Is Garth really gone? Yes!

[ionosphere]

> > Geez Tony, who peed in your Cheerios? This board doesn't
> > need you to scold someone everytime they say something you
>
> > don't like. It appears that some people don't like Garth.
> > It's their right not to! Let them enjoy that right!
>
>
> Hey, I just don't understand people who don't like someone
> they have never met.
>

How do you know these people HAVEN'T met him?

> And, answer this:  Have YOU ever met Garth?
>

No, but I haven't said anything bad about him either.

> I just said why kick a guy when he has lost a job, OK?
>
> "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
>
> Get it?
>
> Or not?
>

Okay, dad.

> By the way, aren't you scolding me ... now?
>
> Think ...
>

Not scolding. I'm not shaking my finger at you based on your opinion. I'm just wanting to know why you jump all over people for innocent comments.

> Tony
>

[THEInsultant]

> I too know Garth and he is a nice guy.
>
> Not sure Tony has the money to hire a BIG GUN.  
>
>
> > > Did Renda finally learn of Maiers in-experience?
> > >
> > > Did Renda give him a choice to resign or be fired?
> > >
> > > And if any, what other radio station will he try to
> > shanghi
> > > into believing he is qualified to program a newstalk
> > > station?
> > >
> > > Now that KOKC has a chance to step up will Tony Renda
> > > finally hire a qualified PD to take the station the next
>
> > > level?
> > >
> > > Inquiring minds want to know.
> >
> >
> > Well, here's what Tony Boy knows .
> >
> > I don't know a lot about Garth.
> >
> > Garth and I met at the Metro Traffic studios when I was
> > offered the job as Director of Operations of Metro in
> > Oklahoma City.
> >
> > I subsequently turned down the job primarly because I
> wanted
> > to remain in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas.
> >
> > Garth was extremely personable, gracious and kind to me.
> He
> > and I never worked together.  But we chatted for about two
>
> > hours.
> >
> > Garth seemed most knowledgable about radio.  He does a lot
>
> > of church work and preaches. I believe him to be a man of
> > the highest moral character.
> >
> > I was most impressed by Garth personally, but I do not
> know
> > much about his radio background other than he worked his
> way
> > up from several smaller markets, including Tyler.  When I
> > heard him doing news headlines on KOMA-FM when I visited
> > Oklahoma City, I noticed that he had an excellent voice
> for
> > news anchoring.
> >
> > From my brief meeting with Garth, he seems to be a fine
> man.
> > I wish him the best.
> >
> > Tony
> >
>

Garth,

Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.  You will not be missed around Renda, from what my friends tell me.

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--- THE Insultant ---

[ionosphere]

> For the record, I worked as a reporter on radio, "The Daily
> Oklahoman" and UPI.

Based on your performance on this board, I don't see how you could have been very objective. An editorial columnist, maybe.

[THEInsultant]

> > > Geez Tony, who peed in your Cheerios? This board doesn't
>
> > > need you to scold someone everytime they say something
> you
> >
> > > don't like. It appears that some people don't like
> Garth.
> > > It's their right not to! Let them enjoy that right!
> >
> >
> > Hey, I just don't understand people who don't like someone
>
> > they have never met.
> >
>
> How do you know these people HAVEN'T met him?
>
> > And, answer this:  Have YOU ever met Garth?
> >
>
> No, but I haven't said anything bad about him either.
>
> > I just said why kick a guy when he has lost a job, OK?
> >
> > "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
> >
> > Get it?
> >
> > Or not?
> >
>
> Okay, dad.
>
> > By the way, aren't you scolding me ... now?
> >
> > Think ...
> >
>
> Not scolding. I'm not shaking my finger at you based on your
> opinion. I'm just wanting to know why you jump all over
> people for innocent comments.

DEFENDING someone that is FAR from being INNOCENT... Garth has done nothing positive for OKC radio or many good radio talent here.  Tony, Garth might seem ok in a one-time meeting, but his actions speak a LOT clearer about his true self.  Ask all the people that exited KOMA-AM/KOKC sometime and the stories you'll hear will astound you.  Trust me.

That's a fact.

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--- THE Insultant ---

[rpmoose]

> DEFENDING someone that is FAR from being INNOCENT... Garth
> has done nothing positive for OKC radio or many good radio
> talent here.  Tony, Garth might seem ok in a one-time
> meeting, but his actions speak a LOT clearer about his true
> self.  Ask all the people that exited KOMA-AM/KOKC sometime
> and the stories you'll hear will astound you.  Trust me.
>
> That's a fact.

I can remember a tornado being ON THE GROUND (and headed due east into okc/edmond) in Canadian County during a Memorial Day weekend, and 1520 was airing paid talk programming instead of simulcasting KFOR-TV.  

That's just *one* gripe about Garth...

[Phantom]

> DEFENDING someone that is FAR from being INNOCENT... Garth
> has done nothing positive for OKC radio or many good radio
> talent here.  Tony, Garth might seem ok in a one-time
> meeting, but his actions speak a LOT clearer about his true
> self.  Ask all the people that exited KOMA-AM/KOKC sometime
> and the stories you'll hear will astound you.  Trust me.
>
> That's a fact.


OK ... I was simply asked to provide info about Garth.  Again, I don't know what happened.  I was not defending anything except his courtesy to me.

I do know that before KOMA, WKY was interested in him -- that was several years ago.

I did asked an on-air person at KOMA-FM about how Garth was doing, and he told me Garth and he had never met which did seem a bit strange.

 

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Tony Lyndell Williams

[THEInsultant]

> > DEFENDING someone that is FAR from being INNOCENT... Garth
>
> > has done nothing positive for OKC radio or many good radio
>
> > talent here.  Tony, Garth might seem ok in a one-time
> > meeting, but his actions speak a LOT clearer about his
> true
> > self.  Ask all the people that exited KOMA-AM/KOKC
> sometime
> > and the stories you'll hear will astound you.  Trust me.
> >
> > That's a fact.
>
> I can remember a tornado being ON THE GROUND (and headed due
> east into okc/edmond) in Canadian County during a Memorial
> Day weekend, and 1520 was airing paid talk programming
> instead of simulcasting KFOR-TV.  
>
> That's just *one* gripe about Garth...
>

One word describes Garth's management at KOMA-AM/KOKC.

WORTHLESS.

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--- THE Insultant ---

[Phantom]

> > DEFENDING someone that is FAR from being INNOCENT... Garth
>
> > has done nothing positive for OKC radio or many good radio
>
> > talent here.  Tony, Garth might seem ok in a one-time
> > meeting, but his actions speak a LOT clearer about his
> true
> > self.  Ask all the people that exited KOMA-AM/KOKC
> sometime
> > and the stories you'll hear will astound you.  Trust me.
> >
> > That's a fact.
>
> I can remember a tornado being ON THE GROUND (and headed due
> east into okc/edmond) in Canadian County during a Memorial
> Day weekend, and 1520 was airing paid talk programming
> instead of simulcasting KFOR-TV.  
>
> That's just *one* gripe about Garth...


OK, if that happened, it is inexcuable ... terrible.

Terrible.  The old WKY and KOMA would never have done that.

When I was at WKY, three meterologists from WKY-TV kept track of the weather.

A station is licensed to serve the community of license.

In this case, it failed ... miserably.

One question: Were lives lost?

If so, the station's license should be challenged.

Tony

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Tony Lyndell Williams

[Phantom]

> > For the record, I worked as a reporter on radio, "The
> Daily
> > Oklahoman" and UPI.
>
> Based on your performance on this board, I don't see how you
> could have been very objective. An editorial columnist,
> maybe.


Again, I stand by my statement about the First Amendment.

No one has First Amendment rights on Radio-Info except the owners.

Now, the important point, from what I have heard, and if it is indeed true, then the station was mismanaged badly. The lack of tornado coverage is totally and utterly inexcuable.

I was not there.  I was taught as a reporter to check all stories for validity.

But I will say to you, that if it indeed happened, and I have no reason to doubt what you are saying.  Then the program director should have been fired.

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Tony Lyndell Williams

[THEInsultant]

> > > For the record, I worked as a reporter on radio, "The
> > Daily
> > > Oklahoman" and UPI.
> >
> > Based on your performance on this board, I don't see how
> you
> > could have been very objective. An editorial columnist,
> > maybe.
>
>
> Again, I stand by my statement about the First Amendment.
>
> No one has First Amendment rights on Radio-Info except the
> owners.
>
> Now, the important point, from what I have heard, and if it
> is indeed true, then the station was mismanaged badly. The
> lack of tornado coverage is totally and utterly inexcuable.
>
> I was not there.  I was taught as a reporter to check all
> stories for validity.
>
> But I will say to you, that if it indeed happened, and I
> have no reason to doubt what you are saying.  Then the
> program director should have been fired.
>

That kind of crap happened ALL the time at KOKC from what I have heard.  People under Garth did all the work and kept the place going to do the right thing while he was "in charge".  If anything, he'd just muck up the waters with his "direction".  Many of the good people were on the news staff and we all know what happened to the majority of them.  One positive for Garth is his personality in general on the surface.  Dig a little better and look at his record, and that surface hides a much more ugly part.

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--- THE Insultant ---