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7/7: Project 9-6-1’s new morning host
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It took Project 9-6-1 and program director Chris Williams seven months to find a morning host. His name? “Giant” Brian Carothers, a sidekick and producer for the classic rock station 102.9 WMGK-FM morning show in Philadelphia led by John DeBella, is joining Project 9-6-1, according to The Philadelphia Daily News. It’s the last item.
Carothers, a Pittsburgh native, is a standup comic.. He worked on a morning show on WBZZ-FM in Pittsburgh earlier in the decade.
Here’s his myspace page.. And he appears to have a holding page for his Giant Show which has the date August 6, 2007 on it, possibly his start date since he leaves his Philly show July 27. Since he has never been a solo morning host before, presumably he wasn’t a budget breaker for Project’s bean counters. He did have a weekly podcast, the last one from May 3, but as of July 10, he had taken the podcasts down..
I just text messaged Williams for his thoughts. He first joked to me about Giant’s height. “How do you say no to a giant!!! The guy is like 7 feet tall!” he texted me at 12:40 a.m. Saturday morning. When I asked him whether the guy will do a personality-based morning show or merely focus on music and what is it about Carothers that made him so special, Williams opted to be coy. “Those are great questions that I cannot wait to find out the answers, too. Lol! But seriously, in the meantime, it does me no good to broadcast my programming moves to the rest of the Atlanta programmers. The audience will meet Brian when the time is right.”
He says August 6 “isn’t an official date but sometime before the fall book to be sure. When we set a date in stone, I will give you plenty of notice.” (The fall book starts September 20, 2007).
Here are a couple of shots of Carothers at a Veteran’s Radiothon for Philly’s WMGK-FM from the station Web site.
Here he is with George Lopez. I think he’s more like 6 foot 4 not 7 feet, as Williams joked.
And an image from his Web site:
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By peter
July 7, 2007 7:19 AM | Link to this
CLICK!
By Al
July 7, 2007 7:31 AM | Link to this
The guy looks like Curly from The 3 Stooges. Makes sense since Deskins and Bloomquist are stooges.
By Steve
July 7, 2007 1:28 PM | Link to this
Hey Moe!!! I got a radio gig in Atlanta! Oh…wait…now I know why it’s called The Building of Death since Deskins and Bloomquist are responsible for killing radio careers. I wonder if Waffle House is hiring.
Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!
By Shemp
July 7, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this
Hey! Wait a minute, I was the funniest stooge!
By Bud
July 7, 2007 5:16 PM | Link to this
Project 9-6-1 blows chunks. The went down from a 3.0 to a 2.7 in this quarter alone. I guess there aren’t as many people in Atlanta that want to hear the lead singers of Nickelback and Incubus strain to overcome constipation as they thought. Clear Channel is so incompetent that every Clear Channel station in Atlanta is rated lower than the lowest Cox affiliate. Not that Cox is that much better, but Clear Channel just doesn’t have the balls to fire the idiots that keep running their corporation into the ground.
By Chief Wiggum
July 8, 2007 12:17 AM | Link to this
This is LAME. Totally lame.
We’re the #10 market in America (something like that, right?), and we aim for some assistant dude that has never had his own show? That’s it…aim LOW and aim SMALL.
Besides…that station has the worst imaging (is that what it’s called?). They have that moronic “Malcolm” character, that says such stupid things. Hint to the station: When I hear that, I change the channel. And I might remember to come back an hour later, or maybe the next day. Maybe.
All I can say is that it’s probably better than some lame-o syndicated John Boy and Billy or Bob and Tom. Same clueless dolts brought us those winners, right?
By Curly - The New Host
July 8, 2007 6:40 AM | Link to this
Why Soitenly!!! I will do my best to help Bloomquist and Deskins run Clear Channel even deeper into the ground! Why else would they hire a stooge!! I’m a victim of soicumstance!
By McDonoughDawg
July 8, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this
I want my 96ROCK!!
Screw the project and everything they have messed up so far….
By rocker
July 8, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this
I’m not a tattoo covered 15 year old skateboard punk….so I really don’t give a rat’s a** what they are doing over at the “Projects”. Bring back 96Rock you friggin’ idiots!
By Larry Fine
July 8, 2007 7:59 PM | Link to this
Hey Curly, can I be on your radio show? I play a mean violin!
By Curly Joe DeRita
July 8, 2007 8:03 PM | Link to this
I can be your fill-in host when your out sick or on vacation!!
By Award Winner
July 9, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this
Chris Williams takes 7 months to come up with THIS GUY? You have to be kidding me! Oh wait, this is Clearchannel we’re talking about, so horrid moves are the norm. Have fun in the building of Death there, Giant! Keep those airchecks handy: you’re gonna need them!
By mob rules
July 9, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this
This guy has LOSER written all over him. Which makes him perfect for CC.
By Moe Howard
July 9, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this
Quiet numbskulls! I’m broadcasting.
By Curly Howard
July 9, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this
Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk! I can’t see! My eyes are closed! I can’t think! I work for Clear Channel.
By jss
July 9, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this
New morning host??? What happened to the Regular Guys?
By Red Stripe Man
July 10, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this
At least the guy has good taste in beer. The way things run at CC Atlanta, he’ll be sitting at home drinking a lot of it after he gets whacked. Good luck to you Giant! And way to go there Chris Williams: A sidekick & wanna be stand up comedian with no morning show experience for morning drive in the nation’s 9th largest market! Chris, you’re going to be a regional VP in that company soon!
By Radio K!
July 10, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this
Does anyone like absolutly ANYTHING about Atlanta radio???