A home for those who love almost everything about The Ticket (1310 AM, 96.7 FM, Dallas-Fort Worth), and who would like to discuss -- respectfully and fondly -- their thoughts on how (and whether) to eliminate the "almost."
Saturday, December 20, 2025
I Would Like to Wish Craig "Junior" Miller a Very Happy 60th Birthday
I used to enjoy reading the comments, but one-word response guy has officially whipped me into submission. RIP My Ticket Confession. Won’t be coming back until Plainsman can get a handle on things.
If emoji man is what it takes to make you go away, godspeed to them. You are the actual ass whip around here. Same doucher making basically the same comment over and over. You do it on reddit too. Yeah, you're that obvious.
I agree and the time away has done him good. He fills a void for a part time fill in but I doubt the Overlords in Atlanta will never let him be anymore than that again. Frankly, I'm surprised they Ok'ed the continuation of the Norm-a-Thon. (unless the sponsors paid for the time)
Norm back in small doses is greatness. I, too, have really enjoyed him. He is radio greatness. Take note new guys, he shows how to be a total sports nerd, but he's entertaining.
Hey guys, I know there are tons of fans here on MTC of the Sirois Bros so just wanted to relay some great news - they are opening up there own Patreon for 5 bucks a month! You get additional great content in addition to the two free episodes they do a week. Just wanted to let everyone here know because I know that they get a lot of love and support from the MTC folks so tell a friend!
Because FateofMan, folks like you and others here at MTC have been hugely supportive of the Sirois Bros and other Ticket ex-pats so now you get more great content. Sharing the good news brother!
What did he say? Did he manage to tie that to the Cowboys somehow? Not that anyone should be surprised of course. (Adding this to preempt emoji guy--->) Inquisitive
Respectfully, completely disagree. I love that the Musers do their best to avoid politics. It's an oasis, may it stay so. I don't want to hear from the left or the right. Give me this space of sports and funny. I wish the Hardline would stay as disciplined.
look, the official term is disabled not tard, okay buddy? ever since I lost my balls in 'Nam, i haven't been the same. the only pleasure i get is keeping MTC in front of me at all times and responding in one word responses because that sends a nice little pleasure jolt to my anus which is the only pleasure i get nowadays, because of, you know, 'Nam. Sum Ting Wong, oh how i will never forget that one night when you showed me unworldly butthole pleasures i shall never experience again.
I think it's fuccin hilarious how upset you get over some troll posting one word replies and using an emoji as their username. Funnier still is how obvious it is that emoji man's responses to your weirdly angry comments enrage you that much more. lol
Another thing. jd Fivehead. The nailed it thing is sorta your signature play, huh. Use it on the reddit page too. Different handle, but of course. Still. It's def you.
On that note, wtf would Cirque talk about if not for The Ticket? Bizarro World shit I must say. I mean, going on for months and coming up on years about The Freak, iHeart, and Rhyner I get. You got shitcanned and were left out to dry by Rhyner. But The Ticket angle I don't get. Other than it's the only way you can keep those 35 regulars interested. I mean, my guys, you quit the station to "bet on yourselves." You weren't shitcanned. Same with the Tard Zone dudes. At least they've mostly left that behind . Specially after the suburban street tough publicly embarrassed himself over the Cat reddit lie told by a reddit mod trying to cover their tracks after fuccin up. lol
-not the Reddit poster, I guess using the 'nailed it' phrase was a bit too common.....how bout They Knocked it Outta the Park!
I for one enjoy some talk of the BTS of the Ticket, especially if it pertains to the times of what was a mass exodus.
-after Danny left, Sirois was offered up the HL producer spot, by ways of Corby (he knew he needed another jokester in the mix) - had he accepted, prolly no Davey. Then per Danny, Davey only took a position if he was 3rd host. Yeah, I'm interested in how that all shook out.
Its an interesting What-If. Like if Monday morning I'm tuning into the Musers, followed by Bewm in da House, HangZone, & Hardline 5.0....
Well poor Mike had to settle for a failed radio station and then Patreon scraps while Davey got a full-time gig and something Sirios always wanted but was too impatient to wait for. Like Reddit CdS needs to move on. You had your chance and you decided the grass was greener. It wasn't so here you are, begging for Patreon subscribers. I thought the Dumb Zone was going to be the cash cow?
Hey 'Nam Vet - Great comeback. I've got my certificate of disability from the VA. You got yours? If not, maybe you should draw your wit from another well.
I would say y'all can suck on deez nuts if they weren't blown off by Charlie in '68. Thanks though, I can now mark it off my bucket list that I offended a Vietnam vet on MTC. LOL.
I don’t know where Fivehead got his information but it’s just wrong. MS left first, knowing he was going to the freak. That started the game of musical chairs with producers, board ops and ticker guys. Around the same time Norm wanted to retire. I have a source inside the Ticket, I’m told Norm went to Bennet and Catlin to quit immediately after the draft and he was told “contract goes both ways, if you want to leave we can fix it, but keep working as we negotiate the ending of your contract”. At the same time THZ was in negotiations with Cumulus corporate which ended with their poison pill “we want to own what we do, we want the ability to sell our own outside events , like podcast recordings on site, with cumulus having no say in it”. The problem there was THZ could theoretically sell their remotes at the same time as a hardline remote, splitting the stations audience for their own benefit. So Norm retires, Carlin starts going the tapes and resumes. That whole month of July was the “it’s just drydock, don’t worry it’s just summer vacation”. And nobody in Dallas really knew what was going on because THZ was negotiating w Atlanta. Once THZ was officially gone, then Catlin started slotting people. I know people bag on McClarin, but the dude is a radio veteran with a ratings track record, something you can’t say for Mike, Danny, TC, Monty, even Jake solo. So Catlin pairs MM with Donnie, Bass and Mini and Monty etc. the reason Lane got hired as a host was that as part of the chair shuffling they went from 3 ticker people to 2. That money along the savings of McDowell w 20 years of salary increases vs Mino or Bass, they could hire Dave and DJ and probably still had some money left over C
Got it, thanks! 2 guys that were there, described how it went down. What meetings were like, what $$ was offered, what they chose. But its all lies. Proof? Sources. "Habitual" liars. The absolute best. Perfectly on brand.
No bruh. There are interviews with D Mag and The Observer and on air when Danny joined Freak where they daid two different things. Head Check: They fon't give a fuck about your support. Only about themselves.
A few thoughts on this subject. First, to take what one side says a couple years and who knows what kind of drug use later as gospel is a fools game. It certainly seems from the sidelines that there is one side that keeps throwing barbs back at the Ticket to drum up business for themselves. Case in point, what ever happened with the Ticket Reddit moderator conspiracy theory? As far as I have seen that all went by the wayside. Where was all of the indisputable proof that was supposed to come out? There is a strike as far as I am concerned with how hard that was pushed that nothing ever became of it. Certainly seems like a grift to drum up subscribers for podcasts. Now as far as asking Cat for "his side" of the story, what possible benefit could that ever be for him? Not saying he is in the right or wrong, but there is no benefit. The Ticket is and has been doing fine since that whole shakeup. Let's just say he actually said he lowballed (or was told to do so) the folks that voluntarily left the Ticket and quit on the spot, would that bring any listeners back? No, of course not, people would just find something else to bitch and whine about. I wish those folks that left the Ticket all the success in the world, but at some point you have to quit pissing and moaning about the Ticket and provide compelling content that people want to pay for.
Had no idea morning drive was such a dangerous profession. So glad the boys have survived all these years under such dangerous conditions. Also believe the only reason Miller continues letters from listeners is to plug the podcast at the end of the segment. Always ends with a pandering letter.
Episode 4 of the Patreon Danny Sirois show was a doozy. Danny talked about how he and Corby had lobbied for Jake to take Rhyner's spot when he retired and they thought Jake was going to be the guy until the 11th hour. Episode 5 they promise to spill the beans on who undermined that plan.
My personal opinion is that show would have been unlistenable over time. I think the 3 of them together would have brought out the worst in all 3 of them.
But then I am a Danny detractor and would immediately punch out of the HL as soon as it sounded like he was going to utter more than a sentence.
I wonder the same thing, Ruthie. Until you said it, and it's true, I hadn't realized all this went down 5 years ago. Cliched to say but it holds: everything changes and we get used to it in pretty short order - except for ex-Ticket employees. Out of curiosity, I did listen to the CdS episodes pertaining to the supposed proposed show and the Cat reddit stuff on YT. I mean, I don't know what to say, really, other than it all being a way to attract a few more subs and keep the ones they already have interested. So I guess there's a small contingent out there that still goes in for Ticket dirt. But I have to think that audience shrinks by the day. At some point it's just not interesting anymore. Not interesting because it no longer carries the same weight, no longer has the same meaning for the listener or sub. I will say that some of what was being said came off as revisionist, almost copium. Some of it sounded genuine. Some of it, to be blunt, sounded like bs either told to them that they've taken to be true or to keep certain things about their role in it and the actual beginnings of The Freak. All of it, including CdS in general, is a bit on the sad side, even depressing. Even if it is merely to generate more subs, they just can't seem to move on. I'll repeat what's already been posted here ad nauseam: they left The Ticket on their own accord; they bet on themselves; they believed (rightly or wrongly) they'd hit their ceiling and decided to forge another path; it was absolutely their right to do so. Therefore their successes and failures are on their shoulders and no one else's. It's like they're standing at the crossroads, paralyzed, unable to move in any direction, fixated on the rearview mirror. That, to me, is depressing.
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ReplyDeleteI used to enjoy reading the comments, but one-word response guy has officially whipped me into submission. RIP My Ticket Confession. Won’t be coming back until Plainsman can get a handle on things.
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DeleteIf emoji man is what it takes to make you go away, godspeed to them. You are the actual ass whip around here. Same doucher making basically the same comment over and over. You do it on reddit too. Yeah, you're that obvious.
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DeleteMust admit I really dug listening to Norm and the Normathon over the past week. He sounded good. I miss that Ticket.
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DeleteI agree and the time away has done him good. He fills a void for a part time fill in but I doubt the Overlords in Atlanta will never let him be anymore than that again. Frankly, I'm surprised they Ok'ed the continuation of the Norm-a-Thon. (unless the sponsors paid for the time)
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DeleteNorm back in small doses is greatness. I, too, have really enjoyed him. He is radio greatness. Take note new guys, he shows how to be a total sports nerd, but he's entertaining.
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DeleteStarting 33rd year and the same old bit of Fake Jerry at 840 on a Monday morning. Time to move on.
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DeleteStarting the new year anonymously complaining about the Ticket. Also time to move on.
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DeleteWatching Jake come full circle back to his BushHitler "the CIA and the State Department are selling drugs" days is hilarious...
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DeleteHey guys, I know there are tons of fans here on MTC of the Sirois Bros so just wanted to relay some great news - they are opening up there own Patreon for 5 bucks a month! You get additional great content in addition to the two free episodes they do a week. Just wanted to let everyone here know because I know that they get a lot of love and support from the MTC folks so tell a friend!
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DeleteBecause FateofMan, folks like you and others here at MTC have been hugely supportive of the Sirois Bros and other Ticket ex-pats so now you get more great content. Sharing the good news brother!
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ReplyDeleteAnd the Arkansas carnival barker invoking the mad king's illegal incursion in Venezuela is disgusting.
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DeleteWhat did he say? Did he manage to tie that to the Cowboys somehow? Not that anyone should be surprised of course. (Adding this to preempt emoji guy--->) Inquisitive
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DeleteRespectfully, completely disagree. I love that the Musers do their best to avoid politics. It's an oasis, may it stay so. I don't want to hear from the left or the right. Give me this space of sports and funny. I wish the Hardline would stay as disciplined.
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ReplyDeletelook, the official term is disabled not tard, okay buddy? ever since I lost my balls in 'Nam, i haven't been the same. the only pleasure i get is keeping MTC in front of me at all times and responding in one word responses because that sends a nice little pleasure jolt to my anus which is the only pleasure i get nowadays, because of, you know, 'Nam. Sum Ting Wong, oh how i will never forget that one night when you showed me unworldly butthole pleasures i shall never experience again.
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DeleteNo way, CdS is talking about the Ticket? But please sign up for their Patreon for fresh new content.
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Deleteoh god, another anus jolt, take this country cream, sum ting wong!
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DeleteI think it's fuccin hilarious how upset you get over some troll posting one word replies and using an emoji as their username. Funnier still is how obvious it is that emoji man's responses to your weirdly angry comments enrage you that much more. lol
DeleteAnother thing. jd Fivehead. The nailed it thing is sorta your signature play, huh. Use it on the reddit page too. Different handle, but of course. Still. It's def you.
On that note, wtf would Cirque talk about if not for The Ticket? Bizarro World shit I must say. I mean, going on for months and coming up on years about The Freak, iHeart, and Rhyner I get. You got shitcanned and were left out to dry by Rhyner. But The Ticket angle I don't get. Other than it's the only way you can keep those 35 regulars interested. I mean, my guys, you quit the station to "bet on yourselves." You weren't shitcanned. Same with the Tard Zone dudes. At least they've mostly left that behind . Specially after the suburban street tough publicly embarrassed himself over the Cat reddit lie told by a reddit mod trying to cover their tracks after fuccin up. lol
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Delete-not the Reddit poster, I guess using the 'nailed it' phrase was a bit too common.....how bout They Knocked it Outta the Park!
DeleteI for one enjoy some talk of the BTS of the Ticket, especially if it pertains to the times of what was a mass exodus.
-after Danny left, Sirois was offered up the HL producer spot, by ways of Corby (he knew he needed another jokester in the mix) - had he accepted, prolly no Davey. Then per Danny, Davey only took a position if he was 3rd host. Yeah, I'm interested in how that all shook out.
Its an interesting What-If. Like if Monday morning I'm tuning into the Musers, followed by Bewm in da House, HangZone, & Hardline 5.0....
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DeleteWell poor Mike had to settle for a failed radio station and then Patreon scraps while Davey got a full-time gig and something Sirios always wanted but was too impatient to wait for. Like Reddit CdS needs to move on. You had your chance and you decided the grass was greener. It wasn't so here you are, begging for Patreon subscribers. I thought the Dumb Zone was going to be the cash cow?
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DeleteHey 'Nam Vet - Great comeback. I've got my certificate of disability from the VA. You got yours? If not, maybe you should draw your wit from another well.
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DeleteI agree, calling yourself a disabled vet in that context is really poor taste. Not that the plainsman would even notice.
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DeleteI would say y'all can suck on deez nuts if they weren't blown off by Charlie in '68. Thanks though, I can now mark it off my bucket list that I offended a Vietnam vet on MTC. LOL.
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DeleteI don’t know where Fivehead got his information but it’s just wrong. MS left first, knowing he was going to the freak. That started the game of musical chairs with producers, board ops and ticker guys. Around the same time Norm wanted to retire. I have a source inside the Ticket, I’m told Norm went to Bennet and Catlin to quit immediately after the draft and he was told “contract goes both ways, if you want to leave we can fix it, but keep working as we negotiate the ending of your contract”. At the same time THZ was in negotiations with Cumulus corporate which ended with their poison pill “we want to own what we do, we want the ability to sell our own outside events , like podcast recordings on site, with cumulus having no say in it”. The problem there was THZ could theoretically sell their remotes at the same time as a hardline remote, splitting the stations audience for their own benefit.
ReplyDeleteSo Norm retires, Carlin starts going the tapes and resumes. That whole month of July was the “it’s just drydock, don’t worry it’s just summer vacation”.
And nobody in Dallas really knew what was going on because THZ was negotiating w Atlanta. Once THZ was officially gone, then Catlin started slotting people. I know people bag on McClarin, but the dude is a radio veteran with a ratings track record, something you can’t say for Mike, Danny, TC, Monty, even Jake solo.
So Catlin pairs MM with Donnie, Bass and Mini and Monty etc.
the reason Lane got hired as a host was that as part of the chair shuffling they went from 3 ticker people to 2. That money along the savings of McDowell w 20 years of salary increases vs Mino or Bass, they could hire Dave and DJ and probably still had some money left over
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DeleteEp 1 - Mikey and Danny - about 15min in. But maybe they don't remember it as clearly.
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DeleteGot it, thanks! 2 guys that were there, described how it went down. What meetings were like, what $$ was offered, what they chose. But its all lies. Proof? Sources. "Habitual" liars.
DeleteThe absolute best. Perfectly on brand.
No bruh. There are interviews with D Mag and The Observer and on air when Danny joined Freak where they daid two different things. Head Check: They fon't give a fuck about your support. Only about themselves.
DeleteGladly take Sirios or Dingu over McClarin. McClarin is terrible and he's a creep.
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DeleteA few thoughts on this subject. First, to take what one side says a couple years and who knows what kind of drug use later as gospel is a fools game. It certainly seems from the sidelines that there is one side that keeps throwing barbs back at the Ticket to drum up business for themselves. Case in point, what ever happened with the Ticket Reddit moderator conspiracy theory? As far as I have seen that all went by the wayside. Where was all of the indisputable proof that was supposed to come out? There is a strike as far as I am concerned with how hard that was pushed that nothing ever became of it. Certainly seems like a grift to drum up subscribers for podcasts. Now as far as asking Cat for "his side" of the story, what possible benefit could that ever be for him? Not saying he is in the right or wrong, but there is no benefit. The Ticket is and has been doing fine since that whole shakeup. Let's just say he actually said he lowballed (or was told to do so) the folks that voluntarily left the Ticket and quit on the spot, would that bring any listeners back? No, of course not, people would just find something else to bitch and whine about. I wish those folks that left the Ticket all the success in the world, but at some point you have to quit pissing and moaning about the Ticket and provide compelling content that people want to pay for.
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DeleteHad no idea morning drive was such a dangerous profession. So glad the boys have survived all these years under such dangerous conditions. Also believe the only reason Miller continues letters from listeners is to plug the podcast at the end of the segment. Always ends with a pandering letter.
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DeleteI think it’s time to retire the 8:40 bit. It hasn’t been funny for a couple of years now.
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DeleteEpisode 4 of the Patreon Danny Sirois show was a doozy. Danny talked about how he and Corby had lobbied for Jake to take Rhyner's spot when he retired and they thought Jake was going to be the guy until the 11th hour. Episode 5 they promise to spill the beans on who undermined that plan.
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DeleteBut then I am a Danny detractor and would immediately punch out of the HL as soon as it sounded like he was going to utter more than a sentence.
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DeleteI wonder the same thing, Ruthie. Until you said it, and it's true, I hadn't realized all this went down 5 years ago. Cliched to say but it holds: everything changes and we get used to it in pretty short order - except for ex-Ticket employees. Out of curiosity, I did listen to the CdS episodes pertaining to the supposed proposed show and the Cat reddit stuff on YT. I mean, I don't know what to say, really, other than it all being a way to attract a few more subs and keep the ones they already have interested. So I guess there's a small contingent out there that still goes in for Ticket dirt. But I have to think that audience shrinks by the day. At some point it's just not interesting anymore. Not interesting because it no longer carries the same weight, no longer has the same meaning for the listener or sub. I will say that some of what was being said came off as revisionist, almost copium. Some of it sounded genuine. Some of it, to be blunt, sounded like bs either told to them that they've taken to be true or to keep certain things about their role in it and the actual beginnings of The Freak. All of it, including CdS in general, is a bit on the sad side, even depressing. Even if it is merely to generate more subs, they just can't seem to move on. I'll repeat what's already been posted here ad nauseam: they left The Ticket on their own accord; they bet on themselves; they believed (rightly or wrongly) they'd hit their ceiling and decided to forge another path; it was absolutely their right to do so. Therefore their successes and failures are on their shoulders and no one else's. It's like they're standing at the crossroads, paralyzed, unable to move in any direction, fixated on the rearview mirror. That, to me, is depressing.
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