A special episode dedicated to Larry Wilson and Upper Mismanagement at Alpha Broadcasting. Thank you Larry, for completely misunderstanding the last few radio listeners left in the fine city of Portland.
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UPDATE: From listener Gabriel (see comment below, my comments in brackets)…
Hey Robert, I love the show and listen a lot. I also happen to be a longtime listener to the C&FB show. They just took down the official forum for the show, so I just put one up on my own host. [very much appreciated I'm sure]
If you could spread it around to everybody that would be awesome. I’m doing my best to get the word out. [consider it done]
Hey Aaron, I put up a new forum to replace the C&FB one they just took down, and I’m parsing together and uploading all the podcasts to my own server so we have a backup. I’m going to try and spread this around.
http://flpvp.com/kuforefugees/forum/
UPDATE: The link above has been changed so as to remove reference to KUFO, here is the new one: http://flpvp.com/mehfugees
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I think you hit the nail on the head in that radio is a failing medium. People are generally tired of dopey d.j.s and repetitions of the same song over and over, and it’s been that way for years. Cort and Fatboy and the Rick Emerson Show demonstrated that radio personalities can actually be intelligent and entertaining and they brought myself as well as others back to the radio. KUFO’s ditched “the last hope for radio” in favor of a guy who’s fans frequently use the term “broski.” (did a Twitter search for @rickerdj)
Robert you sound on the verge of losing it!
The rat shit economy and the rest of life is bad enough, but when I add that to watching people I respect get the shaft (regardless of whether I saw it coming or not), yeah, it gets a little overwhelming. Being sick as a dog at the same time doesn’t help either.
My weekdays just got a bit more empty, that makes me sad.
Fuck all this! Im so upset!! But on a better note. due to the sale of the 4 channels from CBS. CBS stocks are going down down down.
This is terrible to hear, I have listened to Rick Emerson for nearly 10 years and have followed him from station to station during this time. Hopefully I will find him again in another home in the near future. Over the past 2 years I had also found myself growing on Cort and Fatboy as well. When Rick had made the jump to 101 it made it so I never needed to change my radio station. Well with both these shows gone, I think it is time I undo what I had done at Ricks request and 101 will no longer be my number 1 pre set, with all likely it will not be any pre set. It is a sad day for Portland.
Hey Robert, I love the show and listen a lot. I also happen to be a longtime listener to the C&FB show. They just took down the official forum for the show, so I just put one up on my own host.
If you could spread it around to everybody that would be awesome. I’m doing my best to get the word out.
Hey Aaron, I put up a new forum to replace the C&FB one they just took down, and I’m parsing together and uploading all the podcasts to my own server so we have a backup. I’m going to try and spread this around.
http://flpvp.com/kuforefugees/forum/
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I realized I hit cntrl+v in the middle of my post there, now I sound like a skitzo talking to Aaron Duran and you at the same time.
But yeah, thank you for updating the link. I’ve been doing like 10 things at once all weekend, and so little things like grammar and double checking posts has fallen by the wayside.
Hey, thanks again for doing this special show. Sorry I missed you guys last night. I was out commiserating with the unemployed. Didn’t even hear your call.
Thanks again! While this is a dark page in Portland Media, I see a mighty strong silver lining… Growing stronger with each day. Traditional radio is dead, it simply doesn’t know it yet.
Thanks to everyone at pdxsucks.com and pdx.fm, together we will make Portland entertaining for the wanting (and sponsor supporting) public.
-Aaron Duran
aduran@geekinthecity.com
http://www.geekinthecity.com
Geek In The City on live pdx.fm???? The answer to my prayers at last!!!!
Hannah ~~~ Grrlgamer \ • / Grrlgeek
Thank you for playing my phone call dude and also just want to say it was real cool of you to play fatboys’ music last night before the 8o’clock show-classy and touching and I’m still so pissed off! Cheers.
FUCK KUFO
FUCK LARRY WILSON
FUCK ALPHA BROADCASTERS
FUCK YOU ALL
Why did you take my happy afternoon away?
Dear Robert,
I’m a listener of your show every morning and it’s all because I heard about it while I was listening to Cort & Fatboy so I decided I was going to check it out and I am hooked. I really hope that you and Sabrina aren’t in any kind of position like Cort and Fatboy were where your listeners could suddenly find themselves without you. I really don’t know what I would do after that. Please please tell me that can’t happen! My days are already going to be quiet on the way home now and I can’t stand the thought that my mornings could end up the same way!! Tell your bosses at that PDX.fm place that you are so much appreciated ok?
Fan for life
Trish W
correct me if i’m wrong but i think robert owns pdx.fm
Alright consider yourself corrected then because Small Plate Radio network owns PDX.fm, I know the owner and just spoke with him a few days ago about it.
http://www.sprnetwork.com/
That’s funny, I don’t remember talking to you a few days ago about anything. For that matter, I have no idea who you are either. So consider YOURself corrected.
Amazingly well put.
Thanks for the lovely tribute to Cort and Fats. You have now gained a new subscriber to your podcast.
Great show! Now it’s time to spread the word to all the lost Rick Emerson Show and Cort and Fatboy listeners that pdx.fm is taking over.
–CHEERS
They have completely ruined KUFO this time. So sad…..
Robert, this is a remarkable insta-tribute. Thanks.
It’s too bad that you get canned so quickly after being with the station for so many years… but their program wasn’t even good. I’ve been stuck listening to it many times, I couldn’t see how people could tolerate it. I was shocked to see so many people liked their program. I really hope that 101 starts playing music and less radio shows. It seemed like every time you tuned to 101 some sort of a show was on, if I want to hear talk radio I’ll listen to AM radio.
After reading a little more online it’s rumored that Alpha Broadcasting is bringing in shock jocks and new radio programs… this sounds even more annoying than Cort & Fatboy ever were. I’m glad I have a subscription to Sirius and really only have to listen terrestrial radio at work.
I agree this fucking sucks and Cort/Fatboy show is the bees fucking knees. However, give Ricker a chance on KUFO. He was fucking amazing on KISW in Seattle. I have no fucking idea what the fuck he is doing by going from the 13th largest market in the United States to, well, let’s be honest y’all, fucking Portland. What the fuck does Portland have going as far as good program managers? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Fuck Ricker and his gangsters we dont want him here in Portland, Just listening to him for 10 min made me want to vomit, the stupid pre-madona velvet revolver wanna be. Ricker can fuck off he is not wanted.
Robert, great show man. I feel the pain of much of Portland due to all of this. I have worked with Rick, Sarah, Tim, Cort, Fatboy, and know them all on a personal level as well, and it sickens me that my friends have all been fired to make way for That Ricker (much like “that Todd” in the film “Parenthood”)to get his greezy paws all over Portland radio. Way to keep things local Alpha. I suppose our definitions of local are quite different.
Anyway, discovered your show via C & F and as a fellow podcaster, I wanted to say how much I enjoy the show. Thanks for all the attention to this terrible week in Portland Radio.
just tuned to k u fail for a sample of what had to replace the rick emmerson show. boy are they kissing ass. i’m going to go drag my nails down a chalk board now for something better to listen to.
r.i.p.
kufo
I listened to exactly one sentence this morning:
“I’m already looking to start wars with other radio stations:”
That’s all the FAIL I needed to hear. RIP indeed.
thank you for this.
I loved listening to Cort and Fatboy i used to go out of my way to turn have a radio around so i can tune into 101 in the afternoon.. I am so disappointed now i don’t think i can listen to 101 anymore
KIDD CHRIS IS GONNA MAKE PORTLAND ROCK!
FUCK FATASS AND THE OTHER DUDE!
Hay Wagner why don’t you tell your little friends who Alpha originally wanted to hire for KUFO morning drive time? Maybe you’d have a lot fewer friends if they knew.
Coleen,
Who gives a shit.
I love radio, and love talk radio in general. I have my whole life. If these guys do good, then so be it. If they don’t then they can suck it.
RW is a podcast, why all the hate?
He hasn’t taken any money from me, nor am I required to listen.
You listen to many podcasts? They have no competition. They either are good, or they get deleted from my I-tunes list. Not that hard to figure out.
I just want to thank Alpha for giving me a rageing case of Tourette syndrome. ” GARGLE MY SHAVED BALL SACK !! “.. sorry for the out burst. Like I said .. Touretts. Now maybe Kufos problem was maybe a song list of only 8 songs was a BIG FUCKING MISTAKE . Rick and family and court and fat boy were the only thing worth listening to on KUFO. God Plese tell me some one out here saved the little Bush clips from the C&FB show.
This whole cluster fuck ranks right up there with KLOS firing Frazer Smith to hire those Idiots Mark and Brian. Or the Holy anal ream of all time the Death of KMET.. FUCK off alpha you are as worth less as a puddle of Zdonk cum… sorry again.. Touretts