The “New” Morning Show on Q101
Well, that was a waste of a good commute.
Q101 today launched their new morning show, you know, the one that their website promised “redefines morning radio in Chicago, and across the country.” Well, at least hyperbole isn’t dead. Maybe they need to cut at least half of the cast to try to find some actual direction or voice instead of a schizophrenic mess of not-funny, tired, played out old shtick.
Oh, man!! They have hip-hop ganstas doing the stock report!! Man, I’m busting a gut!! They are called “Nas” and “Daq” Get it?? Get it??!! HAW HAW HAW HAW. Jesus, what’s next? Phone pranks? Just plain stupid, un-original, oh, and did I mention, not funny?
Okay, there is one upside. The show *is* better than Mancow. But then again, so is shoving ice picks in my ears.
The host, Alan Cox’s bio says that he began his career with “fearless and unpredictable antics” apparently, now Cox has evolved into tepid and predictable shlock. As for the rest of the morning “cast” there were no real standouts… just the same old stuff. Especially bad is “Rome” the “cooking correspondent”. Gawd. Awful.
Is everyone who writes for radio either 10 years old or a failed stand up comic who wasn’t even funny enough for the drunk club circuit? Seriously, what’s the difference between the crap-tastic debut of Q101’s show and “Eric and Cathy”? Um… that’s not a joke, seriously, what is the difference?
Okay, I should cut them some slack, it was the first day, and maybe it will take them a while to find their groove. In the meantime, Q101 is now taking suggestions for a name for the show. I have a few suggestions:
Yet Another Crappy Radio Show
It Took Us A Month to Come Up With This??!
Hit Scan on Your Radio
Advertiser’s Flight to Quality Programming
Hacky McHack’s Morning Yawn
Zany AC and the Pass Out from Boredom Crew
Well, now you know what I thought. What did you think?
I think they had the name right the first time: “What’s Wrong in Chicago.”
I’ll probably never listen to the show, but you’ve got a great list of show names going!
I’ll stick with NPR.
It was terrible, no it sucked.
Thanks for the heads up on this one. Not that it was unexpected but radio is going down the tubes in general lately…..
I agree, it was seriously horrible. I listened briefly yesterday and today…today, only because I was hoping it might be better…it was not! I am really disappointed with all of the “talent” possibilities, that this was the best they could do!
The show is terrible. Whoever does the traffic and weather is the most ghetto sounding radio personality I have ever heard. Just the sound of her voice makes me want to scratch my eyes out. What ever happened to music in the morning???
Mancow was much better…at least i was able to drive more awake and enjoy a few chuckles.
I checked in this morning to see if they funnied it up yet. Nope.
I can’t deal with the lame forced laughing they do at each other’s “jokes”. I think I even heard one of the white chicks say “holla back” in the whitest way possible.
It might be funny if they were being that awful on purpose as a parody of a crappy show. But no, thi is TRUE crappiness.
I checked in this morning to see if they funnied it up yet. Nope.
I can’t deal with the lame forced laughing they do at each other’s “jokes”. I think I even heard one of the white chicks say “holla back” in the whitest way possible.
It might be funny if they were being that awful on purpose as a parody of a crappy show. But no, thi is TRUE crappiness.
Gawd. Bring back JVO & the Morning Shuffle for cryin out loud.
Id rather just listen to music all morning.
Morning Shuffle was great. Bring it back and get rid of Unfunny NPR Hipster Douchbag Radio.