GREAT article and it reveals everything...
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-...o-swell-though-he-s-quietly-losing-relevance/
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-...o-swell-though-he-s-quietly-losing-relevance/
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Russ Martin - The End
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Great article. What a pathetic little child.
"What goes round, comes round."
Pretty thorough indeed. Interesting.
Wow, only 2 things come to mind 1) If Russ Martin comes back on air will I have any respect left for this low-life to listen in, and 2) If anyone will give Richie c**p for writing this article on what some call a rag of a newspaper.
My thoughts as I flip from their site to this...
1. Yep, me too suprised that JD so willingly threw Russ under the bus with those quotes.
2. Re omalleys "nothing" quote- Nothing can be entertaining, but when it's not, what else do you have. The Tciket hosts talk about 'nothing' sometimes, but you kno wthey have sports to fall back on. Once the nothing got boring, audiences went away.
3. how many other companoes do you think are going to allow a jock to drink Jack on the air? If russ comes back, the situation will be vastly different I'd think...
4. Nothing like objectivity here: "Russ' timing and wit and how he balanced things, it was just amazing," says Trenholm
Oh really, the guy who came from nowhere to be on Russ's show, a guy who STILL works for Russ think's russ is amazing?
5. Seperate checks? It's Abuelo's for gosh sakes. Not Bob's, the Mansion, etc. Cheap bastard. And how many of those people who had to file for unemplyment(so anybody besides Trey) now have an ax to grind with Russ. So much for putting "the band" back together. Bet some of those people probably wouldn't want to go back, and would a RMS be the same with a completely different supporting cast? Wasn't part of Russ's draw getting a peek inside the treehouse? Knowing the back stories of why so-and-so was mad at whoever? It'll take years to recreate the same situation...
6. Anybody really suprised that everything was a bit?
6A. Especially the Spittle stuff? A PD will put up with a lot from a jock making ratings and revenue, but some of the stuff they supposedly did? in a big company like CBS (i.e. with HR people who would hear about such stuff?)
7. Big Dick Hunter, like JD, also feels like he can take his shots now-Except him being a horrible person. That part was totally real."
8. Classy Russ, oh so classy...Martin caustically referred on the air to Lewis' wife as "the queen of double penetration. Can you get less classy than that?
9. Apparently you can... While working at a comic book store in Rockwall, Lewis' 16-year-old daughter suddenly heard her private conversations read on the air by Martin. Lewis says Martin's show initially supplied incentive and a tape recorder to a co-worker at the store, a fact vehemently denied by O'Malley and Ryan."I got death threats from Russ' listeners because I had dared leave his precious tree house," Lewis said. "The one I'll never forget was a guy who said he was going to 'rape your daughter and then a**-f*** her until she dies'."
10. Further proof that radio is now divided into haves and have nots: While his staffers—other than Ryan, who's also having his CBS contract honored—made ends meet on salaries of no more than $35,000...Russ gets 1.1mil, his staff gets jack...
11. If he does get back into radio, advertisers are going to LOVE news like this...Martin kept his crew in check with random acts of humiliating perversion. It wasn't uncommon for Martin to sneak up behind a co-worker, whip out his penis and flop it on the unsuspecting guy's shoulder.
12. These guys aren't his friends anymore: says a former staff member who requested anonymity. "I'm not saying he was gay or bisexual,
13. For those of you who don't support me," Martin screamed, "f*** you! F*** you! F*** you!" Or to put it another way, Eff you to the 97% of the metroplex that doesn't listen to him.
14. What transpired in the next 45 minutes would change the face of Dallas radio. Hyperbolic much Richie? Changes the landscape of hot/sports/guy talk, but there's a 45 stations out there that this had absolutely no effect on.
15. Will this quote Though industry sources—citing the show's fall from No. 2 in the ratings to No. 14—indicate Martin's arrest wasn't a motivating factor in flipping 105.3's format, others aren't so sure.stop the people crowing that Russ was still #1?
16. And it ends with this:
1. Yep, me too suprised that JD so willingly threw Russ under the bus with those quotes.
2. Re omalleys "nothing" quote- Nothing can be entertaining, but when it's not, what else do you have. The Tciket hosts talk about 'nothing' sometimes, but you kno wthey have sports to fall back on. Once the nothing got boring, audiences went away.
3. how many other companoes do you think are going to allow a jock to drink Jack on the air? If russ comes back, the situation will be vastly different I'd think...
4. Nothing like objectivity here: "Russ' timing and wit and how he balanced things, it was just amazing," says Trenholm
Oh really, the guy who came from nowhere to be on Russ's show, a guy who STILL works for Russ think's russ is amazing?
5. Seperate checks? It's Abuelo's for gosh sakes. Not Bob's, the Mansion, etc. Cheap bastard. And how many of those people who had to file for unemplyment(so anybody besides Trey) now have an ax to grind with Russ. So much for putting "the band" back together. Bet some of those people probably wouldn't want to go back, and would a RMS be the same with a completely different supporting cast? Wasn't part of Russ's draw getting a peek inside the treehouse? Knowing the back stories of why so-and-so was mad at whoever? It'll take years to recreate the same situation...
6. Anybody really suprised that everything was a bit?
6A. Especially the Spittle stuff? A PD will put up with a lot from a jock making ratings and revenue, but some of the stuff they supposedly did? in a big company like CBS (i.e. with HR people who would hear about such stuff?)
7. Big Dick Hunter, like JD, also feels like he can take his shots now-Except him being a horrible person. That part was totally real."
8. Classy Russ, oh so classy...Martin caustically referred on the air to Lewis' wife as "the queen of double penetration. Can you get less classy than that?
9. Apparently you can... While working at a comic book store in Rockwall, Lewis' 16-year-old daughter suddenly heard her private conversations read on the air by Martin. Lewis says Martin's show initially supplied incentive and a tape recorder to a co-worker at the store, a fact vehemently denied by O'Malley and Ryan."I got death threats from Russ' listeners because I had dared leave his precious tree house," Lewis said. "The one I'll never forget was a guy who said he was going to 'rape your daughter and then a**-f*** her until she dies'."
10. Further proof that radio is now divided into haves and have nots: While his staffers—other than Ryan, who's also having his CBS contract honored—made ends meet on salaries of no more than $35,000...Russ gets 1.1mil, his staff gets jack...
11. If he does get back into radio, advertisers are going to LOVE news like this...Martin kept his crew in check with random acts of humiliating perversion. It wasn't uncommon for Martin to sneak up behind a co-worker, whip out his penis and flop it on the unsuspecting guy's shoulder.
12. These guys aren't his friends anymore: says a former staff member who requested anonymity. "I'm not saying he was gay or bisexual,
13. For those of you who don't support me," Martin screamed, "f*** you! F*** you! F*** you!" Or to put it another way, Eff you to the 97% of the metroplex that doesn't listen to him.
14. What transpired in the next 45 minutes would change the face of Dallas radio. Hyperbolic much Richie? Changes the landscape of hot/sports/guy talk, but there's a 45 stations out there that this had absolutely no effect on.
15. Will this quote Though industry sources—citing the show's fall from No. 2 in the ratings to No. 14—indicate Martin's arrest wasn't a motivating factor in flipping 105.3's format, others aren't so sure.stop the people crowing that Russ was still #1?
16. And it ends with this:
Will it come around for the salary Russ expects? Does anybody think in this economic climate that some company is going to pay Russ ridiculous money BEFORE he generates ratings? And will Russ be willing to start out much closer to the bottom of the ladder? Not saying he'll have to take 35K, but look at Greggo. From competing with Russ to nights on ESPN. Doubt he was making the half mill that Richie's article said he was making at 1310.
little1 said:
If he really still has just under 2 years left on a contract paying him $1.1M, I doubt he will be on the air again here. No one in the current state of radio is going to pay that kind of money...compounded with the bad press and a #14 rating for the end.
Greggo is no longer on ESPN...now sort of a quasi-co-host Hunter's show on KMNY 1360. Mike said in another thread that the afternoon shows on KMNY don't get paid; instead, they just get part of whatever ad time they sell. If he's correct, from the tiny amount of ads that appear there and KMNY not showing up with measurable ratings, that can't be very much revenue coming in each show, much less split between the people on the shows.
T
thunderradio
Guest
Little 1. We don't agree a large majority of the time, but this time I am in whole hearted agreement with you. A station ,any station, any corporation would have to be owned by satan himself or worse to consider ever hiring Russ. I never wish ill will on anyone, but in Russ's case he becomes my first exception. I hope the article gets out with mass distribution and his business declines at his autoshop. Second I can not wait until April 2011 when the last of his CBS checks are handed out,with no gig, no business, his comeuppance will start to trickle in to a mass flood. 3 A boycott of his auto shop would be a great start for his real punishment yet to come.
He humiliated a freidn of mine a few years back for no reason,just becasue he could. I hope the recession hits him hard, just because it can.
To the Russ fans and Rus himself who posts here,what the hell more evidence do you need or are you truly blind by him?
He humiliated a freidn of mine a few years back for no reason,just becasue he could. I hope the recession hits him hard, just because it can.
To the Russ fans and Rus himself who posts here,what the hell more evidence do you need or are you truly blind by him?
CBS' monster
More importantly, what does this article say about CBS' management and Gavin Spittle?
CBS is Frankenstein ... and Martin is the monster they helped create.
Finally, you can always tell a coward by his MO. Martin is yellow to the core.
Tony
Tony Lyndell Williams
More importantly, what does this article say about CBS' management and Gavin Spittle?
CBS is Frankenstein ... and Martin is the monster they helped create.
Finally, you can always tell a coward by his MO. Martin is yellow to the core.
Tony
Tony Lyndell Williams
Cue the sycophantic 5515. It’s time for his issuing of the following decelerations:
Richie Witt is a liar
Dan Lewis is a liar
JD Ryan is a liar
Richard Hunter is a liar
Pugs is a liar
Kelly is a liar
Anyone who has ever said anything negative about Russ Martin is a liar.
You get the picture. Only the mighty Russ Martin tells the truth. Everyone else is just jealous of his greatness and genius.
If you still defend Russ after all that has been revealed about him, you are as dumb as a bag of hammers.
Richie Witt is a liar
Dan Lewis is a liar
JD Ryan is a liar
Richard Hunter is a liar
Pugs is a liar
Kelly is a liar
Anyone who has ever said anything negative about Russ Martin is a liar.
You get the picture. Only the mighty Russ Martin tells the truth. Everyone else is just jealous of his greatness and genius.
If you still defend Russ after all that has been revealed about him, you are as dumb as a bag of hammers.
T
thunderradio
Guest
Hammers is an insult to the construction industry. How about used cat litter?
Now that I've read Richie's column I have mixed feelings about Russ. His article has shed light on the "Real Russ". It seems he's crossed everyone he's ever worked with except Trey. The most suprising is JD who's known Russ for over 25 years. His comments alone are worth the read...I mean c'mon how cheap can u be and not pick up the check at Abuelos? I feel duped knowing that all those bits on air were fake. He's better off staying at home collecting his $30,000 check twice a month because after this noone in DFW will hire him again.
R.I.P Russ Martin
R.I.P Russ Martin
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