W&J and Hooks

[axedriver]

If it were not for Jay Hooks, Walton and Johnson would not be a driving force in radio right now. When they went to WRNO back in late 1998, they did not have the ratings until Summer of 1999, when WRNO re-introduced the New Orleans Listeners to THE DARK ONE aka JAY HOOKS.
Since W&J transferred to Houston, they sound just as lame as Howard Stern, very homogenized.
Remember Butz and Tucker(WCKW late 80's-early 90's morning show), who kicked the asses of both W&J and STERN? They gave Jay Hooks his start.
Would like to hear Hooks, along with Butz and Tucker again, then we could call a morning show, in the words of the great Frank Davis of Channel 4,
NATURALLY N'AWLINS..........

 

[neanderpol]

> If it were not for Jay Hooks, Walton and Johnson would not
> be a driving force in radio right now.

Right. Because doing mornings in Houston is the sure sign of failure. While Hooks is doing?

When they went to
> WRNO back in late 1998, they did not have the ratings until
> Summer of 1999, when WRNO re-introduced the New Orleans
> Listeners to THE DARK ONE aka JAY HOOKS.

Hooks?...Is this you?

> Since W&J transferred to Houston, they sound just as lame as
> Howard Stern, very homogenized.

IMHO W&J always sounded homogenized. One guy comes off bitter. The other does 3 voices. I always thought of it as a bad Stevens & Pruett wannabe show. But, they have had ratings success over a prolonged period in NOLA, so you can't argue with that.

> Remember Butz and Tucker(WCKW late 80's-early 90's morning
> show), who kicked the asses of both W&J and STERN? They gave
> Jay Hooks his start.

And Hooks is doing?

If he's as good as you/he believes he is, he should be working.

I'm not slamming the guy. I'm just not ready to give him credit/blame for W&J's successes.

 

[kd5pck]

> Right. Because doing mornings in Houston is the sure sign of
> failure. While Hooks is doing?

I am not a fan of W&J. But that is not my motive here. I just don't care for them. But unless things have changed in the last few months. W$J are not even heard in Houston since the station they were on went Latino. Maybe somone else picked them up, I am not sure. But I do agree that doing mornings, or any other time slot, in Houston is a step above the NOLA market. Maybe even more than just one step.
By the way, I also am not a fan of Jay Hooks either. But not for the same reasons. I just never could listen to W&J enough to be able to hear Jay to form an opinion of him. Although, I admire him fo rwhat he has posted here on this site.

--Scott

 

[RFLA]

> > Right. Because doing mornings in Houston is the sure sign
> of
> > failure. While Hooks is doing?
>
> I am not a fan of W&J. But that is not my motive here. I
> just don't care for them. But unless things have changed in
> the last few months. W$J are not even heard in Houston since
> the station they were on went Latino. Maybe somone else
> picked them up, I am not sure. But I do agree that doing
> mornings, or any other time slot, in Houston is a step above
> the NOLA market. Maybe even more than just one step.
> By the way, I also am not a fan of Jay Hooks either. But not
> for the same reasons. I just never could listen to W&J
> enough to be able to hear Jay to form an opinion of him.
> Although, I admire him fo rwhat he has posted here on this
> site.
>
> --Scott
>


Wrong.. Since around this time last year W&J have been on a Houston rimshot KIOL 103.7 (originally on sign on, they were on 97.5)

From what I know they are on 5 stations currently:
KIOL 103.7 Laporte (Houston Rimshot)
KKGB 101.3 Lake Charles
WDGL 98.1 Baton Rouge
WKBU 95.7 New Orleans
WZNF 95.3 Lumberton (covering the gulfcoast and Pine belt of Miss.)

I will agree they have gotten tired on some of their material, Jay Hooks I will say kept me entertained a lot more but his anti PC rants could irritate a group like CC.. But Butz and Tucker with Hooks was one of my alltime favorites from the 92.3 days

RFLA

 

[Hooksidious]

> > If it were not for Jay Hooks, Walton and Johnson would not
>
> > be a driving force in radio right now.
>
> Right. Because doing mornings in Houston is the sure sign of
> failure. While Hooks is doing?

Paul, when the projects I'm working on in media, OUTSIDE OF RADIO, come out, you will understand what it was I've been doing during this time.
>
> When they went to
> > WRNO back in late 1998, they did not have the ratings
> until
> > Summer of 1999, when WRNO re-introduced the New Orleans
> > Listeners to THE DARK ONE aka JAY HOOKS.
>
> Hooks?...Is this you?


No, it is not. Axedriver may not have all of his facts exactly right, but I don't bother to correct people that have been fans of mine. I never claimed I have a lot of supporters among radio people.


> > Since W&J transferred to Houston, they sound just as lame
> as
> > Howard Stern, very homogenized.
>
> IMHO W&J always sounded homogenized. One guy comes off
> bitter. The other does 3 voices. I always thought of it as a
> bad Stevens & Pruett wannabe show. But, they have had
> ratings success over a prolonged period in NOLA, so you
> can't argue with that.
>
> > Remember Butz and Tucker(WCKW late 80's-early 90's morning
>
> > show), who kicked the asses of both W&J and STERN? They
> gave
> > Jay Hooks his start.
>
> And Hooks is doing?
>
> If he's as good as you/he believes he is, he should be
> working.

Paul/Neanderpol, this might be difficult for a lot of radio people, especially part timers that hop from town to town to understand, but not everyone who works in radio wastes his money. Not to brag, but even before I was on WRNO, I was in a position to retire...$$$. Radio was/is not the only source of my income. That's why I was wearing that gold Rolex at age 18, and instead of taking the money, my family donated Hooks Woods in High Island, Texas last year to the Texas Ornithological Society. There's also a reason why there is an airport in Houston named after one of my relatives.
>
> I'm not slamming the guy. I'm just not ready to give him
> credit/blame for W&J's successes.

Neither do I, I just want to make it clear that these are Axedriver's opinions.

Congratulations, Paul Marshall, for going from weekends in Boston to music director of a Kansas City radio station. I am genuinely glad you are going from a part time situation to something fulltime. You mentioned in an earlier thread that you worked with us at 92.3, my apologies for being too stoned or distracted to remember who you were or when you where there.

I don't admonish people like Axedriver who come to this board as a listener, as opposed to radio people, but I knew his post would cause exactly the type of responses it did. So let me put a few facts in order:

When 92.3 let me go in 1998, Eagle 98.1, Baton Rouge called me on the phone to do their morning show for about a year. W&J were locked in their contract for another year at WCKW, but knew they would leave at years end to be on WRNO, New Orleans, and Eagle 98.1 Baton Rouge.
I did the morning show and the summer 98 ratings were the highest in the history of the frequency.
The next year in 1999, Centennial Broadcasting (WRNO) called me on the phone and asked me to rejoin the morning program. The #1 ratings at WRNO went even higher when I joined and I was heard with W&J on WRNO and Eagle 98.1 and KAOK Lake Charles.
After W&J went to Houston, the affiliate in Lake Charles pulled the plug on the show. They told me on the phone(the staff at KAOK) that one reason was because I was no longer heard on the station.

In Houston, the ratings for W&J at KLOL were tepid, at best. The ratings on WRNO were always higher than any other their affiliates, B.R. included. If KLOL had ratings even near WRNO, the station would not have had to flip to a Spanish language format. The ratings on their current station KIOL have gone done steadily. They can blame engineering all they want, they do that at every station.

After W&J went to Houston and they wanted me off WRNO, I VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAR CHANNEL NEW ORLEANS AND HOUSTON TO NO LONGER DO NEWS AND COMMENTARY IN THE LOCAL BREAKS. MANAGEMENT TOLD ME ABSOLUTELY NOT! I was told by management at WRNO, through 4 different owners that I had EXTREMELY HIGH NAME RECOGNITION and that I was a reason according to their research, that people listened to WRNO mornings, not the only reason, but enough of a reason to refuse my suggestion to remove myself from the morning airwaves.
I was told the same thing by Guaranty management before that when they called me on the phone to ask me to work for them. Regardless of what people think of me, the fact is my last two radio employers called me and asked me to work for them, I didn't apply.

> I never said on any thread that I was responsible for W&J's success nor did I claim that they would fail without me. We had growing differences over the years. Among them: they were big supporters of this war, I was/am not. They endorsed George Bush, I endorsed Ralph Nader. They support 90+% of conservative Republican issues and causes, and I do not. I also never pretended to serve in the military.

Anyone that disputes anything I've written can get something that I have called ratings books and check the numbers. I was asked to voicetrack middays at WRNO starting in late 2003, check those numbers too. I only wish it was legal for me to be more specific.

 

[axedriver]

> > > Right. Because doing mornings in Houston is the sure
> sign
> > of
> > > failure. While Hooks is doing?
> >
> > I am not a fan of W&J. But that is not my motive here. I
> > just don't care for them. But unless things have changed
> in
> > the last few months. W$J are not even heard in Houston
> since
> > the station they were on went Latino. Maybe somone else
> > picked them up, I am not sure. But I do agree that doing
> > mornings, or any other time slot, in Houston is a step
> above
> > the NOLA market. Maybe even more than just one step.
> > By the way, I also am not a fan of Jay Hooks either. But
> not
> > for the same reasons. I just never could listen to W&J
> > enough to be able to hear Jay to form an opinion of him.
> > Although, I admire him fo rwhat he has posted here on this
>
> > site.
> >
> > --Scott
> >
>
>
> Wrong.. Since around this time last year W&J have been on a
> Houston rimshot KIOL 103.7 (originally on sign on, they were
> on 97.5)
>
> From what I know they are on 5 stations currently:
> KIOL 103.7 Laporte (Houston Rimshot)
> KKGB 101.3 Lake Charles
> WDGL 98.1 Baton Rouge
> WKBU 95.7 New Orleans
> WZNF 95.3 Lumberton (covering the gulfcoast and Pine belt
> of Miss.)
>
> I will agree they have gotten tired on some of their
> material, Jay Hooks I will say kept me entertained a lot
> more but his anti PC rants could irritate a group like CC..
> But Butz and Tucker with Hooks was one of my alltime
> favorites from the 92.3 days
>
> RFLA
>

I used to do radio, years ago when I was in college(Nicholls 1981-1983)
KNSU and KXOR when it was called "The Bayou's Best Rock" (under Costello ownership back then 1981-1983)
I majored in communications and being a disc jockey was the fun part of the course. I never got paid for it but the experience and fun was well worth it, wspecially when you got to program your own rock tunes, even if it was not top 40. Unless a radio station is locally owned, those days of AOR are a thing of the past.
And back in the late 80's-early 90's, I have won about three to four times, the contests at WCKW to do "DJ for an hour", when you can program your own playlist(long before the days of corporate suck-my-ass lame-ass radio)
The guys at WCKW were very helpful ie. Weerd Wayne, Tommy B, Pal Al, Tommy Tucker, Dave Butz, and even Jay Hooks.
I may be a listener and a fan now, but I remember New Orleans Radio then and now, and believe me, then was a whole lot better.
Kick some ass Jay. You will always be the KING OF NEWS and I hope Channel 4 gets smart and hires you to be their nightwatch anchor. Most of all, good luck with Hoda.

Axedriver-always a fan of the DARK ONE

ps. F**k W&J, Howard Stern,Blob and Slob Tom - Butz and Tucker STILL RULES........

 

[axedriver]

Re: Paul Marshall got Tommy B FIRED from WCKW

> > > If it were not for Jay Hooks, Walton and Johnson would
> not
> >
> > > be a driving force in radio right now.
> >
> > Right. Because doing mornings in Houston is the sure sign
> of
> > failure. While Hooks is doing?
>
> Paul, when the projects I'm working on in media, OUTSIDE OF
> RADIO, come out, you will understand what it was I've been
> doing during this time.
> >
> > When they went to
> > > WRNO back in late 1998, they did not have the ratings
> > until
> > > Summer of 1999, when WRNO re-introduced the New Orleans
> > > Listeners to THE DARK ONE aka JAY HOOKS.
> >
> > Hooks?...Is this you?
>
>
> No, it is not. Axedriver may not have all of his facts
> exactly right, but I don't bother to correct people that
> have been fans of mine. I never claimed I have a lot of
> supporters among radio people.
>
>
> > > Since W&J transferred to Houston, they sound just as
> lame
> > as
> > > Howard Stern, very homogenized.
> >
> > IMHO W&J always sounded homogenized. One guy comes off
> > bitter. The other does 3 voices. I always thought of it as
> a
> > bad Stevens & Pruett wannabe show. But, they have had
> > ratings success over a prolonged period in NOLA, so you
> > can't argue with that.
> >
> > > Remember Butz and Tucker(WCKW late 80's-early 90's
> morning
> >
> > > show), who kicked the asses of both W&J and STERN? They
> > gave
> > > Jay Hooks his start.
> >
> > And Hooks is doing?
> >
> > If he's as good as you/he believes he is, he should be
> > working.
>
> Paul/Neanderpol, this might be difficult for a lot of radio
> people, especially part timers that hop from town to town to
> understand, but not everyone who works in radio wastes his
> money. Not to brag, but even before I was on WRNO, I was in
> a position to retire...$$$. Radio was/is not the only
> source of my income. That's why I was wearing that gold
> Rolex at age 18, and instead of taking the money, my family
> donated Hooks Woods in High Island, Texas last year to the
> Texas Ornithological Society. There's also a reason why
> there is an airport in Houston named after one of my
> relatives.
> >
> > I'm not slamming the guy. I'm just not ready to give him
> > credit/blame for W&J's successes.
>
> Neither do I, I just want to make it clear that these are
> Axedriver's opinions.
>
> Congratulations, Paul Marshall, for going from weekends in
> Boston to music director of a Kansas City radio station. I
> am genuinely glad you are going from a part time situation
> to something fulltime. You mentioned in an earlier thread
> that you worked with us at 92.3, my apologies for being too
> stoned or distracted to remember who you were or when you
> where there.

Jay, this is the guy who got Tommy B FIRED from 92.3 for NO FRIGGIN REASON. But they suffered for their sins.
And by the way, Tommy B now has a successful restaurant and music venue in LaPlace, always draws a BIG CROWD everytime.
>
> I don't admonish people like Axedriver who come to this
> board as a listener, as opposed to radio people, but I knew
> his post would cause exactly the type of responses it did.
> So let me put a few facts in order:
>
> When 92.3 let me go in 1998, Eagle 98.1, Baton Rouge called
> me on the phone to do their morning show for about a year.
> W&J were locked in their contract for another year at WCKW,
> but knew they would leave at years end to be on WRNO, New
> Orleans, and Eagle 98.1 Baton Rouge.
> I did the morning show and the summer 98 ratings were the
> highest in the history of the frequency.
> The next year in 1999, Centennial Broadcasting (WRNO) called
> me on the phone and asked me to rejoin the morning program.
> The #1 ratings at WRNO went even higher when I joined and I
> was heard with W&J on WRNO and Eagle 98.1 and KAOK Lake
> Charles.
> After W&J went to Houston, the affiliate in Lake Charles
> pulled the plug on the show. They told me on the phone(the
> staff at KAOK) that one reason was because I was no longer
> heard on the station.
>
> In Houston, the ratings for W&J at KLOL were tepid, at best.
> The ratings on WRNO were always higher than any other their
> affiliates, B.R. included. If KLOL had ratings even near
> WRNO, the station would not have had to flip to a Spanish
> language format. The ratings on their current station KIOL
> have gone done steadily. They can blame engineering all
> they want, they do that at every station.
>
> After W&J went to Houston and they wanted me off WRNO, I
> VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAR CHANNEL NEW ORLEANS AND HOUSTON TO NO
> LONGER DO NEWS AND COMMENTARY IN THE LOCAL BREAKS.
> MANAGEMENT TOLD ME ABSOLUTELY NOT! I was told by management
> at WRNO, through 4 different owners that I had EXTREMELY
> HIGH NAME RECOGNITION and that I was a reason according to
> their research, that people listened to WRNO mornings, not
> the only reason, but enough of a reason to refuse my
> suggestion to remove myself from the morning airwaves.
> I was told the same thing by Guaranty management before that
> when they called me on the phone to ask me to work for them.
> Regardless of what people think of me, the fact is my last
> two radio employers called me and asked me to work for them,
> I didn't apply.
>
> > I never said on any thread that I was responsible for
> W&J's success nor did I claim that they would fail without
> me. We had growing differences over the years. Among them:
> they were big supporters of this war, I was/am not. They
> endorsed George Bush, I endorsed Ralph Nader. They support
> 90+% of conservative Republican issues and causes, and I do
> not. I also never pretended to serve in the military.
>
> Anyone that disputes anything I've written can get something
> that I have called ratings books and check the numbers. I
> was asked to voicetrack middays at WRNO starting in late
> 2003, check those numbers too. I only wish it was legal for
> me to be more specific.
>

 

[neanderpol]

Re: Paul Marshall got Tommy B FIRED from WCKW

> Jay, this is the guy who got Tommy B FIRED from 92.3 for NO
> FRIGGIN REASON.

One thing I can agree with Hooks on is this...you have your facts all wrong.

Here you go:
I was hired by Ted Edwards, and on my way to NOLA, I actually heard Tommy on the air. Sid & Ted hadn't fired him yet. I met Tommy three days later at the Lakeside Mall, and we had a nice talk. I told him it sucked the way he was done. He told me about the restaurant, and how he was actually glad to be out anyway. So, there you go. If you're going to tell stories, you should have the facts correct.

As an aside, I do believe WCKW was eventually undone by the decisions of management. I saw ratings, and Pal, Tommy, and Jack had good numbers. Didn't seem like change was necessary at all.

 

[neanderpol]

> Paul, when the projects I'm working on in media, OUTSIDE OF
> RADIO, come out, you will understand what it was I've been
> doing during this time.

Save your breath Hooks. I'm not interested really. But I do wish you good luck, and much future success.

> Paul/Neanderpol, this might be difficult for a lot of radio
> people, especially part timers that hop from town to town to
> understand,

Is this supposed to be a slam? If so, it's not only weak, but thoroughly innaccurate. I'm having a fine, thoroughly rewarding career. Thanks for asking.

but not everyone who works in radio wastes his
> money. Not to brag, but even before I was on WRNO, I was in
> a position to retire...$$$.

So...you're saying "Not to brag, but I'm going to."

Radio was/is not the only
> source of my income. That's why I was wearing that gold
> Rolex at age 18, and instead of taking the money, my family
> donated Hooks Woods in High Island, Texas last year to the
> Texas Ornithological Society. There's also a reason why
> there is an airport in Houston named after one of my
> relatives.

Blah Blah Blah...

Jay...Those who truly have wealth and happiness, don't have to tell the world. Who are you trying to convince?


> Congratulations, Paul Marshall, for going from weekends in
> Boston to music director of a Kansas City radio station.

Both markets larger than you've ever been Jay. If you're gonna attempt to "big time" someone...It's important to have actually been "big time.

...you haven't


> I am genuinely glad you are going from a part time situation
> to something fulltime.

Yeah. This part-time gig was extremely horrible. WBCN is hardly known at all in our business. Neither was WAAF. Just so you know. I was here for 3 months as a holdover after 2 years at their competitor. It was a favor done me by their management, and I thank them for keeping me busy between gigs

>You mentioned in an earlier thread
> that you worked with us at 92.3, my apologies for being too
> stoned or distracted to remember who you were or when you
> where there.

With all due respect Jay. You might want to do a little homework before taking shots at others who actually have a career in this business. I don't need to recite my entire resume' to you. Trust me, I was there. Didn't Tedwards jettison you?

> I don't admonish people like Axedriver who come to this
> board as a listener, as opposed to radio people, but I knew
> his post would cause exactly the type of responses it did.
> So let me put a few facts in order:
>
> When 92.3 let me go in 1998, Eagle 98.1, Baton Rouge called
> me on the phone to do their morning show for about a year.
> W&J were locked in their contract for another year at WCKW,
> but knew they would leave at years end to be on WRNO, New
> Orleans, and Eagle 98.1 Baton Rouge.
> I did the morning show and the summer 98 ratings were the
> highest in the history of the frequency.

Well...Using your own "big timer" attitude. You were successful once in market #83. Congratulations!

> The next year in 1999, Centennial Broadcasting (WRNO) called
> me on the phone and asked me to rejoin the morning program.
> The #1 ratings at WRNO went even higher when I joined and I
> was heard with W&J on WRNO and Eagle 98.1 and KAOK Lake
> Charles.
> After W&J went to Houston, the affiliate in Lake Charles
> pulled the plug on the show. They told me on the phone(the
> staff at KAOK) that one reason was because I was no longer
> heard on the station.

You were their "boy" Jay. And were you a truly integral part of that show W&J would've stuck up for you when you got (wait for it....) "the hook."

Oh by the way...who's job-hopping now?

>
> In Houston, the ratings for W&J at KLOL were tepid, at best.

That's because Houston's already heard the "Stevens & Pruett Show." Done better.

> The ratings on WRNO were always higher than any other their
> affiliates, B.R. included. If KLOL had ratings even near
> WRNO, the station would not have had to flip to a Spanish
> language format.

Do you honestly believe this?

The ratings on their current station KIOL
> have gone done steadily. They can blame engineering all
> they want, they do that at every station.

See: Above Commentary.

> After W&J went to Houston and they wanted me off WRNO, I
> VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAR CHANNEL NEW ORLEANS AND HOUSTON TO NO
> LONGER DO NEWS AND COMMENTARY IN THE LOCAL BREAKS.
> MANAGEMENT TOLD ME ABSOLUTELY NOT! I was told by management
> at WRNO, through 4 different owners that I had EXTREMELY
> HIGH NAME RECOGNITION and that I was a reason according to
> their research, that people listened to WRNO mornings, not
> the only reason, but enough of a reason to refuse my
> suggestion to remove myself from the morning airwaves.

Jay. This is utter nonsense. There is absolutely no way a "news guy" is the focal point of any morning show. As someone who's actually programmed stations, I'll lay it out for you:

IF...and this is a HUGE IF...you indexed as well as you seem to believe you do, you'd have been offered not only your own show, but one would have been built around you.

> I was told the same thing by Guaranty management before that
> when they called me on the phone to ask me to work for them.
> Regardless of what people think of me, the fact is my last
> two radio employers called me and asked me to work for them,
> I didn't apply.

And yet you do what now? You rip on CC, and take shots at others. Perhaps it's not your air work that repels people.

> Anyone that disputes anything I've written can get something
> that I have called ratings books and check the numbers. I
> was asked to voicetrack middays at WRNO starting in late
> 2003, check those numbers too. I only wish it was legal for
> me to be more specific.

Hooks. If you're that good, someone should've picked you up. The only story you have is that of being W&J's sidekick. You did local news breaks, and traffic. Oh and yeah, that one book in BR. That's your legacy. Well done Sir.

Feel free to take another shot at me. But before you do, understand that this is an extremely small industry, and everyone knows someone. It's never good karma.

Good Luck in your future endeavors,

 

[Hooksidious]

> > Paul, when the projects I'm working on in media, OUTSIDE
> OF
> > RADIO, come out, you will understand what it was I've been
>
> > doing during this time.
>
> Save your breath Hooks. I'm not interested really. But I do
> wish you good luck, and much future success.
>
> > Paul/Neanderpol, this might be difficult for a lot of
> radio
> > people, especially part timers that hop from town to town
> to
> > understand,
>
> Is this supposed to be a slam? If so, it's not only weak,
> but thoroughly innaccurate. I'm having a fine, thoroughly
> rewarding career. Thanks for asking.

A bit of a paranoid, overly sensitive response.

>
> but not everyone who works in radio wastes his
> > money. Not to brag, but even before I was on WRNO, I was
> in
> > a position to retire...$$$.
>
> So...you're saying "Not to brag, but I'm going to."
>
> Radio was/is not the only
> > source of my income. That's why I was wearing that gold
> > Rolex at age 18, and instead of taking the money, my
> family
> > donated Hooks Woods in High Island, Texas last year to the
>
> > Texas Ornithological Society. There's also a reason why
> > there is an airport in Houston named after one of my
> > relatives.
>
> Blah Blah Blah...
>
> Jay...Those who truly have wealth and happiness, don't have
> to tell the world. Who are you trying to convince?

Only saying that I'm doing things outside of radio in my home state. I rejected Clear Channel's severance agreement which would have paid me several thousand dollars. Not all radio people have the luxury of rejecting such an offer. In other words, I don't have to hit the road because C.C. owns the majority of stations in our state. Judging by your comments earlier about music, you seem like a brown-nosing tool of the suits that push censorship.
I have the luxury of giving them the finger.



Congratulations, Paul Marshall, for going from weekends in
>
> > Boston to music director of a Kansas City radio station.
>
> Both markets larger than you've ever been Jay. If you're
> gonna attempt to "big time" someone...It's important to have
> actually been "big time.
>
> ...you haven't

So New Orleans is an area that you look down upon. You couldn't cut it in the smaller markets that you now criticize. Also, there are lots of mediocre talents in major markets, you would be an example. If I WANTED to work in Boston or the dust bowl Kansas City, all I would have to do is actually APPLY for a job.

>
>
> > I am genuinely glad you are going from a part time
> situation
> > to something fulltime.
>
> Yeah. This part-time gig was extremely horrible. WBCN is
> hardly known at all in our business. Neither was WAAF. Just
> so you know. I was here for 3 months as a holdover after 2
> years at their competitor. It was a favor done me by their
> management, and I thank them for keeping me busy between
> gigs

Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for small favors, eh?
>
> >You mentioned in an earlier thread
> > that you worked with us at 92.3, my apologies for being
> too
> > stoned or distracted to remember who you were or when you
> > where there.
>
> With all due respect Jay. You might want to do a little
> homework before taking shots at others who actually have a
> career in this business. I don't need to recite my entire
> resume' to you.

Neither do I.

Trust me, I was there. Didn't Tedwards
> jettison you?

Wrong! I was jettisoned by Sid Levet BEFORE Ted Edwards ever arrived. Never met the guy. I also NEVER worked with you.

>
> > I don't admonish people like Axedriver who come to this
> > board as a listener, as opposed to radio people, but I
> knew
> > his post would cause exactly the type of responses it did.
>
> > So let me put a few facts in order:
> >
> > When 92.3 let me go in 1998, Eagle 98.1, Baton Rouge
> called
> > me on the phone to do their morning show for about a year.
>
> > W&J were locked in their contract for another year at
> WCKW,
> > but knew they would leave at years end to be on WRNO, New
> > Orleans, and Eagle 98.1 Baton Rouge.
> > I did the morning show and the summer 98 ratings were the
> > highest in the history of the frequency.
>
> Well...Using your own "big timer" attitude. You were
> successful once in market #83. Congratulations!

Another example of your ignorance. You should know that the years I was on 92.3 I was on the air in Baton Rouge due to their big signal, in addition to a few years in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles. Have you been on more than one station at a time?
>
> > The next year in 1999, Centennial Broadcasting (WRNO)
> called
> > me on the phone and asked me to rejoin the morning
> program.
> > The #1 ratings at WRNO went even higher when I joined and
> I
> > was heard with W&J on WRNO and Eagle 98.1 and KAOK Lake
> > Charles.
> > After W&J went to Houston, the affiliate in Lake Charles
> > pulled the plug on the show. They told me on the
> phone(the
> > staff at KAOK) that one reason was because I was no longer
>
> > heard on the station.
>
> You were their "boy" Jay. And were you a truly integral part
> of that show W&J would've stuck up for you when you got
> (wait for it....) "the hook."
>
> Oh by the way...who's job-hopping now?

It seems you are, Paul, but I understand you are more used to it than I am.
>
> >
> > In Houston, the ratings for W&J at KLOL were tepid, at
> best.
>
> That's because Houston's already heard the "Stevens & Pruett
> Show." Done better.
>
> > The ratings on WRNO were always higher than any other
> their
> > affiliates, B.R. included. If KLOL had ratings even near
> > WRNO, the station would not have had to flip to a Spanish
> > language format.
>
> Do you honestly believe this?

I've also heard it from others. You are commenting on issues that you are not familiar with, from another region.
>
> The ratings on their current station KIOL
> > have gone done steadily. They can blame engineering all
> > they want, they do that at every station.
>
> See: Above Commentary.
>
> > After W&J went to Houston and they wanted me off WRNO, I
> > VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAR CHANNEL NEW ORLEANS AND HOUSTON TO NO
>
> > LONGER DO NEWS AND COMMENTARY IN THE LOCAL BREAKS.
> > MANAGEMENT TOLD ME ABSOLUTELY NOT! I was told by
> management
> > at WRNO, through 4 different owners that I had EXTREMELY
> > HIGH NAME RECOGNITION and that I was a reason according to
>
> > their research, that people listened to WRNO mornings, not
>
> > the only reason, but enough of a reason to refuse my
> > suggestion to remove myself from the morning airwaves.
>
> Jay. This is utter nonsense. There is absolutely no way a
> "news guy" is the focal point of any morning show. As
> someone who's actually programmed stations, I'll lay it out
> for you:

So, you've gone from programming stations to part time? Really speaks well of you.
>
> IF...and this is a HUGE IF...you indexed as well as you seem
> to believe you do, you'd have been offered not only your own
> show, but one would have been built around you.


You are speaking about issues you know nothing about because you are commenting from well outside the region. You were not here when these events transpired. You are just overly sensitive to criticism and enjoy debate.
>
> > I was told the same thing by Guaranty management before
> that
> > when they called me on the phone to ask me to work for
> them.
> > Regardless of what people think of me, the fact is my
> last
> > two radio employers called me and asked me to work for
> them,
> > I didn't apply.
>
> And yet you do what now? You rip on CC, and take shots at
> others. Perhaps it's not your air work that repels people.

CC DESERVES to be ripped on. As for repelling people, you are not one to talk.

>
> > Anyone that disputes anything I've written can get
> something
> > that I have called ratings books and check the numbers. I
>
> > was asked to voicetrack middays at WRNO starting in late
> > 2003, check those numbers too. I only wish it was legal
> for
> > me to be more specific.
>
> Hooks. If you're that good, someone should've picked you up.
> The only story you have is that of being W&J's sidekick. You
> did local news breaks, and traffic.

Wrong again, yankee carpetbagger! Get your facts straight before commenting from across the country.

Oh and yeah, that one
> book in BR. That's your legacy. Well done Sir.
>
> Feel free to take another shot at me. But before you do,
> understand that this is an extremely small industry, and
> everyone knows someone. It's never good karma.

Is that a threat from a part timer in Boston who's moving to the dust bowl of Kansas City? Oh no! What have I done?! I have offended the great Paul Marshall! I guess you'll have me blacklisted now?!
Please, even if you could, I don't care!
You must think you're a powerful force in American radio, judging by the comments of your colleagues in Boston, you are not.

 

[Hooksidious]

Re: Paul Marshall got Tommy B FIRED from WCKW

> > >
> >
> > Congratulations, Paul Marshall, for going from weekends in
>
> > Boston to music director of a Kansas City radio station.
> I
> > am genuinely glad you are going from a part time situation
>
> > to something fulltime. You mentioned in an earlier thread
>
> > that you worked with us at 92.3, my apologies for being
> too
> > stoned or distracted to remember who you were or when you
> > where there.
>
> Jay, this is the guy who got Tommy B FIRED from 92.3 for NO
> FRIGGIN REASON. But they suffered for their sins.
> And by the way, Tommy B now has a successful restaurant and
> music venue in LaPlace, always draws a BIG CROWD everytime.
> >
I don't know what bad mushrooms Marshall has been ingesting in Boston, but he NEVER worked at 92.3 WCKW when I was there, despite his comments earlier. His other "facts" are way off.
He also seems to be a defender of CC and music censorship. It's no surprise that someone like that would try to displace Tommy B., who is one of the most kind and generous people I've ever met in radio, and was 1,000 times better on the air.
I realize who he is/was now... The sniping guy at 92.3 taking potshots at me when I left in 1998. It seems he is very bitter about failing in a market he wasn't a part of very long.

 

[neanderpol]

> > Is this supposed to be a slam? If so, it's not only weak,
> > but thoroughly innaccurate. I'm having a fine, thoroughly
> > rewarding career. Thanks for asking.
>
> A bit of a paranoid, overly sensitive response.

No Hooks. An accurate calling-out of your weak attempt at veiled sarcasm

> Only saying that I'm doing things outside of radio in my
> home state. I rejected Clear Channel's severance agreement
> which would have paid me several thousand dollars. Not all
> radio people have the luxury of rejecting such an offer. In
> other words, I don't have to hit the road because C.C. owns
> the majority of stations in our state. Judging by your
> comments earlier about music, you seem like a brown-nosing
> tool of the suits that push censorship.

Wrong again Hooks. I'm a guy who's made a living in this game for 20 years, and adapts to my changing environment. I hate what the FCC has done to radio, but rather than "give it the finger", I've chosen to work within the system, and thus have remained in this industry. Whereas your attitude sucks.

> So New Orleans is an area that you look down upon. You
> couldn't cut it in the smaller markets that you now
> criticize.

Didn't criticize it at all Hooks. Now who's overly sensitive? I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. It's my favorite place in America. If the station hadn't flipped, I'd still be happily working there. And you might be the only guy in radio (and I forgot, you actually have to BE in radio) who looks at moving upward in market size as failure.

To be honest, market size has never equated with quality broadcasting.


Also, there are lots of mediocre talents in
> major markets, you would be an example. If I WANTED to work
> in Boston or the dust bowl Kansas City, all I would have to
> do is actually APPLY for a job.

Oh, you mean those markets wouldn't hop on the phone and dial up the digits of the great Jay Hooks - "Newsboy To The Mediocre?"

Jay, if you were anywhere as good as you think you are, that'd already happen. You'd be making great money in one of those larger markets you've never been good enough to work in. But, you're not. You're a career sidekick. And it stings you every time you think about it.

> >
> >
> > > I am genuinely glad you are going from a part time
> > situation
> > > to something fulltime.
> >
> > Yeah. This part-time gig was extremely horrible. WBCN is
> > hardly known at all in our business. Neither was WAAF.
> Just
> > so you know. I was here for 3 months as a holdover after 2
>
> > years at their competitor. It was a favor done me by their
>
> > management, and I thank them for keeping me busy between
> > gigs
>
> Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for small favors, eh?

Yep. Keeps me off this board. I actually have a radio job.

> Trust me, I was there. Didn't Tedwards
> > jettison you?
>
> Wrong! I was jettisoned by Sid Levet BEFORE Ted Edwards ever
> arrived. Never met the guy. I also NEVER worked with you.

So, you were fired by Sid. I stand corrected. Even a guy who's a career non-factor couldn't stand you. Perhaps Sid's not as dumb as we've all been told.

> > Well...Using your own "big timer" attitude. You were
> > successful once in market #83. Congratulations!
>
> Another example of your ignorance. You should know that the
> years I was on 92.3 I was on the air in Baton Rouge due to
> their big signal, in addition to a few years in New Orleans,
> Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles. Have you been on more than
> one station at a time?

Yes actually. I've been on in other countries as well. I could add FOX ABC-TV and HBO to that list. In the pages of FHM ,and Playboy too. But, I know what I've done, and am content being the one who knows it. I don't have the inherent need to tell everyone how qualified, and successful I've been. I'm also content with being on one station. Why pad your resume with 4 stations, when you can reach the same number of listeners on one?

> > You were their "boy" Jay. And were you a truly integral
> part
> > of that show W&J would've stuck up for you when you got
> > (wait for it....) "the hook."
> >
> > Oh by the way...who's job-hopping now?
>
> It seems you are, Paul, but I understand you are more used
> to it than I am.

I've seen the world outside the boundries of the great state of Louisiana. It's a nice place. You should sack up and try it. Instead of purporting to know how this business works from your limited experiences.

> If KLOL had ratings even
> near
> > > WRNO, the station would not have had to flip to a
> Spanish
> > > language format.
> >
> > Do you honestly believe this?
>
> I've also heard it from others. You are commenting on
> issues that you are not familiar with, from another region.

I'm commenting on the state of radio as a whole. Because I have real experience, and a working knowledge of how it's done. You're a guy who's never been in upper management, seen a perceptual study, and wouldn't understand it if you had. Your past commentary depicts this perfectly. I don't have to point it out to those who know.

> So, you've gone from programming stations to part time?
> Really speaks well of you.

Yep it does. I've done it all Jay. Because I'm more than a sidekick. If you were as well-rounded, you might actually have a gig instead of taking shots at others'.

> > IF...and this is a HUGE IF...you indexed as well as you
> seem
> > to believe you do, you'd have been offered not only your
> own
> > show, but one would have been built around you.
>
>
> You are speaking about issues you know nothing about because
> you are commenting from well outside the region. You were
> not here when these events transpired. You are just overly
> sensitive to criticism and enjoy debate.

I do enjoy debate. When it's done with some credibility. Unfortunately this isn't one of those cases.

> CC DESERVES to be ripped on. As for repelling people, you
> are not one to talk.

What does that even mean? Have you really resorted to "I know you are but what am I?" Wow. It's staggering.

> > Hooks. If you're that good, someone should've picked you
> up.
> > The only story you have is that of being W&J's sidekick.
> You
> > did local news breaks, and traffic.
>
> Wrong again, yankee carpetbagger! Get your facts straight
> before commenting from across the country.

Oooooh the angry Southerner stance. "Yankee?" I understand Jay. It must suck to be a conquered people. War's long over Sir. Neither you, nor I fought it. Move on.

> > Feel free to take another shot at me. But before you do,
> > understand that this is an extremely small industry, and
> > everyone knows someone. It's never good karma.
>
> Is that a threat from a part timer in Boston who's moving to
> the dust bowl of Kansas City?

At least I play in the majors. Until you've been more than a sidekick, your only real skill is pulling carts, and getting important people coffee. Skip along now. I have a job to go to.

Oh no! What have I done?! I
> have offended the great Paul Marshall! I guess you'll have
> me blacklisted now?!

It's not a threat Jay. It's good advice. You think you know it all. And that's fine. I hope your "outside radio" endeavors are hugely successful. Because your radio career isn't.

It's your board again Jay. I'm done with you.

 

[neanderpol]

Re: Paul Marshall got Tommy B FIRED from WCKW

> >
> I don't know what bad mushrooms Marshall has been ingesting
> in Boston, but he NEVER worked at 92.3 WCKW when I was
> there, despite his comments earlier.

I never said we worked together Hooks. Your reading comprehension is as poor as your perception of how radio works.

His other "facts" are
> way off.
> He also seems to be a defender of CC and music censorship.

Never. Not once. Just understand how it works.

> It's no surprise that someone like that would try to
> displace Tommy B., who is one of the most kind and generous
> people I've ever met in radio, and was 1,000 times better on
> the air.

Tommy and I were nothing but cordial to each other during the brief times we met. I find him to be a very likeable guy, and his 14 year tenure at WCKW is one to be admired. I cannot say the same of you.

> I realize who he is/was now... The sniping guy at 92.3
> taking potshots at me when I left in 1998. It seems he is
> very bitter about failing in a market he wasn't a part of
> very long.

Never took a potshot at you Hooks. Never met you. Don't care about you. Didn't fail there either. Go take a look at your beloved ratings books again.

Love to chat more. Got to go to my radio job now.

 

[Hooksidious]

>
>
> > Only saying that I'm doing things outside of radio in my
> > home state. I rejected Clear Channel's severance
> agreement
> > which would have paid me several thousand dollars. Not
> all
> > radio people have the luxury of rejecting such an offer.
> In
> > other words, I don't have to hit the road because C.C.
> owns
> > the majority of stations in our state. Judging by your
> > comments earlier about music, you seem like a brown-nosing
>
> > tool of the suits that push censorship.
>
> Wrong again Hooks. I'm a guy who's made a living in this
> game for 20 years, and adapts to my changing environment.

In other words, no station will have you for a substantial length of time, so you're always on the move.
>
> > So New Orleans is an area that you look down upon. You
> > couldn't cut it in the smaller markets that you now
> > criticize.
>
> Didn't criticize it at all Hooks. Now who's overly
> sensitive? I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. It's my
> favorite place in America. If the station hadn't flipped,
> I'd still be happily working there.

Yeah, right. What about the other stations in your "favorite place in America"? Seems they didn't want you either.

And you might be the
> only guy in radio (and I forgot, you actually have to BE in
> radio) who looks at moving upward in market size as failure.

You seem to be the only guy in radio who equates working in television and film to be a failure.
>
>
> To be honest, market size has never equated with quality
> broadcasting.

That's for sure; which is why you can brag about being on in larger markets than New Orleans.
>
>
> Also, there are lots of mediocre talents in
> > major markets, you would be an example. If I WANTED to
> work
> > in Boston or the dust bowl Kansas City, all I would have
> to
> > do is actually APPLY for a job.
>
> Oh, you mean those markets wouldn't hop on the phone and
> dial up the digits of the great Jay Hooks - "Newsboy To The
> Mediocre?"


Like I said earlier, my last two employers called my phone to ask me to work for them. Also, 20th Century Fox called me to ask me to be in the film Runaway Jury, I never had to audition or go to a casting call.
Again, you have problems with comprehension--I'm not as desperate as you are.
>
> Jay, if you were anywhere as good as you think you are,
> that'd already happen. You'd be making great money in one of
> those larger markets you've never been good enough to work
> in. But, you're not. You're a career sidekick. And it stings
> you every time you think about it.
>
> > >
>
Trust me, I was there. Didn't Tedwards
> > > jettison you?
> >
> > Wrong! I was jettisoned by Sid Levet BEFORE Ted Edwards
> ever
> > arrived. Never met the guy. I also NEVER worked with
> you.
>
> So, you were fired by Sid. I stand corrected. Even a guy
> who's a career non-factor couldn't stand you. Perhaps Sid's
> not as dumb as we've all been told.

I was at 92.3 from 1990-1998. How many nanoseconds were you there? As for Sid being dumb, it seems he was the only person in this market that thought you were worth hiring.



>
> Yes actually. I've been on in other countries as well. I
> could add FOX ABC-TV and HBO to that list. In the pages of
> FHM ,and Playboy too. But, I know what I've done, and am
> content being the one who knows it. I don't have the
> inherent need to tell everyone how qualified, and successful
> I've been
.
Though you seem to.

I'm also content with being on one station. Why
> pad your resume with 4 stations, when you can reach the same
> number of listeners on one?

Yes, and I've been a correspondent for the BBC's Radio Dublin during Mardi Gras and paid ($$$) for the film Runaway Jury where I said my real name in a movie based on a work of fiction.
>
> > > You were their "boy" Jay. And were you a truly integral
> > part
> > > of that show W&J would've stuck up for you when you got
> > > (wait for it....) "the hook."
> > >
> > > Oh by the way...who's job-hopping now?
> >
> > It seems you are, Paul, but I understand you are more used
>
> > to it than I am.
>
> I've seen the world outside the boundries of the great state
> of Louisiana. It's a nice place. You should sack up and try
> it. Instead of purporting to know how this business works
> from your limited experiences.

I've been all over this world from Spain and Morocco (that's on a continent called Africa, Paul) to beautiful areas in our own great nation from Washington to Florida, and I didn't have to live out of my car worrying about where to bathe.

You know nothing about me nor my career. You are just the bitter guy who was on for a brief time at 92.3 after I left where you no doubt do what you do best...gossip with part timers and get fired.
>

>
> > So, you've gone from programming stations to part time?
> > Really speaks well of you.
>
> Yep it does. I've done it all Jay.

Well, it seems you are "trending downward."

Because I'm more than a
> sidekick. If you were as well-rounded, you might actually
> have a gig instead of taking shots at others'.


You are a broken record that doesn't comprehend what I'm saying. You are desperate because you are a mediocre talent, at best.

> >
> >
> > You are speaking about issues you know nothing about
> because
> > you are commenting from well outside the region. You were
>
> > not here when these events transpired. You are just
> overly
> > sensitive to criticism and enjoy debate.
>
> I do enjoy debate. When it's done with some credibility.
> Unfortunately this isn't one of those cases.
>
> > CC DESERVES to be ripped on. As for repelling people, you
>
> > are not one to talk.
>
> What does that even mean? Have you really resorted to "I
> know you are but what am I?" Wow. It's staggering.

Looks like the paranoid diagnosis was right on.
>

> > > The only story you have is that of being W&J's sidekick.
>
> > You
> > > did local news breaks, and traffic.
> >
> > Wrong again, yankee carpetbagger! Get your facts straight
>
> > before commenting from across the country.
>
> Oooooh the angry Southerner stance. "Yankee?" I understand
> Jay. It must suck to be a conquered people. War's long over
> Sir. Neither you, nor I fought it. Move on.

Again, you know nothing of my work history or resume, just a small portion which you have gleaned from this message board. Do your research before attacking people from afar. You also write like a fourth grade public school dropout.
>
> > > Feel free to take another shot at me. But before you do,
>
> > > understand that this is an extremely small industry, and
>
> > > everyone knows someone. It's never good karma.

> >
> > Is that a threat from a part timer in Boston who's moving
> to
> > the dust bowl of Kansas City?
>
> At least I play in the majors. Until you've been more than a
> sidekick, your only real skill is pulling carts, and getting
> important people coffee. Skip along now. I have a job to go
> to.

Blah, blah, blah. Broken record with the same lame sidekick shot. Since you only are allowed to work weekends on air, I assume your other job is waiting tables.
>
> Oh no! What have I done?! I
> > have offended the great Paul Marshall! I guess you'll
> have
> > me blacklisted now?!
>
> It's not a threat Jay. It's good advice. You think you know
> it all. And that's fine.

Again, more elementary school banter from a no talent fool.

I hope your "outside radio"
> endeavors are hugely successful. Because your radio career
> isn't.

Again, moron, you know nothing of my career.

> It's your board again Jay. I'm done with you.
>
Yes, I'm sure your last customer is upset that you forgot her McNuggets.

 

[neanderpol]

> Yeah, right. What about the other stations in your
> "favorite place in America"? Seems they didn't want you
> either.

Actually, I was offered employment by another station. Chose to go to a bigger market to do mornings. Thanks for asking.

> You seem to be the only guy in radio who equates working in
> television and film to be a failure.

Never said it. Show me where I said any of that Hooks. Once again, it's all about "look at me! I'm successful" with you.

> > To be honest, market size has never equated with quality
> > broadcasting.
>
> That's for sure; which is why you can brag about being on in
> larger markets than New Orleans.

Yes I can. Because unlike you. I have. Sucks when you try to big time a guy, and they can back it up huh sidekick?

> I was at 92.3 from 1990-1998. How many nanoseconds were you
> there? As for Sid being dumb, it seems he was the only
> person in this market that thought you were worth hiring.

Wrong again. But that's par for the course with you.

> > FHM ,and Playboy too. But, I know what I've done, and am
> > content being the one who knows it. I don't have the
> > inherent need to tell everyone how qualified, and
> successful
> > I've been
> .
> Though you seem to.

Hello pot...this the the kettle...you're black.

>
> Yes, and I've been a correspondent for the BBC's Radio
> Dublin during Mardi Gras

Me too! Wow...guess I'm in the cool club huh?

and paid ($$$) for the film Runaway
> Jury where I said my real name in a movie based on a work of
> fiction.

You had a line in a movie? Can't believe the academy overlooked that phenomenal performance.


> I've been all over this world from Spain and Morocco (that's
> on a continent called Africa, Paul) to beautiful areas in
> our own great nation from Washington to Florida, and I
> didn't have to live out of my car worrying about where to
> bathe.

There's more of that legendary commentary that the listeners of Lake Charles aren't hearing during cutaways of their syndicated morning crew that moved on to the top ten, and left you behind. Hard to believe you're not making the big bucks in Hollywood with that kind of brilliance Hooks.

> You know nothing about me nor my career.

Actually, I know it all. Because all you do is talk about the four stations you worked at in Louisiana to anyone who'll listen. And based on your "career"

...nobody has.


> You are just the
> bitter guy who was on for a brief time at 92.3 after I left
> where you no doubt do what you do best...gossip with part
> timers and get fired.

Sometimes. But the cool part is...unlike you, I keep getting gigs. Whereas you continue to stand upon a soapbox and rail about how the industry sucks, and how amazing you are.

Do just do something...stand there and bitch.

> > > So, you've gone from programming stations to part time?
>
> > > Really speaks well of you.
> >
> > Yep it does. I've done it all Jay.
>
> Well, it seems you are "trending downward."

Yeah and my downward trend is still to a bigger market than the one you're currently not working in. But, it does suck programming stations in major markets, and having yet another drive time radio show. My life sucks. I'd much rather be bitching about how I was "almost" somebody back in the days when I got coffee for celebrities, and had to endure the indignities of John Walton. Doing radio in big markets is the bane of all radio personalities. We should all aspire to read the weather.

> You are a broken record that doesn't comprehend what I'm
> saying. You are desperate because you are a mediocre
> talent, at best.

A mediocre talent who's been gainfully employed for over 20 years. Life's just funny sometimes. I'm good at what I do Hooks. I know it. I don't need axedriver to tell me. I play with pros. Perhaps that's why we've never crossed paths.


> Again, you know nothing of my work history or resume, just a
> small portion which you have gleaned from this message
> board. Do your research before attacking people from afar.
> You also write like a fourth grade public school dropout.

I do? Excuse me Chaucer. Feel free to submit my prose to the remedial instructors for their corrections.

You're a joke. An unfunny one at that. Instead of addressing the true issue, you'd rather attack writings?

This game's over. You've lost. I'd love to continue this, but I have to go do an airshift in a market 4 times the size of where you are right now.

Size matters Hooks.

> Blah, blah, blah. Broken record with the same lame sidekick
> shot.

Don't blame me for the fact that you're a lame sidekick. I can only make fun of the facts. And facts are that you're a career minor leaguer/sidekick/newsguy. You're a faded blip on the landscape of New Orleans radio. Nothing you can say, or do will change that. Because your attitude sucks.

Since you only are allowed to work weekends on air, I
> assume your other job is waiting tables.

No Hooks. The big leagues pay. I wouldn't expect you to know that.


> Again, more elementary school banter from a no talent fool.

You've negated what mythical credibility you might have once had in this discussion by name-calling.

And actually Hooks..."no talent" should be hyphenated. I'm calling the grammar police.


> Again, moron, you know nothing of my career.

Nothing, defines your career in a nutshell. It's perfect word economy.

Well done.

 

[Hooksidious]

> > Yeah, right. What about the other stations in your
> > "favorite place in America"? Seems they didn't want you
> > either.
>
> Actually, I was offered employment by another station. Chose
> to go to a bigger market to do mornings. Thanks for asking.

How many nanoseconds did that last? You've never lasted anywhere in radio for any substantial length of time.
>
> > You seem to be the only guy in radio who equates working
> in
> > television and film to be a failure.
>
> Never said it. Show me where I said any of that Hooks. Once
> again, it's all about "look at me! I'm successful" with you.

Just another wild assertion of yours based in your hyper-sensitive paranoid nature.
>
>
> To be honest, market size has never equated with quality
>
> > > broadcasting.
> >
> > That's for sure; which is why you can brag about being on
> in
> > larger markets than New Orleans.
>
> Yes I can. Because unlike you. I have. Sucks when you try to
> big time a guy, and they can back it up huh sidekick?

You sound like a senile parrot, spinning the same sophistry over and over. Though you regard me and my 20 year radio career as nothing, you feel an inherent need to keep responding with the same jibberish.
>
> > I was at 92.3 from 1990-1998. How many nanoseconds were
> you
> > there? As for Sid being dumb, it seems he was the only
> > person in this market that thought you were worth hiring.
>
> Wrong again.

No, Sid Levet IV had the final say on all hiring and firing at his station, no matter who was p.d.

I've noticed you don't seem to answer any questions posed to you, you just keep going on about how successful you are, but never really providing any specifics.

>
But, I know what I've done, and am
>
> > > content being the one who knows it. I don't have the
> > > inherent need to tell everyone how qualified, and
> > successful
> > > I've been
> > .
> > Though you seem to.
>
> Hello pot...this the the kettle...you're black.

Another child like response from someone who refuses to provide specific details of his so called stellar career.
>
> >
> > Yes, and I've been a correspondent for the BBC's Radio
> > Dublin during Mardi Gras
>
> Me too! Wow...guess I'm in the cool club huh?
>
> and paid ($$$) for the film Runaway
> > Jury where I said my real name in a movie based on a work
> of
> > fiction.
>
> You had a line in a movie? Can't believe the academy
> overlooked that phenomenal performance.

A petty response from you, rooted in jealousy.
>
>
> > I've been all over this world from Spain and Morocco
> (that's
> > on a continent called Africa, Paul) to beautiful areas in
> > our own great nation from Washington to Florida, and I
> > didn't have to live out of my car worrying about where to
> > bathe.
>
> There's more of that legendary commentary that the listeners
> of Lake Charles aren't hearing during cutaways of their
> syndicated morning crew that moved on to the top ten, and
> left you behind. Hard to believe you're not making the big
> bucks in Hollywood with that kind of brilliance Hooks.
>
> > You know nothing about me nor my career.
>
> Actually, I know it all.

Now who's the so called know-it-all?

You don't know anything about me or my career. You are just a no talent that made no impression on anyone during your very brief time here.
>
>
> > You are just the
> > bitter guy who was on for a brief time at 92.3 after I
> left
> > where you no doubt did what you do best...gossip with part
> > timers and get fired.
>
> Sometimes.

You have just acknowledged another of my points. Maybe you should focus on cleaning the back seat of your car so you can get some sleep.

But the cool part is...unlike you, I keep getting
> gigs.

Because no one keeps you very long. There are lots of good and bad people in radio that keep getting radio gigs. You make it seem like you have achieved greatness and you are someone special, but you are not. What's the longest you've ever worked at a radio station? I'm sure you won't bother to answer that either.

Whereas you continue to stand upon a soapbox and rail
> about how the industry sucks, and how amazing you are.

You just don't get it. Paul, if you want to continue to defend Clear Channel and their ilk, and the smaller copy-cat clones spawned by Telcom 96, you just keep brown-nosing and try to score points with management by telling them what full time employees they should get rid of.


>
> Do just do something...stand there and bitch.

What?! You want to call the grammar police on me? If you want to diagram sentences, you will find that yours contain more 5th grade public school errors than mine.
>
> > > > So, you've gone from programming stations to part
> time?
> >
> > > > Really speaks well of you.
> > >
> > > Yep it does. I've done it all Jay.
Please, I've heard of padding resumes, but that is utter nonsense.
> >
> > Well, it seems you are "trending downward."
>
> Yeah and my downward trend is still to a bigger market than
> the one you're currently not working in.

Again, you just keep repeating the same thing over and over. Bigger market than you..., I'm working and you are not...

You are desperate for employment and have to accept any and all offers that come along.


> > You are a broken record that doesn't comprehend what I'm
> > saying. You are desperate because you are a mediocre
> > talent, at best.
>
> A mediocre talent

Thanks for making my point about mediocre talent being able to get gigs in the nations biggest markets.

who's been gainfully employed for over 20
> years. Life's just funny sometimes. I'm good at what I do
> Hooks. I know it.

You might, but no one else does, you convinced no one in this town and have to leave Boston because you can't get on full time.
You just keep repeating your Joel Olsteen mantra about telling yourself you are good and good things will happen, then you won't have to bathe at interstate rest areas.

I don't need axedriver to tell me. I play
> with pros.

Yeah, right. Pros who keep letting you leave, over and over and over...

>
> > Again, you know nothing of my work history or resume, just
> a
> > small portion which you have gleaned from this message
> > board. Do your research before attacking people from
> afar.
> > You also write like a fourth grade public school dropout.
>
> I do? Excuse me Chaucer. Feel free to submit my prose to the
> remedial instructors for their corrections.
>
> You're a joke. An unfunny one at that. Instead of addressing
> the true issue, you'd rather attack writings?

Me? I've seen your picture on your radio stations' website. Your hobbies would seem to be eating food and staying bitter.
>
> This game's over. You've lost.

No, you have lost. You may respond as many times to me as you like, and I'll return the favor. I don't post on this board to play games as you do. You are just angry that someone in a market you regard as nothing can get the better of you. Didn't mean to upset you and make you gobble more of your Xanax.

I'd love to continue this,
> but I have to go do an airshift in a market 4 times the size
> of where you are right now.

Since weekends don't occur on Wednesdays, you are lying again. You probably have to clean up those tables after your last customers spilled their McSauce. Must be great to work somewhere that gives you free food, judging by your picture, food is very important to you.
>
> Size matters Hooks.

Again with the "I'm in a bigger market than you" remarks. You are as boring as your radio banter.


You're a faded blip
> on the landscape of New Orleans radio. Nothing you can say,
> or do will change that. Because your attitude sucks.

More bitter remarks from a part-timer bounced from station to station across this nation. No one in Boston values you enough to keep you and prevent you from leaving town.
>
> Since you only are allowed to work weekends on air, I
> > assume your other job is waiting tables.
>
> No Hooks. The big leagues pay. I wouldn't expect you to know
> that.

The same "bigger market" routine.

Where are you from Paul? Too bad your home state doesn't seem to want you on the air either, unless you are doing a part time airshift and dubbing spots for the assistant production director.

You made no impression on anybody during your tenure in New Orleans, and for all your attacks on me rooted in the fact you failed here; bring em on.
You are a quasi-intellectual who can't get past elementary school exchanges.
>

 

[axedriver]

Re: HOOKS ALSO BEAT STERN HANDS DOWN

> > > Yeah, right. What about the other stations in your
> > > "favorite place in America"? Seems they didn't want you
>
> > > either.
> >
> > Actually, I was offered employment by another station.
> Chose
> > to go to a bigger market to do mornings. Thanks for
> asking.
>
> How many nanoseconds did that last? You've never lasted
> anywhere in radio for any substantial length of time.
> >
> > > You seem to be the only guy in radio who equates working
>
> > in
> > > television and film to be a failure.
> >
> > Never said it. Show me where I said any of that Hooks.
> Once
> > again, it's all about "look at me! I'm successful" with
> you.
>
> Just another wild assertion of yours based in your
> hyper-sensitive paranoid nature.
> >
> >
> > To be honest, market size has never equated with quality
> >
> > > > broadcasting.
> > >
> > > That's for sure; which is why you can brag about being
> on
> > in
> > > larger markets than New Orleans.
> >
> > Yes I can. Because unlike you. I have. Sucks when you try
> to
> > big time a guy, and they can back it up huh sidekick?
>
> You sound like a senile parrot, spinning the same sophistry
> over and over. Though you regard me and my 20 year radio
> career as nothing, you feel an inherent need to keep
> responding with the same jibberish.
> >
> > > I was at 92.3 from 1990-1998. How many nanoseconds were
> > you
> > > there? As for Sid being dumb, it seems he was the only
> > > person in this market that thought you were worth
> hiring.
> >
> > Wrong again.
>
> No, Sid Levet IV had the final say on all hiring and firing
> at his station, no matter who was p.d.
>
> I've noticed you don't seem to answer any questions posed to
> you, you just keep going on about how successful you are,
> but never really providing any specifics.
>
> >
> But, I know what I've done, and am
> >
> > > > content being the one who knows it. I don't have the
> > > > inherent need to tell everyone how qualified, and
> > > successful
> > > > I've been
> > > .
> > > Though you seem to.
> >
> > Hello pot...this the the kettle...you're black.
>
> Another child like response from someone who refuses to
> provide specific details of his so called stellar career.
> >
> > >
> > > Yes, and I've been a correspondent for the BBC's Radio
> > > Dublin during Mardi Gras
> >
> > Me too! Wow...guess I'm in the cool club huh?
> >
> > and paid ($$$) for the film Runaway
> > > Jury where I said my real name in a movie based on a
> work
> > of
> > > fiction.
> >
> > You had a line in a movie? Can't believe the academy
> > overlooked that phenomenal performance.
>
> A petty response from you, rooted in jealousy.
> >
> >
> > > I've been all over this world from Spain and Morocco
> > (that's
> > > on a continent called Africa, Paul) to beautiful areas
> in
> > > our own great nation from Washington to Florida, and I
> > > didn't have to live out of my car worrying about where
> to
> > > bathe.
> >
> > There's more of that legendary commentary that the
> listeners
> > of Lake Charles aren't hearing during cutaways of their
> > syndicated morning crew that moved on to the top ten, and
> > left you behind. Hard to believe you're not making the big
>
> > bucks in Hollywood with that kind of brilliance Hooks.
> >
> > > You know nothing about me nor my career.
> >
> > Actually, I know it all.
>
> Now who's the so called know-it-all?
>
> You don't know anything about me or my career. You are just
> a no talent that made no impression on anyone during your
> very brief time here.
> >
> >
> > > You are just the
> > > bitter guy who was on for a brief time at 92.3 after I
> > left
> > > where you no doubt did what you do best...gossip with
> part
> > > timers and get fired.
> >
> > Sometimes.
>
> You have just acknowledged another of my points. Maybe you
> should focus on cleaning the back seat of your car so you
> can get some sleep.
>
> But the cool part is...unlike you, I keep getting
> > gigs.
>
> Because no one keeps you very long. There are lots of good
> and bad people in radio that keep getting radio gigs. You
> make it seem like you have achieved greatness and you are
> someone special, but you are not. What's the longest you've
> ever worked at a radio station? I'm sure you won't bother
> to answer that either.
>
> Whereas you continue to stand upon a soapbox and rail
> > about how the industry sucks, and how amazing you are.
>
> You just don't get it. Paul, if you want to continue to
> defend Clear Channel and their ilk, and the smaller copy-cat
> clones spawned by Telcom 96, you just keep brown-nosing and
> try to score points with management by telling them what
> full time employees they should get rid of.
>
>
> >
> > Do just do something...stand there and bitch.
>
> What?! You want to call the grammar police on me? If you
> want to diagram sentences, you will find that yours contain
> more 5th grade public school errors than mine.
> >
> > > > > So, you've gone from programming stations to part
> > time?
> > >
> > > > > Really speaks well of you.
> > > >
> > > > Yep it does. I've done it all Jay.
> Please, I've heard of padding resumes, but that is utter
> nonsense.
> > >
> > > Well, it seems you are "trending downward."
> >
> > Yeah and my downward trend is still to a bigger market
> than
> > the one you're currently not working in.
>
> Again, you just keep repeating the same thing over and over.
> Bigger market than you..., I'm working and you are not...
>
> You are desperate for employment and have to accept any and
> all offers that come along.
>
>
> > > You are a broken record that doesn't comprehend what I'm
>
> > > saying. You are desperate because you are a mediocre
> > > talent, at best.
> >
> > A mediocre talent
>
> Thanks for making my point about mediocre talent being able
> to get gigs in the nations biggest markets.
>
> who's been gainfully employed for over 20
> > years. Life's just funny sometimes. I'm good at what I do
>
> > Hooks. I know it.
>
> You might, but no one else does, you convinced no one in
> this town and have to leave Boston because you can't get on
> full time.
> You just keep repeating your Joel Olsteen mantra about
> telling yourself you are good and good things will happen,
> then you won't have to bathe at interstate rest areas.
>
> I don't need axedriver to tell me. I play
> > with pros.
>
> Yeah, right. Pros who keep letting you leave, over and over
> and over...
>
> >
> > > Again, you know nothing of my work history or resume,
> just
> > a
> > > small portion which you have gleaned from this message
> > > board. Do your research before attacking people from
> > afar.
> > > You also write like a fourth grade public school
> dropout.
> >
> > I do? Excuse me Chaucer. Feel free to submit my prose to
> the
> > remedial instructors for their corrections.
> >
> > You're a joke. An unfunny one at that. Instead of
> addressing
> > the true issue, you'd rather attack writings?
>
> Me? I've seen your picture on your radio stations' website.
> Your hobbies would seem to be eating food and staying
> bitter.
> >
> > This game's over. You've lost.
>
> No, you have lost. You may respond as many times to me as
> you like, and I'll return the favor. I don't post on this
> board to play games as you do. You are just angry that
> someone in a market you regard as nothing can get the better
> of you. Didn't mean to upset you and make you gobble more
> of your Xanax.
>
> I'd love to continue this,
> > but I have to go do an airshift in a market 4 times the
> size
> > of where you are right now.
>
> Since weekends don't occur on Wednesdays, you are lying
> again. You probably have to clean up those tables after
> your last customers spilled their McSauce. Must be great to
> work somewhere that gives you free food, judging by your
> picture, food is very important to you.
> >
> > Size matters Hooks.
>
> Again with the "I'm in a bigger market than you" remarks.
> You are as boring as your radio banter.
>
>
> You're a faded blip
> > on the landscape of New Orleans radio. Nothing you can
> say,
> > or do will change that. Because your attitude sucks.
>
> More bitter remarks from a part-timer bounced from station
> to station across this nation. No one in Boston values you
> enough to keep you and prevent you from leaving town.
> >
> > Since you only are allowed to work weekends on air, I
> > > assume your other job is waiting tables.
> >
> > No Hooks. The big leagues pay. I wouldn't expect you to
> know
> > that.
>
> The same "bigger market" routine.
>
> Where are you from Paul? Too bad your home state doesn't
> seem to want you on the air either, unless you are doing a
> part time airshift and dubbing spots for the assistant
> production director.
>
> You made no impression on anybody during your tenure in New
> Orleans, and for all your attacks on me rooted in the fact
> you failed here; bring em on.
> You are a quasi-intellectual who can't get past elementary
> school exchanges.
> >
>

Another fact: Hooks also beat Stern hands down when Stern was on the air in New Orleans-THREE TIMES WHEN STERN WAS ON THREE DIFFERENT STATIONS IN NEW ORLEANS.
And before Hooks jained W&J for the first time, he was with Butz and Tucker and they KICKED THE ASSES OF BOTH W&J AND HOWARD STERN COMBINED.
THIS IS A PROVEN FACT.