As I’m packing to leave town tonight I get a call from a radio industry source saying Live 105.3 drive-time host Russ Martin was arrested Friday morning in Southlake for assaulting his girlfriend.
Sure enough.
It's not really sportsy, and I'm not sure when or why I became a radio beat writer, but it didn’t feel right to have this knowledge and not share it. On the heels of The Ticket’s Hard Lie, Live 105.3 has had a rough itself week with two hosts – Pugs & Kelly – departing and one arrested.
I leave this information in your capable hands. -- Richie Whitt
Here's a long interview with Richie Witt on Big Dick Hunter's radio show. I forgot that Big Dick is still hanging around Dallas a little bit. Obviously he gives a pro-Greggo perspective, and Richie sheds more light on the background and behind the scenes of the artcle.
Had Richie Witt had a chance in hades of a permanent spot on the Ticket, he would be singing a different tune altogether...after listening to that interview posted above, it seems like he has a lot of sour grapes...like Richie's feelings are hurt because he was as much of an insider as he thought...
Big Dick got canned because his ratings weren't high enough. A lot of folks at the Ticket feel like he got a kind of crappy deal because he did FAR more with that undesirable timeslot than anyone else in years. But the advertising all day and night has got to fund that 500k Greggo salary, so if they were getting that much more listenership during Big Dick's Top 10, it's hard to blame them for the decision.
Did Big Dick originally do a Top 10 before doing the WAC? I used to listen to him a lot (sadly because I was lots of time leaving work then). Now sometimes I'm fortunate enough to be in the car for E-News.
This morning when they were talking about losing limbs and George was talking about his grandfather and then Gordon started making jokes, do you think that his anger was a bit or was he really upset with Gordo?
I have a hard time telling when Jub Jub is being the Jubinator and when he is being George.