MORE TROUBLE FOR THE T-MAN?

[SeattleRadioPro]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/392327_robert16.html

This is about a bit he did in October dissing women in general and specifically native American women. The article implies that if Mr. Tepper steps "over the line" one more time - he's done at KUBE.

 

[AQH]

The article should have been placed in the Op-Ed page, as the "reporter" seemed more hellbent on getting little jabs in at Tepper. I'm not diminishing the wrongful comment Tepper made, but the "reporter" nearly does in his efforts to use cutting edge vernacular such as "shock jock" and tries to belittle Tepper with the Howard Stern comparison.

Again, Tepper's comment was regrettable and shouldn't have been said, but what came through to me was a "reporter's" vindictiveness at Tepper more than reporting what happened.

And if the "reporter" thinks Clear Channel will let go of ratings biggie Tepper is over one comment recently and another one over seven years ago, maybe he should educate himself further about radio before going on such an anemic tirade. At the very least, he should understand that what he said will pique the curiosity of more people than appall them.

 

[TVradioguru]

It appears to me that it was Mr. Jamieson the writer, who was calling for Rob's head if he crossed the line again. :

Newspaper people have always held a grudge against radio personalities. Now that newspapers are dying a slow painful death, they'll seize any opportunity to take a shot at the number one morning show host. Like newspapers are so pure of heart and deed.. PLEASE!

Certainly I didn't hear what Rob said as I don't live in the area, nor is Rob's show my cup of tea anyway. That being said, you can't buy this level of publicity. Hopefully all the buzz will be worth the pain to Michele and her sales manager. Sure Rob pushes the envelope on occasion, but he's not stupid. I suspect the main reason for sanction came because an advertiser got bent out of shape and threatened to cancel their contract.

I would be interested in hearing the clip of the shocking and offensive comment. I'm willing to bet that there was a lot of reading-between-the-lines by assuming Rob was insulting all Native American's, or all women. I mean come on... Women make up 60% of the T-Man's audience. To think that Rob would intentionally disrespect that large of a cross section of his audience in general is delusional.

 

[doubletrouble]

Does anyone know what was exactly said?

 

[SeattleRadioPro]

The article should have been placed in the Op-Ed page, as the "reporter" seemed more hellbent on getting little jabs in at Tepper. I'm not diminishing the wrongful comment Tepper made, but the "reporter" nearly does in his efforts to use cutting edge vernacular such as "shock jock" and tries to belittle Tepper with the Howard Stern comparison.

Re-read the article byline. Jamieson is titled as "P-I columnist" - not "reporter".

And if the "reporter" thinks Clear Channel will let go of ratings biggie Tepper is over one comment recently and another one over seven years ago, maybe he should educate himself further about radio before going on such an anemic tirade.

Uh - don't think so, AQH. Remember what happened to Imus after one of his bits? Advertisers canceled their deals and eventually he was fired.

Tepper's October bit is already threatening the Tulalip tribe's multi-million-dollar ad account with KUBE. If the T-man says something else that causes advertisers to cancel, he's done. Period.

 

[Bongwater]

The article should have been placed in the Op-Ed page, as the "reporter" seemed more hellbent on getting little jabs in at Tepper. I'm not diminishing the wrongful comment Tepper made, but the "reporter" nearly does in his efforts to use cutting edge vernacular such as "shock jock" and tries to belittle Tepper with the Howard Stern comparison.

Again, Tepper's comment was regrettable and shouldn't have been said, but what came through to me was a "reporter's" vindictiveness at Tepper more than reporting what happened.

And if the "reporter" thinks Clear Channel will let go of ratings biggie Tepper is over one comment recently and another one over seven years ago, maybe he should educate himself further about radio before going on such an anemic tirade. At the very least, he should understand that what he said will pique the curiosity of more people than appall them.

He isn't a reporter, he's a columnist. Newspaper columnists are opinionated by nature and this was just his topic to have an opinion on. He wasn't "reporting".

As for this matter, I do agree controversy sells. But really AQH, is T so desperate for TSL that he has to pick on Native American women? And what launched Tepper's own tirade on THEM? What did they ever do to HIM to be called that?

Clear Channel at least knows not to mess with a $2 million dollar account and I'll be looking forward to hearing this "one-hour community affairs program celebrating Native American cultural heritage." Will it be hosted by the T-Man?

 

[lovin the tunes]

A response to the P.I. article was written by the T-Man in the Sound Off section of the newspapers website and I'll paste it below:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soundoff/comment.asp?articleID=392327&source=mypi

This is the T-Man. I doubt this response will get much further than this small area of this P.I. website but I must say that it is typical of this author to fabricate untrue accounts of my show. [EDIT]

[EDIT-Citation exceeds amount of permissible content under Fair Use standards and has been truncated as a result. Link courtesy of Radio-Info.]

 

[BossJock1947]

The article should have been placed in the Op-Ed page, as the "reporter" seemed more hellbent on getting little jabs in at Tepper. I'm not diminishing the wrongful comment Tepper made, but the "reporter" nearly does in his efforts to use cutting edge vernacular such as "shock jock" and tries to belittle Tepper with the Howard Stern comparison.

Again, Tepper's comment was regrettable and shouldn't have been said, but what came through to me was a "reporter's" vindictiveness at Tepper more than reporting what happened.

And if the "reporter" thinks Clear Channel will let go of ratings biggie Tepper is over one comment recently and another one over seven years ago, maybe he should educate himself further about radio before going on such an anemic tirade. At the very least, he should understand that what he said will pique the curiosity of more people than appall them.

Why is it so surprising reporters act this way. The media especially Print and TV are full of men and women with a personal agenda. Fair journalism went out the door 40 years ago. How do you think Obama got elected?

 

[BossJock1947]

The article should have been placed in the Op-Ed page, as the "reporter" seemed more hellbent on getting little jabs in at Tepper. I'm not diminishing the wrongful comment Tepper made, but the "reporter" nearly does in his efforts to use cutting edge vernacular such as "shock jock" and tries to belittle Tepper with the Howard Stern comparison.

Re-read the article byline. Jamieson is titled as "P-I columnist" - not "reporter".

And if the "reporter" thinks Clear Channel will let go of ratings biggie Tepper is over one comment recently and another one over seven years ago, maybe he should educate himself further about radio before going on such an anemic tirade.

Uh - don't think so, AQH. Remember what happened to Imus after one of his bits? Advertisers canceled their deals and eventually he was fired.

Tepper's October bit is already threatening the Tulalip tribe's multi-million-dollar ad account with KUBE. If the T-man says something else that causes advertisers to cancel, he's done. Period.

Imus is on a bigger and better station. WABC. More money, more advertisers, more listeners. IMUS WINS.

 

[SeattleRadioPro]

Imus is on a bigger and better station. WABC. More money, more advertisers, more listeners. IMUS WINS.

Not surprisingly you completely missed the point. Who cares whether or not Imus "won" or where he's working today.

Bottom line: Imus was fired over what he said because ADVERTISERS STARTED CANCELING THEIR CONTRACTS. If something Tepper says on air causes that to happen at KUBE - he'll also be canned.

 

[TVradioguru]

I thought Rob's reply via the PI Discussion Forum was well written and spot on. Having not yet heard the audio, those siding with the "editorial" written by Mr. Jamieson are just proliferating the rumor mill started by the allegations of someone clearly with an ax to grind.

If indeed this whole fiasco was driven by a listener who misheard or misunderstood the fact that Rob was reading an ignorant comment from another listener over the air, then I'm glad Rob cleared that up. Not that it will ever happen, but the listener who generated the original complaint to the advertiser should be exposed, and Mr. Jamieson owes Rob and KUBE an apology.

 

[AQH]

Re-read the article byline. Jamieson is titled as "P-I columnist" - not "reporter".

Uh - don't think so, AQH. Remember what happened to Imus after one of his bits? Advertisers canceled their deals and eventually he was fired.

Tepper's October bit is already threatening the Tulalip tribe's multi-million-dollar ad account with KUBE. If the T-man says something else that causes advertisers to cancel, he's done. Period.

I doubt his job would be certainly gone if Tulalip backed out, especially now with the comments Tepper made in the PI.

Imus was a whole different ball of wax. Remember that Imus was simulcasting on MSNBC, they were the ones who started the avalanche on Imus. Al Sharpton decided he needed some camera time, and it just snowballed from there.

You're right about my incorrect description of Jamieson, he's not a reporter. He's a hack. TVRadioGuru is spot-on about the assessment of print media onto radio. It even goes back when print media was relevant, back when Victor Streidicke would consistently print incorrect information (call letters, frequencies, names) about stations he didn't like.

In the end, it might be the PI that in the end might need to watch out for their advertising dollars and might need to make a staffing decision.

 

[SeattleRadioPro]

I thought Rob's reply via the PI Discussion Forum was well written and spot on. Having not yet heard the audio, those siding with the "editorial" written by Mr. Jamieson are just proliferating the rumor mill started by the allegations of someone clearly with an ax to grind.

If indeed this whole fiasco was driven by a listener who misheard or misunderstood the fact that Rob was reading an ignorant comment from another listener over the air, then I'm glad Rob cleared that up. Not that it will ever happen, but the listener who generated the original complaint to the advertiser should be exposed, and Mr. Jamieson owes Rob and KUBE an apology.

Tepper's post is a good reminder that there's always two sides to every story.

I doubt his job would be certainly gone if Tulalip backed out, especially now with the comments Tepper made in the PI.

Agreed - but that wasn't my point. You said Tepper wouldn't be fired if he made offensive comments because he generated a lot of revenue for CC Seattle. I say he would get canned IF a NUMBER of advertisers cancelled - just as Imus was let go when advertisers canceled over the Rutgers incident.

 

[FMSteve]

And the irony here is that KUBE used to be owned by the Eskimos a while back.

 

[AQH]

Tepper's post is a good reminder that there's always two sides to every story.

Exactly.

Agreed - but that wasn't my point. You said Tepper wouldn't be fired if he made offensive comments because he generated a lot of revenue for CC Seattle. I say he would get canned IF a NUMBER of advertisers cancelled - just as Imus was let go when advertisers canceled over the Rutgers incident.

We're on the same page. Even if Tulalip canceled, it would take a lot more big-dollar contracts to cancel before Tepper would be canned.

 

[Radio Coug]

You simply do not know that...unless you are in fact C.C. management. But glad your opinions are provided...it's what makes this radio board interesting.