Giant Brian Show off Project 9-6-1

[Space Edge]

Looks like Giant Brian got canned from Project 961, El Jefe and Shaffee will continue to host the morning show. Maybe they will bring J Dubs up from Tampa and bring back The Hideout.

Project 9-6-1 has let go Giant Brian Carothers from the show.

Chris Williams, the proram director, emailed me Saturday morning confirming the news I heard Friday afternoon, noting that his partners on the show Jefe and Shaffee will stay on for a “music intensive” morning show:

Just wanted to share the latest on the changes coming for Project 9-6-1. Brain’s contract expired in July and we were unable to agree on terms for an extension. I am confident that Brian will have success in whatever venture he pursues next. I am equally confident that Shaffee and Jefe continuing to host morning give us the best chance to grow ratings immediately moving forward. Project 9-6-1 is gearing up for life after the Atlanta Braves. A big part of this post baseball era is a recommitment to being Atlanta’s rock station 24/7. As we get back to our core value of playing music, Shaffee and Jefe are staying aboard to host a music driven morning drive program. This will continue to allow us to have live local morning personalities that are reflective of our rock fan’s lifestyle. They will provide continuity, personality, the left of center perspective that is uniquely Shaffee and the appropriate service elements for the morning audience like traffic, news sports and weather. The music intensive morning presentation begins Monday with the station going jockless all next week. Shaffee and Jefe are in Naples next week for Jefe’s wedding (Shaffee is his best man) and will return live the following week, Monday October 12th.
Bizarrely, Carothers emailed me a picture of Patrick Swayze but no comments at all. Did that mean he had “the time of my life”?

He and his partner Shaffee started two years ago. Their ratings weren’t bad but I guess in these budgetary times, unloading a salary means one less cost item on the ledger.
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2009/10/02/giant-brian-show-off-project-9-6-1/

[Freitag]

Looks like Giant Brian got canned from Project 961, El Jefe and Shaffee will continue to host the morning show. Maybe they will bring J Dubs up from Tampa and bring back The Hideout.


http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2009/10/02/giant-brian-show-off-project-9-6-1/

God, that is the most blithering PD buzz-speak I've had the displeasure to read in the longest time.

Why can't PDs be honest and tell it like it is? They had to cut back, Brian was a casualty, it's cheaper to have Shaffee and Jefe as talking board ops then have a creative morning show?

I don't think this is going to signal a hide out reunion. It's not just salary cost, it's benefits cost too.

[booster11373]

Bring Giant Brian back to Ron and Fez!!!!!

[Freitag]

What exactly is a "rock fan's lifestyle"?

Howard Stern is a rock fan. I don't have the same lifestyle as him.

"service elements"? Do you think the "rock fan's lifestyle" includes using overused radio terms to begin with?

Garbage. Just garbage.

[Space Edge]

God, that is the most blithering PD buzz-speak I've had the displeasure to read in the longest time.

Why can't PDs be honest and tell it like it is? They had to cut back, Brian was a casualty, it's cheaper to have Shaffee and Jefe as talking board ops then have a creative morning show?

I don't think this is going to signal a hide out reunion. It's not just salary cost, it's benefits cost too.

Yes I highly doubt there will be a Hideout reunion it's wishful thinking. Most likely Jefe and Shaffee will get fired next. Hopefully they don't and they bring J Dubs up there and work him into the show somehow.

[vegeta]

I only had time to listen the Giant Brian After Show in podcast form, so when the podcast stopped coming, I go on project 961's website and I see that the giant show is not mentioned, Jefe and Shaffee have a blog (instead of the show as a whole), and when I go to the page where they used to put their aftershow material on, it's a picture of a shirt that says "management are assholes," or something like that.

I was still in disbelief, because the show had no hints of trouble. I guess it's the further declawing of regular radio. Jefe and Shaffee have twitters, and I got no hint of a problem thee, either.

This is fucking upsetting.

I don't want a hideout reunion unless it's on satellite radio. FM is such trash.

[Dirtybird12]

ignore the website.. the giant show and everyone on the show moved across the street and is now on 99x

[SP1!]

Thats kind of hard to say they are on 99x when its just a website or on a weak channel, that show of his was terrible, besides the regular guys own atlanta morning shows, well except for black people who automatically listen to v103 which is the worst station ever.

[PapaBear]

Did I miss something? According to J Dub's Myspace, he's moving to Atlanta in a week. Reunion?

[Space Edge]

Did I miss something? According to J Dub's Myspace, he's moving to Atlanta in a week. Reunion?

hmmmmm

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[Perrynoid On Demand]

yikes. how many DJ's does it take to play 8 bad songs an hour and read headlines off the internet?