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MJ TURKEY STUNT

Can WFLZ recover from this or will they forever be a radio joke? How about AMP 98.7 ( I know, weak signal) or COX flips 101.5 to CHR . The time is HOT! If Herb Tarlek was here, he'd be primping in the news van windows and working on the spin.
 
Ah, the price of common sense.

Is this what it takes to be "entertained" these days? Is radio that desperate? And yet, thousands of good radio people are "on the beach" -- most of them former Clear Channel employees from January's "Inauguration Day" blowout ... for doing a lot less.

Radio: It's amazin'!
 
I guess he had nothing intelligent to say and came up with that stupid excuse. Who on earth is going to believe him?
What a stupid idea. Was there not anything better to do.

Studio20 said:
The lamest corporate excuse...they meant to show how dangerous this could be....now...who...even beyond the most rural redneck among us....would ever cook something like that in a van?


Time to go....really...I mean, this wasn't funny in an awkward moment, embarassing sort of way....it was just plain stupid.
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Saw the video on the internet and noticed that MJ kept on blaming Uncle Fester numerous times. This is not about blaming Uncle Fester. We all know, the person in charge of the morning show is MJ. That's why he so proudly always says THE MJ RADIO NETWORK ... well, then take responsibility for when things go wrong. MJ should be fined and HE SHOULD PAY for the cost of sending the Fire Dept. to the parking lot and using our tax dollars for his stupidity. Not to mention, how dangerous having those flames out of control. How stupid to drop the turkey when the flames were already out the van. To tell you the truth, his stunts don't make ratings go up the roof. Then, why do them? Is MJ no longer funny on the radio and thinks these stupid stunts are of the interest of the listeners? I hope he gets fined personally. Uncle Fester was also very dump getting so close with a little fire extinguisher seeing those flames so high. Not a very smart move at all. The worse part was listening to the staff laughing as the flames got bigger and bigger. HOW STUPID. This is going to bite you.

Del_Boca_Vista said:
full video here:
http://www.abcactionnews.com/mostpopular/story/Radio-stunt-accident-injures-firefighter/A2EBgol_qkuYV7BwzHRYmA.cspx

At the very least there will be a fine and Fester will not be coming back

At worst real deal criminal charges and the morning show off the air
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I hope everyone in that flz truck is ok I hope nobody died I hope the people that got injured get better and don't goes the other way just get better jesus wants everyone to get better
 
I can't imagine someone in management green lit this garbage. I'm guessing the thought was to use the van as a container so when the turkey blew it would be "contained" in the van. However, the van should have been stripped to the bare metal walls. I remember MJ doing a similar stunt a few years ago. I believe it was something with an oven and something blowing up then too. BUT, at that time they at least at the proper personal and fire crews on scene. This was just flat out stupid. I'm not happy someone was hurt... but honestly kind of glad it happened. Maybe people will FINALLY see that this guy's show is at the end of it's rope and quit listening to this garbage.

By the way... it's RADIO. Yeah Yeah.. I know you can run video on your web site... but give me a break. That was one STUPID "radio" stunt.
 
I don't get it. Is THIS crap the best radio can do anymore? No wonder this medium is dying......
 
Can someone explain to me what was supposed to be funny about this stunt? I watched the video and it looks like the van was indeed supposed to catch on fire, to have it as a Fester screw-up. It is not funny when it is so clearly geared to happen. This is classic DUMB radio.
 
I saw the video too. (Or as much as I could stomach, as the MJ Show was sucking) So I wonder if this is there way of attracting ratings? Get instant publicity like this.
 
Since Elvis is in the house, he goes to FLZ, Nancy goes back to AM ( can always find another foil) and Shriner stays where he is. Todd Scnitt hits the pavement and maybe Cox picks him up a few years later.
 
I love the WKRP references throughout this post......way more entertaing than anything coming from 4002 Gandy blvd..........

Last night, Fox 13 played sound from MJ at some station event where he was saying the firefighter 'just tweaked' his back and was already back at work.....is he a doctor now too? and for the record, the firefighter is not back at work. I spoke with a TFR person an hour ago.

Alex Sink is going to be in town tuesday, in addition to being the CFO for the state, she is the fire marshal too. I hope someone in the media asks her what she thinks of 'MJ's public service announcement.'
 
Maybe the receptionist needs to be really in charge of FLZ.
 
gr8oldies said:
How many weeks months or years will Bubba be telling us about it in Dayton OH and elsewhere?
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Bubba's on break for a few weeks, so you're ears are safe for now. You are always free to change the station if you don't like what you're hearing.
 
Herb must have fixed it with the "Big Guy' and his mother.
 
What's the old line about "There is no such thing as bad publicity"? The stunt got them on all the news channels & in the papers. And yes, it was a stupid, childish prank. But I've never considered 93-3 a source for intelligence.

I think the funniest post in this tread came from MsMusicRadio, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titantic. Perhaps you should take a look at the Wall Street Journal once in a while to see how well the bean counters are doing in the radio industry. in what WAS the radio industry.

Sad--
 
livingfruitvirus said:
Fester still did his On the Grill show today.
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You people work in radio?

Fester will not be fired and they got everything they wanted. A fire in the van, publicity and a vacation at Christmas.

Come on folks this was brilliant.

They did it once and didn't get the fire they wanted so they did it again and they posted the video all over their site. If they were in trouble you wouldn't see this info anywhere on CC sites..
 
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