‘Morganizing’ the Virgin Islands
We’re going to be tracking down former Omaha on-air personalities in the coming weeks for a where are they now-type of series. Up first, a former KGOR 99.9 FM) morning show host who was recently accused of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Roger W. Morgan, who made his “Morganizing” prank phone calls a staple on his Omaha morning shows, now is the owner/operator of WYAC-FM in Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands.
Last year, the Federal Communication Commission dismissed a bid by a coalition of Virgin Islands senators and citizens to deny the transfer of the WAYC-FM broadcasting license to Morgan. Morgan had run the station for four years, and the FCC ultimately sided with Morgan.
“We own it ... finally,” Morgan said this week. “It was a long battle in which I was accused of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan! I was also accused of trying to overthrow the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands.”
Morgan said the island’s senators were angry because the on-air personality allowed callers to discuss their (the senators’) “outrageous raises at a time when the kids here are living under the federal poverty line and not enjoying the kind of education that our taxpayers try to provide for them.”
Morgan said he’s hosting a 6-9 a.m. morning show similar to the one he did on KGOR in the 1990s. Then, from 9 a.m. to noon, Morgan hosts “Free Speech,” in which callers are encouraged to call in and voice their opinions.
Asked if he missed the winters in Omaha, Morgan said: “As much as I still think of Omaha as being ‘home,’ and as much as I would enjoy visiting, even during ice and snowstorms, I can’t imagine life anywhere but in this paradise. Year-round, the high temp is about 83 and nighttime lows are about 78. Gentle morning rain showers and light trade winds in the afternoon. It just doesn’t get any better than this.”
68 comments:
Maybe Toad and Teabag can expand their "radio empire" down there. No sense in keeping all this, ahem, quality broadcasting to ourselves here in the midwest.
Matt Perrault is Gay.
Please find out about the following former "talents":
Terry Yeager, a.k.a Yagar the Horrible
Doug Wasserman
Jim Rose
Bob Cullinan
Anybody from KYNN, the radio ranch
Todd Brandt
Calamity Kate
That guy who used to do Travia on KPTM
Their stars were so bright and they faded so fast. Please tell us where they have gone.
Does anyone else find it interesting that not one sentence has been authored about the ball park debate. I mean all of the media is in a frenzy about it but the blog doesn't seem to care.
Matt Perrault cares. So should you.
Former on air talent?
Who...gives...a...shit?
This just in. Todd and Tyler think concealed gun laws, despite all studies to the contrary, lead to increased crime.
And Reoublicans are sheep (/sarcasm).
i would like a job at the radio station in the Virgin Islands.. how sweet of a gig is that!
We are not..baaaaaaaaaaaaa.....
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Does he talk about wrestling on his show?
This is funny... One poster taking shots at Todd N' Tyler... The list of carcasses on their path to multi-markets is long...however not very distinguished... One is teaching acting in Phoenix. Another has been fired in Madison and that nationally syndicated crap known as Mark & Brian is in lincoln where it belongs.
So which weather person left WOWT today?
Michael Born is leaving WOWT - read his blog he posted on there website.
how bout Brian Mcfayden...haha!
The Republican party...Where the men are men and the sheep run scared.
"Gentle morning rain showers and light trade winds in the afternoon" - He left out the part about being right in the middle of prime hurricane territory.
Oh yeah...I think Matt Perrault is gay too.
Matt and wrestling fans go hand in hand. All are gay.
7:35 has issues with his homosexuality that he can't bring himself to admit publicly. That's the way most people who think the real sport of wrestling is a gay sport. Go get your feather boa and lipstick out of the closet, honey...
Guys, be careful, you might be making MC Hammered mad :-)
8:27 AM
Again; you must possess deep seated homosexual tendencies to enjoy a sport such as real wrestling. Ask any psychologist.
10:53 - if that's what your pyschologist is telling you, he's a quack...or you're an idiot.
Or both...
Michael Born ended his final weather forecast on WOWT with "Stay classy, Omaha." Pretty funny.
Sounds like he is leaving the meteorology field and moving to Madison, WI to pursue another career field. I wish him the best.
11:13
At least I can admit to that; can you admit your homosexual tendencies?
Can someone tell me where the train derailed and this entry became about wrestling and homosexuality? C'mon people, keep it on topic, please.
Todd and Tyler were good......10 years ago. However, they could have just used recorded copies of their shows to that point and yielded the same result they do now. Nothing has changed.
11:45 -- if I had any to admit, I certainly would. But you're the only homo in this conversation, so I guess we're just going to have to leave it at that.
Remember...the rose always goes in the front, big fella.
WHAAAAT!
The uni-brow has left Channel 6
12:11
You just aren't admitting it to yourself, yet everytime you sit down to watch wrestling, you are admitting to your homosexual tendencies. There's nothing wrong with it, just admit to it. You'll feel better about yourself.
Sean and Jim,
Can we please hijack this blog back to topic and delete these two morons that keep bantering back and forth about a subject no cares a damn thing about?
12:11 -- being in denial is a pathetic existence. Get some help now before it's too late.
Judging by your inevitable response...it IS too late for you. Sucks to be you...
Good for you Roger. Proud you learned the ropes in Omaha. Enjoy the weather.
"the rose always goes in the front, big fella." Huh? That's a taco up front!!
7:56am said Michael Born is leaving WOWT - read his blog he posted on there website.
For anyone else who wants to read Jim Siedlecki's blog tribute to Michael Born, it's at: http://www.wowt.com/blogs/daybreak/16019692.html
Mysteriously, the actual "goodbye" post that Michael Born himself made yesterday morning is no longer on the WOWT web site. This was the post where he gave his actual reasons for leaving. Maybe it was deemed too depressing/emotional?
Good luck Michael, in whatever you do.
One of those Only-on-Channel-Sux moments happened tonight. The six crew was giggling its way through a bright about a 17-month-old who can read.
Guess who was stumbling through the voiceover?
None other than Mr. Knicely -- the 50-year-old who can't read.
Only Sux could provide that kind of irony.
I read Michael Born's farewell on the WOWT website. It was depressing as all-hell. I'm not surprised they took it down.
Why did he leave since I can't read it since it is gone and this blog won't print it?
anyone see the new babe on KETV..
her and Brandi sandwich!
mmmmm..
i would be the filling in the middle
7:27 - so having you in the middle would be like taking two slices of bread straight out of the loaf and laughing at the thought there might be something in between.
That would be a great wrestling match!
6:01 am,
Michael Born left, according to his blog entry that got deleted, due to both family problems going on and the long, odd hours he worked at Channel 6. I think he realized in his heart of hearts that meteorology was not his passion in life and decided to leave the field and Omaha for a new career job closer to his roots in Madison, 2 hours away from his hometown of Chicago. Obviously the blog was more detailed and kind of personal, but that's the basic summary of what happened.
Was he a wrestler in high school?
Anybody else notice how many people are leaving the big sux for another career outside of television? Is this the trend across the country, or is Sux that bad that people don't want to be in TV anymore?
I think WOWT might have higher turnover due to the fact that most of the jobs people in the career strive for are taken by people that aren't going away anytime soon. TV is a very hard business to be in: you work long hours, you have little vacation, your pay isn't great (unless you are in a huge market or a lead anchor, sports director, chief meteorologist, etc.), you have to move around a lot in order to move up, etc. I know many people who started in TV but moved into other career fields. There are only so many high spots in the field to obtain.
Seems KETV can't decide who is gonna be on their evening news casts..one night it seems it's Randby on at 5 pm, Chuck at 6 pm, or vice versa. And, McCartney is on at 6, and sometimes not.
"I think WOWT might have higher turnover due to the fact that most of the jobs people in the career strive for are taken by people that aren't going away anytime soon."
The same thing can be said for KETV.
Perrault would fit right in on the "VIRGIN" Islands!!!
Wasn't this blog post about Roger Morgan previously posted about a year ago.
Yeah, his "Morganizing" bits were a real hoot and holler.
The whole family used to gather around the Philco early in the morning while papa used to stoke the wood stove with another log to warm the kitchen while mama fixed oatmeal for us before bundling up and sending us to school.
I Can still feel the warm glow of the tubes...
6:51 pm says:
"Seems KETV can't decide who is gonna be on their evening news casts..one night it seems it's Randby on at 5 pm, Chuck at 6 pm, or vice versa. And, McCartney is on at 6, and sometimes not."
Look at the story listed on this site about the changes at KETV and it will all make sense. There is also this wonderful thing called VACATION.
Thanks,
westo
More Erin Andrews, please...
this blog sucks so bad now. i'm so bored with the topics. someone start a new blog that's more interesting...please!
Todd and Tyler suck.
5:07 pm - Whiner, whiner... guess what? You just volunteered yourself!! We'll all be waiting to hear when you have that new blog up and running!
I need to see more Erin Andrews on this blog. Help a brutha out...
New topic - what happened to all the jocks and others who used to work for the Radio Ranch - KYNN?
We all got jobs roping cows and bison For Ted Turner
MMMMMMM....Erin Andrews....
MMMMMMM...Matty Perrault
Rumor has it that Ted Brockman is back. Maybe he'll actually have posts that matter.
Hey Tool from 7:32 p.m., none of these posts matter. None. It's all a goof. You really take this stuff seriously? When you start typing notes to Ted in Klingon, then we'll know the problem is worse than thought.
If Ted is back, how do we read his seerlike writings.
Oh, and 5:26---You sound an awful lot like someone from Channel Sux that I knew when I worked there.
Who is Erin Andrews?
channel 6 posts for AM meteorologist... on Craigslist. tsk, tsk, tsk...
http://omaha.craigslist.org/tfr/591220659.html
Nice try 5:38, not in the industry, just enjoy the whining and wrestling commentary out here :-) And the cigar store indian references when referring to John Knicely.
6:04 - For real?
Craigslist? That's a creepy way to get candidates.
http://omanews.blogspot.com/
last entry for Ted was in February. C'mon Ted, come back!
6:04 - If you don't know who Erin Andrews is, it's time to turn in your man card...
"Craigslist? That's a creepy way to get candidates."
Hey, at least the WOWT post wasn't in the "men seeking men" category...
he sorta looks like tom beka before tom started drinking on the job...can there be a bigger stuttering dweeb in radio than beka?
I agree with the other posts - the empire is old, stale, boring. TNT were a lot funnier and more interesting when they did local stuff - Time to rethink the strategy - I quit listening about a year ago - once in awhile I will listen but it is the same old thing - I have also moved on.
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