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The 1999 Philly Talk Radio Awards
In this, The 3rd annual
Philly Talk Radio Awards, we have expanded the categories to just about
whatever caught our fancy. You will note we don't have what could be
considered the "normal" major awards such as best news or best
show. That is because we can't agree amongst ourselves who should win
those. Each year a random number of listeners plus some of the regulars are
invited to submit nominations.
(The people included vary somewhat
year to year to keep it fresh.)
My comments are in green.
Others have their comments posted in blue. Enjoy.

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Best
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Best Amateur - Michael Smerconish
- Being a lawyer by day (God help him), Michael
qualifies as an amateur. Personally I
thought he should get it for his steady gains in the ratings while
working for an amateurish parent company. |
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Best Quote regarding a
listener - Judy Franco, NJ101.5 - "At first I thought he was
in radio so I was interested in his opinions (about the intricacies of
job hunting in the radio industry) but once I found out he wasn't ... it
was like, Shut Up." You just gotta love
that! |
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Best Kids "Talk" Show -
WXPN,
Kid's Corner. Nobody even comes close! |
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Best Team Player - Dom Giordano
- Originally nominated for "Pinball" |
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Best male / female team - Dennis
and Judy. |
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Best Traffic - John Brown -
Yawn, yes... again. |
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Best Caller - The "Cornpone Caller"
- It doesn't get any better than this folks! |
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Best Laugh (unforced) - John Debella
- A heart attack in every chuckle |
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Best Laugh (evil) - Kent Voss
Dom nicknamed him "The Evil Laughmeister" |
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Best Sweepers - John Debella
- For that stuff he played leading into and out of
breaks.MP3
sound file #1 file
#2 file
#3 file
#4 (requires WinAmp or MS Windows Media Player) |
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Best Music - Rollye
James, again
- Even after she lost some of her bumper music.
Just after last year's awards DB was putting her "carts" into
their PC and accidentally erased many of them while failing to successfully
copy them! In Radio THAT is a valid defense for manslaughter. |
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Best Idea - Tie, 1 - Giving John Debella a shot,
2 - Dumping
Trashtalk |
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Best Infomercial - Are you kidding?!?! |
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Best Bitch - Dr. Laura -
Best, Worst... it's all the same, she's a bitch! |
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Best PC show - Rich Levin / runners up, The CompuDudes who
weren't on all year but were recently picked up by WHYY. Forget the
syndicated shows. |
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Best self destruction of a local radio
exec. - Jim Casale
(Hello 911?) - Somebody won a lot of money on that pool. |
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Best Political Performance
on talk radio- Bucks County DA Alan Rubenstien
- this guy
exudes the qualities that will make him a great judge. |
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Best commercial spot - Joel
Gibbs for "Sunday Sunday" - Thomas Jewerls |
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Best station spot (short) -
WWDB for "Beastly... we mean Beasley broadcasting" |
Worst
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Worst Performance by a political candidate - Mary
WHINEberg, Crybaby... he had the nerve to complain
that Susan Bray was going to tough on him. |
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Worst Laugh - Dr. Laura -
Kinda
makes ya want to go postal don't it? or
vomit. |
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Worst Idea - Tie, 1 -
Trashtalk, 2 - G. Gordon Liddy rerun at
7pm |
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Worst idea that won't go
away - Regular hosts doing infomercials |
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Worst Infomercials - The Prostate Quack / Penis Pump... Pump
THIS! |
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Worst print coverage of the local talk scene - tie, Inky and
the Daily
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Most
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Most Computer-Illiterate host - Irv Homer - Ya gotta love
him for that. |
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Most Computer-Illiterate host who actually uses one - Tom Marr, extra
points for effort |
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Most likely to be burned in effigy - Mark Wiliams |
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Most Bass added to a host's
mic - Dennis Malloy, NJ101.5 - Nice voice
but God turn down whatever the hell it is that makes your voice sound
like that... once you get Judy sounding just right on your stereo then
boom, Dennis talks! You're just
Jelous Dennis has a "pair" |
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Most incomprehensible "Handle" -
Larry Gifford,
"Yadahooda" ?? Larry corners various sports and media types,
at gunpoint we think, and tapes them saying "yadahooda" - Why? beats us but as a
footnote the "Worst sense of humor" award goes to John LeClair for refusing to
"yadahooda" - Get a grip PAL, you're a hockey player. |
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Press outlet most in need
of Dr. Corea's Penis Pump - The Inky and the Daily News. |
Serious Awards
Public Service:
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Michael Smerconish for countering the Mumia BS
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Irv Homer for his years of support for the Sunshine Foundation
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Dom Giordano for exposing
the Temple Pedophilia Study.
All the rest
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The "Program Director that didn't cause any agita"
award - To Eric Johnson, NJ101.5 - That was
Before Roberta and Sorensen left but still he gets high marks for not
blowing up the station. |
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The "Knee Jerk
Conspiritorial Wackos Were Right" award - to Art
Bell for his Waco coverage. Art and many others
have been saying for years the feds were lying only to be ridiculed as a
nut. |
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The Popeye look alike award -
Dr. Corea -
Oh, and cut down on the Beta
Carotene as well. |
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The "e coli" award -
The Jelinicks -
Golden Moment, when a
caller asked for directions and Frank cut off Mary with his own and very
wrong set of directions only to be contradicted by the next 5 callers.
Does anybody remember the movie "Soylent Green" based on the
book, "Make Room - Make Room?" |
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The "Carl Ichan Cash and Trash" award - The Beasleys, of course. |
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The "Storm Memorial Most Hated Liberal" Award - Larry Platt, 'PHT fill-in. |
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The "Bridge-Burner" Award (tie) Michael Smerconish and Tom Marr for the way they talk about 'DB on the air. |
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The "Trying to Burn Bridges But Nobody Cares" Award - Irv Homer, for all the things HE said about 'DB while on AM860. |
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The "Perennial Good Sport"
Award - Susan Bray... Yanked around time slots, exiled to AM, forced to do infomercials, she still sounds like she likes her job. |
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Mystery of the year- What happened to Kent Voss' sound machine and why on earth did it
reappear? |
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Advertiser with the most
balls - Rich Hoch from Thomas Jewelers. Says
what he feels. I have to listen to
other advertisers whine but Rich puts it on the line. |
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The Political Sinking Stone
award - City Controller Jonathan Saidel. What
a buttwipe HE turned out to be. |
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The "Black Helicopter
Award" for best presentation of conspiracy topics - Rollye
James. |
AWARDS FOR THE POSTERS:
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Best Nickname awarded to a host, "YentaBitch"
for Dr. Laura by Sandie |
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THE PROZAC AWARD: Now there are many that deserve this award, but my vote goes to
"UsaGiJoe" for that penis pump antennae post. Definitely the most creative and funnist post of the year! |
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THE BLOND AWARD: Goes to all those posters who didn't receive any responses to their posts. What the hell did they say anyway? No one understood them, or didn't care. Either way, they were "blond" statements. |
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BRAIN CELLS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE AWARD: Tie
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To Jim Walsh for even suggesting that Rich Levin should be replaced with that Kim woman! |
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The Beasley's for firing Rollye & John. |
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The "Columbo" award to Sam for always
correctly guessing who all those "Insiders" are when they
post. |
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Best Post - Storm for |
Passage
Tuesday, 10-Aug-1999 12:26:01
Well, yesterday evening, to the strains of Schumann's Träumerei, I
eliminated WWDB from the buttons of my radios.
Perhaps it is a good omen for surely now the whisper goes round the
cubbies of the WWDB studios, "Storm no longer listens."
Frantic meetings will soon be called at East Levering Mill Road to address
the crisis.
Pallor will dim the faces of the WWDB secretaries, while panic will ripple
through the station's advertisers.
Someone, unable to stand the misery any longer will rise and, through
splashing tears, call for a restoration of sanity.
Slowly the word will echo and voices will rise, fists will pound, feet
will stomp and WWDB will cast off the Czars of destruction and return to
its days of triumph.
Or it may not.
Runner up - Bill - Will the last
barbarian to leave town please lock the gate
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