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8/4: Spiff Carner joins True Oldies 106.7
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Spiff Carner, best known for his 14 years with the Randy & Spiff show on Fox 97, will be joining True Oldies 106.7 on Monday, August 11, with Freddie Brooks. He’ll be on from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays.
Carner has been rather peripatetic since Fox died in early 2003. He and Randy Cook went to True Oldies 105.7 for two years, followed by 18 months at Lite 94.9, then nine months or so at WGST-AM. This will be his fifth radio station in six years.
Management at GST, Carner said, wanted a more serious morning show so Spiff had to go. Meanwhile, the True Oldies general manager Paul O’Malley said hiring Spiff was a no brainer.
“It’s pretty simple math,” he said. “He’s a recognizable name in the market. There are two things we look for: ratings and revenue. He has the opportunity to bring in both. This has a chance to be a home run.”
Spiff is just glad to be able to talk to his fans again and get a regular paycheck.
“I’m happy to be part of True Oldies and I don’t have to move!” he said.
Asked how he got the job, he cracked: “They finally spotted me at the end of Barrett Parkway with my ‘Will tell jokes for food’ sign.”
He expressed interest in working at the station on this blog practically the day it launched back in early March. But management waited until the music mix and audience settled a bit before they committed to Spiff.
During his nine-month break, he said he spent a lot of time working on his photography skills, watching sports and taking long walks. “I lost 20 pounds!” he said.
Also, if you’re a Skip Caray fan, WSB-AM and Mark Arum are prepping a special commemorative show on his behalf tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.
Comments
By finally
August 4, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this
YES!!!! I am so thrilled, congrats Spiff, you are such a joy to listen to! Welcome back to the air there are going to be a zillion happy commuters in traffic in the evenings now! Way to go Oldies 106.7, thanks so much for listening to us and delivering what the Atlantan’s LOVE!
By ATL20G
August 4, 2008 7:25 PM | Link to this
A great big THANK YOU to TrueOldies 106.7 for coming to your senses and bringing Spiff back to the airwaves in Atlanta. Spiff’s web site,(www.spiffhappens.com), is also a great site for keeping us informed on what is happening in the world, well maybe not the world but at least keeps us of something. Welcome back to Atlanta radio, you we’re surely missed.
By Randall Bloomquist - WGST PD
August 4, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this
Spiff Carner used to work at WGST? Wow…even a moron like me learns something new everyday.
By Chuck Deskins
August 4, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this
Bloomquist, you big idiot!! You hired Spiff Carner, then fired him!! Other than cleaning the toilets in the Building of Death, I have no idea why we keep you around. You are the Colonel Klink of Atlanta radio programming.
By Colonel Klink
August 4, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this
Note to Deskins & Bloomquist: I would gladly allow you two stupid morons to escape from Stalag 13. Hogan would help!
By Tommy K
August 4, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this
WAY TO GO SPIFF …IIIIIITTTT’SSSSSS FRIDDDDDAAAAYYY…WELCOME BACK
By Tommy K
August 4, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this
WAY TO GO SPIFF …IIIIIITTTT’SSSSSS FRIDDDDDAAAAYYY…WELCOME BACK
By JJ
August 5, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this
YES, YES, YES and a great big WOO HOO!!! Thank goodness someone finally came to their senses and got this man back on the radio. I love 106.7 and have all radio dials set there (except for the a.m’s, I don’t care for Don Imus or talk radio).
Now, go get Randy!!!!
By Bill Mee
August 5, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
Glad to hear that Spiff’s back on the air. Now if 106.7 wants to really please its potential audience, GET RID OF IMUS. He could offend and iritate anyone. I don’t listen when he’s there.
How ‘bout replacing him with Kelly & Alpha, the only good morning team in town and now the victims of the Steve and Icky revival.
Bill
By Bob
August 5, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this
It will be great to have Spiff back. Now let’s get rid of the station’s morning guys
By Rod Kittrell
August 5, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
Welcome back Spiff! Now I will start listening to 106.7 everyday! Finally, someone came to their senses and got you back on the air! Spiff Happens!
By Radio Fan
August 5, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
I love how the guy pretending to be Randall Bloomquist and Chuck Deskins is in reality someone who has no clue what goes on behind the doors of CC Atlanta.
By oldiefan
August 5, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this
can’t wait till 8/11! FINALLY - Spiff back on the air where he belongs! Good job True Oldies.
By barbara
August 5, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
i am tickled spiff is back! i have thought about him many times since he left wgst.
i absolutely agree, get rid of Imus. i have not been listening to 106.7 because of him.
By mikey m
August 5, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this
I LOVE 106.7 OLDIES! GET RID OF IMUS & BRING BACK GARY MCKEE IN THE MORNINGS! EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT IN THE WORLD THEN!
By mikey m
August 5, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
I LOVE 106.7 OLDIES! GET RID OF IMUS & BRING BACK GARY MCKEE IN THE MORNINGS! EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT IN THE WORLD THEN!
By Spiff happens
August 5, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
great to have Spiff Back. Loved him and Randy on Fox. Imus can’t call a spade a spade any more unless he moves to a radio station that Jackson and Sharpton don’t listen to. It’s the old “Civil Rights” Act thing-blacks can say anything they want and offend but Whites have to get clearance and permission to use certain words.
By R
August 5, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Can Fluffo be far behind? We can only hope.
By OneOHuston
August 5, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
Way to go Spiff!. Memo to station gods, dump Imus, and I can listen to 106.7 all day now!
By ADL
August 5, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
YES YES YES!!! Please get rid of Imus NOW!!! According to the last ratings, Imus wasn’t doing any better than Rhubard and the country music format. And he was apparently let go BECAUSE OF RATINGS!!! Besides, NO ONE here cares about his mindless ramblings about what is happening in New York City!!!!
By Pat
August 5, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this
On May 4th, I got a Chinese fortune cookie with this fortune inside: “Remember three months from this date. Good things are in store for you.” I taped it to my calendar. Yesterday, I waited all day for something great to happen. Little did I know that it HAD, and I just didn’t know it. Congrats to Spiff and Atlanta oldies fans. This is excellent news!
By Inside Souse
August 5, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this
Spiff - if he’s willing - can get his sidekick back ere much longer. It’s no secret in the B of D that Randy is sick of Randall. Of course, it’s no secret because so’s everybody else. Shhh, pass it on.
By Tom
August 5, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this
ADL, Rhubarb was let go because of money not just ratings. The opinion was the Eagle didn’t bring in enough money via advertising to offset salaries and music royalties. TrueOldies can have the same 12+ ratings and be more profitable by having more lucrative advertisers and lower programming costs. Now with that said, I miss Rhubarb terribly as his was the only morning show I listen to (I mostly listen to WSB-AM or the sports station in Gainesville now). I also think the risk on Imus is greater than the reward long-term but that’s just my opinion.
By Rob
August 5, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this
Way to go TrueOldies! You hit it out the of park! Spiff is a great addition and a genuinely nice guy, rare with the host of other egomaniac personalities on Atlanta radio. Others here are correct: show Imus the door; he’s a dithering old fool and I listen EXCEPT in the AM. Pay a local talent instead of lining that creep’s pockets. Good ideas of trying to snag Randy, and get someone for the AM drive like Kelly & Alpha, or McKee, all of whom are class acts, just keep it minimal talk. Something to ponder…
By Davis_P
August 5, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this
Message to Radio Fan: As a former CC employee at the Building of Death, I can tell that it’s a fact that Bloomquist and Deskins have no idea what they are doing. The people who post here using the Bloomquist or Deskins moniker are correct regarding their persona. Both are idiots.
And no, I was not cut from CC. I quit as I was disgusted in what those two idiots were doing to the entire CC cluster of stations in Atlanta.
To say that those two are qualified at their jobs is like calling a monkey qualified to do brain surgery. They have you fooled!
By Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
August 5, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this
Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
By Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
August 5, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this
Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
By Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
August 5, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
By Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
August 5, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
Keep Imus get rid of Scott Shannon!!!
By Patti
August 6, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this
This is the best news in a long, long time. Atlanta has not been the same without the “Oldies” and Spiff has been a part of that forever. Just fire Imus and get Randy back with his partner, he is wasted where he is. Congrats Spiff!!!!!
By Chris Williams - Project 196 Program Director
August 6, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this
Deer Mr. Desskins,
Can I have a raise? I hired Brian Giant morning show.. come on! I also play Aerosmith and Korn back to back… pure genius !
By zest
August 6, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
I love Pete the Snake Davis! someone needs to hire him. he is hilarious.
oh yeah radio fan = douchebag CC employee
By zest
August 6, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
I love Pete the Snake Davis! someone needs to hire him. he is hilarious.
oh yeah radio fan = douchebag CC employee
By Snitch
August 6, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
Take heart, Atlanta. The word is Doomquist is job-hunting.
By Judy Your #1 Fan
August 6, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this
I just left you a message about your pictures and asking about your job search. I had no idea you were back on the air. Whoo Hoo! The king of the radio is back. It’s about time. Bye bye Steve & Vickie….bye bye Cledus T. Judd….hello talent!
By Terry
August 6, 2008 9:40 PM | Link to this
Oldies is referred to as “feel good music.” I believe this to be true. People have noticed this and that’s why it’s still alive today. I feel DJs adds to this feeling. I followed Spiff Carner and he is that important to me as well as the feeling we have for music and laughter. If I didn’t listen to 106.7 a lot, you can believe I will now. P.S. Need Randy too someday..maybe
By "Hurricane" Randall Bloomquist
August 7, 2008 7:14 AM | Link to this
YES IT IS TRUE I AM JOB HUNTING. I APPLIED AT THE CHECKERS ON MEMORIAL DRIVE. MY PLAN IS TO FIRE EVERYONE AND WATCH THE LOCATION GO DOWN IN FLAMES JUST LIKE 640 WGST DID. I AM THE HURRICANE.. HERE Me ROAR!
By Judy Spiff's #1 Fan
August 7, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this
Way to go Spiff!
Hey Bloomquist, you didn’t care what I had to say to you months ago about what a stupid thing it was for you to let Spiff go. (Your comment to me was “well you can’t please everybody”). I hope you are singing a different tune now. Don’t discount the listening audience, not even one person. Hope your resume is updated. Also, lose that pompousness, or you won’t stand a chance out there. People aren’t as dumb as you think they are. Whatever they are paying you at this point is too much!
Welcome back Spiff…..We all missed you! You are the king!
By CEW
August 7, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this
Thank Goodness!!!!!!!!!! It is about time. Hopefully, in the future you will be able to return to morning. I hope you relize how much you have been missed.
By CEW
August 7, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
Thank Goodness!!!!!!!!!! It is about time. Hopefully, in the future you will be able to return to morning. I hope you relize how much you have been missed.
By CEW
August 7, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
Thank Goodness!!!!!!!!!! It is about time. Hopefully, in the future you will be able to return to morning. I hope you relize how much you have been missed.
By "Hurricane" Randall Bloomquist
August 7, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
LOOK AT MY TRACK RECORD. Here is who I fired. -kimmer -wayne no offense -snake davis -the king tom hughes -wendy gator grossman -jim gossett -kari dean Ratings have skyrocketed since I did this! I am the hurricane baby!smartest man alive.
By John Hogan
August 7, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
Hey Bloomquist…. give me those nude pics of my wife back so I can fire your sorry, arrogant as*. you waste of space!
By OhReally
August 7, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
If the Kimmer and Wayne and Davis and Hughes were soooo good, how come they haven’t been hired by any other station?
By JP
August 7, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
“If the Kimmer and Wayne and Davis and Hughes were soooo good, how come they haven’t been hired by any other station?”
Kimmer and Hughs retired. It’s hard to be hired when you aren’t looking. Wayne was at another station. He’ll probably land somewhere. Pete is a mystery. He’s an outstanding sports guy, in my mind, because he’s like one of us. He points out the obvious crap involved in a given story and isn’t afraid to do so. I miss the old 640 and I haven’t really listened since they left.
By i hate cc
August 7, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this
i love when bloomquist & deskins post here….. nice try “oh really”
By Randall Bloomquist
August 7, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this
Bippity Bop! Diddlewhack! Boing! You can’t spell MORON without me, RaNdall BlOOMquist!
Oops! Here comes Deskins! I better get back to cleaning the toilets!
By Chuck Deskins
August 7, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this
BLOOMQUIST!! You big MORON with smelly feet. There’s a toilet clogged on the third floor. Get down there and unclog it. NOW!
By informed listener
August 8, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
i would love to listen in on bloomquist’s yearly job review… how could anyone with a 1/4 of a brain keep that idiot around? oh yeah deskins u aint much better. go back to tampa douche bag.
By jeffv
August 8, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this
Congrats Spiff!!!
By dixie
August 8, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this
Great to have Spiff back spinning oldies again! And sooo great to have oldies playing in the ATL again finally. My advice…stick to 60’s music. That “NEW” River station has the 70’s covered (and they play the same songs over and over and…) TrueOldies please dump the Fleetwood Mac and Eagles. I want my 60’s Oldies!
By Nancy Arnold
August 9, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this
Wow, I have thought about Randy and Spiff this whole past year.I know where Randy is, but I have been worried about Spiff. I have looked at his website to keep tabs on him. I am so happy I will hear him again. Those guys helped through the death of my mother, cancer, divorce and job disappointments. At one time I though I’d have to move where they landed. This has made my year.
By Mike G
August 10, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
Shouldn’t Spiff have gone to WSB to work for Sean Hannity as much butt kissing he did for Fox news ?
By Jerry Frostig
August 10, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this
im glad Spiff back on Radio im sure he will do good here. and the oldies station to, im glad we have our oldies back. also want to thank Scott Shannon who gave us the oldies here and other citys songs i grew up with. nice to have Freddie the DJ here as well. welcome back Spiff.
By linda
August 11, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
YOU GO SPIFF. IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT SOMEONE HAD ENOUGH BRAINS TO HIRE YOU BACK.. CAN’T WAIT TO LISTEN TO YOU ON THE WAY HOME… LOVE YOU
By Jeanette
August 12, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this
YEA!! So good to have Spiff Carner back on Atlanta radio. And it’s about time! I’ve been a fan of his since moving here in July 1990. Pls put him back on mornings so we can start our day with a smile. I’m sick of the crap Imus puts out for “entertainment.” You go, Spiff, we’re with you all the way!!
By Deborah
August 12, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this
Thanks to 106.7 True Oldies for getting it right! Spiff is the greatest oldies DJ in any market I have heard and I do travel around!
By Spiff hater
August 12, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
So-Spiff crawls out from underneath the rock he has been hiding under and now gets top billing (Spiff and Fred Show)? How does that happen? Like they say Spiff happens.
By Sue
August 12, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this
Thank goodness Spiff is back!!!Atlanta just has to be able to support an Oldies Station. Please staaaayyyyy!!
By KR
August 12, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this
I’m 30 and listened to Fox 97 with my parents all my life and fondly remember “Randy and Spiff” in the morning. I was so sad when that station changed to a different format! Thank goodness we have oldies again, not all young people listen to Star 94 or 95.5!
By wallace
August 12, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this
Do you think Dummy Schaffer,formerly of GST will be back,Y’Know?
By GiGi
August 13, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this
Glad Spiff is back…now get Kelly and Alpha on the morning drive and you will have it RIGHT!!!
By Snoopermom
August 13, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this
Yuk! Never was a fan of the silly Spiff guy. Now the ride home listening to 106.7 will have more talk than music, just like the annoying morning shows. I’ll just switch to 96.7 for classic country music.
By Carol
August 13, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this
Okay I heard your voice on Monday but haven’t heard it since. Where are you? I drive home from Canton to Smyrna everyday and want to hear that cheerfull Happpy Voice!! I’ve missed you!! Glad you’re back.
By kloc45
August 15, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
Like the refrain from the old TV show, “WELCOME BACK, WELCOME BACK, WELCOME BACK” Wife and I were thrilled to hear a familiar voice on Atlanta’s premiere oldies venue. Welcome Back Buddy
By Diane
August 18, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this
I think I have died and gone to heaven. I listened to Randy and Spiff and Fox 97.1. I have been without a radio station for about 5 years now. I had given up and honestly only played my CDs. I saw the article in the paper and now I am back using my car and even my home radio! Spiff makes me smile! I am so glad Spiff is back on the Atlanta Radio!
By rod westin
August 19, 2008 1:33 AM | Link to this
hey man, congrats and all that stuff. this biz is best summed up: “every time i try to get out, they keep pulling me back in”…or…”pow, right in the kisser”. it was great working with you at river edge parkway.
By cjt
August 19, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
I was just thinking (again this morning) that the other stations might have the music but since Spiff left, listening was no fun anymore. I decided to Google Spiff. Now my station settings will be reset! It’s a great day! Spiff is back!!
By Linda Coker
August 20, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this
Glad to have Spiff back, sorry Randy didn’t want to come along. Love the Oldies but hate Imus. Yes, by all means, get rid of him. I listen to NPR in the AM until Imus is off and then it’s 106.7 all day long. Do you think we can revive the Friday song to celebrate the beginning of the weekend - say about 5PM? Welcome back Spiff & “Hi” Fred.
By Chris
September 2, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
impressive to hear Spiff on True Oldies….and yes I did hear Wayne No Offense doing traffic on True Oldies last week too.
Just need to get Snake Davis hired to do sports with Spiff.
By BJS
January 12, 2009 9:29 AM | Link to this
I’m so glad that Spiff is back and that 106.7 is now a favorite of mine - all oldies. The only thing you need to get rid of is Imus. Why in the world would anyone in Atlanta ever want to hire that weirdo?? I’ll listen to Spiff & Fred in the afternoons, but not to Imus in the mornings.
By Monty Calhoun
March 7, 2009 8:26 PM | Link to this
Thanks for bringing Spiff back. Just keep playing some (new) oldies so the station doesn’t make the same mistake as 97.1. If you run low, I have 27,523 that you can borrow for nothing. Go get the Kimmer…even if it’s only for 1 day a week. We’ve been going through withdrawal. Where is “Bobby Gabore”? What a hoot. Monty in Marietta.