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The Very Best of Doris Monson

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WKomm

I listened to her lady lips flappin' for one hour today (Tues) - the first hour of the "Best of the Year" show or whatever she calls it. I admit it was entertaining but only so far as the audio clips being played, not her presentation.

However ...

Like everything else on the daily ego-fest, there HAS to be a liberal/Obama put-down. She played the clips of Obama speeches where he was refering to someone fainting. After immodestly mentioning several times how this bit made national news (Really? Maybe the Drudge report?) Doris told us more was coming up as the show rolls on.

Rolls on. Rolls on. Again and again. Every break. Lord knows how many times she goes into a break during an entire episode.

Doris? Might I suggest that you are the pot-belly DJ calling the President-elect's kettle black?

Find a few new ways to get into a stop set.
 
Question: WKomm. what has Dori Monson ever done to you personally to deserve such vitriol?

Maybe I don't listen to Dori Monson much, so maybe I'm missing something. But I have gotten stuck in Seattle traffic and zapped it to 710 kHz for a way out, sometimes during Dori's show and as far as I can tell, he's not a threat to civilization. Nor the next Howard Stern exactly. He's just a local guy doing a local talk show. His opinions are just that and people either love him or shoot him down accordingly - sometimes both. But not to dedicate their lives to mocking him and his career. They have better things to do.

Don't you?

Please WKomm, this Dori bashing is getting old. And I'm not a Dori Monson fan or lackey - I don't even KNOW this dude, which is why I would like to know what's eating you personally about him. I'll listen to KIRO today to see if I can find any real answer. But seriously........
 
WKomm,

Dori Monson has worked his way up in the business and now has the #1 rated show in the afternoon. He has a shift on a FM station each day from 12n-3pm. And you?

He must be doing something right, you can't stand him and yet you listen each and every day. And nobody thinks for a moment, that you just happen upon his show EACH day. Come on.

The simple truth is, if you don't like him don't listen. If you don't listen, we don't have to see your once a week posts about how you happen to hear five minutes of his show....blah blah blah.
 
KXRX said:
WKomm,

Dori Monson has worked his way up in the business and now has the #1 rated show in the afternoon. He has a shift on a FM station each day from 12n-3pm. And you?

He must be doing something right, you can't stand him and yet you listen each and every day. And nobody thinks for a moment, that you just happen upon his show EACH day. Come on.

The simple truth is, if you don't like him don't listen. If you don't listen, we don't have to see your once a week posts about how you happen to hear five minutes of his show....blah blah blah.
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KXRX, Bongwater et al, take your own advice. If you don't like WKomm's Doris rants, don't read em and better yet, don't comment on them. Why read them if you already know what he is going to say? I enjoy them and I completely agree with his remarks. This is an open forum. What is getting old (and SO predictable) is everytime he posts a Doris rant there are certain posters that always have to jump on and criticize them. He won't stop (hopefully), so just give it a rest. Do you have nothing better to do with your time than read about topics you clearly could not care less about?
 
I listened to Dori for a while today. Good production elements, interesting topic *top phone calls of 2008* and listener interaction. Great show from where i sit and definitely worth some time at Lake Chelan :p
 
But here's the question Grindlfan: WHY is Dori Monson so BAD to WKomm and you?

Is it something personal? Or is it that he's just not your cup of tea and that makes it all the reason, whatever that may be, to go on these personal tirades against him?

Dori Monson's no threat to anybody. Yet some people just have nothing better to do than hate the guy for the sake of hating someone......

It's just a waste of time and a source of bad karma. Get over it
 
Grindlfan said:
This is an open forum. What is getting old (and SO predictable) is everytime he posts a Doris rant there are certain posters that always have to jump on and criticize them. He won't stop (hopefully), so just give it a rest. Do you have nothing better to do with your time than read about topics you clearly could not care less about?
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Actually, what's getting predictable is these threads. WKomm posts a rant, others react, grindl defends WKomm, more reaction from others, WKomm posts witty responses. Lather, rinse repeat.

Larry, KXRX - it might not be a bad idea to just let the threads lie and die out naturally rather than "stoking the flames".
 
Bongwater said:
But here's the question Grindlfan: WHY is Dori Monson so BAD to WKomm and you?

Is it something personal? Or is it that he's just not your cup of tea and that makes it all the reason, whatever that may be, to go on these personal tirades against him?

Dori Monson's no threat to anybody. Yet some people just have nothing better to do than hate the guy for the sake of hating someone......

It's just a waste of time and a source of bad karma. Get over it
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You just can't control yourself can you?
 
Come on, Guys -

I simply don't like what he does. I don't hate him. I don't even think about the show unless it's on in the bathroom when I'm going to do my gig. So here are a few pointsto think about:

This is a radio forum. I've worked a lot of markets so I scroll around a lot when I stop here. I post very little because of time. But many posts I read are critical of air talent, stations, chains, PDs, artists ... what IS the big deal?

I honestly listen very, very little. I also wonder why people who truly HATE someone would listen so much, as they often do. But I listen rarely and I DO NOT HATE :) Really, I don't. I have a good-sized radio gig and am well aware not everyone thinks I'm all that. I get my share of put-downs, nasty e-mails, etc. Comes with the territory. If you expose your self to the public, you'll get a variety of results.

I don't consider Noon-3PM as afternoons. And I'm not arguing numbers - I'm making fun of his egotistical, affected style (he's now taking to accenting the "FM" in a very annoying way) and ratings are a separate issue. I don't know his #'s but let's say he has a 10 in some demo and he's #1. That means 90% of available listeners either didn't like him or ignored him.

Ouch.

Those #'s would give Ichiro a sizzling .100 average. In radio, you win. Go figure.

I don't know Dori, never worked with him and he's done nothing to me. I do get annoyed by posers - guys who guffaw, smoke cigars, talk all tough, all from the comfort of a control room and a padded chair. It must be nice for him to wake up every single morning, convinced he is by-God-RIGHT.

I've asked this before with no answers. What should a board like this be? All very positive posts about great things are, how wonderful each air talent is, how happy we all seem to be? Definition of a forum:

The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.
b. A public meeting place for open discussion.
c. A medium of open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper or a radio or television program.
2. A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.

Seems to me that's pretty much what we have going on here.

Finally - this thread gets a lot more replies than the one on the loss of Steve Young. That speaks volumes ...
 
At the risk of dipping into the well of near-tabloid-trash .... did you see the Babs Walters interview last week with Rush L? Just curious about your take .... to me he almost looked scared of being in the interviewee seat and unsure what was going to get thrown at him. A much different individual than the personna he portrays when HE is in control of his own show.
 
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
At the risk of dipping into the well of near-tabloid-trash .... did you see the Babs Walters interview last week with Rush L? Just curious about your take .... to me he almost looked scared of being in the interviewee seat and unsure what was going to get thrown at him. A much different individual than the personna he portrays when HE is in control of his own show.
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There ARE different sides of Limbaugh. I saw him once on some PBS political round table show several years ago and he was the QUIETEST person there. Not much spoken, none of his quotes restated and CERTAINLY no "end public broadcasting" suggestions.

He only works in his own environment, with his own underlings and an audience of the unquestioning. Take him out of it and he's very humble.....
 
Has anyone stopped to think that this WKOMM is either a fan of Dori or possibly working for the guy? All these posts in which he bashes the guy might just be intentional to get other folks to listen. I mean if he came on the board telling us how much he loved the guy, it probably wouldn't get as many responses as his quote on quote bashing does. I honestly think if the guy really hated Dori's show, he would do what any other adult would do and find another program to listen to. But there is a reason why he continues to listen and there is a reason why he continues to litter this board with Dori threads.
 
Funny that Limbaugh is brought up with the Doris Monson thread ...

I don't really care about Dori ... er, Doris. I just don't like him and smacking him around in this forum every so often is a guilty pleasure. But I totally and completely detest Limbaugh. It was once to a point where I was actually praying for either his voice to go or my hatred dissipate.

Years back, at a time when I was "between jobs", I became embroiled in huge flame wars regarding his disgusting ass. It was embarrassing. I actually has unsolicited dirt on him sent to me by people who disliked him but didn't want to enter into a public online war. I listened to him and then rushed to get online and rant.

I also heard him fold when out of his control room. He has often bragged that the purpose of his fand and callers are to make HIM look good. It is, IMO opinion, evidence of him being a total and complete sham, working in cahoots (or maybe a little closer, if you get my meaning) with Limbaugh look-alike Roger Ailes.

I soon realized a few obvious things. One - it had no effect on Limbaugh. He could not care less about negative posts. Secondly, he has a core audience (like Stern & others in our Cult of Personality) who will stick with him through ANYTHING. Three marriages, two drug busts - no problem. He's still good ol' Gawd fearin' Rush. Third - no one EVER has their minds changed during online spats. Never ever. If I won the Nobel Peace Prize, some of you only remember me as a Dori-hating nut. And if Dori were to be arrested for beating up a nun, most of his fans would defend him.

I'm not Dori nor work in that building. It's an old radio trick to start an argument with yourself to draw attention. But that's not the case here.

And my question STILL goes unanswered.

How do you see this board? As a collection of fawning fans or a bunch of nasty sideswipes at air talent or some hybrid?
 
Really when you think about it, what you do by being a "Dori Monson hater", or posting disruptive comments about other poster's, is to call attention to yourself via this little discussion forum.

It is exactly what guys like Stern, Limbaugh, Imus, Dr. Laura, whomever do for a living. The big difference is these professional rabble-rousers make money, a LOT of money getting guys like you to listen, whether you're a fan, or a hater.

Just as with the old saying in radio goes: "I don't really care what they say about us, as long as they get the call letters right." By listening and then venting on this little forum, you're essentially putting money in Monson's pocket!

Trust me, guys like Howard Stern are completely different people in their personal lives, and I'm willing to bet Monson is too. Successful syndicated radio and TV hosts wouldn't have attained the fame and fortune by being generic. For better or worse, just look at the success ratio between Air America hosts and Rush's show individually. Playing to the right-wing seems to be far more profitable as a radio host.
 
TVradioguru said:
Really when you think about it, what you do by being a "Dori Monson hater", or posting disruptive comments about other poster's, is to call attention to yourself via this little discussion forum.

It is exactly what guys like Stern, Limbaugh, Imus, Dr. Laura, whomever do for a living. The big difference is these professional rabble-rousers make money, a LOT of money getting guys like you to listen, whether you're a fan, or a hater.

Just as with the old saying in radio goes: "I don't really care what they say about us, as long as they get the call letters right." By listening and then venting on this little forum, you're essentially putting money in Monson's pocket!

Trust me, guys like Howard Stern are completely different people in their personal lives, and I'm willing to bet Monson is too. Successful syndicated radio and TV hosts wouldn't have attained the fame and fortune by being generic. For better or worse, just look at the success ratio between Air America hosts and Rush's show individually. Playing to the right-wing seems to be far more profitable as a radio host.
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While what you say is true, I wouldn't sweat the reasoning for your post. It's gotten to the comical stage, and just further "enhances" the poster's reputation.
 
Well, believe it or not, this poster neither needs nor wants an "enhanced" reputation. I've had enough publicity and media exposure for three jocks. I only post here because I don't like the guy and I blow off steam. I don't really care if anyone ever reads it or not.

However - please read the new topic I'm posting.
 
I don't really care if anyone ever reads it or not.....Then...why post? Blow off your steam somewhere else!
 
70radio said:
I don't really care if anyone ever reads it or not.....Then...why post? Blow off your steam somewhere else!
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Because some of us DO read them and DO enjoy them.
 
70Radio - why not post here? As Grindlfan points out, some like it. You are obviously at least moved to read & respond - and IMO, that's the whole idea of a board like this.

Grindlfan - if you read "I'm Done" I've decided to pretty much stop teasing Doris. You know that old line where the punch line is: "It makes you crazy and only annoys the pig" don't ya?

Maybe you can post some sideswipes at the bloated host. I'll be here to read them. But I'm taking a bit of break - at least from Doris.
 
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