I've been away from the waves for awhile, but I was in the Conestoga today during PM drive and caught two fantastic segments.
The first -- I have no idea what it started out to be, something about George Clooney being the father of a one-year-old in his fifties, but it finished up with speculation on the Mikes (Rhyner and Sirois) becoming fathers at their respective stages in life. Haven't laughed so hard at The Ticket in months. Bent over the steering wheel laughing at Corby's -- yes, Corby's -- remarks and baby-mother riffs.
The second was a segment on artists (like Harry Styles) who shift genres after success in one genre. Not hilarious, but very solid. One of those segs that had more information in the bag -- more, ahem, "preparation," if you will, but they ran out of time. Hope they reprise this when I'm listening again.
The Hard Ones take it up the keest on this site once in awhile, but today reminded me of why I don't spend a lot of time investigating the competition.
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BREAKING BREAKING ON 2018 06 09: A usually reliable Deep-Cumulo-Source confirms that one of my personal favorites, John Fahy, has indeed been let go by The Ticket. I do not have details but it was not, shall we say, for financial reasons. Very sorry to see him go, he was a cool voice on The Little One. Hope he lands somewhere cool.
Did Fahey get fired? Or was Sirois doing bits?
ReplyDeleteIsn't he the new midday Ticker man?
ReplyDeleteI heard that, but immediately dismissed it as a bit. You generally don't talk about firings on the air before the station makes an official announcement. And even then it's usually couched in "no longer with the station" language.
ReplyDeleteSorry, not a bit, according to Ticket-knowledgeable source.
ReplyDeleteYou know, of course I never really know if some of the radio people I hear from are really in the know. But so far I haven't been burned and this source has been accurate in the past. So, much as I hate to spread unhappy news, looks like John F is out. Maybe he can join T.C.'s comp -- oh, wait.
Oh, man. I’ve got a sports tear going. Fahy is on my tier-1 list of non-tier-1s. I hope it’s not true.
ReplyDeletePerhaps we can get a petition going, asking The Pan-American Catman to reconsider.
ReplyDeleteFrom the way Ticket guys talked about him, he must have had a whiff the edge about him, but on the air he always came across as professional and composed, with a voice made for The Ticket.
T.C. didn't like the way he edited the Top Ten, but that's not a firing offense.
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ReplyDeleteSomething peculiar going on this morning (Sunday, on Work in Progress) between Justin/Mino and Samuel Hale. They've made a couple of references to him not being allowed to talk on the air, and there was a weird exchange when Mino asked him to do the 40 liner. Anyone know whazzup?
ReplyDeleteIt's getting weirder. Justin just challenged Samuel to say something nice about his employer. Crickets. Justin said, "It's going to be a really interesting next three months."
ReplyDeleteFahy-related? Tickerman rebellion?
ReplyDeleteAt the conclusion of WiP, they returned to Samuel Hale, asking him to wrap up the show. More crickets. Then Justin said "oh, you're suspended, that's right."
ReplyDeleteWhich kind of makes me think this is a bit, because Justin wouldn't have disclosed that if it were true.
But a strange and mildly suggestive drawing-back of the curtain on WiP today.
Heard all that myself, but then I heard Sam say something during the Fortnight segment. At least I thought I did.
ReplyDeleteWasn't Samuel suspended by Judge Junior Miller during Bad Radio court on Friday? They were ruling on the Sam vs. Samuel content-stealing imbroglio.
ReplyDeleteMakes perfect sense, but I don't know what that means (other than the existence of the court). Can someone fill us in? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteSam Hale was suspended upon Judge Junior Miller’s determining he should not have given the hardline audio from player interviews at the Star requested by intern Sam. His sentence was 30 days off mic except tickers and shaved head at Summer Bash.
ReplyDeleteI say Judge Junior Miller be brought up on charges for stealing Judge John Hodgman's bit.
ReplyDeleteI'm probably in the minority here, but I for one have grown weary of JV pissing, moaning, playing little innuendo games with the listener, and their overall kool kids act. Perhaps Cat's been too quick and generous in giving some of these guys air time. While I like Monty, Mino, the two Sams, et al, they've become more TC-tude-ish than not. As to Fahy, I think his Tickers and in-station voiceovers are winners. The mace stunt came off as a desperate plea for attention, but hey, it was one incident. If indeed he has been axed, I wonder why? Surely it was nothing pertaining to an on air gaffe\misstep.
ReplyDelete546, I have some sympathy with that position. When on-air stuff gets too inside, or requires near-encyclopedic Ticket knowledge on the part of the listener, it's inconsiderate if pushed too far. The occasional inside tease -- OK, that can be Tickety. But you do hear a lot of it on weekends up and down the schedule..
ReplyDeleteIt's not just the JV guys, happens with the weekday hosts as well.
I don't find any of these guys TC-like in the slightest, however.
And I'd like to see Fahy get a do-over. My info, while sketchy, is that the issue was not on-air related.
I meant TC-tude-ish in that there often seems to be a parallel to the former employee's sense of entitlement running through the current JV. It's that "I got this\Hold my beer" whilst I snarkily let you know just how "trash" your thought is. It'd be too easy and cheap to say oh well its just the way Millenials are. Because it's not. I believe it has to do with a what's become a very lax mic on policy and the quickly ensuing "power grab" that youth is wont to do.
ReplyDeleteThe Musers were talking about the court and mentioned that Sam Hale was the same kid that George ran into at UTA a couple of years ago. Sam told him he was a better broadcaster that Georgie and would have his job one day. George laughed it off this morning.
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