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Woody Show exits Q101

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<< EMMIS Alternative WKQX (Q101)/CHICAGO PM Drive team WOODY, TONY, and RAVEY exit. WOOD and his crew are looking for morning show opportunities. Reach out to WOODY at [email protected].>>

As if there wasn't enough speculation about the future of Q101 already...
 
Wow, that was a quick departure. I listened to them yesterday, and there was no mention of anything. But, they are now off the Q101 website too.

There's something afoot..
 
> Wow, that was a quick departure. I listened to them
> yesterday, and there was no mention of anything. But, they
> are now off the Q101 website too.
>
> There's something afoot..
>
I didn't realize it until I heard Mancow make fun of it this morning. I actually liked them too. But I do think they would be better as a morning show.
 
Fook to Afternoons

> There's something afoot..
>

And now Fook has been promoted to afternoons. Fook ran a good night show.....and I'm sure we will get the same on afternoons

Something analytical here.....Fook is majorly talking about and taking calls on WTR departure. Usually when someone(s) are released from a station, there Usually is NO talk allowed about it on the air.....Q101 is hyping up this departure.

Funny thing I just heard....Fook made reference to all these people claiming Q101 is going Hip-hop and how people now are thinking this is going to happen, and Fook says "No, we are still on shuffle"<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: Fook to Afternoons

> > There's something afoot..
> >
>
> And now Fook has been promoted to afternoons. Fook ran a
> good night show.....and I'm sure we will get the same on
> afternoons
>
> Something analytical here.....Fook is majorly talking about
> and taking calls on WTR departure. Usually when someone(s)
> are released from a station, there Usually is NO talk
> allowed about it on the air.....Q101 is hyping up this
> departure.
>
> Funny thing I just heard....Fook made reference to all these
> people claiming Q101 is going Hip-hop and how people now are
> thinking this is going to happen, and Fook says "No, we are
> still on shuffle"
>
Fook has talent. I like him. He is a perfect fit to the Q101 crowd. He reminds of of what Sludge was, when he started doing road rage. Although once sludge switched went on earlier, he style changed.
 
Re: Fook to Afternoons

> And now Fook has been promoted to afternoons. Fook ran a
> good night show.....and I'm sure we will get the same on
> afternoons
>
> Something analytical here.....Fook is majorly talking about
> and taking calls on WTR departure. Usually when someone(s)
> are released from a station, there Usually is NO talk
> allowed about it on the air.....Q101 is hyping up this
> departure.
>
> Funny thing I just heard....Fook made reference to all these
> people claiming Q101 is going Hip-hop and how people now are
> thinking this is going to happen, and Fook says "No, we are
> still on shuffle"
>

I thought I was the only one that found it strange that Fook was talking about the departure. He mentioned that they were "let go" Thursday nite after their shift, and he talked about how much he liked them. He said he only wanted to address it once, but he continued to bring it up through most of the shift (or at least what I heard of it)

There's something definitely going on. Maybe answers on Monday...as a fan of the station myself, it does interest me to see what is going to happen. Possibly a jump to WLUP??
 
Re: Fook to Afternoons

They were always ripping on thier boss, calling him "Jewbacka" and making fun of the shuffle thing. I always thought they were just joking around and having fun about it, like not serious. Maybe they were serious and management just had enough. They would be awesome on The Zone or on WCKG. They're talkers, and now that Mancow's not going there, why not? Dahl isn't going to mornings, he doesn't want to. If this is all a joke though, forget everything I just said. lol

> There's something definitely going on. Maybe answers on
> Monday...as a fan of the station myself, it does interest me
> to see what is going to happen. Possibly a jump to WLUP??
>
 
Re: Fook to Afternoons

> They were always ripping on thier boss, calling him
> "Jewbacka" and making fun of the shuffle thing. I always
> thought they were just joking around and having fun about
> it, like not serious. Maybe they were serious and management
> just had enough. They would be awesome on The Zone or on
> WCKG. They're talkers, and now that Mancow's not going
> there, why not? Dahl isn't going to mornings, he doesn't
> want to. If this is all a joke though, forget everything I
> just said. lol


I doubt their pd took any personal offense to anything that was said on the show, and even if he did, it's highly unlikely for the station to approve them being bumped off the air. It's easier to replace one behind the scenes man then get rid of an entire show, especially if it's getting ratings (not saying WTR did, just speaking in general). Besides, Mancow rips on the station way more than they ever did.

I could see them ending up on q101 in another slot, or possibly on WLUP (like I said before). They wouldn't really fit in with the aging CKG crowd, unless the station is looking to try and go after a younger audience. Still, that wouldn't explain their quick and unpredicted departure.
 
Re: Fook to Afternoons

> They were always ripping on thier boss, calling him
> "Jewbacka" and making fun of the shuffle thing. I always
> thought they were just joking around and having fun about
> it, like not serious. Maybe they were serious and management
> just had enough. They would be awesome on The Zone or on
> WCKG. They're talkers, and now that Mancow's not going
> there, why not? Dahl isn't going to mornings, he doesn't
> want to. If this is all a joke though, forget everything I
> just said. lol
>
> > There's something definitely going on. Maybe answers on
> > Monday...as a fan of the station myself, it does interest
> me
> > to see what is going to happen. Possibly a jump to WLUP??
> >
>
if you ever saw "Jewbaca" - you would understand why they called him that. just a case of pointing out the obvious. he is Jewish, and i don't know if it is still the case (he may have shaven off the beard/moustache & trimmed the longish hair he sported for YEARS), but Mr. PD guy is a very hairy person.

i doubt he took the nickname seriously. how were their ratings? how were they to deal with off-air? possibly they did their contract and decided it was time to move on? remember, they were let go from the st. louis sister station previously...<P ID="signature">______________
"TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA: 1-800-HELP-NOW"</P>
 
Woody, Tony, Ravey

Maybe if they had been somewhat interesting, they'd still be on Q101.
Seems as if Woody & Co. thought that if they just talked about something/anything...people would listen. Thing is, they rarely had anything interesting to say. It was just babble with no passion behind it. Nothing edgy, funny or interesting. The bits that were somewhat verging on interesting were nothing but ripped off, watered down O&A retreads.(Silence Of The Lambs parody, What Did We Learn On The Show Today? etc...)

Woody sounded utterly bored, Tony was useless (did he even talk?) and Ravey was just there to giggle, add a Female Perspective (UGH!) and "keep the boys in check". Formulaic, (BLEEP)*t*y, pointless and expensive to boot. Yeah, we get it, guys...You're really bored and ironic and oh-so above-it-all.

That being said...I think it's really f'ed up that Mancock made light of their firing. What an assholish thing to do. Then again...what comes around goes around, right Woody?

:)

Good luck, y'all...
 
A day or two before their firing, they were talking about something I wasn't tuned in for (Kanye West related?) When I tuned in, they were talking about an e-mail they got from the PD that said "I'm getting lots of complaints from callers. Whatever you're talking about, stop it now." It seemed genuine enough, in that Woody sounded authentically pissed and made a few swift remarks about censorship. That happens Wednesday or Thursday, and they're gone come Friday. Anyone else got the details on this?

I really liked the way they ran the show. They kept it loose and genuine. It wasn't staged, pandering garbage like Mancow is. It was an afternoon morning show that was more enjoyable than the station's actual morning show. When the buzz began about Cow and CKG, I figured WTR were the heirs apparent to the morning slot. I dunno where they'll land now. CKG seems possible, but it strikes me that WTR really needs music to make their style flow properly. I'm guessing they'll head out-of-market, which is Chicago's loss.
 
> I really liked the way they ran the show. They kept it
> loose and genuine. It wasn't staged, pandering garbage like
> Mancow is.

LOL, yeah the last time I sampled them, they were directly ripping on Drex from KISS, the whole deal how that moron that commited the bank robberies got caught because he called KISS, and ripping on KISS itself. Real nice and genuine. Acknowledge your competition. Really Professional.

Well, Drex still has a job, KISS still has higher ratings overall, and that is the genuine truth.

> I'm guessing
> they'll head out-of-market, which is Chicago's loss.
>

Depends how you look at it. They were entertaining in their own fashion, which is good. But, maybe they will have better luck elsewhere as they were not on fire in this market.<P ID="signature">______________

"Z"
Music Coordinator/Technical Support</P>
 
True, but to be fair I think it's a tough task to catch fire on a station that is so ice cold. Mancow's numbers are the lowest they've been in years. He's living off of his advantage of being in the market for 10 years and having his loyal pack of fans.

> Depends how you look at it. They were entertaining in their
> own fashion, which is good. But, maybe they will have better
> luck elsewhere as they were not on fire in this market.
>
 
> A day or two before their firing, they were talking about
> something I wasn't tuned in for (Kanye West related?) When
> I tuned in, they were talking about an e-mail they got from
> the PD that said "I'm getting lots of complaints from
> callers. Whatever you're talking about, stop it now." It
> seemed genuine enough, in that Woody sounded authentically
> pissed and made a few swift remarks about censorship.
> That happens Wednesday or Thursday, and they're gone come
> Friday. Anyone else got the details on this?
>
> I really liked the way they ran the show. They kept it
> loose and genuine. It wasn't staged, pandering garbage like
> Mancow is. It was an afternoon morning show that was more
> enjoyable than the station's actual morning show. When the
> buzz began about Cow and CKG, I figured WTR were the heirs
> apparent to the morning slot. I dunno where they'll land
> now. CKG seems possible, but it strikes me that WTR really
> needs music to make their style flow properly. I'm guessing
> they'll head out-of-market, which is Chicago's loss.
>

I tend to think that if that were truly the reason for their firing, Fook wouldn't have been so quick to talk about it on Friday. Then again, he was probably being flooded with calls and emails asking what was up, so maybe he felt it was the only thing he could do in the situation.

For whatever its worth, I personally liked the show. I can't really explain what it is, because A) like people have pointed out, it wasn't entirely original and B) the only one I felt had any true talent was Woody....but, it seemed to work for me. But whatever, I'm just interested to hear what the truth is on the situation, purely from a curiosity standpoint.
 
FYI: Q101 Website

The WTR link is back up at Q101.com. Here's what the popup says when you click it:

"Woody, Tony and Ravey are no longer on the air at Q101. We have decided to go in a new direction. We wish them all the best."
 
The Truth Man, & black helicopters.......

As proven in the last few weeks, MANCOW will anchor Q101 at least until his contract is up. After that who knows, but they should stay with the music format because since they tweaked it, Q101 sounds real good.

But as far as 101.1 FM goes, we'l know more in about a year -- I say everything is al good over ther.

"The Woody Show" have been fired from Emmis in the past, only to reappear on another Emmis station. IMHO they will probably join THE LOOP. I got the feeling they were hard rockers and could do a Eric & Kathy meets MANCOW morning show on 97.9 FM.

Wait what about Johnny -- afternoons on THE LOOP. Mornings rock with a little W,T & R talk (believe me, a little goes a long way), then Johnny B (and Buzz?) all talk, very little music, in the afternoon against the Stever.

Remember Emmis said that fixing THE LOOP would take about a year. This way MANCOW doesn't compete with Johnny (and they don't see each other in the halls -- Meeow, assuming J.B. moves back to town), and they give Stever and WCKG (or wherever) a true run for their money.

Does anyone know if Emmis has any properties in SoCal? This would answer some Johnny questions.
 
Re: The Truth Man, & black helicopters.......

> Does anyone know if Emmis has any properties in SoCal? This
> would answer some Johnny questions.

Urban Power 106, which is not exactly Johnny B's kind of format, and country KZLA, which is *really* not Johnny B's kind of format. Both established formats that aren't going to change any time soon.
 
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