No chatter about The Tickets firing of Big Dick Hunters P1 Wild Ass Circus?
Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
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Nothing about Big Dick in the Dumpster?
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P
Phantom
Guest
> No chatter about The Tickets firing of Big Dick Hunters P1
> Wild Ass Circus?
> Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of T & A
.
And, if you heard me once, you've now heard me twice.
> Wild Ass Circus?
> Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of T & A
.And, if you heard me once, you've now heard me twice
.
P
Phantom
Guest
> No chatter about The Tickets firing of Big Dick Hunters P1
> Wild Ass Circus?
> Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of T & A
> Wild Ass Circus?
> Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of T & A
> > No chatter about The Tickets firing of Big Dick Hunters P1
>
> > Wild Ass Circus?
> > Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> > BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
>
>
> Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of T
> & A.
>
> And, if you heard me once, you've now heard me twice.
>
I must admit in writing this submission that I listen to very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name a time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun intended) than really talking about sports. Would the Ticket be representative of other 'sports' stations across the country or is their approach to radio unique? My interest in sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day. And not being able to hear a sports score without returning to junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports today (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
>
> > Wild Ass Circus?
> > Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> > BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
>
>
> Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of T
> & A
.>
> And, if you heard me once, you've now heard me twice
.>
I must admit in writing this submission that I listen to very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name a time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun intended) than really talking about sports. Would the Ticket be representative of other 'sports' stations across the country or is their approach to radio unique? My interest in sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day. And not being able to hear a sports score without returning to junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports today (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
B
bluescreen
Guest
> I must admit in writing this submission that I listen to
> very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment
> about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name a
> time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my
> mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun
> intended) than really talking about sports. Would the Ticket
> be representative of other 'sports' stations across the
> country or is their approach to radio unique? My interest in
> sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day. And
> not being able to hear a sports score without returning to
> junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that
> perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports today
> (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports
> radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
>
The maxim in radio is still stick with what sells ads. ESPN 103.3 is all sports all the time and their numbers suck. By the end of the next book I bet they're under a 1 share. ABC would save money by letting that one go dark.
The Ticket on the other hand is a Top 15 station overall. Yeah they have more than their share of bathroom humor, but apparently it's working. C'est la vie.
> very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment
> about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name a
> time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my
> mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun
> intended) than really talking about sports. Would the Ticket
> be representative of other 'sports' stations across the
> country or is their approach to radio unique? My interest in
> sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day. And
> not being able to hear a sports score without returning to
> junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that
> perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports today
> (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports
> radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
>
The maxim in radio is still stick with what sells ads. ESPN 103.3 is all sports all the time and their numbers suck. By the end of the next book I bet they're under a 1 share. ABC would save money by letting that one go dark.
The Ticket on the other hand is a Top 15 station overall. Yeah they have more than their share of bathroom humor, but apparently it's working. C'est la vie.
> > I must admit in writing this submission that I listen to
> > very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment
>
> > about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name
> a
> > time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my
> > mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun
>
> > intended) than really talking about sports. Would the
> Ticket
> > be representative of other 'sports' stations across the
> > country or is their approach to radio unique? My interest
> in
> > sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day.
> And
> > not being able to hear a sports score without returning to
>
> > junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that
> > perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports
> today
> > (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports
>
> > radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
> >
> The maxim in radio is still stick with what sells ads. ESPN
> 103.3 is all sports all the time and their numbers suck. By
> the end of the next book I bet they're under a 1 share. ABC
> would save money by letting that one go dark.
>
> The Ticket on the other hand is a Top 15 station overall.
> Yeah they have more than their share of bathroom humor, but
> apparently it's working. C'est la vie.
>
BDH will more than likely land at a post stern/P&K 105.3. IMHO, he'd be great for afternoon drive if Russ gets his morning money
> > very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment
>
> > about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name
> a
> > time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my
> > mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun
>
> > intended) than really talking about sports. Would the
> Ticket
> > be representative of other 'sports' stations across the
> > country or is their approach to radio unique? My interest
> in
> > sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day.
> And
> > not being able to hear a sports score without returning to
>
> > junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that
> > perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports
> today
> > (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports
>
> > radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
> >
> The maxim in radio is still stick with what sells ads. ESPN
> 103.3 is all sports all the time and their numbers suck. By
> the end of the next book I bet they're under a 1 share. ABC
> would save money by letting that one go dark.
>
> The Ticket on the other hand is a Top 15 station overall.
> Yeah they have more than their share of bathroom humor, but
> apparently it's working. C'est la vie.
>
BDH will more than likely land at a post stern/P&K 105.3. IMHO, he'd be great for afternoon drive if Russ gets his morning money
P
Phantom
Guest
> > > No chatter about The Tickets firing of Big Dick Hunters
> P1
> >
> > > Wild Ass Circus?
> > > Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> > > BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
> >
> >
> > Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of
> T
> > & A.
> >
> > And, if you heard me once, you've now heard me twice.
> >
>
>
> I must admit in writing this submission that I listen to
> very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment
> about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name a
> time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my
> mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun
> intended) than really talking about sports.
Well, you've got the Ticket pegged right. Proceed.
> Would the Ticket > be representative of other 'sports' stations across the
> country or is their approach to radio unique?
Sure, where do you think the Ticket got the idea? In the beginning, the Ticket was sports without the T&A beginning with longtime newspaper columnist Skip Bayless in mornings.
>My interest in sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day. And
> not being able to hear a sports score without returning to
> junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that
> perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports today
> (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports
> radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
Actually, it's been taken over by subscribers to XXX-hardcore-internet porn sites.
> P1
> >
> > > Wild Ass Circus?
> > > Budget cuts related to the pending sale of Susq?
> > > BDH a natural fit for 105.3?
> >
> >
> > Maybe The Ticket wants to try sports for awhile instead of
> T
> > & A
.> >
> > And, if you heard me once, you've now heard me twice
.> >
>
>
> I must admit in writing this submission that I listen to
> very little of the Ticket but was intrigued by the comment
> about mixing sports and T & A. I've heard this guy's name a
> time or two on the radio and it basically confirmed in my
> mind that The Ticket is more interested in titilation (pun
> intended) than really talking about sports.
Well, you've got the Ticket pegged right. Proceed.
> Would the Ticket > be representative of other 'sports' stations across the
> country or is their approach to radio unique?
Sure, where do you think the Ticket got the idea? In the beginning, the Ticket was sports without the T&A beginning with longtime newspaper columnist Skip Bayless in mornings.
>My interest in sports is limited and getting smaller each passing day. And
> not being able to hear a sports score without returning to
> junior high school humor only confirms my opinion that
> perhaps I've grown too old to be interested in sports today
> (and I'm not even 40 years old!). Am I alone or has sports
> radio been taken over by subscribers to Maxim magazine?
Actually, it's been taken over by subscribers to XXX-hardcore-internet porn sites.
Y
Y2K_WS6_TA
Guest
I am kinda surprised that since the Hardline usually allows people who have gotten fired in this industry to come on their show and talk about it assumming the fired person wants to do so. Either way, not a peep heard about this on the station at all.
The following is an message from Big Dick Hunter (http://www.bigdickhunter.net):
http://www.bigdickhunter.blogspot.com/
Friday, September 30, 2005
We've Been Fired.
Catchy title, eh? Exactly one day shy of our three-year anniversary on the air, Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket has canceled The P1 Wild Ass Circus. We have a lot to get to here, but before we do I must say that this doesn’t feel anything like what I thought it would. I’ve made it (again, almost exactly) 35 years through this life, and this is the first time that I’ve actually been fired from anything. Because I have put this show ahead of any semblance of a private life, I always figured it would feel like life had ended. It certainly doesn’t feel great, but oddly enough it really just made me want to start working which is what I’m doing now, about 45 minutes or so after the fact.
Over the past three years, the show really succeeded in spite of a number of obstacles, not the least of which was a tough time slot on a station in which nothing had really succeeded that came before it. Our old program director Bruce Gilbert had come up with the concept, and I remember at the time being very nervous about taking the gig over the possibility of producing BAD Radio. Although it might have meant still being employed, I can’t tell you how happy I am that I took that chance. This has without a doubt been the best three years of my life in a lifetime that had been pretty adventurous up to that point.
At this point it would be appropriate to thank a few people: Bruce Gilbert, for having the initial faith. When I think back at how I almost turned down his offer several times out of fear of being unemployed, (ironic at this point) I am so thankful that he was so persuasive. I still miss sitting in his office and conjuring up insane broadcast content.
Mike Rhyner, for seeing something in me that I never noticed about myself. Despite whatever has been going on with him and our show over the last few years, I have to always give credit where credit is due in his case. I don’t know if I’ll ever know what the root of the angst was, but I can’t ever say a bad word about the guy that handed me my dream before I even realized what it was.
Speaking of The Hard Line, Greg Williams was there to become one of its’ biggest supporters. I’ll never forget the phone message that Greggo left me after the first L.A. House Party. I was so high off of the energy of what happened that night, and it had all happened so spontaneously. Greggo called me in L.A. and told me that it was one of the best things that had ever aired on the station. Coming from a guy who I had literally planned my days around some years earlier when I became a P1, that meant so much. He never worried about whether or not it looked cool or uncool to embrace our little show, and when I got married he was there as a groomsman on the eve of facing his own battle with addiction. He’s said it about me and I’ll say it about him: Greggo passes the flat tire test.
If you’re a regular listener to the show you’ve heard me say this a million times, but if this country had a work force that labored as hard as our producer Mike Turley, we would make the Japanese look lazy. Turley never has gotten to make much money at this gig, but for three years he has chased this dream every bit as hard as I have. In all honesty this show could not have become what it was without him, and the guy has been an absolute inspiration in the way that he has taken on this show as a way of life.
Finally, and most importantly, this show was all about you, whoever is reading this. Every P1 who volunteered hours of their time over the years to guest host, and even those of you who emailed me and told me that I was a liberal idiot … This show would have been nothing without tension, confrontation and room for everyone’s opinion in the process. The real crazies who crawled in to the back of passenger vans and drove across the country with me en route to amazing adventures, and those who thought enough of me to find their own way to my wedding. Those of you who actually pledged money to a commercial radio station so that we could have money to go to Jose Canseco’s house in Florida and do a show in year one (Do you think THAT paid off?). All of you own a piece of what happened for the last three years at night. If you became a part of my extended family, or if you called in and yelled at me or sent me hateful email, I thank each and every one of you for being a part of this. You gave me the greatest experience of my life.
Now to the future … Obviously, we’re right back at work. Over the next few days I will work to establish at least an internet/podcast presence of new and frequently updated content, and that is your cue to keep logging on to bigdickhunter.net. The show is immediately available for hire elsewhere, as the station has been kind enough not to enforce my non-compete clause. If you want to help spread the word, than please do. Call or contact other stations and let them know that you want us back on the air. Direct them to this site, and they can see for themselves what three years can get them. Send me emails or post on the blog. That goes for all of the detractors too. In fact, we are going to be posting th best of the “Glad you are gone” missives on the site, with a possible prize on the line.
In the three years that the Wild Ass Circus breathed life, we’ve seen the show in many ways mirror life itself. I’ve seen my family extended with friends who I will keep with me forever. In the span of three years, I met and conversed with literally thousands of new faces. We had a wedding (my own), we had a birth (Turley’s baby) and we had a death (our dear friend Rick James). We went through what families go through: Ups and downs. In the process, we forged friendships and strengthened bonds.
Now it is time for the show to grow. In all honesty, the show might have for better or for worse maxed out in its’ current environment. While we enjoyed a very loyal base, it had been discussed for some time amongst those close to us that maybe the show might be able to ascend to another level with a different type of format supporting us. That may or may not prove to be the case, but now we’ll find out.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for helping me to avoid having to get a real job for the past three years. We’ll keep you posted on our progress, so please keep checking in.
BDH
The following is an message from Big Dick Hunter (http://www.bigdickhunter.net):
http://www.bigdickhunter.blogspot.com/
Friday, September 30, 2005
We've Been Fired.
Catchy title, eh? Exactly one day shy of our three-year anniversary on the air, Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket has canceled The P1 Wild Ass Circus. We have a lot to get to here, but before we do I must say that this doesn’t feel anything like what I thought it would. I’ve made it (again, almost exactly) 35 years through this life, and this is the first time that I’ve actually been fired from anything. Because I have put this show ahead of any semblance of a private life, I always figured it would feel like life had ended. It certainly doesn’t feel great, but oddly enough it really just made me want to start working which is what I’m doing now, about 45 minutes or so after the fact.
Over the past three years, the show really succeeded in spite of a number of obstacles, not the least of which was a tough time slot on a station in which nothing had really succeeded that came before it. Our old program director Bruce Gilbert had come up with the concept, and I remember at the time being very nervous about taking the gig over the possibility of producing BAD Radio. Although it might have meant still being employed, I can’t tell you how happy I am that I took that chance. This has without a doubt been the best three years of my life in a lifetime that had been pretty adventurous up to that point.
At this point it would be appropriate to thank a few people: Bruce Gilbert, for having the initial faith. When I think back at how I almost turned down his offer several times out of fear of being unemployed, (ironic at this point) I am so thankful that he was so persuasive. I still miss sitting in his office and conjuring up insane broadcast content.
Mike Rhyner, for seeing something in me that I never noticed about myself. Despite whatever has been going on with him and our show over the last few years, I have to always give credit where credit is due in his case. I don’t know if I’ll ever know what the root of the angst was, but I can’t ever say a bad word about the guy that handed me my dream before I even realized what it was.
Speaking of The Hard Line, Greg Williams was there to become one of its’ biggest supporters. I’ll never forget the phone message that Greggo left me after the first L.A. House Party. I was so high off of the energy of what happened that night, and it had all happened so spontaneously. Greggo called me in L.A. and told me that it was one of the best things that had ever aired on the station. Coming from a guy who I had literally planned my days around some years earlier when I became a P1, that meant so much. He never worried about whether or not it looked cool or uncool to embrace our little show, and when I got married he was there as a groomsman on the eve of facing his own battle with addiction. He’s said it about me and I’ll say it about him: Greggo passes the flat tire test.
If you’re a regular listener to the show you’ve heard me say this a million times, but if this country had a work force that labored as hard as our producer Mike Turley, we would make the Japanese look lazy. Turley never has gotten to make much money at this gig, but for three years he has chased this dream every bit as hard as I have. In all honesty this show could not have become what it was without him, and the guy has been an absolute inspiration in the way that he has taken on this show as a way of life.
Finally, and most importantly, this show was all about you, whoever is reading this. Every P1 who volunteered hours of their time over the years to guest host, and even those of you who emailed me and told me that I was a liberal idiot … This show would have been nothing without tension, confrontation and room for everyone’s opinion in the process. The real crazies who crawled in to the back of passenger vans and drove across the country with me en route to amazing adventures, and those who thought enough of me to find their own way to my wedding. Those of you who actually pledged money to a commercial radio station so that we could have money to go to Jose Canseco’s house in Florida and do a show in year one (Do you think THAT paid off?). All of you own a piece of what happened for the last three years at night. If you became a part of my extended family, or if you called in and yelled at me or sent me hateful email, I thank each and every one of you for being a part of this. You gave me the greatest experience of my life.
Now to the future … Obviously, we’re right back at work. Over the next few days I will work to establish at least an internet/podcast presence of new and frequently updated content, and that is your cue to keep logging on to bigdickhunter.net. The show is immediately available for hire elsewhere, as the station has been kind enough not to enforce my non-compete clause. If you want to help spread the word, than please do. Call or contact other stations and let them know that you want us back on the air. Direct them to this site, and they can see for themselves what three years can get them. Send me emails or post on the blog. That goes for all of the detractors too. In fact, we are going to be posting th best of the “Glad you are gone” missives on the site, with a possible prize on the line.
In the three years that the Wild Ass Circus breathed life, we’ve seen the show in many ways mirror life itself. I’ve seen my family extended with friends who I will keep with me forever. In the span of three years, I met and conversed with literally thousands of new faces. We had a wedding (my own), we had a birth (Turley’s baby) and we had a death (our dear friend Rick James). We went through what families go through: Ups and downs. In the process, we forged friendships and strengthened bonds.
Now it is time for the show to grow. In all honesty, the show might have for better or for worse maxed out in its’ current environment. While we enjoyed a very loyal base, it had been discussed for some time amongst those close to us that maybe the show might be able to ascend to another level with a different type of format supporting us. That may or may not prove to be the case, but now we’ll find out.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for helping me to avoid having to get a real job for the past three years. We’ll keep you posted on our progress, so please keep checking in.
BDH
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