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[mr_carlson]

Man, this place has gotten boring. What happened? It's bad when the only posts worth reading are from Mr. Incoherent, Radioguy2006.

--Someday i might buy radio-info and make it hamradio-info to take it #1 - what you guys think?--

I think it's because Phoenix radio sucks so bad that there's nothing to really talk about. I mean it's really CRAP:

FM:
88.5 - nothing to say here, public radio for the Profs in tweed
91.5 - All Things Considered, just another waste of 100,000 watts.
92.3 - Soon to feature Pat McMahon telling us about Duffy and Copenhagen, Denmarket in Stereophonic Hi-Fi - I can't wait!
93.3 - Ruby "Chain-Smoker" Cheeks is the best thing they have going...ouch
94.5 - Good Times/Great Old Farts
95.1 - Latino Vibe - Good for them.
95.5 - How about a glass of White Whine, North Scottsdale 2006 vinatage.
96.3 - Who?
96.9 - The Best 5 Artists of the 80's, 90's and Today - Cheap Channel...go figure
97.5 - Hip Cats Hangin' at Trader Vics with Sass, Brass and a Whole Lot of Suck Ass
97.9 - Jagermeister Radio - The only station that tunes in on an antenna-less, circa-1985, Sanyo boom-box covered in drywall.
98.3 - Power 98.3 - coming soon featuring MC Multipath with Sistah Static in the morning.
98.7 - O'Hurley rides the typecast fame train longer than the "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" jackass.
99.3/104.3 - Payson's Best R&B Station
99.9 - Bette, Phil and Delilah - Radio for the up and coming bulimic - PUKE!
100.3 - RECUERDO!
100.7 - More of the Same, Only Less
101.1/92.7 - 101.1+92.7=0.1 - even azenergyfan doesn't post here anymore
101.5 - West Beverly High radio from Beverly Hills 90210 sounded better
102.1 - Kahm down any more and you'll be in a coma
102.5 - A fine example of how Cheap Channel can systematically dismantle one of the finest radio stations in America. It really is sad.
103.1 - He's a Juke Box Hero...$tar$ in hi$ eye$
103.5 - Entrails Vision brings more Spanish radio to the airwaves.
103.9 - Sounds like it's programmed from The Riviera, come on back to Arizona and get to work. Are you alternative or what?
104.7 - Zip Zero Personality. Thanks again Cheap Channel!
105.3 - Univision muy divertido y constante
105.5 - Here's a prayer request: Save this signal from K-Love!
105.9, 106.3, 106.5, 106.9, 107.1 - I know nothing about Spanish radio, but considering the trend, had better learn fast.
107.9 - Nothing really to say here, other than I'll never be convinced that Pratt's a country boy.

This isn't a referendum on Phoenix radio. It sucks all over the US. Thanks Cheap Channel, CBS, Bonerville, Emmis, Cox, Crapdusky, Entercomm and the likes.

Phoenix AM is so dull, it hurts my head just to think about it. C'mon, how about one decent local show? I never thought I'd wish to have Leibo back on the air in the daytime. I hope KTAR cans Captain Super and puts someone compelling and under 65 on the air. It was promising when they fired Depression Westboreland, but damn...Heidi Fogelsong and Mr. Rogers? Damn!

--Mabee I by KTAR and hire Bill Heywood and Bob Mohan for the morning driving show and Depression Westboreland and John Dayl mid-days and keep sizzle going with Heidi and Mr. Rogers in the PM drive. I feel bad for Gerald and give him Sundays with Rosie Romero. Then I by New Cardinals stadium and do remotes on the moving grass. Go dimonbax when they play baseball there on air live from there.--

With chickboss going to Chicago, maybe someone new will breathe some life into FYI. Send Bruce Jacobs to remedial Engrish and the Never Famous One out to pasture.

Valley AM needs a makeover. STAT!

I wish Mother would give me the cash to buy some stations. Me and Radioguy2006 would kick ass!

 

[Legend City]

My radio is special, it has little people in it that talk to me and sing!

 

[dr.akbar]

This isn't a referendum on Phoenix radio. It sucks all over the US. Thanks Cheap Channel, CBS, Bonerville, Emmis, Cox, Crapdusky, Entercomm and the likes.

Thank the FCC for allowing one company to own 5 million radio stations at once. Ya think they're going to let them run locally?

Phoenix AM is so dull, it hurts my head just to think about it. C'mon, how about one decent local show? I never thought I'd wish to have Leibo back on the air in the daytime. I hope KTAR cans Captain Super and puts someone compelling and under 65 on the air. It was promising when they fired Depression Westboreland, but damn...Heidi Fogelsong and Mr. Rogers? Damn!

AM is dead...just ask The Men In Secret Underwear. They paid more for KKFR than KT'R, KMVP & The Peak just to save their flagship station. It's like finding out that your ' 87 Buick Park Ave is really a '76 Gremlin. YIKES!

--Mabee I by KTAR and hire Bill Heywood and Bob Mohan for the morning driving show and Depression Westboreland and John Dayl mid-days and keep sizzle going with Heidi and Mr. Rogers in the PM drive. I feel bad for Gerald and give him Sundays with Rosie Romero. Then I by New Cardinals stadium and do remotes on the moving grass. Go dimonbax when they play baseball there on air live from there.--

Not out of the realm of possibility!

With chickboss going to Chicago, maybe someone new will breathe some life into FYI. Send Bruce Jacobs to remedial Engrish and the Never Famous One out to pasture.

Doubt it as KF Why Eye will once again go down the crapper before CCU does something about it. Why else would they let KT'R run those "Arbitron Rated #1" promos?

Mabee me & Nurse Jeff will sumday bye The Merkury & Kardinals so we can run a Dikes and Spikes promotion on KAZG...sponsored by Kenettico Water and J.J. - The Keeeng of Beapers!

 

[mr.carlson]

I forgot about JJ - I bet he's the King of Bankrutpcy now

That could start a whole new thread about really bad commercials from the past and present.

Lemme see...I'll kick it off with some of my past and present favorites:

The Loan Arranger, EZ Credit and Carlotta Sales

Mark Mitsubishi, Who? Mark Mitsubishi, Again? Mark Mitsubishi, One more time: MARK MITSUBISHI - That's the name to remember. (I really want a Mitsu, but can't remember the name of a dealer. Oh well.)

I love love my my Metropolitan mattress mattress - too bad they're leaving the market - And after 2 seconds of Debbie Gaby's whiny ass I find myself pining for the old Metro Mattess jingle.

Oh, and who could foget that crappy Larry John jingle for West Valley Neeeeson. Damn...that was a new low, even for LJW-the schlockiest ad agency in the Western US.

 

[Legend City]

The Mark Mitsubishi guy is the same one that spent a few hundred grand on his high school daughter's party which was on MTV. They are trying to make a celebrity out of his talentless daughter, and its a pretty disgusting thing all around.

I ain't buying a car from that loser.

As for bad commercials.....


Anyone remember Polyglycoat? With the high pitched little girl singing?

Its painful just to remember.

 

[pberger]

Larry John

Years ago I used to listen to "The Hot Tub Show" on KXAM in the wee early morning hours. Very entertaining show, with about 4 or 5 on the show. I particularly liked one segment where one of the characters would read letters from his uncle (?) written during the Civil War.

Any one remember the show? I wonder what happened to the different characters.

 

[mr.carlson]

Re: Larry John

Years ago I used to listen to "The Hot Tub Show" on KXAM in the wee early morning hours. Very entertaining show, with about 4 or 5 on the show. I particularly liked one segment where one of the characters would read letters from his uncle (?) written during the Civil War.

Any one remember the show? I wonder what happened to the different characters.

Since he was too fat to do anything on TV other than Pistol Pete's Pizza commercials (A lot of good those commercials did for PPP. They were as appetizing to me as the chicken and maggots scene in Poltergeist) and desperately wanted to be a "star", he started the Hot Tub Radio Network. Although, to be a network, don't you need to have more than 1 affiliate?

Quite frankly, I'm surprised to hear that anyone was actually entertained by Hot Tub, much less listening to it. Were you being facetious?

To each his own. If you were entertained by Hot Tub, you were in an extreme minority. Even with their built-in LJW buys, they didn't last.

 

[KeithE4]

As for bad commercials.....

How-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE World!

 

[mr.carlson]

Howie the tool

As for bad commercials.....

How-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE World!

Howie Cassett is such a lowlife that even his cash bounces. How many different names has he been in business under? I recall one time running in to him at a Sun's Game. He had two bimbos with him and they were carrying huge signs that read someting like "Howie Luvs the Suns". Like his celebrity status would be recognized at a Suns Game and he would get some marketing value out of it. I'm surprised they didn't throw his sorry a$ out. What a tool.

I don't even think that Larry John Wright would do business with him.

Man, these posts make me sound like I hate everyone.

 

[Dan Duffy]

Hey now ;D I just bought a 01 Mitsu Eclipse. Not a bad car ..48,000 miles..makes it hard to transport drum gear from gig to gig but I make it happen (I dont have one of those 50 pc Lars Ulrich Metallica drum kits thank goodness) What the world needs now is another drummer who cant play his drumkit effectively cuz theres too much stuff to play ...4pc is all you need ..the basics..hi-hat /kick/snare/rack/floor...boom boom ...out go the lights..yahhh play some Pat Travers man ...sorry ...off topic


Duff

 

[airchic]

Would you hire Al to be your trees' pal or Monty to trot on your roof knowing how much their rates must be hiked to pay for so many radio spots? (Though, if Monty came in a kilt, I might reconsider... :-* ) I ain't gonna be lookin' for no Fulton home, neither.

 

[mr_carlson]

Right on AirChic

Would you hire Al to be your trees' pal or Monty to trot on your roof knowing how much their rates must be hiked to pay for so many radio spots? (Though, if Monty came in a kilt, I might reconsider... :-* ) I ain't gonna be lookin' for no Fulton home, neither.

You're right, who would hire some backward A$$, inbred sounding wierdo like Al to come and do yardwork. With the $$$ he spends on KTAR, his rates can't be competetive enough to make me lower my standards and hire him.

From what I understand, there are numerous advertisers that DEMAND not to be placed in the same stop set as Fulton Homes.

I am torn on my opinion of his depressing, 911 repeating PSAdvertisements. On one hand, it's good for awareness. (Especially for all the grandparents listening to KTAR) On the other hand, if he was truly sincere, he would just pay for 60 seconds of water safety without saying his name. Is it truly a good deed when you're using it to promote your own name?

Debby Gaby is another one that comes to mind regarding ego-centric do-goodiness.

When ever I heard a Fulton/Water Saftey commercial, I would immediately change the station. I can't take listening to the 911 call of a father saying his baby is dead. It crushes me and doesn't put me in the mood for anything other than hugging my kids.

 

[dr.akbar]

Debby Gaby is another one that comes to mind regarding ego-centric do-goodiness.
You may have a friend in the diamond business, but Tom Shane has gotta be paying 14 carat-sized bucks for all those commercials! And then there's Wonderful Russ Shaw who sells 947 times the number of homes as the average real-a-tor. But don't bother calling Keith DeGreen if your portfolio is valued at less than $3 million dollars...just listen to him babble on KFYI Sunday mornings for free!

 

[upnorth]

Don't forget..."My favorite Dealerships...Scottsdale Lexus and Lexus Of Chandler." Bill Straus is a long time Phx voice and been doing those guys for almost 10 years.

 

[sledge350]

i forget exactly which car dealership it was ..(maybe u people could help me out here), but how about "the dealership that cares about the night people"..the only commercial that im aware of that is shooting for the "spun out meth head demographic"

 

[Legend City]

Russ may be wonderful, but he has a reputation as being very nasty and lawsuit happy when you mess with his cult...er....religion, $cientology.

 

[EricStein]

i forget exactly which car dealership it was ..(maybe u people could help me out here), but how about "the dealership that cares about the night people"..the only commercial that im aware of that is shooting for the "spun out meth head demographic"

You're probably thinking of Yates Buick-Pontiac-GMC in Avondale-Another Larry John client.

Then there's those creepy "Chronic Car Audio" commercials that air on certain stations. The main voice sounds like Steve Tingle's "Clarissa Jenkins" character if "she" were all stoned out. It makes you yearn for the "Audio Express: Home-home-home of the one dollar installation" ads.

 

[mr.carlson]

Russ may be wonderful, but he has a reputation as being very nasty and lawsuit happy when you mess with his cult...er....religion, $cientology.

MIND YOU - I think you'll be happy. FACT - blah blah blah

Mind you? What is this...1955?

--- MORE CAR DEALERS
Pete Ellis Dodge - Freeway 17, Camelback Exit, Phoenix.

If you need a car or truck go see Cal (repeat)
I will stand on my head 'til my ears are turning red - go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal.

The Big C - K' ourtesy Chev Ro Let - Yippe Kiyo Kiyay

BELL ... ROAD ... TOYOTA LAND. WHERE ALL WE DO IS DISCOUNT TOYOTAS (really? n.s.! you discount cars?)

I think the General from Performance Dodge went AWOL

What about that GM from Liberty Buick and Peoria Kia - damn dude, you got a face for radio and a voice for newspaper.

--

London Gold - It's The Best (At selling 5 carat occluded diamonds)

Sorry Mayfield, have to trash the Knights and Damsels of Castle Boutique spots while we're at it. (I miss hearing The Stranger though, heh heh heh)

 

[Legend City]

Russ has a reputation of being a very very nasty person, when it comes to someone exercising their free speech and speaking out about all things L. Ron Hubbard related, evidently Russ is an OT7 or OT8 which means, according to his cult....err, religion, he can move things with his mind and influence your thoughts with the higher powers he has after having spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to have the "engrams" aka spirts of aliens brought to earth millions of years ago by the evil galactic overlord Xenu cleared from his body.

Russ is a clear, and he fears that some day, Xenu will be released from his galactic prison on another planet, while he sells real estate here on planet Teegeack.

(Yeah, I really want someone that spent half a million dollars to remove alien spirits from his soul handling my property!)

 

[sledge350]

HA!!! Chronic Car Audio .....ALL OVER YOUR FACE!!! I'm still not convinced that is actually a chick in those spots. Sounds more like a post -op thing a ma bob.