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Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: buzz words on April 23, 2008, 08:52:32 AM
Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Markk on April 23, 2008, 12:50:44 PM
quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?



Delgiorno left because he had lost all of his credibility.  The new guy (Pat Campbell) was brought in because Medlock was (and still is) absolutely dreadful.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: guido911 on April 23, 2008, 03:53:48 PM
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Originally posted by Markk

quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?



Delgiorno left because he had lost all of his credibility.  The new guy (Pat Campbell) was brought in because Medlock was (and still is) absolutely dreadful.



What do you mean? You did not enjoy Medlock's daily, "Well, when I was on city council..." or "As you know I was the center of attention when..." diatribes?

As for Campbell, he sounds pretty good.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Wilbur on April 23, 2008, 03:57:46 PM
quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?


The new guy is Pat Campbell out of Orlando and is permanent.  He actually started out as a regular caller to a left-leaning radio show confronting the hosts.  One day he got a call from a right leaning station and .......

Is Orlando to Tulsa really a step up in the radio business?
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Markk on April 23, 2008, 04:39:29 PM
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Originally posted by guido911

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Originally posted by Markk

quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?



Delgiorno left because he had lost all of his credibility.  The new guy (Pat Campbell) was brought in because Medlock was (and still is) absolutely dreadful.



What do you mean? You did not enjoy Medlock's daily, "Well, when I was on city council..." or "As you know I was the center of attention when..." diatribes?

As for Campbell, he sounds pretty good.



I happened to listen this morning when he was explaining some of the sound clips he uses, including one of Tom "The Bomb" Tancredo saying something about bombing Muslim holy sites.  Campbell said the media initially reported that statement out of context, and subsequently there were riots in some middle east country over them.  What struck me about all that was that his sound clip plays without any context at all.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: HazMatCFO on April 23, 2008, 08:44:13 PM
I've listened to Campbell the last two mornings on the drive in and what I've heard so far I like.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Robinson on April 23, 2008, 09:25:01 PM
Apparently Medlock pulled a doozie on the Republican creditials chair. The stunt got him a demotion. Read about on the David Arnett column.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Conan71 on April 23, 2008, 10:08:37 PM
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Originally posted by Robinson

Apparently Medlock pulled a doozie on the Republican creditials chair. The stunt got him a demotion. Read about on the David Arnett column.



Does Arnutt manage to mention in the story that Tulsa Today was founded in 1996 and speak of his impeccable credibility as a media hawk?

I hate to give him the click, but now I gotta see what happened.  Medlock bored the shi'ite out of me, and seemed like a three-trick pony- bash the illegals and gays, and "when I was relevant for about two years on the political scene."

I know there are some members on here who like him and I wish Chris no personal ill-will, but his self-opinion is about as over-inflated as my own. [;)]

Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: buzz words on April 24, 2008, 09:40:01 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Markk

quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?



Delgiorno left because he had lost all of his credibility.  The new guy (Pat Campbell) was brought in because Medlock was (and still is) absolutely dreadful.



How did Delgiorno loose credibility?
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: guido911 on April 24, 2008, 09:45:05 AM
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Originally posted by Conan71

. "...I wish Chris no personal ill-will, but his self-opinion is about as over-inflated as my own. [;)]"





Is that even possible? [:)]
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Conan71 on April 24, 2008, 09:49:34 AM
quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

quote:
Originally posted by Markk

quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?



Delgiorno left because he had lost all of his credibility.  The new guy (Pat Campbell) was brought in because Medlock was (and still is) absolutely dreadful.



How did Delgiorno loose credibility?



DelGiorno was a very vocal critic of Indian gaming.  He was kicked out of two casinos on the same day.  As I recall, he was kicked out for making sexist comments about a dealer at one and trying to take his chips off the table after an appropriate time to do so at another.

He claimed later he was doing research for a book.  Yeah, right.

There were rumors of many other things about him, to say the least, it did not sound like he was living what he preached.

Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Conan71 on April 24, 2008, 09:50:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by guido911

quote:
Originally posted by Conan71

. "...I wish Chris no personal ill-will, but his self-opinion is about as over-inflated as my own. [;)]"





Is that even possible? [:)]



Not even remotely possible [:D]
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: buzz words on April 24, 2008, 10:11:49 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robinson

Apparently Medlock pulled a doozie on the Republican credentials chair. The stunt got him a demotion. Read about on the David Arnett column.



I read the column and one of the thing's that jumped out at me was that it mentioned "Medlock has attempted to leverage politics and media and was successful first as a co-host with KFAQ's morning host Gwen Freeman until she would not submit to his demand to lead a conversation one morning so he swung a microphone which hit her."

TulsaMini wrote in a previous forum "The mic noise is about ten minutes in. Then silence. When she begins speaking, you can hear the tension in her voice. Then she says "Chris, you had a comment?" She was pi$$ed and you can tell."

So, Is that the pause that we hear when she is talking to him? Here is the link thank you can hear this happen on Thanks "Tulsa Mini" http://ourtulsaworld.podomatic.com/entry/2008-03-01T18_16_02-08_00

I can hear a pause, so is it true or just an allegation?
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: mr.jaynes on April 24, 2008, 11:54:14 AM
Since coming back to the area, I have listened here and there to some of KFAQ's offerings. Some interest me, others not so much; I am not a fan of Lurid Ingrate, or Braindead and the Sludge, though Coast to Coast AM I find very intriguing. I do think that the local programming, while not being in agreement with what's being said, is at least "hat you hear is what you get."

Anybody ever used to watch the TV show Newsradio(1995-1999)? Because that is what the descriptions of KFAQ on this thread kinda remind me of for some reason-could not tell you why that is.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Gold on April 24, 2008, 12:52:54 PM
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Originally posted by Conan71

quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

quote:
Originally posted by Markk

quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?



Delgiorno left because he had lost all of his credibility.  The new guy (Pat Campbell) was brought in because Medlock was (and still is) absolutely dreadful.



How did Delgiorno loose credibility?



DelGiorno was a very vocal critic of Indian gaming.  He was kicked out of two casinos on the same day.  As I recall, he was kicked out for making sexist comments about a dealer at one and trying to take his chips off the table after an appropriate time to do so at another.

He claimed later he was doing research for a book.  Yeah, right.

There were rumors of many other things about him, to say the least, it did not sound like he was living what he preached.




That's definitely a big part of it.  KFAQ's ratings kept getting worse after the '04 election and Delgiorno rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.  

There are several examples, but one that comes to mind is when he said he had more listeners than the World has subscribers; the World then turned around and slammed him with an ad mocking his modest ratings compared to their purported readership.  

Another example is the lawsuit Bill Christiansen brought against him; it ended up settling pretty close to the time Delgiorno skipped town.  Part of the agreement was that KFAQ had to run apologies during their show for a week or so.

Tulsa is much better off without Delgiorno.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: mr.jaynes on April 24, 2008, 02:07:01 PM
In fact, just going by the posts here and on other threads about KFAQ, I could conceivably imagine it being something roughly akin to this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hIAm7DY3eL4&feature=related
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Townsend on April 24, 2008, 03:45:46 PM
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Originally posted by mr.jaynes

In fact, just going by the posts here and on other threads about KFAQ, I could conceivably imagine it being something roughly akin to this:





So are you saying the new guy is Jon Lovitz?
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: mr.jaynes on April 24, 2008, 07:15:59 PM
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Originally posted by Townsend

quote:
Originally posted by mr.jaynes

In fact, just going by the posts here and on other threads about KFAQ, I could conceivably imagine it being something roughly akin to this:





So are you saying the new guy is Jon Lovitz?



Well, the format of WNYX was news and talk (remember the McNeal Perspective?), and there'd have to be some tensions and ego's at play. And in fictional radio, nobody was a bigger buffoon than Bill McNeal. But I do remember the Lovitz character and his backstory, and perhaps it could be a fitting comparison.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: mr.jaynes on April 24, 2008, 09:15:14 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:
Originally posted by buzz words

Normally I listen to a "motivational" cd in the morning but today I turned on the radio to 1170 KFAQ and did not recognize the voice.  I thought well maybe they are sitting in for Medlock.  NOt the case I guess.  Is this a permanant person or another short term?  Why did Michael Leave again?


The new guy is Pat Campbell out of Orlando and is permanent.  He actually started out as a regular caller to a left-leaning radio show confronting the hosts.  One day he got a call from a right leaning station and .......

Is Orlando to Tulsa really a step up in the radio business?



I should think Orlando would be a step up in terms of media markets.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: rwarn17588 on April 24, 2008, 09:32:50 PM
Orlando's market is about double of what Tulsa's is.

But if the new guy goes from a so-so time slot in Orlando to a prime morning-drive slot in Tulsa, his raise in pay may be substantial.

I'm speculating, as I'm not sure what the time slot in his old job was. But he did landd a plum spot in Tulsa -- the only way he could do better in his talk format is to go to KRMG.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Conan71 on April 24, 2008, 09:49:24 PM
At any rate, it sounds like Mudlock had his day in the sun and will soon find himself persona non-gratis with the local GOP and Tulsa radio.

His ego might be as big as DelGiorno's.

Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: mr.jaynes on April 25, 2008, 12:20:58 PM
Listening to that podcast, you can hear the ego's battling and tensions rising. You'd probably expect that in larger markets, but Tulsa?
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: Nick Danger on April 25, 2008, 02:04:15 PM
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Originally posted by rwarn17588


I'm speculating, as I'm not sure what the time slot in his old job was. But he did landd a plum spot in Tulsa -- the only way he could do better in his talk format is to go to KRMG.



I've listened to him for a couple of mornings now, and think he is a refreshing change. I used to listen to KRMG some, but got really tired of Joe Kelly start to talk about a news story, and then say "If you want to know more about it, go to krmg.com and click on "morning news with Joe Kelly". I don't think I heard a complete report about anything, even once!

Really, at that hour of the morning, I am getting ready for work or driving to work, and am in no position to "click on the morning news with Joe Kelly". I'm glad I finally have a choice for AM talk and news.
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: sauerkraut on April 26, 2008, 03:41:49 PM
I can't stand Medlock. I never could. I don't listen any more since Gwen Freeman left. Gwen Freeman was very good and the show crashed when she left.[B)]
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: buzz words on April 26, 2008, 08:48:24 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Robinson

Apparently Medlock pulled a doozie on the Republican creditials chair. The stunt got him a demotion. Read about on the David Arnett column.



I read the column and one of the thing's that jumped out at me was that it mentioned "Medlock has attempted to leverage politics and media and was successful first as a co-host with KFAQ's morning host Gwen Freeman until she would not submit to his demand to lead a conversation one morning so he swung a microphone which hit her."

TulsaMini wrote in a previous forum "The mic noise is about ten minutes in. Then silence. When she begins speaking, you can hear the tension in her voice. Then she says "Chris, you had a comment?" She was pi$$ed and you can tell."

So, Is that the pause that we hear when she is talking to him? Here is the link thank you can hear this happen on Thanks "Tulsa Mini" http://ourtulsaworld.podomatic.com/entry/2008-03-01T18_16_02-08_00

I can hear a pause, so is it true or just an allegation
Title: Who's the new guy on 1170 KFAQ?
Post by: mr.jaynes on April 27, 2008, 01:40:44 AM
Ok, according to the link, Gwen Freeman has gone to Nashville, which I would guess is a bigger market:

http://www.batesline.com/archives/2008/03/gwen-to-nashville.html