So now how it all ended is presented to us with Richie's latest post. I will move on from my opinion that Richie needs to take some responsibility for the end of RaGE but that is running tired. He is pissed off and he wants to tell you it was Greggo's fault and CBS management are a bunch of liars. I know it's really shocking to the public that radio management would operate like this, but I've listened to different radio and they are always doing stupid shit like this. They are always trying to be the smartest guys in the room and wanting to micro manage everything the talent does. The last few have been about how wheels off Greggo was and now this was pulling the curtain back on the management at The Fan.
You can tell just listening to The Fan realize how controlling they are of most content on that station. They are suppose to talk a certain amount of sports and are giving a couple of segments to talk about off topics (I say that now but B&S apparently are currently going off sports quite a bit on the station). The station is also very strict with being on time, sometimes they seem to have unfinished thoughts but they are up against the clock. I like sometimes while listening to the Ticket, they might have to go over time a little and play a few commercials. My only guess for that reasoning is a consultant that says don't run a bunch of commercials because then you will lose your listeners. Sometimes you have to hope your listeners love the show so much that they can't wait for the next segment regardless of the time of the commercial. Sorry to go off on what I believe is good radio.
Anyways, Richie talks about how Gavin Spittle who was the man who had originally hired him. Gavin Spittle came off has control freak who didn't really know what he was doing. Seems like he has always been in management and hasn't even spoke into microphone. He demanded the show to have a post show meeting with him but when they got his office, he was no where to be found. I think his response when Richie asked him why he wasn't there, "what I'm not allowed to have a personal life". Sounds like a teenager who doesn't wanna work all the time and just wants to hangout with his friends. Spittle was a pretend tough guy and when he actually fired them he was seems so sheepishly.
Regardless the claim in this post was Richie begged his bosses to fire Greggo and nobody would and then when they actually did, they canned his ass as well. I'm sure I would feel a little slighted but again I don't put it all on Greggo. Greggo should of never been trusted, he is a great guy when sober but when he is under the influence, he is a son of a bitch. Again, I see Richie's point but I can't feel too sorry him. I hope Richie puts a lot of this on management. Greggo wasn't never going to make it with that format and that management. He is spoiled Ticket royalty.
I didn't listen to the RaGE and I especially didn't that last day they were at the Racetrack, but that was really good stuff. Basically Greggo went super "Ticket Guy" on that day, was asking chicks about their cans and other stuff he use to do when at the Ticket. Truthfully things he use to do that made The Hardline #1. Greggo was pure greatness at The Ticket because he pushed the envelope and he was always very truthful with his HSOs. Greggo could not do that at the Fan. I bet he felt like he was a caged animal. The Fan is the cookie cutter sports station that gets the listeners involved and is all sports all the time, he just doesn't operate like that. Richie was perfect for this station. I know he listened to The Ticket since day one and enjoyed the early days but I don't think he cares for what it has become. It was never a match made in heaven.
So I think Richie got a rude awakening about radio. He was use to so much support from his bosses, in radio, not so much. It seems to be a constant tug of war between management and talent (unless of of course you are #1, then I'm sure they bother you less). Richie is a man with quite the ego and I don't think he will to realize in the words of Greggo that "he isn't that great". Richie believed that if he stayed the course, he would be ok. Boy was he wrong.
This is why I really hate 105.3 The Fan, and I have some "twitter relationships" with some on air talent but I cannot stand the way they do business. The Fan and other stations are run by complete bafoons. I swear to god, what bunch of morons. I'm the biggest fan of good radio regardless of who it is. The Ticket is obviously number 1 in my heart and I love the way they do things. I do enjoy some of The Fan's talent and some of the topics but my reason I hate them is because they broadcast like I'm an idiot. I don't need generic sports opinions (listen to CBS "sports minute" real shallow HSOs). In a way I also believe there is an art to broadcasting good radio and when you have a large hand telling you what to do, it effects the product. At the end of the day its broadcasting and it has to be entertaining, it has to be real. I love sport and I love sport radio.
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