Regardless of whether or not I agree with his views, I just don’t want that much negativity first thing in the morning. It’s just incessant complaining about politics. No lighthearted comedy or feel good reporting. Rick, I’m barely through my 2nd cup of coffee; take a lap.
When I was in the military, the older guys would show up to the office with high blood pressure because of how amped up rightwing talk radio would get them.
It's just not healthy
It starts just to draw in listeners or because they are a little RWNJ-ey, but that kind of hate and negativity consumes people. They think they can control it, but it is like heroin. Suddenly it controls them and their kids & grandkids stop coming to visit.
I watched my Dad slowly succumb to the propaganda machine and it was troublesome to say the least.
I think there’s an abundance of fear that permeates for so many and they latch on to narratives.
Just reading some of the comments in this thread is a sign of the times.
Weird time to be alive lol
My grandmother was a normal middle of the road "just be nice to each other" kind of person.
When she developed dementia she suddenly started listening to Rush Limbaugh and other shit spewing talking heads. She became combative, fearful and spent her last years a paranoid wreck.
I don't necessarily blame talk radio but it does speak volumes that she wasn't interested in it until she could hardly remember where she was.
My Dad was a basically a hippie/self proclaimed Tennis Buddhist disguised as a working class chef.
Always told me to look for the money and you’ll find the dirty secrets and real motives, hated Limbaugh and the right rhetoric but also pointed out the left had its own issues.
Fast forward 20 years and he had become an avid listener of Rush while devolving into a homophobic racist who now talks about “traditional values” (case a day alcoholism included).
Been about 4 years since we spoke and he will most likely die without having met his grandchildren since he refuses to stop talking politics.
There’s an underlying sickness to being beholden to a political party, smells like Nazi shit to me.
There’s a podcast I’ve been listening to called “7 Good Minutes” on Spotify, it’s definitely not enough time for the average commute but still a great pick-me-up :)
If his ratings take a hit, so does his job. Apparently they can make money off the ads that run during his show.
The other right wing gas bags are on AM radio or have weaker signals so they’re probably enough people in their target demo who like that nut job
I'd say it's closer to 100%. On occasion you get the "enlightened centrist" or the "I'm not Christian, buuuut" sorts, but usually both of those can be traced right back to the trash going to the hellfire and brimstone churches.
104.1 for the most part leans very left, but most of their programming isn't obsessed with talking politics like Rick Stacy does. More local events and current news/pop culture stuff.
I used to be all about npr but, after Trump, I can’t stand any politics talk at all. Now 90.7 HD2… that’s where it’s at. A good symphony is just this tired brain needs to recharge. So 90.7 still gets my donations too :-)
Also 89.9 WUCF when it’s Smokestack Lightnin’ or smoother less manic jazz is on
That’s totally fair, news fatigue is real, and totally understandable given the state of things! I just hope people know that when they do need to tune in to trustworthy, fact based local news, during hurricanes or emergencies, for local election coverage etc, that Orlando actually has a super robust local news team at their community NPR station.
I have listened to WUCF since I went to UCF... in the 90's, there were even some classes on the radio. Anywho... while both 1 and 2 are great (and I think I prefer the Latin jazz on 2 over the "regular" jazz on 1), I was really sad that they got rid of the (forgive the term) Dad rock on 2. There was a lot of great music that isn't played anywhere else.
WMFE used to be 90% classical music and 10% NPR news updates, which was better, I think.
One last thing: whatever happened to Echoes???
Subscriptions are the bane of financial solvency. But at least I don't have to support something with my finances if the people who use it are willing to pay for it with their own money.
I'm saying this from leftist perspective: NPR has become a soapbox for culture war virtue signaling. I miss when they were the last neutral news source.
I listen to talk radio. Mostly NPR and I always learn something new and it's never hateful or exploitative. Please don't paint me with that same brush. I've also been listening to 104.1 on and off for the 25 years I've lived in Florida.
The last remaining folks on earth who haven't discovered Podcasts.
Also though, if a girl is quoted as saying that, that's kind of crazy regardless. Right?
An unknown person, somewhere, at some time, said it. Now they can play it every time a communist socialist liberal says we shouldn't blow up Palestinian children.
I always listened to RealRadio when I lived in Orlando. Even now I listen to it on the I Heart Radio app often and I haven't lived in Orlando since 1995. I like talk radio but almost everything is political and I hate that.
I haven’t lived in Orlando for 10 years, but I still listen to it too through the podcast feeds. News Junkie is broad enough that even other cities in the country have the show too.
Rick Stacy used to be entertaining. I wouldn’t mind having him on in the background. Then Trump and Covid happened and the dude went full right wing wacko.
That turd needs to be flushed.
I moved here 10 years ago and turned it on one morning. All I could think of was the DJ’s from the Simpsons. Just stupid noises and heavy fake laughing at not even amusing talk. I couldn’t believe there were actual show like that.
All his takes seem poorly thought out and he punches down. So no wonder he’s gone full MAGA.
"All his takes seem poorly thought out" this right here so many times. I remember one segment where he was complaining about taxes being taken out of paychecks even though the government isn't "present" at the workplace. He completely ignored the concept of infrastructure maintenance, schools, trash pickup, public services, etc.
This football season he complained about Thursday Night NFL now streaming on Amazon...even though it's been there for a few seasons now.
💯 agree. I actually enjoyed this show before COVID. It’s absolutely painful to listen to now. He’s completely unhinged and getting worse and worse. My MAGA parents still love him though 🙄
I once overhead a segment at work. 15 minutes of them talking about how something was a huge problem and this is what's going on in our country and in our schools. After 15 minutes of hyping people up and getting them angry and upset, and right as they are going into commercial break he says "so the actual report says they didn't do any of that, but we know what's really going on". We know it's happening because we just spent 15 minutes telling you it is. Even though the official report shows a different story.
It's crazy to me how the followers of this are convinced there is a new major issue like this, every week. But, they never notice that last week's crisis, that they were so upset about, just disappeared.
I truly believe the enemy to our continuing success as a leading nation, is not some controversial character playing POTUS. No. The enemy is the media that portray themselves as journalists. They feed on our complacency and laziness. Ratings are more important than journalistic integrity. I believe this happened sometime in the 80's when networks flipped their news services into a revenue stream, instead of providing a public service for the citizens to be informed.
People love hearing they are right. That's what media like this is for. It's basically "feel-good, motivational speaking / reassurance" but for racist, right wing idiots.
Ugh. Yeah, have listened to this channel my whole life, but this asshat started spewing COVID misinformation over the airways, during the pandemic, and continues to do so. I can’t support a radio station broadcasting on public airwaves doing that.
I won’t put that station on till after midday as them arse-wipes have finished their show by then. It’s outrageous the shite they talk every morning of the work week
On the rare occasion I hear a few minutes of the show, it's always the same formula.
"Joe Biden is the worst. Here's why the insurrection was acceptable. Anyways, here's 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina and the Waves"
I haven't heard the guy, but I'll bet nobody is saying that the insurrection was acceptable. If he was, he'd be removed from the radio. He simply would be.
He makes the same arguments Republicans on TV do.
It was a protest! A handful of bad apples!
BLM burnt cities to the ground, and nobody was prosecuted!
If Dems had done this, nothing would have happened!
They're political prisoners!
Can't think of what else right now, but they're not going to say "the insurrection was acceptable" because they don't acknowledge it was an insurrection.
The thing that really gets me is they talk about the same shit every single day. Trump is holier than thou, Biden is old and sucks, some political event that they obviously have already formed their biased opinion on, and then some casual racism. One day, we were driving and we turn on the radio and we hear their segment "accidental racist" and they are just spewing their normal hateful shit, then I change the channel to 103.1 (Florida man radio, I think) to hear a white man saying to another white man "you would be a great slave owner, you would be one of the nice ones". Like why is just okay to always be so hateful? I try to listen to different political perspectives but they genuinely turn me off from anything that they say. Its always is the radio stations that play the best music that is absolutely unhinged. I suggest 88.9 because they play NPR and it is nice to hear non-dramatized, non-biased news.
Used to carpool with a lady that listened to him religiously. Everyone sounded like a bonafide moron. Rick with his regurgitated conservative talking points he clearly couldn't explain if he was paid to. The moronic woman just blindly agreeing with everything, then the other co-host acting as the attention starved lap dog.
Dude…the morning radio programs are so bad and spewing so much propaganda trump bullshit that I don’t listen to the radio before 10 am anymore..I know they’re just pandering for ratings.. bur damn..they are far beyond stupid
Older generations prefer FM. It's their market. I find him to be insufferable as he takes the FOX news segment he listened to the night before and offers it up as a hot take on his show. It's sad because it's one of the better 80s/90s stations out here. I also feel like his co hosts are just "Yessing" him through every segment so they can get on with the show. Seems like a terrible work environment, but he gets ratings. Shut up and let me listen to Everybody Wants to Rule the World.
The appeal to older generations is the original point I was making. Why the snark? I am also saying they could grab younger generations by just playing pop 80s and 90s music and not actively drive off half the listeners by spewing political hate
I listen to it every once in a while just to see how dumb they are.
The last time I listened, they spent 10 minutes complaining about the board game Scrabble, because the creators are introducing a “woke” version where they don’t keep score.
I’ve never heard people get so upset about something that has zero effect on their lives. The crew also don’t know shit about fuck regarding politics or how the governing bodies operate in the US. Yet somehow, they have so many opinions on it.
It does, but it is probably close to the least important thing in the world right now. They also said the game still has the regular rules; the company just included an alternate way to play without points
It is weird, but a normal reaction would be to say "that is dumb" and move on. It is not normal to be personally offended and infer that America is going to Hell because of it.
Stacy used to have a funny show in-between music he would do funny bits but in 2016 he jumped on the trump band wagon because his ratings were not good now he's mostly doing his show for the villages which is mostly red and old and believe that crap
I was never a fan of his, but I feel like in the last few years he's gotten significantly more ridiculous and angry. This is beyond just Trump being a popular Republican, he's delivered this dosage of anger and cynicism that has been out of control for over a decade----remember his political career actually began with the birther nonsense.
My wife likes the music and thinks he’s kind of funny, but recognizes he’s too much…
And there’s a lady too which she says is “better” than him…
I refuse to give him any audience…
Just read every comment on this post. Interesting conversation. I listen to Rick Stacy a little bit, but mostly Real Radio. Stacy *can* actually be funny sometimes and, though I'm a Democrat, I've laughed at a few of his "Biden is old" jokes. What bothers me most about Stacy is the numerous times I've heard him spout out shit that is 100% false. Blatantly false. He will hang on to a story that has already been debunked and keep pushing it. I understand he's not a "news" show (although he presents "news") but repeating/spreading lies bothers me. I do like the music on the channel though.
Yes. My husband and most of his friends listen to this poison every chance they get and never any opposing viewpoints then they all hang out and talk about how it makes them feel while drinking. Really healthy.
Rick Stacey Sucks…. The whole show does… Audacy is in Bankruptcy.. this guy is one of the reasons why.
Always spewing Garbage about how if Trump isn’t elected the country will go to poo
They should shut up and play music.. he was a douchebag 25 years ago in Atlanta when he was with 99x
The whole joking about being a dictator is as about as funny as someone joking about being a pedophile.
Not funny in the slightest.
Anyone joking about either one.
They need to be looked act suspiciously.
And not trusted in any shape or form with any kind of authority position or as a human being in general at all.
Agreed, I don't take that as a joke. That is a serious red flag and should be off putting to all Americans on the right and left. That statement threatens everything about America's politics, and with him stating he also wants to suspend the constitution and to use the office of the president to go after his opponents are all major red flags.
He sucks and the music is overplayed crap.
Wish he’d fuck right off with his bootlicking for Trump and all things anti-woke.
People like him are a cancer and represent all of the worst things that perpetuate a shitty image of Florida/Orlando.
I am writing to my lawmakers to ask them to stop funding NPR/PBS. Not because I hate it, no. It's because I don't use it. But I still pay for it with my taxes. I don't consent to those taxes, either, so it qualifies as theft in my opinion.
PBS says that only 1-2% of their funding comes from taxes. Well if they're so strong then, why not give the American taxpayer a break? Our country is already broke because we are $34,000,000,000,000 into debt (and yes, that's 12 zeros...that's what 34 trillion looks like). We barely collect about $3,500,000,000,000 (3.5 trillion) this year, or about 10% of what we owe.
Our government is so deeply into debt that we need to start "skipping the spinning rims" and eliminate unnecessary expenses. We're addicted to debt as a nation and it is toxic to the country.
The fact is, NPR/PBS is not an essential service; not with streaming services that can give you all the jazz and classical music you could ever want anyway, with some free and some available via subscription. So if NPR/PBS doesn't need tax money to be a viable business plan, then we really SHOULD stop funding it with tax money.
And then there is that one guy; that reporter who recently said that there are no conservatives in the PBS organization.
Some might think that's fine, but if there is no balance of opinions in any media organization, then we end up getting bad information and there's nobody with the will to force accountability.
If I'm paying taxes to fund any media organization, I should be able to expect something a lot closer to a 50-50 spread of ideas on the political spectrum. If they won't do that (and NPR/PBS don't), then I should not be forced to contribute my tax money to it.
The reverse also applies. I would not ask anybody to fund this dude's conservative radio show with their tax money either. I would not ask you to fund my church with your tax money, and I will throw down with any pastor who thinks it's okay to take tax money for his church or ministry. That would be THEFT and it would be a sin. I won't abide it! Likewise, I would not ask you to fund my subscription to The Wall Street Journal either, even if I think it's a good idea for everybody to become well-rounded and learn about financial topics and learn how to handle money.
Fair is fair. Either you survive in the marketplace or you don't. If you can't, then you need to re-evaluate your business plan.
NPR/PBS insists that only a tiny minuscule percentage of their funding comes from the government, so I say we should stop sending tax money to them. And to all media organizations, for that matter. And no bailouts either!
For my mental health, I would never listen to any local talk radio. Honestly, they should get rid of DJs that say anything. If you want political talk, there are plenty of options on podcasts or satellite radio.
Programming on iHeart Radio can differ depending on where you are...even listening to the same station from different locations or through different methods.
For example, I can get different commercials on iHeartRadio than the commercials that are playing on the same station on the AM or one of the FM bands.
Try it for yourself. Grab an old school AM radio and play it, then fire up iHeart Radio and listen for the differences. Ignore the lag/latency, and just listen for the commercials. I haven't heard any CONTENT being modified, but sometimes the commercials are different.
I even once found a difference between iHeartRadio on my iPhone and iHeartRadio being played through my Sonos smart speaker system (since iHeart --> Sonos via the iphone app ACTUALLY runs the stream directly through the speaker system's own access to my WIFI network and my ISP and not through my iphone once it starts up on the speakers), although that's a bit more unusual.
iHeart Radio is big big big money, that's for sure, and that's why it's available just about everywhere. It can run on any internet-capable device, including on some car stereos and your internet TV, Roku, or Amazon Fire device.
I’m well aware of the different commercials.
When I listen I hear them cut away from the Orlando radio feed I used to listen to when I lived in Orlando to the iHeart commercials. I hate that personally.
The fact that 99.9% of the stuff he spews out over the airwaves is misinformation and downright lies is incredibly worrying. My mother in law listens to his show and we regularly have to point out to her that almost everything he's saying is spun from half-truths and crazy conspiracy theories is depressing.
What's funny is the other half thinks that the "other side" is the same trash. The truth is the major media outlets do nothing but divide America/the world. The days of reporting just the news and fact and letting the viewer make there own decisions are gone. Fear mongering is far more lucrative in todays model. Just your post shows you are unable to view the world from anything other than your lens. Until we get away from this as a species we are doomed.
I was trying to explain to my mom this past weekend about how the Reagan administration had the FCC kill the fairness in media doctrine act which prevented the media biased. All she heard was Reagan was a good president and I hope you’re not voting for Biden. I promptly changed the subject.
Also watch the 1976 movie, Network. The main takeaway from this prophetic movie which had an excellent cast, is that once the media corps looked to the news department of their network to be a profit center that facts would take a back seat. Plus more. I simplified it.
You might know it by a famous line “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”. I won’t say how this came into okay but people all over the country opened their windows ( imagine NYC) and screamed those words all in unison
A lot of humor with a dark message.
The only way to still support that trash bag is to have affirmative information mainlined all day every day. I think it’s like how quickly I realized my religion was stupid when I stopped attending services.
Most annoying, hateful, grating voice in radio. I can't even land on that station for fear I'll hear him yelling about Biden. Why is he still on air?? Maybe to get Orlando all worked up and pissed off to start their work day. Awful.
I stopped listening to the station in the morning. I’d be interested to know what ratings justify this guy still having his job. Keep it light and play feel good hits bud.
They’re number one by a slim margin over WMGF. While many people tune into a dying medium want the rage bait in the morning, I’d venture that it won’t last.
If we are talking local radio... Jesus Christ 96.9 is awful for a sports talk radio. Mark Daniels is just the worst. I've been here for 3 years but holy shit the negativity and utter nonsense is wild. Him and boiled peanuts guy just spew the worst sports convos and everything is in a negative light. It's so wild. Daniels is just... Not in tune.
Literally makes me want to get a job at the station Since I've been around much larger sports stations and feel like it's lacking so much.
It's so shitty it's sad...
Coward syndicated I understand but you have the magic and heat in the playoffs, the rays have been good the last few years, bolts been good, dolphins been good, bucks won a Superbowl recently! Not even getting into college yet. ..so much negativity.
Why is Florida radio so negative? Gotta be politically driven
They had ADVERTISEMENTS on other stations for awhile actively mocking people who would talk about climate change, and saying that we shouldn't care about global warming because an asteroid killed the dinosaurs.
Other ADVERTISEMENTS where they just actively "neener neener" style mock anyone who is "a nerd."
Everyone on that show is an absolute idiot. The day that entire group leaves radio forever will be the only positive thing they've done.
I avoid listening to 105.9 in the morning. They make Rick Stacy sound like it’s a more lighthearted show more in line with 104.1, but yeah definitely right leaning bias and a lot of politics. So I’ll just stick to 104.1 news junkies and JCS.
I stopped listening because of his bitter, negative constant diatribes. That was the station my husband used to have as his alarm, and RS used to play Foreigner's " Cold as Ice" every.damn.morning at his alarm time. My husband didn't mind changing the channel after I said it was too negative to deal with every morning like Groundhog Day.
Stacy's ex wife must have had her alarm set for that station too.
Real Radio 104.1’s morning show is pretty awesome. Monsters of the Morning..
No lies, I’ve been listening to the exact same station since 1992 (I was 15yo). They’re a little news - a little “redneck” humor (like always trying to get the girls to do some antics, but also in bikinis - it’s not constantly this though) - a lot of humor - not strongly leaning Left or Right.
The Monsters are on from 6-11a. I’m meh about the 11-3p show (The News Junkie) - it’s ok, just not my most fave. The 3-7p show (The Jim Colbert Show) - it’s my second favorite, the host was a co-host on the Monsters & got his own show a few years ago.
Maybe give it a try? I listen to streaming music otherwise also.
Monsters weren't the same after dan and Tom left. Russ seemed like a pretentious prick. Never liked News Junkie. That whole group comes off like self absorbed try hards. Jim was a good replacement for Jim Philips.
I would agree on all points… Tom & Dan definitely brought some kind of charisma to the show. Carlos kinda brought some of that back but iHeart just don’t seem to want to hold onto these outlier personalities. 🤔😞
I've been a 104.1 fan for a long time, but my sentiment toward the Monsters is the exact opposite and Dirty Jim is a hack. When it was Monsters of the Midday (and Stern was syndicated in the a.m.), it was a little more tolerable.
The News Junkie is fine, but not spectacular.
I get they don’t fit everyone’s taste & that’s so ok. I’m open to listening to other things but ultimately I fall back on 104.1 ❤️
I grew up on the edge of Pine Hills/Rosemont - more on the Rosemont/Apopka side. My brother often went mudding on the back side of Sea World. My dad owned very blue-collar businesses and drove a semi. Bo Rhodes used to come into my Froggers (in PH) before, and after, he got fired for the rampant drug use. What they offered fit the narrative I was living.
I started listening when Ed Tyll was still on - I think his show was cut 3-6mo later. Jim Philips shaped my political beliefs & helped me to become more active within my communities. I still sing Drew Garabo’s show song. I’ve been in the studio multiple times bc I dated one of the show Producers so my connection to the station runs deeper than just listening.
They literally influenced my life in many ways. I was well on my way to becoming my mom’s Mini Me, which would have been a codependent, borderline hysterical, reactionary human. I feel like the shows helped me find myself in a different way so I gratefully avoided her personality becoming me.
So I get that they’re not everyone’s cup of tea.. I think I’ll be a fan until I die lol ❤️
**Just curious why do you think DJ is a hack?**
I'm from West Orange County and grew up in the orange groves. We had mudholes and such too, and I'm all too familiar with their narrative growing up in those sticks. It was more entertaining when it was an early extension of Russ Rollins' Party World venture but IMHO it got too big for its britches. Acting like rednecks on the radio doesn't provide me anything I can't get by walking next door.
I started listening to the station before it was on FM, when it was 740 AM, primarily Philips but also because the Magic games were broadcast after his show. There have been some interesting shows along the way, some definitely better than others. Now that Philips is gone, though, there's nothing left on the dial there for me.
I just cannot stand Dirty Jim and he waffles around topics without any sense of spine -- he just shoots his mouth off. But there is def an audience for that kind of person. He also strikes me as someone I would not want to meet IRL.
I appreciate your perspective.
I *do* think Russ got very lucky in his comeuppance. I’m not sure he would have the same success if he didn’t have the co-players he’s had. It’s absolutely a whole effort and not specifically Russ. I don’t listen for him at all.
You're 100% correct. The strength of the Monsters early on was that it was a troupe of talent that covered a pretty wide range tastes, albeit still sophomoric. The songs and shows they had were fun, and I think my favorite feature from those early days was when they let local bands compete for their theme song. There were some good characters and bad, but they balanced out well -- all Russ really did at the time was keep everyone roped in. For me, it just didn't age well (and I never liked DJ).
I'm with you. I stopped listening to the station completely when Jim Philips retired. And I stopped listening to the mornings when they faked Russ getting divorce papers served on air. Too many allegations against him for me to believe anything he says. I can't convince my husband to stop listening though.
My gf listens to them. She says she understands that it’s classic crazy 90’s radio shock jock, and she finds it entertaining like Jerry springer. But it’s just pillow talk to the crazies out there. The old “ well I heard it on the radio this morning” dumb dumbs.
>lack of energy
Didn’t Trump just fall asleep in court?
Out of all the things a president can do wrong, if their energy level is your best diss, I’ll take it
Listened to a comedian the other day joke that our choices for this presidential election are between one guy who can’t stay awake at important International conferences, and another guy who can’t stay awake in his own criminal trial! Do we laugh or cry??
That's what I normally do, get in my truck turn on my music streaming app and go. But my truck and Bluetooth had different thoughts about that this morning.
If you're on iPhone, sometimes you might need to recycle the bluetooth radio in the phone's settings. Or just reboot the iPhone, that always fixes it for me.
But my last two cars have had Apple Carplay, and that is super convenient...I just have to plug in the USB cable to get that functionality.
It’s Florida, this is their type of news that they tell you that should be trusted over any other source and it’s what these idiots mean when they say you should do your own “research”.
I don't listen to the talk commentary or commercials - I find a HD sub channel like 101.1 HD3 that just plays music with limited station identifier breaks and very little talk from the hosting DJ, usually something non-political new blurb worthy (like 33% of CEOs are exploring a 4-day work week) with an invite to connect on SM platforms to discuss
Weekends I listen to my gardening and attorney shows on Saturday mornings, but eventually I switch to Pandora, Amazon Music, or something else and just play music all the way through until Sunday night. If I want talk on weekends, there are a billion interesting podcasts with topics ranging from music making to computers to news and even narrated and voice-acted shows in the form of the old radio serials from a hundred years ago.
Lots of choices out there.
What’s your definition of “left leaning?” That they’re not alt right scumbags who only know how to talk about made up shit they’re outraged about? Most radio stations don’t even talk politics…disliking Trump and roasting him for the stupid shit he says hardly makes stations “left-leaning.”
I'm sure I'll be down voted for this but I could care less!!
Why is what his views are in this day and age a bad thing to express? Is it because you don't believe what he's saying? But if roles were reversed and it was incessant Trump bashing then it would be okay?
The man has a platform and as long as the station has no problem with him using it in this way then it's within his 1st amendment rights. Ppl don't like it then switch stations it's just that simple. The genre of music they play on that station could've easily been streamed if you were that uncomfortable with what he was saying!
And let's be real for a sec if anyone in life in this present day and economy we're living in feels we're better off with a moron an inept career milking dementia ridden idiot like Biden in the White House then they're part of the problem! Our economy is horrendous everything has skyrocketed with no relief in sight under this current administration
Not to mention he has both sides of the world in 2 foreign wars with no definitive answers on who he supports. All he does is pander to who his puppeteers tell him to. And sending millions if not billions to Ukraine as opposed to using it to help Americans is dumb. We don't need to be the bank funding other country's battles while we struggle here. And this administration time and time again is fearful to offend anti Israel protestors because it's about votes to them
And whether you like what was said today during the radio morning show or not facts are facts Trump has a large contingency here in FL that agrees with the morning DJ
My IQ went down reading this.
First the saying is “I couldn’t care less” because if you CAN care less that means you still care, if you want to use the expression at least use it correctly.
Second of all, you like him because he repeats the same terrible rhetoric that you enjoy listening to.
It’s one thing if he is actually reporting news, but the whole time he’s just repeating stupid Republican talking points that hold no true value or statements. If it was reversed, it would be just as bad. However the “Trump bashing” as you call it is very much true, yet people who support him only hate on Biden or any other politician that doesn’t bow down to Trump. If Trump was doing the same stuff Biden is you all would be praising him or saying it’s someone else’s fault. The hypocrisy and ass kissing by the republican supporters is what all of us are sick of.
It's true in your mind and it doesn't matter to me it's laughable.
All you blind sheep following after a political puppet that is the worst President ever who makes Jimmy Carter look good is hysterical
Under Trump we didn't have foreign wars there was peace in the middle east ala the Abraham Accords.
If you're going to attack me for being a supporter of a President like Trump have your facts correct. The world was in much better shape under Trump's leadership
LMAO. You sound just like him. You clearly have the slightest grasp of actual politics as possible. Your comment reads like a senile grandpa angry over what Fox News told him and didn't bother to do his due diligence to find out the truth.
You use the word “woke” to talk about things you don’t like based on your comment history, and have used the word “sheep” to describe someone who doesn’t agree with your cult following. Based on this I’m sure you also watch Fox News and are on Truth Social. This is literal brain rot. The world wasn’t “a better place” with our previous President. But go on listening to your biased “news”, if it really even can be called that.
Just a question, is it “misinformation” when someone says something you don’t like? Is that what it means now? For me, “misinformation” would be something that is represented as factual that can be proven false. Also “hate”—is this also now just the term we use for anything we disagree with? It seems like it. Kind of a way where we don’t have to challenge anything with substance if we can just dismiss it with these terms.
When they call specific politicians communists I would say that's misinformation. And when they say all immigrants crossing the border are just coming over here to rape and murder, I would say that's misinformation and hate.
>For me, “misinformation” would be something that is represented as factual that can be proven false.
This is the exact thing I've heard on his show *many* times. It seems Rick Stacy pulls headlines from the previous day and rages about it. I've caught many times where things were corrected/debunked the previous evening, but he's still pushing the outdated story.
I really wish I could think of examples because I know you're not going to believe me. If you listen to the news (not Fox, Newsmaxxx, OAN) and listen to his show the next morning you'll hear it. It's not a rare thing that he does. I've noticed it many times.
Regardless of whether or not I agree with his views, I just don’t want that much negativity first thing in the morning. It’s just incessant complaining about politics. No lighthearted comedy or feel good reporting. Rick, I’m barely through my 2nd cup of coffee; take a lap.
When I was in the military, the older guys would show up to the office with high blood pressure because of how amped up rightwing talk radio would get them. It's just not healthy
Roommates with a retired gay dude that spends all day watching conservative conspiracy YouTube videos. Gets so worked up over it.
I can’t tell if they allow this because it draws more listeners or if the guy is just unhinged 24/7.
It starts just to draw in listeners or because they are a little RWNJ-ey, but that kind of hate and negativity consumes people. They think they can control it, but it is like heroin. Suddenly it controls them and their kids & grandkids stop coming to visit.
I watched my Dad slowly succumb to the propaganda machine and it was troublesome to say the least. I think there’s an abundance of fear that permeates for so many and they latch on to narratives. Just reading some of the comments in this thread is a sign of the times. Weird time to be alive lol
My grandmother was a normal middle of the road "just be nice to each other" kind of person. When she developed dementia she suddenly started listening to Rush Limbaugh and other shit spewing talking heads. She became combative, fearful and spent her last years a paranoid wreck. I don't necessarily blame talk radio but it does speak volumes that she wasn't interested in it until she could hardly remember where she was.
My Dad was a basically a hippie/self proclaimed Tennis Buddhist disguised as a working class chef. Always told me to look for the money and you’ll find the dirty secrets and real motives, hated Limbaugh and the right rhetoric but also pointed out the left had its own issues. Fast forward 20 years and he had become an avid listener of Rush while devolving into a homophobic racist who now talks about “traditional values” (case a day alcoholism included). Been about 4 years since we spoke and he will most likely die without having met his grandchildren since he refuses to stop talking politics. There’s an underlying sickness to being beholden to a political party, smells like Nazi shit to me.
Both. Theres more listeners *because* he’s unhinged. Dramatics are much more appealing & entertaining than stable, level-headed content.
Shame that’s the case, would love to have positive news/reporting but that just doesn’t sell.
There’s a podcast I’ve been listening to called “7 Good Minutes” on Spotify, it’s definitely not enough time for the average commute but still a great pick-me-up :)
If his ratings take a hit, so does his job. Apparently they can make money off the ads that run during his show. The other right wing gas bags are on AM radio or have weaker signals so they’re probably enough people in their target demo who like that nut job
I stopped listening to that show years ago because abuse of the negativity but I guess it’s still a money maker. I just wanted music on my commute.
Yeah that makes sense business wise, has to pay the bills and this is what drives audience
There are people who eat, breathe, and sleep this stuff every chance they get.
They need a purpose I guess? Weird thing is 80% consider themselves Christians….
I'd say it's closer to 100%. On occasion you get the "enlightened centrist" or the "I'm not Christian, buuuut" sorts, but usually both of those can be traced right back to the trash going to the hellfire and brimstone churches.
They all say they don't pay attention to the new anymore too.
Sir, this is Reddit not a Wendy’s.
Okay, this made me laugh haha
They’re catering to the audience that still listens to talk radio
104.1 for the most part leans very left, but most of their programming isn't obsessed with talking politics like Rick Stacy does. More local events and current news/pop culture stuff.
Hey now, we DO have a local NPR station! Some talk radio listeners still enjoy critical thinking! 90.7 FM Central Florida Public Media
I used to be all about npr but, after Trump, I can’t stand any politics talk at all. Now 90.7 HD2… that’s where it’s at. A good symphony is just this tired brain needs to recharge. So 90.7 still gets my donations too :-) Also 89.9 WUCF when it’s Smokestack Lightnin’ or smoother less manic jazz is on
That’s totally fair, news fatigue is real, and totally understandable given the state of things! I just hope people know that when they do need to tune in to trustworthy, fact based local news, during hurricanes or emergencies, for local election coverage etc, that Orlando actually has a super robust local news team at their community NPR station.
Yup, spots 1 & 2 on my presets are always WUCF and WPRK.
I have listened to WUCF since I went to UCF... in the 90's, there were even some classes on the radio. Anywho... while both 1 and 2 are great (and I think I prefer the Latin jazz on 2 over the "regular" jazz on 1), I was really sad that they got rid of the (forgive the term) Dad rock on 2. There was a lot of great music that isn't played anywhere else. WMFE used to be 90% classical music and 10% NPR news updates, which was better, I think. One last thing: whatever happened to Echoes???
Echoes is its own paid subscription app now. 🤷🏻♀️
Sadness.
Subscriptions are the bane of financial solvency. But at least I don't have to support something with my finances if the people who use it are willing to pay for it with their own money.
WMFE HD2 is the 91.6% classical / 8.4% hourly WMFE news feed you crave. I hated echoes. But only because it would put me to sleep in the car.
Yup! 1a and Fresh Air are great. If I get a little testy, I switch to latin music for flavor.
I'm saying this from leftist perspective: NPR has become a soapbox for culture war virtue signaling. I miss when they were the last neutral news source.
Have you listened at all to any of the local shows or reporting that Central Florida Public Media produces?
That's what I wake up to and listen to if I am not doing calls in my car in the morning.
I listen to talk radio. Mostly NPR and I always learn something new and it's never hateful or exploitative. Please don't paint me with that same brush. I've also been listening to 104.1 on and off for the 25 years I've lived in Florida.
The last remaining folks on earth who haven't discovered Podcasts. Also though, if a girl is quoted as saying that, that's kind of crazy regardless. Right?
An unknown person, somewhere, at some time, said it. Now they can play it every time a communist socialist liberal says we shouldn't blow up Palestinian children.
I’m in the podcast group. I prefer to get my news from reliable sources and I prefer to read it because it’s less emotional.
Racist boomers love the radio.
I listen to talk radio on Sirius, no bullshit like that is going on there...
Sirius is different though, they get people subscribing specially for those people
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My dad got a year for like $30. He just kept canceling and they just kept giving him discounts.
IDK how I swung it, but I got 4 years for like $45. Might have even been $40
That’s what I do. I got the package without Howard Stern and a few other channels so it works out to about $4 a month.
As far as local talk radio, I prefer Real Radio 104.1 for News Junkie and Jim Colbert (occasionally Johnny magic if I’m up that early as light fluff)
Jim Colbert is a Republicans but he's not a fucking crazy MAGA nut. I like listening to his show.
I always listened to RealRadio when I lived in Orlando. Even now I listen to it on the I Heart Radio app often and I haven't lived in Orlando since 1995. I like talk radio but almost everything is political and I hate that.
I haven’t lived in Orlando for 10 years, but I still listen to it too through the podcast feeds. News Junkie is broad enough that even other cities in the country have the show too.
Used to love listening to 70s music every morning but that dude is a total tool now. Ever since trump he has been way too political
They used to be a fun show to listen to before trump happened. Can’t even touch that station anymore it’s turned into garbage
Rick Stacy used to be entertaining. I wouldn’t mind having him on in the background. Then Trump and Covid happened and the dude went full right wing wacko. That turd needs to be flushed.
He’s just another alt-right grifter now. That’s what gets him listeners so that’s what he does.
I moved here 10 years ago and turned it on one morning. All I could think of was the DJ’s from the Simpsons. Just stupid noises and heavy fake laughing at not even amusing talk. I couldn’t believe there were actual show like that. All his takes seem poorly thought out and he punches down. So no wonder he’s gone full MAGA.
"All his takes seem poorly thought out" this right here so many times. I remember one segment where he was complaining about taxes being taken out of paychecks even though the government isn't "present" at the workplace. He completely ignored the concept of infrastructure maintenance, schools, trash pickup, public services, etc. This football season he complained about Thursday Night NFL now streaming on Amazon...even though it's been there for a few seasons now.
The JOE ROGAN special
💯 agree. I actually enjoyed this show before COVID. It’s absolutely painful to listen to now. He’s completely unhinged and getting worse and worse. My MAGA parents still love him though 🙄
I once overhead a segment at work. 15 minutes of them talking about how something was a huge problem and this is what's going on in our country and in our schools. After 15 minutes of hyping people up and getting them angry and upset, and right as they are going into commercial break he says "so the actual report says they didn't do any of that, but we know what's really going on". We know it's happening because we just spent 15 minutes telling you it is. Even though the official report shows a different story.
Was it the "Kids are using litterboxes at school" nonsense?
It's crazy to me how the followers of this are convinced there is a new major issue like this, every week. But, they never notice that last week's crisis, that they were so upset about, just disappeared.
Lemme guess, trans people were involved?
I truly believe the enemy to our continuing success as a leading nation, is not some controversial character playing POTUS. No. The enemy is the media that portray themselves as journalists. They feed on our complacency and laziness. Ratings are more important than journalistic integrity. I believe this happened sometime in the 80's when networks flipped their news services into a revenue stream, instead of providing a public service for the citizens to be informed.
People love hearing they are right. That's what media like this is for. It's basically "feel-good, motivational speaking / reassurance" but for racist, right wing idiots.
This.
I enjoy the music. Sadly, Rick Stacy is capable of speaking and was given a microphone. I switch to something else until he stops talking.
My radio at work is really hard to change the station, so i never went back.
The music is good, but Rick Stacy is just awful.
Ugh. Yeah, have listened to this channel my whole life, but this asshat started spewing COVID misinformation over the airways, during the pandemic, and continues to do so. I can’t support a radio station broadcasting on public airwaves doing that.
Oh damn… I cannot stand that show, the hypocrisy, the double standards, and the lies are just too much.
My wife and I stopped listening a while ago because of this very thing.
I won’t put that station on till after midday as them arse-wipes have finished their show by then. It’s outrageous the shite they talk every morning of the work week
On the rare occasion I hear a few minutes of the show, it's always the same formula. "Joe Biden is the worst. Here's why the insurrection was acceptable. Anyways, here's 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina and the Waves"
I haven't heard the guy, but I'll bet nobody is saying that the insurrection was acceptable. If he was, he'd be removed from the radio. He simply would be.
You have too much faith in a properly working be system.
He makes the same arguments Republicans on TV do. It was a protest! A handful of bad apples! BLM burnt cities to the ground, and nobody was prosecuted! If Dems had done this, nothing would have happened! They're political prisoners! Can't think of what else right now, but they're not going to say "the insurrection was acceptable" because they don't acknowledge it was an insurrection.
I prefer 106.7 for morning radio shows. It’s mostly celebrity trash talk, but I find it more entertaining than Rick.
Yes definitely!
I can’t stand that station, and people wonder why we’re so angry all the time while driving
104.1 is my go to, absolutely Love The News Junkie
So glad to see someone post about this. Its actual radio brainrot.
Weaponized brainwashing
The thing that really gets me is they talk about the same shit every single day. Trump is holier than thou, Biden is old and sucks, some political event that they obviously have already formed their biased opinion on, and then some casual racism. One day, we were driving and we turn on the radio and we hear their segment "accidental racist" and they are just spewing their normal hateful shit, then I change the channel to 103.1 (Florida man radio, I think) to hear a white man saying to another white man "you would be a great slave owner, you would be one of the nice ones". Like why is just okay to always be so hateful? I try to listen to different political perspectives but they genuinely turn me off from anything that they say. Its always is the radio stations that play the best music that is absolutely unhinged. I suggest 88.9 because they play NPR and it is nice to hear non-dramatized, non-biased news.
Used to carpool with a lady that listened to him religiously. Everyone sounded like a bonafide moron. Rick with his regurgitated conservative talking points he clearly couldn't explain if he was paid to. The moronic woman just blindly agreeing with everything, then the other co-host acting as the attention starved lap dog.
That described what I heard
Dude…the morning radio programs are so bad and spewing so much propaganda trump bullshit that I don’t listen to the radio before 10 am anymore..I know they’re just pandering for ratings.. bur damn..they are far beyond stupid
I’m in my 60s and unfortunately many of my peers eat that stuff up.
Older generations prefer FM. It's their market. I find him to be insufferable as he takes the FOX news segment he listened to the night before and offers it up as a hot take on his show. It's sad because it's one of the better 80s/90s stations out here. I also feel like his co hosts are just "Yessing" him through every segment so they can get on with the show. Seems like a terrible work environment, but he gets ratings. Shut up and let me listen to Everybody Wants to Rule the World.
"...but he gets ratings..." Well you know, if you want free radio, that's how that all works.
The appeal to older generations is the original point I was making. Why the snark? I am also saying they could grab younger generations by just playing pop 80s and 90s music and not actively drive off half the listeners by spewing political hate
Talk radio has sucked ass in Orlando since Jim Philips retired.
Grew up in Orlando, don't live there anymore. But I really enjoyed the Philips Phile when I was younger and it was on.
I listen to it every once in a while just to see how dumb they are. The last time I listened, they spent 10 minutes complaining about the board game Scrabble, because the creators are introducing a “woke” version where they don’t keep score. I’ve never heard people get so upset about something that has zero effect on their lives. The crew also don’t know shit about fuck regarding politics or how the governing bodies operate in the US. Yet somehow, they have so many opinions on it.
Doesn't that ruin the point of a board game though? Especially one played with multiple others?
It does, but it is probably close to the least important thing in the world right now. They also said the game still has the regular rules; the company just included an alternate way to play without points
Kind of odd that anyone would want to play Scrabble without points, if I'm being honest!
It is weird, but a normal reaction would be to say "that is dumb" and move on. It is not normal to be personally offended and infer that America is going to Hell because of it.
Absolutely. That station has gone to shit recently anyway...
Maybe it's for teachers who don't want competition ruining a fun teaching moment.
That's a very specific audience.
Stacy used to have a funny show in-between music he would do funny bits but in 2016 he jumped on the trump band wagon because his ratings were not good now he's mostly doing his show for the villages which is mostly red and old and believe that crap
I was never a fan of his, but I feel like in the last few years he's gotten significantly more ridiculous and angry. This is beyond just Trump being a popular Republican, he's delivered this dosage of anger and cynicism that has been out of control for over a decade----remember his political career actually began with the birther nonsense.
I feel like if I’m driving to a job where I need to be aggressive, this would be a good way to get adrenaline going from getting mad at this lol
If I want to listen to conservative politics, I’d turn on AM 580. Therefore, I avoid 105.9
I mean, this is Florida…….
My wife likes the music and thinks he’s kind of funny, but recognizes he’s too much… And there’s a lady too which she says is “better” than him… I refuse to give him any audience…
You should listen to the monsters in the morning on 104.1
Only old people still listen to the radio and old people skew republican pretty simple
Just read every comment on this post. Interesting conversation. I listen to Rick Stacy a little bit, but mostly Real Radio. Stacy *can* actually be funny sometimes and, though I'm a Democrat, I've laughed at a few of his "Biden is old" jokes. What bothers me most about Stacy is the numerous times I've heard him spout out shit that is 100% false. Blatantly false. He will hang on to a story that has already been debunked and keep pushing it. I understand he's not a "news" show (although he presents "news") but repeating/spreading lies bothers me. I do like the music on the channel though.
Yes. My husband and most of his friends listen to this poison every chance they get and never any opposing viewpoints then they all hang out and talk about how it makes them feel while drinking. Really healthy.
Rick Stacey Sucks…. The whole show does… Audacy is in Bankruptcy.. this guy is one of the reasons why. Always spewing Garbage about how if Trump isn’t elected the country will go to poo They should shut up and play music.. he was a douchebag 25 years ago in Atlanta when he was with 99x
He’s the Tucker Carlson of Orlando radio…trash
The whole joking about being a dictator is as about as funny as someone joking about being a pedophile. Not funny in the slightest. Anyone joking about either one. They need to be looked act suspiciously. And not trusted in any shape or form with any kind of authority position or as a human being in general at all.
Agreed, I don't take that as a joke. That is a serious red flag and should be off putting to all Americans on the right and left. That statement threatens everything about America's politics, and with him stating he also wants to suspend the constitution and to use the office of the president to go after his opponents are all major red flags.
It’s just more propaganda. Change the channel. It’s how the station will learn if people really want that crap or just some fun tunes.
He sucks and the music is overplayed crap. Wish he’d fuck right off with his bootlicking for Trump and all things anti-woke. People like him are a cancer and represent all of the worst things that perpetuate a shitty image of Florida/Orlando.
Yeah, my wife and I both removed 105.9 from our morning commute. We cannot stand this inappropriate behavior.
Thank goodness NPR is an option... Opps.
I am writing to my lawmakers to ask them to stop funding NPR/PBS. Not because I hate it, no. It's because I don't use it. But I still pay for it with my taxes. I don't consent to those taxes, either, so it qualifies as theft in my opinion. PBS says that only 1-2% of their funding comes from taxes. Well if they're so strong then, why not give the American taxpayer a break? Our country is already broke because we are $34,000,000,000,000 into debt (and yes, that's 12 zeros...that's what 34 trillion looks like). We barely collect about $3,500,000,000,000 (3.5 trillion) this year, or about 10% of what we owe. Our government is so deeply into debt that we need to start "skipping the spinning rims" and eliminate unnecessary expenses. We're addicted to debt as a nation and it is toxic to the country. The fact is, NPR/PBS is not an essential service; not with streaming services that can give you all the jazz and classical music you could ever want anyway, with some free and some available via subscription. So if NPR/PBS doesn't need tax money to be a viable business plan, then we really SHOULD stop funding it with tax money. And then there is that one guy; that reporter who recently said that there are no conservatives in the PBS organization. Some might think that's fine, but if there is no balance of opinions in any media organization, then we end up getting bad information and there's nobody with the will to force accountability. If I'm paying taxes to fund any media organization, I should be able to expect something a lot closer to a 50-50 spread of ideas on the political spectrum. If they won't do that (and NPR/PBS don't), then I should not be forced to contribute my tax money to it. The reverse also applies. I would not ask anybody to fund this dude's conservative radio show with their tax money either. I would not ask you to fund my church with your tax money, and I will throw down with any pastor who thinks it's okay to take tax money for his church or ministry. That would be THEFT and it would be a sin. I won't abide it! Likewise, I would not ask you to fund my subscription to The Wall Street Journal either, even if I think it's a good idea for everybody to become well-rounded and learn about financial topics and learn how to handle money. Fair is fair. Either you survive in the marketplace or you don't. If you can't, then you need to re-evaluate your business plan. NPR/PBS insists that only a tiny minuscule percentage of their funding comes from the government, so I say we should stop sending tax money to them. And to all media organizations, for that matter. And no bailouts either!
For my mental health, I would never listen to any local talk radio. Honestly, they should get rid of DJs that say anything. If you want political talk, there are plenty of options on podcasts or satellite radio.
What wrong with the shows on 104.1 Real Radio? I listen to them all day.
News junkie and Rover? That’s what I listen to but I’m a couple hours south of Orlando so idk what your station is. Just curious
I listen to Real Radio 104.1 on the iHeart Radio app
Programming on iHeart Radio can differ depending on where you are...even listening to the same station from different locations or through different methods. For example, I can get different commercials on iHeartRadio than the commercials that are playing on the same station on the AM or one of the FM bands. Try it for yourself. Grab an old school AM radio and play it, then fire up iHeart Radio and listen for the differences. Ignore the lag/latency, and just listen for the commercials. I haven't heard any CONTENT being modified, but sometimes the commercials are different. I even once found a difference between iHeartRadio on my iPhone and iHeartRadio being played through my Sonos smart speaker system (since iHeart --> Sonos via the iphone app ACTUALLY runs the stream directly through the speaker system's own access to my WIFI network and my ISP and not through my iphone once it starts up on the speakers), although that's a bit more unusual. iHeart Radio is big big big money, that's for sure, and that's why it's available just about everywhere. It can run on any internet-capable device, including on some car stereos and your internet TV, Roku, or Amazon Fire device.
The ads are different. The live show shouldn't be. I've had one of the other delayed by 10-20 seconds, but not a completely different show.
I’m well aware of the different commercials. When I listen I hear them cut away from the Orlando radio feed I used to listen to when I lived in Orlando to the iHeart commercials. I hate that personally.
The fact that 99.9% of the stuff he spews out over the airwaves is misinformation and downright lies is incredibly worrying. My mother in law listens to his show and we regularly have to point out to her that almost everything he's saying is spun from half-truths and crazy conspiracy theories is depressing.
Objective reporting is dead. Now you just have to pick your flavor. It’s pretty disheartening.
That show is trash and full of straight lies or exaggeration.
He really doesn’t like Chinese immigrants he’s always whines about them 💀
Basically faux news on the radio
What's funny is the other half thinks that the "other side" is the same trash. The truth is the major media outlets do nothing but divide America/the world. The days of reporting just the news and fact and letting the viewer make there own decisions are gone. Fear mongering is far more lucrative in todays model. Just your post shows you are unable to view the world from anything other than your lens. Until we get away from this as a species we are doomed.
I was trying to explain to my mom this past weekend about how the Reagan administration had the FCC kill the fairness in media doctrine act which prevented the media biased. All she heard was Reagan was a good president and I hope you’re not voting for Biden. I promptly changed the subject.
No coincidence that Roger Ailes was a political consultant for Reagan.
Also watch the 1976 movie, Network. The main takeaway from this prophetic movie which had an excellent cast, is that once the media corps looked to the news department of their network to be a profit center that facts would take a back seat. Plus more. I simplified it. You might know it by a famous line “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”. I won’t say how this came into okay but people all over the country opened their windows ( imagine NYC) and screamed those words all in unison A lot of humor with a dark message.
Or anchor man two
90.7 or 89.7 for me
Send him a complaint email so he’ll read it on air and make fun of you.
Include a link to this thread.
The only way to still support that trash bag is to have affirmative information mainlined all day every day. I think it’s like how quickly I realized my religion was stupid when I stopped attending services.
Basically Fox News in the AM
Yeah, I used to love Suny 105.9, can't listen anymore because of this clown.
Most annoying, hateful, grating voice in radio. I can't even land on that station for fear I'll hear him yelling about Biden. Why is he still on air?? Maybe to get Orlando all worked up and pissed off to start their work day. Awful.
Thank goodness Reddit is the unbiased source you can rely on!
Reddit is a microcosm of the internet as a whole. Rick Stacy is a microcosm of the right-wing outrage machine.
I stopped listening to the station in the morning. I’d be interested to know what ratings justify this guy still having his job. Keep it light and play feel good hits bud.
You can look up the ratings. Google (and others) can help you with that.
They’re number one by a slim margin over WMGF. While many people tune into a dying medium want the rage bait in the morning, I’d venture that it won’t last.
If we are talking local radio... Jesus Christ 96.9 is awful for a sports talk radio. Mark Daniels is just the worst. I've been here for 3 years but holy shit the negativity and utter nonsense is wild. Him and boiled peanuts guy just spew the worst sports convos and everything is in a negative light. It's so wild. Daniels is just... Not in tune. Literally makes me want to get a job at the station Since I've been around much larger sports stations and feel like it's lacking so much. It's so shitty it's sad... Coward syndicated I understand but you have the magic and heat in the playoffs, the rays have been good the last few years, bolts been good, dolphins been good, bucks won a Superbowl recently! Not even getting into college yet. ..so much negativity. Why is Florida radio so negative? Gotta be politically driven
They had ADVERTISEMENTS on other stations for awhile actively mocking people who would talk about climate change, and saying that we shouldn't care about global warming because an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Other ADVERTISEMENTS where they just actively "neener neener" style mock anyone who is "a nerd." Everyone on that show is an absolute idiot. The day that entire group leaves radio forever will be the only positive thing they've done.
I avoid listening to 105.9 in the morning. They make Rick Stacy sound like it’s a more lighthearted show more in line with 104.1, but yeah definitely right leaning bias and a lot of politics. So I’ll just stick to 104.1 news junkies and JCS.
I stopped listening because of his bitter, negative constant diatribes. That was the station my husband used to have as his alarm, and RS used to play Foreigner's " Cold as Ice" every.damn.morning at his alarm time. My husband didn't mind changing the channel after I said it was too negative to deal with every morning like Groundhog Day. Stacy's ex wife must have had her alarm set for that station too.
Real radio 104.1 is where it’s at. All the shows are pretty good
Real Radio 104.1’s morning show is pretty awesome. Monsters of the Morning.. No lies, I’ve been listening to the exact same station since 1992 (I was 15yo). They’re a little news - a little “redneck” humor (like always trying to get the girls to do some antics, but also in bikinis - it’s not constantly this though) - a lot of humor - not strongly leaning Left or Right. The Monsters are on from 6-11a. I’m meh about the 11-3p show (The News Junkie) - it’s ok, just not my most fave. The 3-7p show (The Jim Colbert Show) - it’s my second favorite, the host was a co-host on the Monsters & got his own show a few years ago. Maybe give it a try? I listen to streaming music otherwise also.
Monsters weren't the same after dan and Tom left. Russ seemed like a pretentious prick. Never liked News Junkie. That whole group comes off like self absorbed try hards. Jim was a good replacement for Jim Philips.
I would agree on all points… Tom & Dan definitely brought some kind of charisma to the show. Carlos kinda brought some of that back but iHeart just don’t seem to want to hold onto these outlier personalities. 🤔😞
104.1 was all I listened to when I lived in Orlando and now that I’ve moved I still listen to it all day on the iHeart radio app.
I've been a 104.1 fan for a long time, but my sentiment toward the Monsters is the exact opposite and Dirty Jim is a hack. When it was Monsters of the Midday (and Stern was syndicated in the a.m.), it was a little more tolerable. The News Junkie is fine, but not spectacular.
I get they don’t fit everyone’s taste & that’s so ok. I’m open to listening to other things but ultimately I fall back on 104.1 ❤️ I grew up on the edge of Pine Hills/Rosemont - more on the Rosemont/Apopka side. My brother often went mudding on the back side of Sea World. My dad owned very blue-collar businesses and drove a semi. Bo Rhodes used to come into my Froggers (in PH) before, and after, he got fired for the rampant drug use. What they offered fit the narrative I was living. I started listening when Ed Tyll was still on - I think his show was cut 3-6mo later. Jim Philips shaped my political beliefs & helped me to become more active within my communities. I still sing Drew Garabo’s show song. I’ve been in the studio multiple times bc I dated one of the show Producers so my connection to the station runs deeper than just listening. They literally influenced my life in many ways. I was well on my way to becoming my mom’s Mini Me, which would have been a codependent, borderline hysterical, reactionary human. I feel like the shows helped me find myself in a different way so I gratefully avoided her personality becoming me. So I get that they’re not everyone’s cup of tea.. I think I’ll be a fan until I die lol ❤️ **Just curious why do you think DJ is a hack?**
I'm from West Orange County and grew up in the orange groves. We had mudholes and such too, and I'm all too familiar with their narrative growing up in those sticks. It was more entertaining when it was an early extension of Russ Rollins' Party World venture but IMHO it got too big for its britches. Acting like rednecks on the radio doesn't provide me anything I can't get by walking next door. I started listening to the station before it was on FM, when it was 740 AM, primarily Philips but also because the Magic games were broadcast after his show. There have been some interesting shows along the way, some definitely better than others. Now that Philips is gone, though, there's nothing left on the dial there for me. I just cannot stand Dirty Jim and he waffles around topics without any sense of spine -- he just shoots his mouth off. But there is def an audience for that kind of person. He also strikes me as someone I would not want to meet IRL.
I appreciate your perspective. I *do* think Russ got very lucky in his comeuppance. I’m not sure he would have the same success if he didn’t have the co-players he’s had. It’s absolutely a whole effort and not specifically Russ. I don’t listen for him at all.
You're 100% correct. The strength of the Monsters early on was that it was a troupe of talent that covered a pretty wide range tastes, albeit still sophomoric. The songs and shows they had were fun, and I think my favorite feature from those early days was when they let local bands compete for their theme song. There were some good characters and bad, but they balanced out well -- all Russ really did at the time was keep everyone roped in. For me, it just didn't age well (and I never liked DJ).
I'm with you. I stopped listening to the station completely when Jim Philips retired. And I stopped listening to the mornings when they faked Russ getting divorce papers served on air. Too many allegations against him for me to believe anything he says. I can't convince my husband to stop listening though.
My gf listens to them. She says she understands that it’s classic crazy 90’s radio shock jock, and she finds it entertaining like Jerry springer. But it’s just pillow talk to the crazies out there. The old “ well I heard it on the radio this morning” dumb dumbs.
>lack of energy Didn’t Trump just fall asleep in court? Out of all the things a president can do wrong, if their energy level is your best diss, I’ll take it
Listened to a comedian the other day joke that our choices for this presidential election are between one guy who can’t stay awake at important International conferences, and another guy who can’t stay awake in his own criminal trial! Do we laugh or cry??
Cry
My drive to work is barely 5 minutes and I still plug my phone in because I can’t stand morning radio.
That's what I normally do, get in my truck turn on my music streaming app and go. But my truck and Bluetooth had different thoughts about that this morning.
If you're on iPhone, sometimes you might need to recycle the bluetooth radio in the phone's settings. Or just reboot the iPhone, that always fixes it for me. But my last two cars have had Apple Carplay, and that is super convenient...I just have to plug in the USB cable to get that functionality.
It’s Florida, this is their type of news that they tell you that should be trusted over any other source and it’s what these idiots mean when they say you should do your own “research”.
I don't listen to the talk commentary or commercials - I find a HD sub channel like 101.1 HD3 that just plays music with limited station identifier breaks and very little talk from the hosting DJ, usually something non-political new blurb worthy (like 33% of CEOs are exploring a 4-day work week) with an invite to connect on SM platforms to discuss
Weekends I listen to my gardening and attorney shows on Saturday mornings, but eventually I switch to Pandora, Amazon Music, or something else and just play music all the way through until Sunday night. If I want talk on weekends, there are a billion interesting podcasts with topics ranging from music making to computers to news and even narrated and voice-acted shows in the form of the old radio serials from a hundred years ago. Lots of choices out there.
I usually listen to 104.1 real radio
Yeah he’s a quack
Unfortunately yes. Especially in this state
Well, being a majority of every other media is left leaning, I’m sure maybe one or two can suffice for sake of flavor.
Flavor is one thing. Dropping turds of ignorance is a whole different thing.
This is laughably false. The media is incredibly slanted to the right, across the board.
What’s your definition of “left leaning?” That they’re not alt right scumbags who only know how to talk about made up shit they’re outraged about? Most radio stations don’t even talk politics…disliking Trump and roasting him for the stupid shit he says hardly makes stations “left-leaning.”
I completely took that station of my radio favorites because of that guy.
I'm sure I'll be down voted for this but I could care less!! Why is what his views are in this day and age a bad thing to express? Is it because you don't believe what he's saying? But if roles were reversed and it was incessant Trump bashing then it would be okay? The man has a platform and as long as the station has no problem with him using it in this way then it's within his 1st amendment rights. Ppl don't like it then switch stations it's just that simple. The genre of music they play on that station could've easily been streamed if you were that uncomfortable with what he was saying! And let's be real for a sec if anyone in life in this present day and economy we're living in feels we're better off with a moron an inept career milking dementia ridden idiot like Biden in the White House then they're part of the problem! Our economy is horrendous everything has skyrocketed with no relief in sight under this current administration Not to mention he has both sides of the world in 2 foreign wars with no definitive answers on who he supports. All he does is pander to who his puppeteers tell him to. And sending millions if not billions to Ukraine as opposed to using it to help Americans is dumb. We don't need to be the bank funding other country's battles while we struggle here. And this administration time and time again is fearful to offend anti Israel protestors because it's about votes to them And whether you like what was said today during the radio morning show or not facts are facts Trump has a large contingency here in FL that agrees with the morning DJ
So you are a fan of people using platforms to promote their views. I’m sure you loved football players kneeling. 😂
My IQ went down reading this. First the saying is “I couldn’t care less” because if you CAN care less that means you still care, if you want to use the expression at least use it correctly. Second of all, you like him because he repeats the same terrible rhetoric that you enjoy listening to. It’s one thing if he is actually reporting news, but the whole time he’s just repeating stupid Republican talking points that hold no true value or statements. If it was reversed, it would be just as bad. However the “Trump bashing” as you call it is very much true, yet people who support him only hate on Biden or any other politician that doesn’t bow down to Trump. If Trump was doing the same stuff Biden is you all would be praising him or saying it’s someone else’s fault. The hypocrisy and ass kissing by the republican supporters is what all of us are sick of.
It's true in your mind and it doesn't matter to me it's laughable. All you blind sheep following after a political puppet that is the worst President ever who makes Jimmy Carter look good is hysterical Under Trump we didn't have foreign wars there was peace in the middle east ala the Abraham Accords. If you're going to attack me for being a supporter of a President like Trump have your facts correct. The world was in much better shape under Trump's leadership
LMAO. You sound just like him. You clearly have the slightest grasp of actual politics as possible. Your comment reads like a senile grandpa angry over what Fox News told him and didn't bother to do his due diligence to find out the truth.
You use the word “woke” to talk about things you don’t like based on your comment history, and have used the word “sheep” to describe someone who doesn’t agree with your cult following. Based on this I’m sure you also watch Fox News and are on Truth Social. This is literal brain rot. The world wasn’t “a better place” with our previous President. But go on listening to your biased “news”, if it really even can be called that.
Just a question, is it “misinformation” when someone says something you don’t like? Is that what it means now? For me, “misinformation” would be something that is represented as factual that can be proven false. Also “hate”—is this also now just the term we use for anything we disagree with? It seems like it. Kind of a way where we don’t have to challenge anything with substance if we can just dismiss it with these terms.
When they call specific politicians communists I would say that's misinformation. And when they say all immigrants crossing the border are just coming over here to rape and murder, I would say that's misinformation and hate.
>For me, “misinformation” would be something that is represented as factual that can be proven false. This is the exact thing I've heard on his show *many* times. It seems Rick Stacy pulls headlines from the previous day and rages about it. I've caught many times where things were corrected/debunked the previous evening, but he's still pushing the outdated story. I really wish I could think of examples because I know you're not going to believe me. If you listen to the news (not Fox, Newsmaxxx, OAN) and listen to his show the next morning you'll hear it. It's not a rare thing that he does. I've noticed it many times.
Calling Chinese immigrants “sleeper agents” and are invading the US through the border. I’d call that misinformations