Did ABC/Disney go too far with a KLOS promotion?

[Radiogeek500]

You guys may have heard about the Mark and Brian promotion to marry a complete stranger on the Queen Mary. That couple has now filed to cancel the marriage agreement.

But now a question arises, was ABC even in the wrong for this promotion. Should there be reprocussions/fallout from all this?<P ID="signature">______________
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[SuperRadioFan]

> You guys may have heard about the Mark and Brian promotion
> to marry a complete stranger on the Queen Mary. That couple
> has now filed to cancel the marriage agreement.
>
> But now a question arises, was ABC even in the wrong for
> this promotion. Should there be reprocussions/fallout from
> all this?
>

They were no more wrong for promoting it than any of the reality-type TV shows that promote. What was that TV show that got a lot of flack about that nurse marrying a millionare ... remember it was a rich seedy guy and a nurse??
And look at "Trading Spouses", "Blind Date" and shows like that appealing to the lowest common denominator in TV viewers. What M&B did was nowhere near the stuff Howard Stern promoted. But it does speak volumes about the dumbing down of the radio audience in my opinion. But then I never ever GOT Mark & Brian's shtick and never could understand why Howard was the King of All Media either. Hohum, just another day in radioland

Wonder what Citadel would think??

 

[RadioFanBoy]

> > You guys may have heard about the Mark and Brian promotion
>
> > to marry a complete stranger on the Queen Mary. That
> couple
> > has now filed to cancel the marriage agreement.
> >
> > But now a question arises, was ABC even in the wrong for
> > this promotion. Should there be reprocussions/fallout from
>
> > all this?
> >
>
> They were no more wrong for promoting it than any of the
> reality-type TV shows that promote. What was that TV show
> that got a lot of flack about that nurse marrying a
> millionare ... remember it was a rich seedy guy and a
> nurse??
> And look at "Trading Spouses", "Blind Date" and shows like
> that appealing to the lowest common denominator in TV
> viewers. What M&B did was nowhere near the stuff Howard
> Stern promoted. But it does speak volumes about the dumbing
> down of the radio audience in my opinion. But then I never
> ever GOT Mark & Brian's shtick and never could understand
> why Howard was the King of All Media either. Hohum, just
> another day in radioland
>
> Wonder what Citadel would think??

And yet.......

Across the country in New York, Scott Shannon and Todd Pettengil did the exact same "2 Strangers and A Wedding" promotion on their morning show.....same rules and all (their wedding was first by a few weeks I think), and it's worked out for that couple so far Happy Honeymoon and all, with no plans (yet) to end the marriage.

Go figure........

http://www.wplj.com/Article.asp?id=119906&spid=5701



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