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Crank is gone sans apology
Friday, March 27, 2015
Crank's final farewell
As a service to Crank's fans who may not be on FaceBook, we reproduce his farewell as he posted on FaceBook here without comment.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Crank is gone sans apology
For long time readers of this page, you know we started it shortly after August 19, 2010 - the day the morning show hosts, Matt and Crank, aired a particularly offensive four-hour show. First, they attacked gays as mentally diseased perverts, then turned their venom towards Blacks and their welfare sucking habits that help support their crack habits, and finished up with a lesson to women that their place is in the kitchen cooking dinner for their men.
The next day, both defiantly stood by their show, refused to apologize for any of it, and proceeded to denigrate all those who spoke out against their comments. We started this page to document their - and the station's, in general - bigoted programming.
Matt Walsh was fired within a year, give or take a couple of months, but Crank remained unscathed. He voluntarily followed his buddy, Matt, over to WGMD, but scurried back to WZBH, tail between his legs, within a month shortly after Matt was fired from that station.
According to Crank's FaceBook page in response to a fan's question about what happened to the morning show, Crank claims he voluntarily left "for greener pastures" that he would announce soon. The station didn't let him finish out the week that he put notice in for, something he should've known. His exact words:
Over the last couple of years, we've seen real talent come and go - and, of course, Matt and now Crank. While we were sad to see some leave, we'll have a keg party celebrating Crank's departure. Here's a rundown on the talent that was (as well as Matt and Crank) and what they are all doing now, the best that we can find.
Editor's Note:
3/26/15 - edited Sarah's current status that had incorrectly stated she worked for 97.5 Cat Country. Cat Country was here previous position after leaving WZBH.
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Crank's final farewell
The next day, both defiantly stood by their show, refused to apologize for any of it, and proceeded to denigrate all those who spoke out against their comments. We started this page to document their - and the station's, in general - bigoted programming.
Matt Walsh was fired within a year, give or take a couple of months, but Crank remained unscathed. He voluntarily followed his buddy, Matt, over to WGMD, but scurried back to WZBH, tail between his legs, within a month shortly after Matt was fired from that station.
According to Crank's FaceBook page in response to a fan's question about what happened to the morning show, Crank claims he voluntarily left "for greener pastures" that he would announce soon. The station didn't let him finish out the week that he put notice in for, something he should've known. His exact words:
Our only regret with this announcement is Crank (nor Matt nor the station) ever did apologize for Aug 19, 2010. While WZBH has come a long way in erasing the bigotry that was prevalent in their daily programming, the two biggest culprits in perpetuating negative stereotypes on a daily basis (particularly misogynistic and homophobic stereotypes) never did admit that maybe their carried their brand of "entertainment" a bit too far.
Over the last couple of years, we've seen real talent come and go - and, of course, Matt and now Crank. While we were sad to see some leave, we'll have a keg party celebrating Crank's departure. Here's a rundown on the talent that was (as well as Matt and Crank) and what they are all doing now, the best that we can find.
- Crank: Unemployed at least until he makes his announcement of the greener pastures he's moving to.
- Matt: After being fired from two more radio stations in as many years, now writes exclusively for The Blaze. His Radical Thoughts Tour failed after a couple of shows, but he still speaks at The Great Homeschool Convention and a couple of other far right, conservative Christian events. Also trolls Twitter in hopes of gaining his fifteen minutes of fame.
- JJ: On air weekdays, 10 am - 3 pm at Ocean 98.1 WOCM in Ocean City.
- Captain Blue and Doug McKenzie: Together again at 103.5 and 106.1 The Vault in Pokomoke City. They have their own morning show, weekdays 6 am - 10 am. Their laid back, dry sense of humor will crack you up.
- Ian McKay: Unless he's Hitman McKay over there with Doug and Captain Blue, he's still MIA.
- Sarah: On air weekdays, 3 pm - 7 pm at 97.7 Eagle in Milford.
- Phoebus: Left radio and is at the World Gym Milsboro.
- Spera: After a brief stint at AM 1470, WTTR in Westminster, he left radio and is with Country Meadows - Leader Heights, a retirement community in York, PA.
- Tonya: If anyone knows, please let us know.
- Tyler: We thought he left WZBH, but now we're not sure.
Editor's Note:
3/26/15 - edited Sarah's current status that had incorrectly stated she worked for 97.5 Cat Country. Cat Country was here previous position after leaving WZBH.
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Nothing like being treated to dead air
And that's why we were treated to 45 minutes of dead air, tonight. Must be a lot of drunk rednecks running the show....
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WZBH Sold
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Who's whiter?
From the days of Matt Walsh until present, whenever Crank wanted to "win" a point in a debate or wanted to justify his "open mindedness", he would point to his Portuguese wife and say, "I'm not racist. I married a foreign woman!"
Who's whiter? We say the baby, followed by Maria, with Crank lagging behind a shade and a half darker as the unshaven, dumbass redneck.
You know, we really get upset when foreigners weasel their way into this country. Ok, Maria, you were blinded by love and you married Crank to get him legalized on Delmarva as a citizen, but we have 500 pcs of gold if you send his ass back to that foreign country on the other side of the Susquehanna. We'll double that offer if you take him down to Wallops Island on the next rocket launch and send him on his merry way.
Hey, Crank, even though we don't believe you belong on Delmarva, congrats on the new addition to your family. Our only question is why did you feel it necessary to flaunt your heterosexuality in such a public way?
Who's whiter? We say the baby, followed by Maria, with Crank lagging behind a shade and a half darker as the unshaven, dumbass redneck.
You know, we really get upset when foreigners weasel their way into this country. Ok, Maria, you were blinded by love and you married Crank to get him legalized on Delmarva as a citizen, but we have 500 pcs of gold if you send his ass back to that foreign country on the other side of the Susquehanna. We'll double that offer if you take him down to Wallops Island on the next rocket launch and send him on his merry way.
Hey, Crank, even though we don't believe you belong on Delmarva, congrats on the new addition to your family. Our only question is why did you feel it necessary to flaunt your heterosexuality in such a public way?
Sunday, September 21, 2014
WZBH sold
Thanks to an anonymous commenter on another post of ours, we learned Great Scott Broadcasting sold a bulk of its stations, including WZBH. We don't know what that means for the future of "Delmarva's only rock station" nor for the current on air personalities.
Back on Aug 19, 2010, Matt and Crank aired a particularly offensive show. The next day, they dared listeners to "go ahead and call the station" to get them fired. They weren't going to apologize for what they said.
To date, Matt Walsh got fired within the year because he never apologized. Crank, as Matt's side kick, remained, but he has yet to apologize for his role in that particularly offensive show. Because ownership of the station has changed, we will not discontinue our reviews of the morning show with Crank no matter what the show ends up being called. We're still waiting for an apology from Crank, or Crank's dismissal, regardless of who owns the station.
We do hope the new owners will move WZBH in new directions. Unfortunately, Adams Radio is based in Minnesota so it will remain to be seen how sensitive they are to local programming, promotion, and needs. For that reason, we will continue our overall reviews of WZBH.
If any execs at Adams Radio are reading this, please consider one of us five drunk rednecks for a position with your company. Beer money is getting tight down here and we'd appreciate a job offer.
Back on Aug 19, 2010, Matt and Crank aired a particularly offensive show. The next day, they dared listeners to "go ahead and call the station" to get them fired. They weren't going to apologize for what they said.
To date, Matt Walsh got fired within the year because he never apologized. Crank, as Matt's side kick, remained, but he has yet to apologize for his role in that particularly offensive show. Because ownership of the station has changed, we will not discontinue our reviews of the morning show with Crank no matter what the show ends up being called. We're still waiting for an apology from Crank, or Crank's dismissal, regardless of who owns the station.
We do hope the new owners will move WZBH in new directions. Unfortunately, Adams Radio is based in Minnesota so it will remain to be seen how sensitive they are to local programming, promotion, and needs. For that reason, we will continue our overall reviews of WZBH.
If any execs at Adams Radio are reading this, please consider one of us five drunk rednecks for a position with your company. Beer money is getting tight down here and we'd appreciate a job offer.
Friday, August 22, 2014
Job application for cohost on The Worst Show Ever....
Dear Hiring Manager
Apparently, Crank is the coworker from Hell. In four years, he has gone through, count 'em, six cohosts. Yup, six of them: Matt Walsh, JJ, Sarah, Phoebus, Ian McKay, and Leah. While most good companies would've fired the coworker from Hell, Great Scott Broadcasting promotes Crank to Operations Manager and allows Crank to fly solo, a gig he has failed at more than once.
Us five drunk rednecks are opportunists and one of us needs a job. Mr. Crowley is willing to take on the employee from Hell and may the best man win. Please accept Mr. Crowley's résumé as his expressed interest in the position of cohost on The Worst Show Ever.
* Tell you the kind of grass jist by chewin the blade (legal grass, not the other kind).
* Learned to operate complicated chemistry machines by brewin white lightnin in
Pa's back woods. (DEA seized this, too.)
leave them up on blocks.
* Learned proper way to mount gun rack in back of a pickup.
Thank you for taking the time to review Mr. Crowley's qualifications. Based on the current cast of talent at WZBH, he feels he is more than qualified to fill the position and take WZBH to new heights. He feels confident the next cohost to leave The Worst Show Ever will be Crank - if you choose to hire Mr. Crowley.
We look forward to hearing from you soon. It is Mr. Crowley's turn to buy the beer so the sooner you can get him on the payroll, the sooner he can start buying the beer he owes the rest of us.
Regards,
Five Drunk Rednecks
Apparently, Crank is the coworker from Hell. In four years, he has gone through, count 'em, six cohosts. Yup, six of them: Matt Walsh, JJ, Sarah, Phoebus, Ian McKay, and Leah. While most good companies would've fired the coworker from Hell, Great Scott Broadcasting promotes Crank to Operations Manager and allows Crank to fly solo, a gig he has failed at more than once.
Us five drunk rednecks are opportunists and one of us needs a job. Mr. Crowley is willing to take on the employee from Hell and may the best man win. Please accept Mr. Crowley's résumé as his expressed interest in the position of cohost on The Worst Show Ever.
Bubba Joe Crowley
Second House Past the Oak Tree
Crowley's Bend, MD 21613
Second House Past the Oak Tree
Crowley's Bend, MD 21613
Edeacation:
Crowley's
High School 1987-1996
* Gradeated ninth grade auto shop
* Gradeated ninth grade auto shop
Experience:
All my
life to six months ago Pa's Farmhand
Responsbilties:
*
Plowed fields, fed farm animals, baled harvests.
* Left job when DEA claimed Pa grew illegal tobacca and stole the
farm from us.
Achievements:
* Tell time by position of the sun.
* Spit a tobacca wad twenty feet, knockin a fly clear to the
ground.* Tell you the kind of grass jist by chewin the blade (legal grass, not the other kind).
* Learned to operate complicated chemistry machines by brewin white lightnin in
Pa's back woods. (DEA seized this, too.)
Six
months ago to present Crowley's Corner Auto Shop
Responsbilities:
*
Clean up all the beer cans and cigarette butts throughout the day
* Layed off from lack of business.
Folks actually spected us to fix their pickups, not leave them up on blocks.
Achievements:
*
Crush a beer can on my forehead with no visible damage, cept to the can.
* Perfected wolf whistle and other communication skills with women.* Learned proper way to mount gun rack in back of a pickup.
Refrences: Never been outside of Dorchester County. Everyone else I know is my kin.
Thank you for taking the time to review Mr. Crowley's qualifications. Based on the current cast of talent at WZBH, he feels he is more than qualified to fill the position and take WZBH to new heights. He feels confident the next cohost to leave The Worst Show Ever will be Crank - if you choose to hire Mr. Crowley.
We look forward to hearing from you soon. It is Mr. Crowley's turn to buy the beer so the sooner you can get him on the payroll, the sooner he can start buying the beer he owes the rest of us.
Regards,
Five Drunk Rednecks
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Riding the subway to work with Crank
Last Wednesday, Crank started a segment centered on a study of subway riders in Chicago who were commuting to work. The gist of the study claimed riders who spoke to a stranger during the ride had a "happier" day than those who chose to ignore those around them.
Simple enough of a story to start a discussion. Could've been a good topic of discussion if one were creative enough to link a study of the city-dwelling Chicago commuters going to work to the rural-dwelling Delmarva commuters going to work, but, alas, we had Crank leading the discussion.
Crank went on for about ten minutes talking about riding to work on a subway and asking his listeners if they were apt to talk to a stranger. After about the dozenth time of mentioning subways, one of our critics felt compelled to call in with one simple question: just how many subways are there on Delmarva?
Crank fumbled around and said, "Ok, you're riding in your car with strangers. Are you apt to talk to them?"
Our critic responded "If there are strangers in my truck, then I picked up a hitchhiker, and I'm not likely to do that except for maybe once in a blue moon."
Crank promptly hung up the phone and rambled on about airplanes or something while deriding our critic as incapable of understanding an analogy of riding in an enclosed vehicle with strangers. Even in a city, we don't know of many people who commute to work on an airplane nor do we know of many Delmarvans who ride in their vehicles with strangers or ride a subway to work so, no, we don't know what Crank rambled on about.
There were many ways Crank could've sparked a good discussion...and maybe even been funny at it. The problem is that to have been able to effectively pull off a funny fifteen minute segment, a creative, funny person would've had to been sitting behind the mike. WZBH has no such talent on staff. A creative, funny sidekick could've have helped Crank out, but Leah is fairly new and was relatively quiet during the segment.
Why do we bring this up? Remember when we said WZBH was hemorrhaging talent? In less than a week, Leah has been axed from the Crank Show and moved to DJ from ten until three. Tonya, who used to hold that slot, disappeared, maybe because work interfered with her twelve-hour-a-day beauty rest.
The latest shake up, in less than a month, means Crank is back on his show, solo. He's had many other solo opportunities, including a solo gig at another station, and flopped miserably. Do the powers that be at WZBH simply enjoy watching a fish flopping around out of water as it gasps its last breath of air?
Here's our tally of lost talent in less than a year:
As listeners, we can only connect the dots the best we can given the information we have. When a no-talent is also Director of Operations, the team under him (or her, if it were the case) can't be any better than the no-talent. For WZBH, that means Crank is the cream-of-the-crop in talent. Everyone else needs to be even more boring and disjointed than Crank or they need to tone down their talent so as not to outshine "the boss".
If the powers that be would grow a pair, they would can Crank, try to woo back some of their past talent or simply start over with new local talent. And they would terminate the Nikki Sixx nationally syndicated show contract. My gosh. Nikki Sixx's show is Crank's show, only with a more pleasant voice.
Simple enough of a story to start a discussion. Could've been a good topic of discussion if one were creative enough to link a study of the city-dwelling Chicago commuters going to work to the rural-dwelling Delmarva commuters going to work, but, alas, we had Crank leading the discussion.
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| Is this the subway Crank rides to work every day? |
Crank went on for about ten minutes talking about riding to work on a subway and asking his listeners if they were apt to talk to a stranger. After about the dozenth time of mentioning subways, one of our critics felt compelled to call in with one simple question: just how many subways are there on Delmarva?
Crank fumbled around and said, "Ok, you're riding in your car with strangers. Are you apt to talk to them?"
Our critic responded "If there are strangers in my truck, then I picked up a hitchhiker, and I'm not likely to do that except for maybe once in a blue moon."
Crank promptly hung up the phone and rambled on about airplanes or something while deriding our critic as incapable of understanding an analogy of riding in an enclosed vehicle with strangers. Even in a city, we don't know of many people who commute to work on an airplane nor do we know of many Delmarvans who ride in their vehicles with strangers or ride a subway to work so, no, we don't know what Crank rambled on about.
There were many ways Crank could've sparked a good discussion...and maybe even been funny at it. The problem is that to have been able to effectively pull off a funny fifteen minute segment, a creative, funny person would've had to been sitting behind the mike. WZBH has no such talent on staff. A creative, funny sidekick could've have helped Crank out, but Leah is fairly new and was relatively quiet during the segment.
Why do we bring this up? Remember when we said WZBH was hemorrhaging talent? In less than a week, Leah has been axed from the Crank Show and moved to DJ from ten until three. Tonya, who used to hold that slot, disappeared, maybe because work interfered with her twelve-hour-a-day beauty rest.
The latest shake up, in less than a month, means Crank is back on his show, solo. He's had many other solo opportunities, including a solo gig at another station, and flopped miserably. Do the powers that be at WZBH simply enjoy watching a fish flopping around out of water as it gasps its last breath of air?
Here's our tally of lost talent in less than a year:
- JJ
- Captain Blue
- Doug McKenzie
- Ian McKay (missing, not confirmed gone)
- Sarah
- Phoebus
- Spera
- Tonya
As listeners, we can only connect the dots the best we can given the information we have. When a no-talent is also Director of Operations, the team under him (or her, if it were the case) can't be any better than the no-talent. For WZBH, that means Crank is the cream-of-the-crop in talent. Everyone else needs to be even more boring and disjointed than Crank or they need to tone down their talent so as not to outshine "the boss".
If the powers that be would grow a pair, they would can Crank, try to woo back some of their past talent or simply start over with new local talent. And they would terminate the Nikki Sixx nationally syndicated show contract. My gosh. Nikki Sixx's show is Crank's show, only with a more pleasant voice.
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