Monday, February 28, 2005
Local Program Director Freaks Out
Faremount. Police were called out the other day to the local pop radio station, 105.6 KFMT (aka Best Jive 105), in a complaint called in by radio staff.
Program Director, Pete Herdahl (aka Mark Seeger), was found on top of the transmitter tower naked and babbling incoherently.
The day started, according to overnight dj, Brent Bootlikkir (aka Big Kahuna) roughly. "I was just about to sign off the air, the mic button was on, the "on-air" light outside the studio was on, he came in and started bitching about the station owner and I clicked the mic off. He turned red and yelled 'Was that (swear word) on? Was that (swear word) on?' I was like, 'yeah'. and then pulls my studio tape out of the recorder and chucks it at the studio clock."
The mid-day DJ, Brett Norris (aka Brett Norris), said that he came in with his eyeballs ready to pop out of their sockets shouting about how if he gets fired he's going to come back with a gun and kill everyone.
As Mr. Herdahl did an air-check with one other DJ, he started the interview calmly and then broke into a fury, loosing his upper plate, and his toupee, shouting, "This is radio, you (swear word) moron! You're not flippin' burgers at Hardee's or stocking shelves at the grocery store!"
When asked, the DJ being interviewed, Cedric Horowitz (aka Tony Toyota) said, "I messed up, I missed pronounced the town 'Northrop'. I said 'Northrop' instead of 'Northrop'."
Mr. Herdahl was apprehended by the Faremount police after hours of negotiating with the Moon Valley Sheriff's department as to who's call this was. They ended up calling out the Animal COntrol Officer who took him down with 6 tranquilizer darts.
"It actually only took like 3, but I got carried away by the moment." Animal Control Officer Rory Ballad stated.
Program Director, Pete Herdahl (aka Mark Seeger), was found on top of the transmitter tower naked and babbling incoherently.
The day started, according to overnight dj, Brent Bootlikkir (aka Big Kahuna) roughly. "I was just about to sign off the air, the mic button was on, the "on-air" light outside the studio was on, he came in and started bitching about the station owner and I clicked the mic off. He turned red and yelled 'Was that (swear word) on? Was that (swear word) on?' I was like, 'yeah'. and then pulls my studio tape out of the recorder and chucks it at the studio clock."
The mid-day DJ, Brett Norris (aka Brett Norris), said that he came in with his eyeballs ready to pop out of their sockets shouting about how if he gets fired he's going to come back with a gun and kill everyone.
As Mr. Herdahl did an air-check with one other DJ, he started the interview calmly and then broke into a fury, loosing his upper plate, and his toupee, shouting, "This is radio, you (swear word) moron! You're not flippin' burgers at Hardee's or stocking shelves at the grocery store!"
When asked, the DJ being interviewed, Cedric Horowitz (aka Tony Toyota) said, "I messed up, I missed pronounced the town 'Northrop'. I said 'Northrop' instead of 'Northrop'."
Mr. Herdahl was apprehended by the Faremount police after hours of negotiating with the Moon Valley Sheriff's department as to who's call this was. They ended up calling out the Animal COntrol Officer who took him down with 6 tranquilizer darts.
"It actually only took like 3, but I got carried away by the moment." Animal Control Officer Rory Ballad stated.
