Update: The alleged nature of this claim is now moot; Kidd Chris has been officially Imus’d by 94.1 WYSP. Reaction on Thomas’ MySpace page and the total removal of all things Kidd Chris from the WYSP web-page are clear indicators of the sudden departure.
Driving in to work this morning, on a dreary Friday, I did not have the usual comfort of Kidd Chris. Instead 94.1 WYSP was playing a garbled mess of best-of material and and 90s rock music. When the station went to commercial there was a WYSP announcement mentioning the postponement of the Kidd Chris Birthday Show, which was scheduled for tonight at the Whiskey Tango. Quickly the panic set in and I knew the something was wrong, very wrong – either someone died or someone got fired.
Well it turns out Kidd Chris has been displaced because of a racial song parody (performed by show regular, Lady Gash) that was played during his morning show back in late March. The song only played for a day before it was yanked off the air by CBS officials when an investigation was then immediately launched. I was in Germany at the time and was unable to hear the song so I cannot comment on its content, but I will admit Kidd Chris does push the racial envelope often. However, he destroys every envelope (in South Park fashion) so I think it is fair and balanced and falls under the protection of free speech – but that’s another story.
My bigger concern is what I am going to listen to for an hour and twenty minutes every morning? I’m sure as hell not going to listen to Preston & Steve. It looks like I am going to have to get Sirius and go back to my Howard roots. And as far as the Stern front goes, Howard and Kidd Chris are very close, Howard has repeatedly offered Chris air-play and his own show with Sirius. Look for that as a potential landing zone for the Kidd Chris show. It’s a real shame though, Kidd’s content was a perfect fit for Philadelphia miscreants.
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ESPN news radio. I listen when ever I am in the car. It is why I know way too much about sports I care nothing about like golf. Entertaining stuff though.
That’s on am though, right? If that is the case I am screwed since am does not work properly on my car stereo – if you can even call what I have a car stereo.
I have it on FM out here. You should be able to find an FM station for it out there.
I’ll check but I still don’t think it will solve my problem. I like down in the dumps, low-brow shock-jock radio. The less class the better.
In the UK, we dont have enough “decent” radio. It is all commercial pop-crap which I cant stand so I dont really listen to the radio. When in the car, I have my ipod plugged in to the stereo and when at home I have about 110Gb of MP3s to keep me amused. When I was in the states, I had a great time listening to the DJ’s out there. They dont take any chances over here. We are too “british” you know.
Sy, I have been to German a few times now and they syndicated all their radio from Britain and you’re right – it is all crap. Somehow British DJ’s manage to obliterate and otherwise excellent accent.
Yup. Crap with a capital C. I listen to Virgin Radio if I have to listen to the radio, which is musically very good (compared to all the other cack) but the DJ’s…yeah, it is car crash radio.
ysp and cbs are a bunch of pussies,its called comedy people.get over it. i went to whiskey tango lastnight sucks kidd chris didnt show anyway,it wasnt the fans that screwed him.hopefully a move to sirius in the future
Try xpn. The anchor is a little annoying, but all she does is say the name of the songs or the other people. They play a crazy mix of old and new music, news and weather plus there’s some educational stuff thrown in, usually about music and music history. Also no commercials, its like pbs “support for this program brought to you by…” type stuff. its what gets me out in the morning
XPN, what is the numerical extension for that station?
88.5 in the philly area, and it broadcasts on something else in new jersey.
I hate to say it greg, but now that your dj is gone ysp is great in the morning. nothing but music, which is what i am always looking for.
Gadzooks Kidd Chris sucks… or sucked… i tried to listen, many times, he was absolutely terrible…
I dont care if he is gone… i didnt listen anyways… YSP used to be cool… for the last few years it just blows… top to bottom…
P&S rock!
su su su su su su sucks? Why you!
- Judge Smells, Caddyshack (1980)
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