The end of Mark Madden? UPDATED: He's FIRED!

He got fired because he was consistently low class.
And ESPN in Bristol fired him, not Pittsburgh. I'm also told that the GM and PD have also been sent packing for not doing anything about Madden last week.

 

No that's where you are wrong...

It is about ego, that is what writing a column is for these broadcasters -- which is why Stan Savran and John Steigerwald -- at the height of their careers when they were making more money than just about anyone in the city were cashing $25 and $50 checks from outlets like the Pittsburgh Sports Report and Guy Junker, back when it was the Stan and Guy show was writing a column for the Greensburg edition of the Tribune-Review.

 

I'm not debating that corporate America is ruining radio, but it cracks me up when people make the argument based on the sub-moronic crap shock jocks spew. To me, reliance on shock jocks is part of the way corporate America is ruining radio to begin with.

Don't get me wrong, I defend their right to say it, but don't expect me to shed a tear when they inevitably shut themselves down with the bile coming out of their own mouth.

 

They were in bigger papers, now Madden got bounced to where he's in the Beaver County Times, a paper that doesn't even reach the Pittsburgh metro area or even the same county.

 

Exactly corporate headquarters fired him because they don't need him to stay relevant because WEAE is a small station in a small market and ESPN is ESPN.

So once there was a backlash -- because insulting the Kennedy's is a sin in some people's eyes -- corporate had enough.

However, the local station GM and program director know that station needs Madden to exist and stay relevant.

Now they will likely stick someone like, say, Stan Savran or Guy Junker or maybe even a John Steigerwald in that spot and it will be another four hours of awfully boring talk radio.

 

Someone will snap him right up. He won't be unemployed long.

 

I'm thinking Zag's argument here is as much of an act as Madden's ever was was.

This has NOTHING to do with the political party of the man he spoke about. That is a ridiculous point. What Madden said was despicable, no matter who he said it about.

ESPN was absolutely justified here. Madden was warned to clean up his act. He promised he would and then he broke that promise. Forget the politics. This was Madden thumbing his nose at the people in charge, thinking his ratings would protect him. When your boss tells you to stop doing something, you stop or eventually it gets you fired.

Madden had already said plenty to earn himself a place on the unemployment line before this.

 

John is now doing 7-10 weeknights on KDKA-AM.
Stan has TV at 6:30, so no to that one.
I'd hope they move Junker and Crow to 3-7, 10-1 is a dead zone for them anyway.

 

The Beaver County Times as compared to the GREENSBURG edition of the Tribune Review (which is in Westmoreland County and not in the Pittsburgh Metro area) and the Pittsburgh Sports Report (which is given out free at Dick's Sporting Goods and, well, you can't find it anywhere else.....) - are you kidding?

Are you really trying to make that case based on those two publications?

Talk show hosts writing these columns for shit little publications is about ego -- not the $40 or $50 they bring in, trust me.

 

Never. He'd have had a major job long before this had he had any talent.

 

vid,

Ability to inflame and incite = talent, in this marketplace.

 

Stan, John and Guy weren't making small money for their columns.
Also, remember the Greensburg Tribune-Review also mirrored content in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. So, Guy's column was always in the city.