, so I
> won't rehash all of that here. I just wanted there to be at
> least one comment on record that somebody somewhere out
> there likes Dee.
>
> Whatever the actual situation may be (family problems? just
> plain ol' fired?), I hope that things work out for him in
> the future.
>
> I'll miss him.

Dee on MMR was never a good fit. MMR has always been a Philly station, connected to the town. To have a guy from Long Island doing the show from his house put him totally out of touch with WMMR and with Philly. He constantly screwed up the name of the station (calling it 93, instead of 93-3). He mispronounced the names of the towns. He didn't know what promotions WMMR was doing. He talked about Howard Stern constantly, which couldn't have made management very happy with him after Stern killed MMR and Debella in the 90s and with MMR trying to promote Preston and Steve. But does anybody really buy that this show interferred with his family life? He did it from his house and voice tracked the last 2 or 3 hours, sometimes the whole show. It was painfully obvious when the wrong voice tracks would run, or you would hear the upcoming track running under the song or commercial or they were so edited that he didn't take a breath for 5 minutes. This was just Dee's way of bowing out gracefully without looking like the station asked him not to renew his contract. It is a con job and his stupid listeners are falling it for it and congratulating him for doing the right thing and choosing his family over a radio show. If I believed for a minute that this was real, I'd join them, but this is about as believable as Colin Powell telling the UN that Iraq was hiding enough WMD to destroy the civilized world. Dee is a phony, a poser, one of the worst DJs ever, and a has-been, washed-up rock star who got lucky with 2 songs in the 80s. Matt Cord, Frank Lario, anybody will do a better job. Nobody in radio talks about themselves more than Dee Snider, and that includes Howard Stern. Howard at least has a sence of balance and knows that to be entertaining, he needs to talk about other things. I'm in my car a lot at night and it will be nice to enjoy listening to MMR in the evenings again. Matt and Huggie are morons, but at least they know how to shut up. Ray Koob does a decent job at MGK, but their music is a little light and old for me. Listening to Dee because I couldn't believe what a train wreck it was got tired fast. Even the PD said that listening to Dee was like seeing a bloody head or train wreck or something (I don't know exactly, somebody quoted it in another thread). Glad he's going. Don't buy his excuse.

p.s. Actually, I have to give him credit for the excuse. It is probably the most creative thing he has come up with.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by pifflestick on 06/15/05 03:59 PM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

> > I'm sorry to see him go. My friend and I sat in the car,
> > rapt, listening to what sounded to us like a heartfelt
> > goodbye. That makes two people, at least, in Eastern
> > Pennsylvania that will miss Dee Snider.
> >
> > I've commented about my fanship of Dee in a past post, so
> I
> > won't rehash all of that here. I just wanted there to be
> at
> > least one comment on record that somebody somewhere out
> > there likes Dee.
> >
> > Whatever the actual situation may be (family problems?
> just
> > plain ol' fired?), I hope that things work out for him in
> > the future.
> >
> > I'll miss him.
>
> Dee on MMR was never a good fit. MMR has always been a
> Philly station, connected to the town. To have a guy from
> Long Island doing the show from his house put him totally
> out of touch with WMMR and with Philly. He constantly
> screwed up the name of the station (calling it 93, instead
> of 93-3). He mispronounced the names of the towns. He
> didn't know what promotions WMMR was doing. He talked about
> Howard Stern constantly, which couldn't have made management
> very happy with him after Stern killed MMR and Debella in
> the 90s and with MMR trying to promote Preston and Steve.
> But does anybody really buy that this show interferred with
> his family life? He did it from his house and voice tracked
> the last 2 or 3 hours, sometimes the whole show. It was
> painfully obvious when the wrong voice tracks would run, or
> you would hear the upcoming track running under the song or
> commercial or they were so edited that he didn't take a
> breath for 5 minutes. This was just Dee's way of bowing out
> gracefully without looking like the station asked him not to
> renew his contract. It is a con job and his stupid
> listeners are falling it for it and congratulating him for
> doing the right thing and choosing his family over a radio
> show. If I believed for a minute that this was real, I'd
> join them, but this is about as believable as Colin Powell
> telling the UN that Iraq was hiding enough WMD to destroy
> the civilized world. Dee is a phony, a poser, one of the
> worst DJs ever, and a has-been, washed-up rock star who got
> lucky with 2 songs in the 80s. Matt Cord, Frank Lario,
> anybody will do a better job. Nobody in radio talks about
> themselves more than Dee Snider, and that includes Howard
> Stern. Howard at least has a sence of balance and knows
> that to be entertaining, he needs to talk about other
> things. I'm in my car a lot at night and it will be nice to
> enjoy listening to MMR in the evenings again. Matt and
> Huggie are morons, but at least they know how to shut up.
> Ray Koob does a decent job at MGK, but their music is a
> little light and old for me. Listening to Dee because I
> couldn't believe what a train wreck it was got tired fast.
> Even the PD said that listening to Dee was like seeing a
> bloody head or train wreck or something (I don't know
> exactly, somebody quoted it in another thread). Glad he's
> going. Don't buy his excuse.
>
Last night he kept saying that even if they offered him Pierre's shift, it still would have been too much on his family. Imagine the ego on this guy, huh? Actually thinking he would even be offered Pierre's shift. Unbelievable. He is too much. I just keep hearing the Ramones song in my head, "Glad to see you go, go, go, go goodbye."
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

The problem is, we really don't know what all Dee was doing. DJ's often work more than one station at a time these days, do voice over gigs, etc. Bottom line: he probably has a day job and is working 12 or more hours a day. At some point the family situation starts to fall apart unless you cut back on the hours. Probably he is giving up what he likes best. But few people in a family situation can just do nights on the radio.


> > I'm sorry to see him go. My friend and I sat in the car,
> > rapt, listening to what sounded to us like a heartfelt
> > goodbye. That makes two people, at least, in Eastern
> > Pennsylvania that will miss Dee Snider.
> >
> > I've commented about my fanship of Dee in a past post, so
> I
> > won't rehash all of that here. I just wanted there to be
> at
> > least one comment on record that somebody somewhere out
> > there likes Dee.
> >
> > Whatever the actual situation may be (family problems?
> just
> > plain ol' fired?), I hope that things work out for him in
> > the future.
> >
> > I'll miss him.
>
> Dee on MMR was never a good fit. MMR has always been a
> Philly station, connected to the town. To have a guy from
> Long Island doing the show from his house put him totally
> out of touch with WMMR and with Philly. He constantly
> screwed up the name of the station (calling it 93, instead
> of 93-3). He mispronounced the names of the towns. He
> didn't know what promotions WMMR was doing. He talked about
> Howard Stern constantly, which couldn't have made management
> very happy with him after Stern killed MMR and Debella in
> the 90s and with MMR trying to promote Preston and Steve.
> But does anybody really buy that this show interferred with
> his family life? He did it from his house and voice tracked
> the last 2 or 3 hours, sometimes the whole show. It was
> painfully obvious when the wrong voice tracks would run, or
> you would hear the upcoming track running under the song or
> commercial or they were so edited that he didn't take a
> breath for 5 minutes. This was just Dee's way of bowing out
> gracefully without looking like the station asked him not to
> renew his contract. It is a con job and his stupid
> listeners are falling it for it and congratulating him for
> doing the right thing and choosing his family over a radio
> show. If I believed for a minute that this was real, I'd
> join them, but this is about as believable as Colin Powell
> telling the UN that Iraq was hiding enough WMD to destroy
> the civilized world. Dee is a phony, a poser, one of the
> worst DJs ever, and a has-been, washed-up rock star who got
> lucky with 2 songs in the 80s. Matt Cord, Frank Lario,
> anybody will do a better job. Nobody in radio talks about
> themselves more than Dee Snider, and that includes Howard
> Stern. Howard at least has a sence of balance and knows
> that to be entertaining, he needs to talk about other
> things. I'm in my car a lot at night and it will be nice to
> enjoy listening to MMR in the evenings again. Matt and
> Huggie are morons, but at least they know how to shut up.
> Ray Koob does a decent job at MGK, but their music is a
> little light and old for me. Listening to Dee because I
> couldn't believe what a train wreck it was got tired fast.
> Even the PD said that listening to Dee was like seeing a
> bloody head or train wreck or something (I don't know
> exactly, somebody quoted it in another thread). Glad he's
> going. Don't buy his excuse.
>
> p.s. Actually, I have to give him credit for the excuse.
> It is probably the most creative thing he has come up with.
>
 
Re: There should be at least one pro-Dee comment on this thread...

> I really do not know what happened to Dee coming on to MMR.
> His show was pretty popular when he did mornings at WMRQ
> here in Hartford, you would see DEE euro stickers
> everywhere. Wonder what made him so unattractive at MMR.
>
This ain't Hartford. I wouldn't think you would have to be very good to be popular in a burg like that. He sounds like a small market jock, but with the ego of a rock star, which he hasn't been for 20 years.

He gives those stickers away on MMR but I've never seen a Dee euro sticker in Philly, but it's a big place and he has very little ratings.
 
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