This week Cumulus’ WGRF’s 97 Rock in Buffalo fired the rest of the crew from “The Morning Bull” as well as the Program Director. The firings stem from a radio bit where the hosts where comparing the skin tones of famous black women to toast! Big titty actress Halle Berry was appalled. Was this bit childish? Absolutely. Was is RRRRAAAACCCCIIIIIISSSSSSTTTTT!? Absolutely not.
This is exactly what Dino Ryan was talking about. Corporate radio government sanctioned and government supported and government approved. You can’t say anything anymore. People like Bob Grant, Howard Stern, and Opie and Anthony would never make it today. People on the right keep telling us its time to cancel the cancel culture, but things like this keep on happening. And the worst part is nobody in the business is sticking up for people. Anthony Cumia, Chad Dukes, The Morning Bull and others were left to hang in the public square! That’s why were left with people like Bill Keeler who made a living ripping off other radio shows. Even the music format has gone to shit. PD’s tell the jocks what to play, and there is no room for real diversity. Classic rock has stood the test of time as fans know the band and the songs just from the album name. Every song on the albums are masterpieces. Look at: “Physical Graffiti, Exile on Main Street, Morrison Hotel, Fragile, Dark Side of the Moon, Eat A Peach, blonde on blonde.” Well we get corportate radio and the same 100 songs. “Fool in the rain, Miss You, Roundabout, Tom Sawyer, Don’t stop believing, Hotel California, another Brick in the Wall (Part II).”
I defended Cumia and Dukes and now I’m defending The Morning Bull Crew. What is odd is that you have “urban” radio trashing white people all day every day and nobody says a word. Dino is 100% correct when he says that terrestrial radio is a dying industry. I wish it wasn’t. Call letters such as WABC, WOR, WGY, WNEW, WOUR, WBAB, still mean a lot to me. But I can see why. Station managers and Program Directors tell the talent say what we tell you to say. Play what we tell you to play! Luckily with Liberty News Radio you have so many ways to listen to the programming, including via telephone lines! Not a smartphone, but any telephone that can dial 10 numbers!
This is why the programming on Liberty News Radio is so important! We tell the truth. We gave an honest opinion. We say what we want to say, we mean what we say and we value everyone’s opinion. Hell, we put bad comments towards us front and center! Besides, 75 Radio has the best bumpers in the business!!!!!
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