Hard-hitting expose (accented e) details downfall of successful radio host

[mltru2tx]

http://dallasobserver.com/2008-07-03/news/the-hard-lie/

This has been an ongoing saga in the DFW area since last year, and two days ago this finally hit. If you've ever lived in Dallas or just want to read a good, well-written story, check it out. It's a real-life soap opera involving guy/sports radio at one of the most successful sports radio stations in the country.

Then, if you're still interested, hear the still-employed guys' response to the article yesterday...

http://www.theunticket.com/

 

[Starman]

the wildly popular show was aural sex, eschewing traditional radio formats for guy talk with subplots of sports, private parts, bathroom humor, fake guests and the grand illusion that listeners were members of a big frat house, in on all the jokes and cosmically connected to its Everyman hosts.

In short, every forking thing that's wrong with sports radio and makes it utterly unlistenable for anybody with an IQ even approaching room temperature.

And the rest is the completely stereotypical reformed-drug addict/alcoholic substance-abuse forkup "i made mistakes, gee i'm sorry, i've seen the error of my ways, turned my life completely around, whole new attitude" bullshirt we read every day.

 

[PeteyPirate]

the wildly popular show was aural sex, eschewing traditional radio formats for guy talk with subplots of sports, private parts, bathroom humor, fake guests and the grand illusion that listeners were members of a big frat house, in on all the jokes and cosmically connected to its Everyman hosts.

In short, every forking thing that's wrong with sports radio and makes it utterly unlistenable for anybody with an IQ even approaching room temperature.

And the rest is the completely stereotypical reformed-drug addict/alcoholic substance-abuse forkup "i made mistakes, gee i'm sorry, i've seen the error of my ways, turned my life completely around, whole new attitude" bullshirt we read every day.

That's because the guys who are still in the gutter aren't granting a lot of interviews.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

So that appeared in the paper?
You can drop an f-bomb in the paper?

 

[writing irish]

The Observer is the Dallas alt-weekly. It's a very good one, IMO.

 

[Football_Bat]

Thanks for checking in, Mr. Rhyner. ;D

 

[writing irish]

No problem. I've always been a big fan of SportsJournalists.com.

 

[mltru2tx]

Sorry it didn't meet your standards, Starman. I thought it was pretty well done and fair. As for the format, to each his own I guess. They're obviously doing something right.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

I found it to be a pretty interesting read, mltru2tx

 

[ArnoldBabar]

My alma mater: producing lunatics since 1873!

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

So a guy with a drug addiction can buy $50-thousand dollars worth of guns? Sign of the Apocolypse. And the boss, allowing a guy to lie on the first day on the job and not call him out on it? Something's wrong with that dude as well. Guy sounds like a local version of Colin Cowherd. And everybody complains about Fatso and the Fruitloop--at least they keep the subject on sports.

 

[Football_Bat]

Greggo and Nate Newton will do a local 7-10 p.m. show on ESPN Dallas as soon as Greggo's 1-year non-compete expires in October.