tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8577236709648198825.post8479507205673159697..comments2024-03-28T11:34:17.435-05:00Comments on My Ticket Confession: RIPPED FROM TODAY'S TICKET HEADLINESThe Plainsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09312877844275731926noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8577236709648198825.post-81496007137846695812010-07-25T18:29:31.451-05:002010-07-25T18:29:31.451-05:00Welcome, Blue Moon. I'm delighted when commen...Welcome, Blue Moon. I'm delighted when commenters take contrary positions and hope you will feel free to weigh in when you disagree. You might be surprised by my take on BaD Radio. It'll be out in a couple of days. I space out posts so I don't run out of material (and I have limited time to write and do another blog to boot). I do agree on the greatness of Bob, Mike, and Gordon.<br /><br />Christy: Love your conspiratorial cast of mind. I also note that you used brackets within a parenthetical, which tells me that you have some training in writing or copy-editing. I actually like the fill-in shows -- as you noted in an earlier comment, there will come a day when the present lineups are going to change. I think of them as auditions.The Plainsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312877844275731926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8577236709648198825.post-38226337281400959172010-07-25T15:33:39.292-05:002010-07-25T15:33:39.292-05:00My sleeping schedule's a lil topsy-turvey, tha...My sleeping schedule's a lil topsy-turvey, thanks to working late, thus the timing of these posts.<br /><br />You're right that management appears to just want this to go away. The other hosts have not mentioned it. Dan wasn't suspended for Friday's show. No e-brake nomination. It will probably only live on through the UnTicket, P1s who check the UnTicket daily and call into screenless saying something about an open program director position or that The Man sucks, and Dan who will probably make the occasional reference to it as he did once late on Friday's show - he said something like he had a memo he wanted to share but then we'd have to listen to the Double Rainbow interview again.<br /><br />Speculation:<br />Did Tom know beforehand what Dan was going to read? Or, did he not know and called management himself when he realized the level of misconduct about to take place? Or, did management call Tom?<br /><br />Did Dan know something was up or that management probably would come a-calling? He got the two points he really wanted to read over the airwaves, and he didn't bog down (an aside: I agree with Sean Bass in general but not in that <a href="http://theticketpodcasts.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html#1232749249963583213" rel="nofollow">instance</a> [1:24 mark]. It made for awesome, tense radio though!) either of the times he asked for Tom's involvement and was shot down. I was surprised by Dan's apathy in both instances; I think he would have made more jabs at Tom for not having input under normal circumstances.<br /><br />Random question/future topic:<br />- What's the opinion on fill-in shows doing normal shows' traditional segments? I get that fill-in shows have to do them because those segments are sponsored, but it makes me miss the regular shows more. Sometimes, it's apparent when newer hosts seem to be out of their element when they're not talking sports or they're trying too hard to come across as hip.AsianGirlWatchingAsianDramashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435165794925160867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8577236709648198825.post-64229143296989295732010-07-25T12:02:14.964-05:002010-07-25T12:02:14.964-05:00Just stumbled upon your blog... I like it. Intere...Just stumbled upon your blog... I like it. Interested to read your next BaD Radio take since you and I differ greatly on our Ticket preferences -- BaD Radio is by far my favorite show on the Ticket (Bob is my leader) and Gordon is the third member of my Indispensible Ticket Three along with Bob and Mike. <br /><br />Anyway, keep up the good work.Blue Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523741112999035723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8577236709648198825.post-55101917129926430682010-07-24T08:12:15.633-05:002010-07-24T08:12:15.633-05:00And by the way, Christy -- why are you reading My ...And by the way, Christy -- why are you reading My Ticket Confession at 3:43 a.m. Saturday morning?The Plainsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312877844275731926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8577236709648198825.post-4885228547881244452010-07-24T08:11:13.565-05:002010-07-24T08:11:13.565-05:00Christy: Good insights and speculations. I hadn&...Christy: Good insights and speculations. I hadn't stopped to think who might have leaked it. Bacsik is an inspired guess, although if he's trying to get a job in radio he wouldn't want to stir that pot. Whoever it was, you can bet they didn't have the slightest freakin' idea that Dan would act in such a way as to make the leaker's identity of general interest to management.<br /><br />As to whether Dan gave up his source: I'm guessing that Cumulus didn't press this beyond some desultory inquiries. They undoubtedly know that the KTCK gang is tight knit and there isn't much they can do to keep people from gossiping. I didn't hear any of Friday's show and I can't see any reference to Dan getting suspended, so I suspect Cumulus just wants this to go away.<br /><br />I may have missed that the memo was only sent to aspiring producers. Dan didn't reveal a date on the memo, as I recall. There would be no reason to send it to a Danny or Fernando. <br /><br />And yes, it tells us a lot about Dan, but, as I will suggest in a couple of days, it doesn't tell us much that we didn't already know.<br /><br />Thanks as always, Christy.The Plainsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312877844275731926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8577236709648198825.post-88425340602354190442010-07-24T03:43:30.349-05:002010-07-24T03:43:30.349-05:00I wonder who leaked the memo to Dan. The first na...I wonder who leaked the memo to Dan. The first name that popped into my head was T.C. (or Jake) - aspiring producer, young, doesn't know any better, still figuring out the line between on-air appropriateness and off-air-only information, kissing up to Dan by showing him a classified memo he's never seen.<br /><br />Assuming the memo is sent to producers as well and not just to aspiring producers as Dan reveals:<br /><br />Mike Sirois (Norm's producer) - he's the most recent producing hire (see above) - which would fit with the timing of the situation.<br /><br />Mike Bacsik - disgruntled ex-producer (for Norm); still keeps in contact with Dan<br /><br />Do you think Dan revealed his source to management? If TC or Jake are never heard on The Ticket again, now we know why... <br /><br />Interestingly, Danny (The Hardline's producer), Corby (former Chris Arnold producer), and Gordon Keith (...who probably would have been privy to such a memo because of his relationship with the other two guys) have never pulled this stunt before (I assume)...what does this say about Dan's sense of humor/sense of radio ethics compared to other on-air people?AsianGirlWatchingAsianDramashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435165794925160867noreply@blogger.com