Love the local music angle, I would bet there is an audience for that. This is a very concise description of what still might work for Rich, you might be Recovering Full Prof one day : )
I didn't intend to imply that the split was 100% Fred's fault, I meant that Rich probably had enough of Fred after his various issues and he was done with Fred either way. I'm not sure I've heard anyone involved with the show come down on Rich's side and the fact that Adolpho hadn't spoken to Rich in years surprised the hell out of me.
I remember that; I thought it was passive-aggressive but I also remember that I didn't totally blame him because that was during one of Fred's difficult periods. I do think they were actually friends at one point, like during the BCN days and at the start of TSH. I remember reading in a multi-page kind of obscure radio news thing talking about their success Rich saying it worked because they were genuinely friends (I was obsessed with T&R and I sought out stuff like that).
Don’t want to be a broken record here, but anyone associated with the show is dependent on a petulant and infantile boss in Fred.
That only goes so far. Nick is on the T&H thread speaking about how much better the work environment is now, if he was scared of Fred he wouldn't be on a message board giving inside info. Adolfo has nothing to gain by taking a side when he left the industry years ago. Dan Obrien and Lockhart are both off the show and neither has spoken out despite nothing to lose. Zola has busted Fred's balls for years but his behavior the past few months is reveling in Rich's downfall. Most of the evidence doesn't align with how you choose to view this situation.
I think you're more right than wrong here.
Go back and see what Nick said when he first came on this forum, before 12 torpedoed another radio station into a format change and got this job
I would be most interested to hear Lockhart's perspective on things more than anyone. He is now free and clear of the show and had the closest WORKING relationship with Rich. If anyone would have a fair and full insight into everything that has happened, it's him.Go back and see what Nick said when he first came on this forum, before 12 torpedoed another radio station into a format change and got this job
He is not personal friends with Rich, and Lockhart said the same last November, that he never had a personal relationship with Rich. I imagine the grandstanding about paying Lockhart's salary made much more of a negative influence than anything Fred has said about a guy who tried to use his wife to get him fired
This is the key. I used to be an avid O&A listener and they talked about that a lot. “We are very open on the show but please don’t think you actually know us. We aren’t friends just because you listen.”
I've been wanting to ask someone this for a long time - what was O&A like? I never listened but T&R used to talk about them a lot. I looked it up and read some stuff and it seems, like awful and mean. I'm clearly missing something.
That is exactly the point I’m trying to make. I’m not trying to paint anyone as anything. Fred is a funny asshole based upon my own observation, sure, and this grave tap dancing is an another example of the assholery.
For whatever it's worth, last week while dancing on Rich's grave Fred pointed out that he held no ill will against Ted and that he'd be welcome back on 98.5.
Nice, thanks! Good for Fred, I get a kick out of Ted would be good to have him in the Pats guest rotation.
Rich is going to look really stupid if the next ratings book shows even more improvement.
