MJ is suing Bubba.......if anything its makes great Radio!

[coolaid213]

Bubba has Hulk Hogan as his bodyguard and MJ has Glen Beck as his...


Actually I would rather listen to Phil Hendrie, now that guy was great comedy. Too bad he left a couple years back!

Phil Hendrie has been back on the air for almost a year now. He can be heard locally on 1250 WHNZ from 1 til 4am.

It's not the same show it used to be, but it's still better than most of the garbage you'll hear.

 

[Butters925]

Now I remember--------MJ was on WGH evenings against D.B.Cooper on 104.5. D.B. implied that M.J. was not exactly straight and if memory serves me-----it got nasty. Don't recall the ending

OldSchoolWoman, I found what you were talking about.....Paulie
Here is the post from a few yrs back:

http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,39359.0.html

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

I knew it. I lived in Richmond and remember some of that. Seems like trouble just follows him around. Of course you can say that about anybody who crosses the lines of formula radio. Although I am not a Bubba fan, I find the right wing slant of the Schnitt Show rather unlistenable. What I can't figure out is why old time TOP 40 DJ's turn into conservative comedians? Rush Limbough was Jeff Christie back in the hey dey of Top 40 radio in Pittsburgh. I grew up with "rock'n'roll" and considered it the music of youthful rebellion. I was fooled. It was just a business. That is one reason why I fail to see how syndicating Schnitt is a move to garnering youth? Bet most kids don't even know MJ and the Scnittman are one and the same. And just what is any talk radio doing that is creative? Stations like WFLA,WRVA, and KDKA call themselves "Newsradio", but there is no news-------only one opinion. WCBS in NYC is "Newsradio" cause NYC has enough stations to stick the comedy somewhere else.

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

I made a mistake in my last post. It is not stepping outside the parameters of corporate talk radio to assert the war in Iraq is a success, global warming isn't happening, and there is no health care crisis. Sorry. We know everything would work just great if the Liberals didn't complain all the time.

 

[joshlaw]

I am not a radio DJ, I 'm a Florida lawyer who stumbled upon this radio message board from the Herald Trib boards about this story. I have listened to both Sponge and MJ on and off for numerous years. I heard some of the offending broadcasts over the last few months with the big splash Sponge's return. I actually cringed upon hearing some of the clearly slanderous comments made by Bubba about MJ and his wife. I told a few colleagues that Bubba had absolutely lost it and had no compass on what's parody and what is slander. With some of the lay comments on this board (I do not mean to be condescending), it is obvious to me that either you people have no idea about the law or have not read the complaint. This is a well crafted filing from a great attorney who would not have filed this complaint if he didn't have the evidence to substantiate it. I did some checking on MJ's counsel and he's one of the best First Ammendment guys in the country, who normally does defense work. He must really believe in the case if he took a plaintiff's case.

Bubba has skated through plenty a controversy (Lunsford back-peddle, pig stunt etc.), but I am afraid it could be his attacks on MJ that do him in, or at least cost Cox Cable and Bubba dearly.

Josh Esq.

 

[FiveStar]

Thanks for the input counselor! Is there a legal term for being what my mother used to call being "too big for your britches?" (When she told me I was doing that I learned to get ready to duck) I think that what we have here is two guys who are being paid enormous amounts of money and who really don't feel that they are accountable to anyone. It looks to me like Todd has pushed his family into the public spotlight by constantly referring to them on the air and thus may have made them subject to the terms of the Times v. Sullivan case which establishes a significantly more difficult threshold for slander and defamation than would apply to a private person. Of course, that doesn't make the hill impossible for Todd to climb. On the other hand, some of Bubba's comments may be far enough over the top to put him at risk. The comments would certainly appear to be in bad taste (after reading them, I didn't hear them) but whether they are legally bad enough to sustain a lawsuit would be for a court to decide.

I certainly didn't take your comments as condescending, but you might keep in mind that for most of us who have college degrees (in some cases post graduate degrees) media law is part of the curriculum. Not that that makes any of us experts, but we're not necessarily speaking from ignorance, either. (No snarkiness intended)

By the way, have you taken a look at the Orlando board? I'd be interested in your thoughts on Clear Channel trying to enforce what appears to me to be a legally dubious non-compete clause and whether a court can consider issues of basic equity and fairness when considering the validity of such a maneuver by a giant corporation against a single employee.

 

[TampaDan]

Tampa Dan...here's an idea if you are a on air jock, why don't you tell us what station you work for so we can pick apart your show! You seem to know more than Bubba does!!

A jury will decide if I know more than Bubba does, Butters.

My guess is Bubba was trying to get Schnitt all riled up and engage him in a war of insults over the airwaves. Schnitt would actually be publicizing Bubba's show if he retorted. But neither the MJ nor the Schnitt shows lend themselves to getting into that kind of battle.

 

[TampaDan]

Although I am not a Bubba fan, I find the right wing slant of the Schnitt Show rather unlistenable. What I can't figure out is why old time TOP 40 DJ's turn into conservative comedians?

I agree with you about the content of the Schnitt show. As to why Top 40 dj's become right wing radio talk show hosts - I can only figure it's because they can't stay in Top 40 forever. Eventually they're going to have to transition to country or "lite" or oldies... or talk. It used to be almost all talk radio was right wing so that's where they went. Left wing radio is still in its infancy.

I miss the days of talk radio from the '80s. I was living in Miami listening to Neil Rogers on one station and Tom Leykis on the other. Everything wasn't about ideological politics.

 

[John Waywoods]

Regarding T40 DJs becoming conservative talk show hosts. The answer is very simple. Righty talk is corporate friendly. The advertisers do not have to fear that the host, or his callers, will embarass the company with news of an avoidable accident, tainted or defective product... I enjoy listening to most of the hosts. For example, I love listening to Glenn Beck Rush. However, it really irks me to see how people really take everything these guys say as fact. They do bring up interesting topics but the show is tailored to suit their format and the demographics they seek. I'll tell you this, and I don't want to sound like an elitist, I am a political scientist, by education. I usually laugh at the details these folks leave out just to get the callers on the air.

Anyway, it is only entertainment. Enjoy. Thank God we live in the richest, most powerful country on Earth where talk radio and DJs suing other DJs are part of our lives.

 

[Studio20]

Personally, I think Schnitts right wing tilt is a gaslight. Totally phony, and he does...or has minions..doing just enough research to keep him semi-credible....Schnitt is just doing something to keep him on the air.

You cannot seriously be a right wing flamethrower, when you spend the first four hours of your day immersed in the kind of celeb trash that MJ deals in.

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

Why not! Celeb trash and right-wing drivil have one thing in common-------the listener doesn't have to think. When I say right-wing, I do not necessarily mean conservative. William F. Buckley and Sen. Goldwater were conservatives who made you think about issues. Schnitt/Rush/Billo are "conservatives" who make me think of the off switch.

 

[smedge2006]

You cannot seriously be a right wing flamethrower, when you spend the first four hours of your day immersed in the kind of celeb trash that MJ deals in.

Fox News Channel is co-owned with the New York Post. Tabloid trash, crime news and conservatism go hand in hand, because the first two are designed to convince everyone that the world is going to hell in a handbasket, and a firm hand is needed to deal with things.

 

[john david clover]

I hear it was MJ's wife that lit the fire under his arse, and blew it so out of proportion in his mind, that he went ahead and filed in civil court.

This is what happens when you start believing your own publicity. Get real, MJ!

JD Clover

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

I guess I chose my name right. "OLDSCHOOL". Every once in a while I have this urge to turn on the radio at night for company. There isn't any. It's gone. DJ's like Bubba, MJ,and the I-man are not exactly company. Not for me. I remember even the most phrenetic stations (WABC,WQAM) had overnight personalities who talked to the listener. Kinda like the personalities on Magic, only live 24/7. Guess I'm too old. BUT I DO BUY A NEW CAR EVERY THREE YEARS AND SHOP AT NORDSTROMS . MAYBE PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE A MARKET. Why do the idiots get everything? They have 93.3, 102.5 and everything on AM all the time. All I got is WMNF, NPR, WSJT, and WRBQ. If you can get past Mason's politics, they are not bad. I can remember guys like Marvin Boone overnights. But I guess that's gone like habeaus corpus and search warrants. Oh well.

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

Seriously, radio in the sixties was great. They even competed for overnight listeners. I can remember John R on WLAC and Ron Lundy on WABC. Those guys were great company while hubby was serving time.

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

I've never done radio, but I'm ready to do schtick on somebody's show.!!!!!!!!!! As John Fogerty said-----sign me up. Except I have a thick NOO York accent. Sound like I'm married to da mob. Oh well

 

[Butters925]

Old friends like Gary Owens, JJ Jefferys, Bruce Williams DJ's Like that?

 

[SG78]

Reeks of an agreed-upon stunt between Fatboy and Napoleon. Two mouthy blowhards doing what they do best.

I'll stay with Mark Larsen, TYVM.

 

[OldSchoolWoman]

Gary Owens is a good example. Also if you remember LA radio, Terry McGovern. Back in 65, I would wake up at 4AM and catch Johnny Williams on KHJ. Even with the Real Don Steele and Robert W, they had a smooth talker overnights. Or Night Flight with Dick Summers on WBZ heard about everywhere. Nothing like the dulcet tones after midnight.But then again, maybe that is my problem. How did this get from Bubba and MJ to Gary Owens? Either radio beats you up with Bubba or the comedian Rush Limbough or just goes robot like WDUV. Is anybody doing live overnights in Tampa? Anywhere? WDUV might actually be a great station with strong MOR type personalities. But then elephants could fly.

 

[titoisradio]

This case will be settled long before trial. That said Schnitt has a good case on a few of the complaints, others such as Bubba telling his listeners to kill Schnitt are a bit of a stretch, though listeners are stupid, especially ones who call themselves an army. Bubba & Cox will settle, its the way corporate radio is done now.