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[Rick Gaul]

Give your honest opinion on the hosts, the shows and talk radio on FM in general.
Do you think talk on FM will ever succeed?
I'm a big fan of THE DOG HOUSE and they have made the transition from a music station. If they weren't stuck in a 9-12 time slot more people might pay attention!
What else is exciting/good radio to you?

 

[caliv]

I find that I have to remind myself that O & A are still on the air...I have just moved on. It just doesn't work for ME.
(not saying this to start a fight)
I do honestly dig Ron and Fez. I hear a few guys on the show having FUN. that's what it is all about. Fun times...That's a major reason I have always listened to them.
Not a fan of the chick...tho she has an occasional moment.
As far as the dog house goes, I don't get to listen too much BUT, when I do I like it a lot.

 

[ThExMaNCT]

I'm being totally honest here.

I think Free FM is actually doing pretty decent with their programming. They have a strong line-up! I dont get 92.3 on the radio at my job so I listen to it online and I think if we give it time it may work...

Free fm has the pieces, they have to finally put together the puzzle (move O&A to afternoon drive and the Doghouse to the full morning slot 6-10a).

I think O&A are funny sometimes but you honestly have to admit they are not as funny as the WNEW days, I'm not saying it's totally their fault.. management at Free fm probably doesn't let them do everything they want to do in terms of shock jock material. I do listen to them most of the morning.

I think the Doghouse is the best show on Free fm right now.... Nevermind some of the spats they have had with other members of the airstaff (believe it or not this makes for great radio), they are hilarious everytime I listen and their crank calls have had me crying from laughing so much. I could go on about these guys but I won't, so DOGHOUSE! WHAT!!

Nick D. is also pretty hilarious. The Colin Quinn calls are funny as hell. I think he should stay in the midday slot.

The Radio Chick is funny at times, she does have some funny co-workers on the air. They have good guests and good material most of the time. But I don't think this show(as afternoon drive) has the following that would help WFNY move up in the ratings. I say put her on 1p-3p.

Ron and Fez are just right at 7p.

This is just my opinion.
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[yankeefan]

Ron & Fez are the best thing in New York, on satellite, or anywhere else they might be heard. JV and Elvis are trying way too hard to shock people. I could give a crap about Nick D. The Radio Chick is unlistenable.

Now on to O & A. There are times when they are funny, and then they stop being funny and start talking about how much everyone else in radio sucks. Granted, I agree with their stance on Mancow. I am just not entertained by talk of their ratings or any of their interns/producers.

 

[jason7973]

I live near Philly, so I think I can give an opinion on O and A, and free Fm in Philly. First off let me say that I do have Sirius, and listen to Stern on my way into work, but once I get into work, it's old time territrial radio. I tried to give O and A a chance, but I think they try to hard to fill the Stern chair, and are failing in a bad way. I find myself listening to John Debella mmore and more. The only good show on the Philly freefm is Kid Chris. I think if O and A fail, Kid Chris should be given a chance to save the station. He is original, and talented. I'm not sure about the lineup on the NY freefm. Is there anyone in the lineup who would be able to take the morning spot?

 

[ner06]

I live near Philly, so I think I can give an opinion on O and A, and free Fm in Philly. First off let me say that I do have Sirius, and listen to Stern on my way into work, but once I get into work, it's old time territrial radio. I tried to give O and A a chance, but I think they try to hard to fill the Stern chair, and are failing in a bad way. I find myself listening to John Debella mmore and more. The only good show on the Philly freefm is Kid Chris. I think if O and A fail, Kid Chris should be given a chance to save the station. He is original, and talented. I'm not sure about the lineup on the NY freefm. Is there anyone in the lineup who would be able to take the morning spot?

You probably have not listened to JV AND ELVIS (The Doghouse) yet. These guys already proven themselves to be a successfull morning show on one of the top five markets. They had double digit ratings is SF before, and even beating Howard Stern's ratings most of the time, but still has expressed tromendous respect towards him (Howard)on many ocassions. They are a high energy show & has the talent to be creative to go around FCC and be entertaining at the same time and relates more to 18-34 demo as suppose to O & A (no disrespect).

I think the only thing that's holding these guys are the big contracts that the Radiochick & O&A's has that is why they are stuck on middays. They are new to NY market but already built strong and loyal fans behind them. I have not listened to Kid Chris yet, but if I were a PD I'll bring Doghouse to a morning drive and Syndicate them to SF and other markets. Just my opinion.

 

[Tony9000]

WFNY FreeFm 92.3

O & A, they are ok , but have lost something from the WNEW days. I think morning drive is not the right slot for them at all, but that is up to John M.

The Dog House with JV and Elvis. I think everyone here knows that I love this show and feel that they have the best show on WFNY today. Are they in the wrong time slot? Yes for sure. They have the energy that fits a drive time for sure.

Nick D. When I have listened he seems ok and I think in time he will fit really well with WFNY.


The Radio Chick. For me this is the worst show on WFNY. I really have trouble listening to it, because it is slow and does nothing. Chuck is ok, but the rest of the show is in slow motion. Could this show fit with WFNY , maybe middays or late night.

Ron and Fez. Leave them right alone at the time slot and things will work for them. Are they funny, yes, do I listen alot, no. However I do listen at a min. of 3 times per week.

The rest....I have no clue, I do not listen.

My 2 cents.

 

[mikesingh]

My take on NYC's Free FM -

O&A - Good stuff. I never listened to them during their WNEW days (I was 12-13 yrs old at the time.. not really into radio) but from what I hear now, these guys have potential to be huge. It's just that there are so many restrictions on them it's nuts. If they had a little more elbow room, they'd be good to go. O&A are good in my book.

The Dog House - My favorite radio show period. These guys have me rolling with laughter driving to school and driving home (I only have one morning class 10-11). The way JV and Elvis work off of each other is amazing. Great chemistry. Their humor IS quite sophomoric, especially considering the fact one of them is 38 and the other is 43 or so. Beyond that, they put on great radio and this younger demo is what Free FM is aiming for, isn't it? On the flip side, they handle serious topics (specifically religion and politics) and take callers who really have things to add. This show is great.

Nick DiPaolo - I don't listen too often, but when I do, he has me cracking up. The fact that he's a comedian takes nothing away from the show. Sometimes he tends to stretch on things, but it's mainly because it's a one man show. If he had a sidekick to support him or throw in topics, it'd be fine. I like Nick. Really good show to follow up The Dog House.

Radio Chick - As David Lee Roth might say, "It's like a race car slamming into a brick wall at 90MPH. Agree or Disagree?" The only good part of this show is Chuck Nice. The Chick is 2nd and Butch is dead last. The show is very slow-paced to listen to. Doesn't really hold my interest for long (if at all). No wonder this is her (what,) 3rd time in NY? Moving on...

Ron & Fez - Another power duo. I listen to these guys 2 or 3 nights outta the 5. They're good. Really suitable for a nighttime gig. Not too high energy, but very entertaining. They work very well off of each other and it truly shows. Definitely underrated by most, I'd say. R&F, another good show in my book.

Loveline, John & Jeff - I don't really listen. I'd have more incentive to listen to Loveline if it was live, and John and Jeff... well, I don't think so. The only time I did listen was once when I had the late night runs to the toilet and I got a little radio in the bathroom set to 92.3 when I wake up... and let's just say... no. Hell no.

 

[TowerBuzz]

Dog house in hot water, they have GLAAD on their asses..........So to speak, Glaad is sending out mailings about them and the show. It is starting to trickle onto other web sites around.

GLAAD, Those guys you do not want knowing who you are!.

 

[Tony9000]

Dog house in hot water, they have GLAAD on their asses..........So to speak, Glaad is sending out mailings about them and the show. It is starting to trickle onto other web sites around.

GLAAD, Those guys you do not want knowing who you are!.

Are you kidding? Glaad? Why because they said that someone was a ***? A British colloquialism for cigarette , Fagging - reference to a junior boy who acted as servant to a senior boy at a British independent school. “***” came to mean a tedious or labour-intensive chore, and “fagged out” to mean exhausted by hard work, ****** (food), an traditional English type of meatball , or A bundle of sticks used for firewood. This is where the world has gone nuts. In the interview that this BS took place, they told a member of a band to get out of the studio. He later returned to the Studio without being ask and said he was Bisexual, is that gay? I do not know, but the gay people think it is...this is the biggest piece of crap that GLAAD could ever come up with. First of all they never knew he was gay or bi, and only when he said he was bi did anything come of it. Is this for real......please, it's the USA, free speech for everyone..........

 

[Tony9000]

What the hell is wrong with this world.....All the words in the above post were deleted, because of what? They came straight from the dictionary, now that is funny for sure. We are blanking out words that are in the dictionary. I see this as the end to the world of Free Speech as we know or should I say as we knew it. The people in the United States no longer have free speech as do any or all of of our radio talk show hosts. What ever happened to " free Speech"? I guess we lost it.......But why?

 

[Starscream]

Tony, please remember that the first amendment does not extend to policy on websites that you do not pay for, and you are guest on. I believe that the admins have given you and your ilk plenty of leeway with your Doghouse astroturfing, but remember that you don't pay the bills here.

That being said - O&A will never ever do afternoons on Free unless their XM show changes as well. Perhaps it will change down the road if the merger goes through and Uncle Mel decides to go with Howard mornings and O&A afternoons so the egos do not clash.

I also don't think the Doghouse is ready for mornings from Middays. If they are switched with the Chick's spot and have proven performance, then... we'll see. But I don't think you can move them directly.

 

[ThExMaNCT]

Starscream:

The Doghouse would pull in way better ratings in the morning slot than O&A has so far. They have a proven track record in the morning, it's funny you seem so negative when JV & Elvis get brought up.

Guaranteed if the merger goes thru, O&A move to afternoons on both XM and Free FM. Probably by the end this ratings period.

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[WordLife]

They're ready for mornings. They have the energy, have done it their entire careers until middays now...

Whether they can pull in the ratings in the No. 1 market remains to be seen...

I just think it says something about The Dog House when they have been in NY for a little more than a year and have such a loyal fanbase, which I think is hard to find these days, especially when entering a new market. I am in California and there is absolutely NO TALK whatsoever from anybody about Adam Corolla or Tom Leykis or O and A.

Scan the boards and websites in the Bay Area--zilch. But you come on here and there are people raving about Elvis and JV.

 

[TowerBuzz]

Dog house in hot water, they have GLAAD on their asses..........So to speak, Glaad is sending out mailings about them and the show. It is starting to trickle onto other web sites around.

GLAAD, Those guys you do not want knowing who you are!.

Are you kidding? Glaad? Why because they said that someone was a ------? A British colloquialism for cigarette , Fagging - reference to a junior boy who acted as servant to a senior boy at a British independent school. “------” came to mean a tedious or labour-intensive chore, and “fagged out” to mean exhausted by hard work, ****** (food), an traditional English type of meatball , or A bundle of sticks used for firewood. This is where the world has gone nuts. In the interview that this BS took place, they told a member of a band to get out of the studio. He later returned to the Studio without being ask and said he was Bisexual, is that gay? I do not know, but the gay people think it is...this is the biggest piece of crap that GLAAD could ever come up with. First of all they never knew he was gay or bi, and only when he said he was bi did anything come of it. Is this for real......please, it's the USA, free speech for everyone..........

Listen, you're obviously a fan as am I BUT,.....when you try to uuse the rationale of " oh its what they call cigs or a pile of sticks in the UK" well;

A. we are not in the UK

B. THAt is nowhere near what they were saying and you know it, you know what they meant and you just insult our intelligence and show yourself to be a complete brainwashed Doghouse groupie to try to say anything else.

C. Tony, you are lost......Freedom of speech seems to only be the favored argument when you or someone you want to come out victorious is using it. If it's Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Hilary Clinton, etc etc then they're opportunists etc but you side with the Doghouse so "they have the freedom to say whatever they want",........Crock.Sure they have the freedom to say whatever they want, yeah let's go with that: So then so does Glaad or whoeverr else have the right to call them on it, unfortunately.

D. "freedom of Speech is not absolute when the radio is involved for example the FCC says you cannot say the "F" one of the fabled seven dirty words, word for example, you do not have total freedom of speech and you know it, and that does not extend to "hate speech".........I AM NOT SAYING THAT THEY USED HATE SPEECH< the problem is that GLAAD IS and if you think that no one listens to that group you are incorrect. SHOULD PEOPLE LISTEN TO GLAAD? that is not the point, the point is THEY DO. Advertisers do, the media does, it could be a problem for them and if you actually were a fan you would actually acknowledge that. Again not saying that Glaad is right but they are a factor. In truth JV and Elvis went way out of bounds in the middle of the day calling the kid a "------" over and over again, it was just not smart in this current radio climate. Anyway you look at it they shoed themselves as not being ready for all of the accolades that you want to throw on them yet.

Come on man grow up, it is a decent show but they blew it, period. You can't defend them for this because if nothing else they showed the worst judgement they could have. And all of you crowing about what would happen and how much better they would do in mornings than O and A?

A. Doghouse in mornings will never happen, not in NYC. OK they did well in SF but continuously saying how much better they would be in mornings than O and A is just as silly as the people who keep trying to promote country coming back to New York on this board. Give it a rest.
B. This move proved they are not ready for mornings, they just didnt think it through. They got the gay community all up in arms, and Glaad doing mailings about them, over some unsigned band that will never go anywhere? not smart.
C. Doghouse is an ok enough show but it gets old fast because they sound like they dont hardly prep, I get the feelig they are winging it an awful lot. The same criticism some make about O and A at this point.

Again a good show that did a dumb thing, period.

 

[Tony9000]

Dog house in hot water, they have GLAAD on their asses..........So to speak, Glaad is sending out mailings about them and the show. It is starting to trickle onto other web sites around.

GLAAD, Those guys you do not want knowing who you are!.

Are you kidding? Glaad? Why because they said that someone was a ------? A British colloquialism for cigarette , Fagging - reference to a junior boy who acted as servant to a senior boy at a British independent school. “------” came to mean a tedious or labour-intensive chore, and “fagged out” to mean exhausted by hard work, ****** (food), an traditional English type of meatball , or A bundle of sticks used for firewood. This is where the world has gone nuts. In the interview that this BS took place, they told a member of a band to get out of the studio. He later returned to the Studio without being ask and said he was Bisexual, is that gay? I do not know, but the gay people think it is...this is the biggest piece of crap that GLAAD could ever come up with. First of all they never knew he was gay or bi, and only when he said he was bi did anything come of it. Is this for real......please, it's the USA, free speech for everyone..........

Listen, you're obviously a fan as am I BUT,.....when you try to uuse the rationale of " oh its what they call cigs or a pile of sticks in the UK" well;

A. we are not in the UK

B. THAt is nowhere near what they were saying and you know it, you know what they meant and you just insult our intelligence and show yourself to be a complete brainwashed Doghouse groupie to try to say anything else.

C. Tony, you are lost......Freedom of speech seems to only be the favored argument when you or someone you want to come out victorious is using it. If it's Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Hilary Clinton, etc etc then they're opportunists etc but you side with the Doghouse so "they have the freedom to say whatever they want",........Crock.Sure they have the freedom to say whatever they want, yeah let's go with that: So then so does Glaad or whoeverr else have the right to call them on it, unfortunately.

D. "freedom of Speech is not absolute when the radio is involved for example the FCC says you cannot say the "F" one of the fabled seven dirty words, word for example, you do not have total freedom of speech and you know it, and that does not extend to "hate speech".........I AM NOT SAYING THAT THEY USED HATE SPEECH< the problem is that GLAAD IS and if you think that no one listens to that group you are incorrect. SHOULD PEOPLE LISTEN TO GLAAD? that is not the point, the point is THEY DO. Advertisers do, the media does, it could be a problem for them and if you actually were a fan you would actually acknowledge that. Again not saying that Glaad is right but they are a factor. In truth JV and Elvis went way out of bounds in the middle of the day calling the kid a "------" over and over again, it was just not smart in this current radio climate. Anyway you look at it they shoed themselves as not being ready for all of the accolades that you want to throw on them yet.

Come on man grow up, it is a decent show but they blew it, period. You can't defend them for this because if nothing else they showed the worst judgement they could have. And all of you crowing about what would happen and how much better they would do in mornings than O and A?

A. Doghouse in mornings will never happen, not in NYC. OK they did well in SF but continuously saying how much better they would be in mornings than O and A is just as silly as the people who keep trying to promote country coming back to New York on this board. Give it a rest.
B. This move proved they are not ready for mornings, they just didnt think it through. They got the gay community all up in arms, and Glaad doing mailings about them, over some unsigned band that will never go anywhere? not smart.
C. Doghouse is an ok enough show but it gets old fast because they sound like they dont hardly prep, I get the feelig they are winging it an awful lot. The same criticism some make about O and A at this point.

Again a good show that did a dumb thing, period.

And on and on you go. First of all I am sure you did not listen to the show. The person was not even in the studio, and they called him a *** for being a baby. You mean that you have never heard someone being called a *** for being a brat, an a-hole, etc..... They never knew he was Bisexual. And best part of the whole thing, the Board Op on the show is a bisexual and calls people *** also. It goes to show that the world is all about what "should be right", not what is right. This person came back into the studio, after he was told to leave and said " I'm bisexual and now I am mad", that is a brat and they should have called security and had him removed from the building.
Now let's get into free speech.....So you are saying that because this is a private site that they can edit the dictionary? Are you kidding me? I'm not here to fight you the people from Glaad, I'm hear to tell you what was said and what was taken out of the blue sky and said to be the truth. The audio for this is on the website and you should listen.

As for as the fact that I like the Doghouse, I did not start this thread. So what the hell are you talking about.

 

[TowerBuzz]

And on and on you go. First of all I am sure you did not listen to the show. The person was not even in the studio, and they called him a ------ for being a baby. You mean that you have never heard someone being called a ------ for being a brat, an a-hole, etc..... They never knew he was Bisexual. And best part of the whole thing, the Board Op on the show is a bisexual and calls people ------ also. It goes to show that the world is all about what "should be right", not what is right. This person came back into the studio, after he was told to leave and said " I'm bisexual and now I am mad", that is a brat and they should have called security and had him removed from the building.
Now let's get into free speech.....So you are saying that because this is a private site that they can edit the dictionary? Are you kidding me? I'm not here to fight you the people from Glaad, I'm hear to tell you what was said and what was taken out of the blue sky and said to be the truth. The audio for this is on the website and you should listen.

As for as the fact that I like the Doghouse, I did not start this thread. So what the hell are you talking about.

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUhhhhhhh for you to assume that I did not hear the show just because you disagree with my point is about as baby-ish as it gets so again I say you dont know what you're talking about. Of course Ive heard of calling someone that name because they were being a brat etc but the point being if you do it on the air in NYC you can't be shocked when there is a reaction.

I didn't say you can't say whatever you want (aka freedom of speech) on a private site but apparantly they felt differently. You were trying to equate the brit use for the word and using that dubious logic to try to justify Doghouse's use of it, I just pointed out that that argument is stupid because the Doghouse were not calling the kid a smoke or a pile of sticks you know it and so do I. As for you're not here to fight the people from GLAAD and Me, I AM NOT FROM GLAAD, I merely pointed out that they are pissed at Doghouse and went after them with mailings and on other web sites. AGAin I say grow up Tony.

They blew it, period. Defending them for the incident is dumb, they didnt think, and they did a dumb thing. YOU dont have to agree, it actually does not matter. All I said was that they did a dumb thing, in this day and age, in this fcc climate, in NEW YORK, dumb move, period. That doesnt mean I dont like the Doghouse, I like em fine but Im also objective enough to say the didnt play it smart on this one.

UNDERSTAND?

 

[Tony9000]

And on and on you go. First of all I am sure you did not listen to the show. The person was not even in the studio, and they called him a ------ for being a baby. You mean that you have never heard someone being called a ------ for being a brat, an a-hole, etc..... They never knew he was Bisexual. And best part of the whole thing, the Board Op on the show is a bisexual and calls people ------ also. It goes to show that the world is all about what "should be right", not what is right. This person came back into the studio, after he was told to leave and said " I'm bisexual and now I am mad", that is a brat and they should have called security and had him removed from the building.
Now let's get into free speech.....So you are saying that because this is a private site that they can edit the dictionary? Are you kidding me? I'm not here to fight you the people from Glaad, I'm hear to tell you what was said and what was taken out of the blue sky and said to be the truth. The audio for this is on the website and you should listen.

As for as the fact that I like the Doghouse, I did not start this thread. So what the hell are you talking about.

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUhhhhhhh for you to assume that I did not hear the show just because you disagree with my point is about as baby-ish as it gets so again I say you dont know what you're talking about. Of course Ive heard of calling someone that name because they were being a brat etc but the point being if you do it on the air in NYC you can't be shocked when there is a reaction.

I didn't say you can't say whatever you want (aka freedom of speech) on a private site but apparantly they felt differently. You were trying to equate the brit use for the word and using that dubious logic to try to justify Doghouse's use of it, I just pointed out that that argument is stupid because the Doghouse were not calling the kid a smoke or a pile of sticks you know it and so do I. As for you're not here to fight the people from GLAAD and Me, I AM NOT FROM GLAAD, I merely pointed out that they are pissed at Doghouse and went after them with mailings and on other web sites. AGAin I say grow up Tony.

They blew it, period. Defending them for the incident is dumb, they didnt think, and they did a dumb thing. YOU dont have to agree, it actually does not matter. All I said was that they did a dumb thing, in this day and age, in this fcc climate, in NEW YORK, dumb move, period. That doesnt mean I dont like the Doghouse, I like em fine but Im also objective enough to say the didnt play it smart on this one.

UNDERSTAND?

Ok then if you heard the show then you know that they did not say it as a "gay" term, because they did not know the person was gay or bi, or anything else.

As for free speech, we do not have that anymore, anywhere. Radio, TV, Newspapers, etc. This country was built on free speech and we do not have that one little bit. Anything that someone might think is not "Politically Correct" is removed because it might piss someone somewhere off.


I'm not shocked by a reaction, i'm shocked that any reaction happened in the first place. The person never said they were gay or bi, and when someone said ***, they jumped. This is radio in the USA, where we are protected under the right of free speech, but the FCC and all the other quote "Politically Correct" groups have taken away our right to free speech. So now we have censored radio in the USA.

And last of all I am not defending anyone, but I am defending the right to free speech in America. What they said was not "Politically Correct" because that is the way the country has turned. We all have the right to free speech and you feel that we do not. I did not want this to become a Politically post, but you seem to think it is "dumb" to have the right to free speech.

We have come a long way in the country only to be turned back in time, because of the new world of "Politically Correct". That is not what this country was based on, it was based on the right of freedom. And radio and tv and all other media should have this right. It's ok to be "Politically wrong" when you are not on a free station. Like HBO or other Cable channels, or sat radio....But if you are on terrestrial radio you need to be "Politically Correct" and have no rights.

 

[radio_tool]

I don't know about the FreeFM in NY but I'm out here in California near SF and the FreeFM out here BLOWS! I listen to Stern on Sirius in the mornings and I do enjoy listening to Kidd Chris online. I've never heard JV & Elvis, but as a Stern listener I think Kidd Chris is the closest thing to Stern's show on regualar radio today. They're creative and always funny. I wish they would dump the Radio Chick and put them on out here.

 

[NorthStar007]

I don't know about the FreeFM in NY but I'm out here in California near SF and the FreeFM out here BLOWS! I listen to Stern on Sirius in the mornings and I do enjoy listening to Kidd Chris online. I've never heard JV & Elvis, but as a Stern listener I think Kidd Chris is the closest thing to Stern's show on regualar radio today. They're creative and always funny. I wish they would dump the Radio Chick and put them on out here.

I have listened to Stern and Kidd Chris, both are really good. I have also listened to the Dog House and they are really like Stern also. Why?, because they bring laughs to the radio and that's what this should be about. I was a major stern listener until he went to sat. and then I heard JV and Elvis and thought they were great. I was in the Philly area not that long ago and heard Kidd Chris and thought he was funny as hell.