Done with 97.1 the eagle

people who just moved there looking to get their bearings
teenagers who hate where they grew up and are eager to leave
a couple of local political groups that appeal to the <40 crowd (e.g. Dallas Housing Coalition)

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Shirkaday@reddit

Haha and typical wacky downvoting behavior too! Like your comment is at 7 upvotes now, and then my comment with "1000%" (agreeing with you) is at -2 for some reason...

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sumbotty@reddit

Bro, he’s “never been more disgusted in his life” that another human could have an opinion different than his own. He was literally shook.

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Explaining your frustration figuratively doesn't have the same impact.

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caseylain@reddit

"Hey I think you shouldn't exist anymore. " "Why you mad bro it's just a difference of opinion."

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

People old enough to remember Dallas having good radio.

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ThatOneHelldiver@reddit

People who self identify, and are sensitive.

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ShopMajesticPanchos@reddit

I mean we are on a city page. Why not. Reminded me of their good old days.

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Captain_Cannabis_@reddit

He really needs to virtue signal on a local city sub about being aghast at a centrist/moderate right view take on the radio. Lmao

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BuckeyeGentleman@reddit

They gonna call him up and beg him not to go?!

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LordTravesty@reddit

I was thinking i was old fashioned actually having mp3's saved to my device instead of using spotify or youtube, etc. Lol

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RoyalRenn@reddit

I listen to KERA all the time and hear about a bunch of things I would have never known about or considered before. It's good for the brain.

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BunkMoreland1414@reddit

It’s the only station I listen to. I prefer my podcasts when I’m in the car. But if I forgot my phone. I’ll turn on KERA. Sometimes I catch some news or a really interesting story.

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I was about to say KERA and NPR are the last bastions of quality radio. Everything else is gone or reduced to playing what they're told. You can get more out of a Spotify playlist than you could in a full week on an average radio station.

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HammyScammy@reddit

NPR’s quality has gone downhill recently (the last year or so) imo.

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topherhead@reddit

If I'm not listening to the music on my phone I'm listening to NPR. I'm just annoyed when I press "next" without thinking about it and end up on the fucking Christian radio station.

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Rich_Psychology8990@reddit

"Today on All Things Considered, we'll venture into Historic Cambridge, Massachusetts, to ask one of Harvard's brightest minds if it's really true that not all of the human cattle way out in Flyover Country love us, their natural rulers?

"I've even heard that some of the hundreds of millions of Americans living as Untermenschenx don't respect us, even when shown numbers from SAT, GRE, or what I always thought of as the ultimare authority, FICO. (!)

"In the final analysis, the question Dr. Roland LaCroix has been struggling with is not merely ,HOW can such uppity creatures still exist in the Year 2025, but more importantly...SHOULD they?

"And ater the interview, we'll be taking listener calls so you can share your sustainable solutions to this all-too-persistent problem."

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Bright_Junket2902@reddit

The only station worth tuning into. I listen to it every day while I'm getting ready for work and heading to the office

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straigh@reddit

KERA Think it's a gem, I still listen to that show years after leaving Dallas

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AliceStillDrowns@reddit

In the last year I've actually gone and swapped my radio so that if I'm not playing something off Bluetooth, it's KERA or NPR or something like that. All the other radio stations suck sooooo hard nowadays; they only play the same handful of old songs or it's sports talk radio. Really been enjoying the music selections and journalism bits on KERA though.

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

I’m sick of funding the billionaires (Apple Music) and enablers of grifters (Spotify, Joe Rogan) who are ruining our society, so I recently cancelled my streaming music service and started listening and donating to KXT.org instead.

I thought it would feel like I’m giving up a modern super convenience and would hurt to go back to radio where I can’t listen to whatever I want at any time.

But no, I’ve fucking loved it. I feel more connected to my community and have a running list of music that I never would have found otherwise. It’s wonderful. And I can stream it in high quality from their website.

Highly recommend.

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bowejam@reddit

And yet here you are using another millionaires platform to complain. Selective outrage is so wild.

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/

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gmatocha@reddit

KXT (91.7) is awesome. Doesn't matter what genre of music you like - you'll hear it eventually on KXT (except classical, they have a separate channel for that).

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MateoCafe@reddit

If you like KXT may I recommend KEXP from Seattle, they have an app you can play and I think they might be better than KXT unless you really love Texas specific artists.

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planeruler@reddit

I lived in Seattle for almost 30 years and listened to KEXP for years. I like KXT more because their DJs play KXT music rather than DJ music on KEXP. In other words, you can tune in to KXT at any time of day and hear a wide variety of music.

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MateoCafe@reddit

That is interesting because I feel like KEXP is even more varied musically especially with what each DJ plays. The 3 main DJs I hear on KEXP are all very different with the genres and vibes they give off and they have the genre specific shows at night and weekends like KNON does.

I feel like there are really only 3 DJs on KXT and I don't get a sense that their musical tastes are all that different (La Belle being the exception because she definitely plays more RnB) and the little "bits" they do (vinyl track, under the covers, British song of the day, Local bites) are generally 1-2 songs for the entire day rather than an interesting block from a DJ like El Sonido or Sonic Reducer.

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Rich_Psychology8990@reddit

Shake The Shack!

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

The only thing more I could possibly ask of them is to have time blocks for dark synthwave and black metal, but for something that has to stay afloat in the mainstream, KXT is absolute fire.

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BigTunaTim@reddit

Between KXT and https://881indie.com/ there's always something good on Dallas radio

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Express-Way9295@reddit

If I get tired of TuneIn radio, I will go to 88.5FM KEOM,Mesquite Schools Radio. With TuneIn Radio I will find a classic rock station in a foreign language so I don’t have to hear about politics.

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ItsMinnieYall@reddit

I’m so happy to see a KEOM shout out! I used to work at the station when I was in school a billion years ago and it was one of the coolest programs in Mesquite.

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Express-Way9295@reddit

I don’t listen to KEOM as regularly as I used to. But I enjoyed some of the learning segments they played. Words You Never Heard comes to the top of my mind, but there were others too. Looking back, I’ve listened to KEOM since 1994, at least. Awesome!

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ItsMinnieYall@reddit

Same! I listen a lot more during the holidays as they play Christmas music. I have really fond memories of writing the traffic and weather reports.

It’s neat because the music is supposed to appeal to parents of MISD students. So they used to play a lot of 60s music. When I worked there in high school, it was “all 70s all the time” because that’s what 2009 parents grew up on. And I remember when they started pushing the boundaries by playing 80s Michael Jackson here and there.

But the kids and parents keep getting older. Now they play “oldies” from the 70s - 90s lol.

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Express-Way9295@reddit

Yes, they used to play some interesting late 60s, tomind. early 70s music. Smiling Faces comes to mind. I haven’t heard that played on KEOM in years now.

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wiptes167@reddit

ooh 88.1, I remember stumbling onto that while going up to Oklahoma >!to gamble my life savings !<and yeah it's legitimately cool stuff

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

Love both of those stations! One of them (88?) does Funky Fridays where all they play is old school funk, I love it!

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Gmajj@reddit

That’s KXT! I listen to it!

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IamtheDoc1@reddit

dont forget about KNON

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

KXT is fantastic. I always listen to them in the car. I keep my Shazam app open so I can find new music.

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TchoupedNScrewed@reddit

If you want to still own some tracks to play, iirc Bandcamp gives an incredibly generous portion of their purchase to the artist.

Not sure if they’ve changed, but it used to be a large chunk of songs/albums sold and 100% of all merchandise sold directly to the artist.

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

Bandcamp is solid. I've purchased from there.

I also would be glad to support local record stores or Half-Price Books. Something independent-ish, you know?

And if you really want to spend your money in a democratic country as opposed to this backsliding oligarchy, Qobuz is based in France and lets you purchase and download DRM-free music. (Also it has a greater selection than Bandcamp.)

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TchoupedNScrewed@reddit

I’ll have to check out Qobuz cus my one gripe with Bandcamp is its discog.

I’ll often consume media free before purchasing it, but I make a point to purchase it should I want to support the artist.

Really like platforms like Bandcamp that give even a few bucks more to the artists. Spotify is making it hail pennie’s.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

My car has a radio. I’ve been driving for years. Yes, sometimes. Not as much. I just happened to catch this this morning.

They JUST came out of bankruptcy? To come back and this is what they think is cool.

“Death to Luigi because I don’t get it”

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

Two things can be true at once. Our health system is currently fucked, and assassinating someone in the U.S. will get you the death penalty.

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

New York state doesn't have the death penalty, and it was his first offense.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Ima block you if you think Luigi is guilty

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vitaminz1990@reddit

He's guilty. Now depart with me too and maybe make a post about it.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Lol idgaf about u bye

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

You don’t think it was him that shot the insurance exec from behind?

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CanoegunGoeff@reddit

Well the courts have yet to prove it. You’d think if it was such a clean cut case, they’d have been able to prove it beyond reasonable doubt months ago, yet, they haven’t. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, and there’s been little to no movement on that front as of now. Like it or not, that’s the truth. And that’s not to defend what he allegedly did, this is to say that we need to see for sure beyond doubt that they have the right guy, which, to anyone who’s been following the case from the beginning, there’s a lot of reason to suggest that they may actually not have the right guy. Due process is under fire all across this nation right now, and without due process, there is no justice for any one of us, and nothing preventing abuses of power.

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WorldcupTicketR16@reddit

they’d have been able to prove it beyond reasonable doubt months ago, yet, they haven’t.

This is your argument? Luigi is practically innocent because a murder case that began four months ago should have already had a completed trial? Casey Anthony's trial took over 2 years to begin and Brian Kohlberger, arrested in 2022, hasn't had his trial even start yet. Maybe you could familiarize yourself with how the legal system works before trying to make the case that someone might be innocent because they weren't convicted within four months.

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty

No, that's just a legal principle. O.J. Simpson was guilty as hell. Osama Bin Laden too.

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CanoegunGoeff@reddit

My argument is that he hasn’t been proven guilty. I’m not saying he can’t be. I’m saying if it was so clear cut with overwhelming evidence that he was, we’d likely have seen that evidence by now. Not that this time passed means he’s innocent- You’re misrepresenting what I said.

I’m also not saying the system works every time, it’s actually extremely flawed and gives mixed results. But yes, it’s supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Court of law needs to prove it, so having disgusting opinions like “yeah kill this guy, we need to protect out CEOs” without due process is sick.

It’s disgusting.

Innocent until guilty.

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WorldcupTicketR16@reddit

Yeah, that whole innocent until proven guilty is just a legal safeguard that has no power outside of a courtroom. Osama Bin Laden was never convicted of anything, please don't whine when I call him a terrorist murderer.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Comparing apples and oranges?

Don’t care. Strawman

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

I didn’t say he shouldn’t get due process. It’ll be on the court to decide. But, you’re moving the goal post - you said you’d block me if I thought Luigi is guilty of killing that guy. Me simply believing the he committed the act he is accused of, isn’t enough to convict him and shouldn’t be. And I didn’t say anything about “protecting CEOs” - I simply observed that, if you murder someone, in a premeditated fashion, there is a good chance you’ll get the death penalty.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

I won’t block you but I’m not talking with you anymore,

Luigi is innocent and has to be proven guilty

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

Literally agreed with you that he should get due process.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Your last sentence says otherwise

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MangorTX@reddit

I’m not talking with you anymore

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

The statement implies being proven guilty in a court of law with appropriate due process, as I stated in my first sentence.

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kakurenbo1@reddit

Except it wasn’t an assassination. Just because the guy was rich doesn’t mean it was a political killing. Corrupt Trump cultists want to say it was political so they can charge him federally and bypass both New York and Pennsylvania state courts.

So far, both states have agreed to allow New York to prosecute first, but New York doesn’t have the death penalty. If convicted in NY, he will have to serve his sentence there (life in prison for this charge) before his sentence in Pennsylvania.

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onfroiGamer@reddit

It wasn’t an assassination? 🤣 holy fuck what do you call it then

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PissantPrairiePunk@reddit

A plain ole fuckin murder, maybe?

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onfroiGamer@reddit

Yup cus people who commit murder typically leave cryptic messages inscribed on bullets, sure

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

Given his leadership position in a highly contentious industry, and the reasons behind it (subject to further investigation of course), I’d argue assassinate is an acceptable term here. But, I understand your point.

I’m not familiar with state by state death penalty laws off hand, but my point was more along the lines of, premeditated murder will get you the highest punishment available which in many places in the U.S. is the death penalty. Again, I understand your point there, and it’s an important clarification for NY.

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Unfair_Reach_9258@reddit

People "assassinate" political figures, he murdered one CEO, a mostly private citizen, and it's not like he's not a mass shooter or serial killer, if he gets the death penalty for one premeditated murder they're going to end up making him into a martyr.

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Some of us drive older cars and refuse to pay for subscription services.

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DiamondBlazer42@reddit

What else am I going to do? My cars too old to have an aux port, let alone blue tooth and my cd player is kinda messed up

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Geniusgza1@reddit

You can get an fm transmitter that plugs to your cig outlet

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SameSadMan@reddit

Absolutely, especially in DFW, a place whose culture has quite literally been affected by it's radio stations and hosts. Kid Kraddick and the Ticket, to name a couple.

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azwethinkweizm@reddit

Where are you getting your energy? It's a simple question.

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LennanLemons@reddit

I do on short commutes, anything longer than 10 mins I’m throwing on my phone.

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JinFuu@reddit

WRR?

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Matzah_Rella@reddit

This is WRR erasure, and I won't stand for it.

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ArgumentMean7231@reddit

Heh yeah, sometimes the FM transmitter needs a rest. Talk radio is good on a drive. Good in the car with your Grandma, Pops, etc, gets the conversation going.

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xxwerdxx@reddit

It’s still one of the most common forms of news communication in the US and the world

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electricgotswitched@reddit

Yep. If I am on a short drive I'll just scroll through the few stations I have saved and listen to random shit.

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HeavyVoid8@reddit

I listen to Spotify AND the radio basically every day. Sometimes I’m just going 5 or 10 minutes down the road and don’t need to find the exact song I feel like listening to. I just want “classic rock” or “R&B” etc for the background

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_you_know_bro@reddit

Oh no, what ever will they do without you 🥺

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jollytoes@reddit

A lot of people are saying that you don't have to announce not listening to a radio station. While this is true, I appreciate you letting us know that this particular station is shilling for the biggest mass murderers in our country...health care companies.

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BOOMxSTICK@reddit

How many employees should die?

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jollytoes@reddit

3? 17? No idea. How many do you think that it would take for people to start refusing to work at those companies? But, really, employees shouldn't unnecessarily die.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Thank you for understanding the context, love ya ♥️

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major1166@reddit

Yes tbh I don’t listen to radio if I can help it but if I had to it was 92.5 and 97.1 and now that’s shifting to just 92.5. Eagle was already on the way out anyway.

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Traps86@reddit

Saying a murderer should be punished to the highest extend of the law is now "shilling" OK CLOWN

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

The health care companies actually aren’t being punished.

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boyyouguysaredumb@reddit

they're also not killing anybody due to claim denial. People just are saying they are. I think there have been two total lawsuits in 10 years against United for death related to a claim denial. Most of the time the claim denials just cause headaches and financial pain - terrible, but a far stretch from mass murder.

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jollytoes@reddit

He hasn't been convicted of murder. Who's the clown now??

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Traps86@reddit

LOL ok, see you in a year...

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Sp4nkTh3T4nk@reddit

An alleged murderer*

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Extra_Chz_Plz@reddit

DFW ticket forever <3

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PickledFrenchFries@reddit

I think the death penalty for first degree murder is an acceptable punishment.

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frisky_kittyy@reddit

I mean, a lot of people think him murdering a healthcare CEO is justified by this exact logic.

We don't even give the death penalty to mass shooters. All giving him the death penalty would show that a CEO's life is worth more than others'.

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BOOMxSTICK@reddit

Death penalty depends on the state.

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Ok_Belt2521@reddit

I’ve only listened a couple times since it flipped back. This is probably unpopular but I got tired of things like mandatory Metallica. The first song they played when they returned was Metallica ha.

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kbreezy04@reddit

People listen to the radio still?

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lenspointer@reddit

Meanwhile, the guy who killed 23 in El Paso gets a plea deal… hmm.

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847RandomNumbers345@reddit

Screw them. I know they'll happily praise:

A soldier who killed while invading another country on false premises
A cop who killed someone who had a weapon pointed at the ground
Billionaires who kill many through denial forms, like Brian Thompson.
People who kill the poor for the smallest offense

This mindset protects the powerful and ensures they will never justice, under the guise of "law and order".

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WorldcupTicketR16@reddit

Brian Thompson wasn't a billionaire and he didn't kill a single person.

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IceFergs54@reddit

Anyone remember Atom Smasher from 102.1 The Edge?

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dageekywon@reddit

I stopped listining pre freak when they'd play the new music bumper, and then it was a song they had been playing for years already.

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ImJustHereForTheJugs@reddit

Who listens to the radio?????????

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MrWright62@reddit

The Bo and Them Show on 92.5 in the morning is far superior anyways

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MannikkoCartridgeCo@reddit

Never been more disgusted is a low bar

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JoeMacMillan48@reddit

Yep, I miss the days of The Eagle airing inoffensive stuff like Howard Stern.

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butrosfeldo@reddit

And Russ Martin

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engan0@reddit

RIP. Loved the Russ Martin Show

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Suspicious-Pea-7481@reddit

At 3:00 everyday! I would make my family be quiet in the car and turn the radio way up lol now that I think about it, maybe that wasn't appropriate?

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Unsual_Education@reddit

3-7 the best four hours of the day saddest part about leaving the metroplex losing Russ

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AngieL0531@reddit

Had to sit in traffic everyday from grapevine to Dallas for school & Russ always made it actually enjoyable!

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Original_Archer5984@reddit

Woop, woop! Grapevine

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InternetsIsBoring@reddit

3:12 pm for a while.... then 3:20.... then he stopped showing up lol

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GREG_FABBOTT@reddit

Bush Jr. era Russ Martin was a force to be reckoned with. Only time I wished my commute was longer.

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kadinzaofelune@reddit

My brother was listening to the Eagle when 9/11 happened. He recorded the few hours he could get on a cassette. I am gonna try and get it off the cassette and clean it up. I was in Washington DC when it happened and near the Pentagon. My ex wife's cousin bead in the South Tower of the WTC and didn't make it out. Had a buddy that was in NYC working to setup a new network for a company in the WTC and they were told the night before not to come in until noon because of painting. We are blessed that he wasn't there.

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throwthisawaynerdboy@reddit

Bummer for those painters though maybe.

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LightsStayOnInFrisco@reddit

I missed that era. What would he say?

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FanNo3898@reddit

Was driving to Kilgore a few weekends ago and lost the local station I was listening to. Scanned the radio and lo and behold some show was on and it had JD Ryan as the co-host. Knew that voice instantly.

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nace71@reddit

I'm sure Russ' spirit would be shocked to learn that the grand wizard ended up in East TX.

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FanNo3898@reddit

“It’s an illusion”

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Rough_Release1332@reddit

He co-hosts with the guy from givemethevin.com. they're on the radio on Saturdays till noon on 92.5 here in DFW

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FanNo3898@reddit

So crazy didn’t even know he was still around.

Man y’all got me thinking. I used to be good friends with black Eddie. Has to of been a decade since we talked. Gonna have to call him assuming he’s alive still.

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Sight_Distance@reddit

Every time I hear a newscaster say the word Putin, I hear a fart noise.

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Neckrongonekrypton@reddit

🤣👌 pootin it up brah 😭

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BosomBosons@reddit

They have radios outside of cars too.

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SameSadMan@reddit

I missed out on Russ bc I was (and am) a P1, but a lot of my friends at the time were Russ listeners.

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FreddyFlintz@reddit

Not the same without bad radio and the hardline ( why today doesn’t suck)

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showMeYourPitties10@reddit

Was a delivery driver in 2011, and I would make sure my sift was during the broadcast. When he left/passed, I never turned on the radio again, I have had my current car for three years and have never even programmed the radio presets. Even cowboys games I'm on YouTube TV from my phone to listen if I happen to be driving.

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butrosfeldo@reddit

That was when I was in high school & I was the only teenager (that I knew) who knew anything about him. I’d take the long way home to listen to his insanity.

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FreddyFlintz@reddit

Kramer and twitch

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No_Landscape_9328@reddit

Best Aprils fools joke of all times.

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PutTheDogsInTheTrunk@reddit

Can you expand on that?

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No_Landscape_9328@reddit

Back in the late 90’s they spent a whole show covering the “breaking news” of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake dying in a car accident. It’s what lead to them being fired. The eagle played angry voice mail during add breaks and apologized profusely for a week.

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FreddyFlintz@reddit

After listening my entire childhood I can say they did much worse 🤣

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No_Landscape_9328@reddit

I think it’s just the amount of people that called to complain that got them fired. I remember listing to that show in my room past my bed time, keeping it turned down not to get in trouble. Simpler times. Still could find playboys in the woods. Yeah I can look porn up on my phone, but there’s nothing like finding an old porn mag as a child.

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FreddyFlintz@reddit

Looks like twitch now runs oversees a whole region of radio for cumulus!!

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Weak-Ad-3464@reddit

Texas Jam is coming back to the Cotton Bowl

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LockhartTx2002@reddit

That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time

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ShopMajesticPanchos@reddit

That was his name. I loved Russ.

Pretty decent fellow all rudeness aside.

When people went acab he said let's make sure they can retire or that their families are safe. And left it at that.

Also believed people had till there 30's to figure out life. Not 18.

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butrosfeldo@reddit

Idk what your metric is for being decent but Russ never really struck me that way. Did a lot of charity for cops, sure, but also was a domestic abuser, alcoholic, and general narcissistic pain in the ass to everyone he worked with.

Can’t lie though — dude was funny

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showMeYourPitties10@reddit

Yeah, it seemed like his show character was either taking over his actual personality or his character was his actual personality that he let loose as he gained more success. Still miss listening to the show, and I completely separate entertainment from the entertainer. One thing I regret doing when I listened to radio was look up what the voices looked like, I had a completely different visual of them in my head; Russ, funny enough, I always envisioned Kenny Powers. Dan was Romo, Chloe was fat Jonah Hill...

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AJobForMe@reddit

Looking up pictures of Valorie tho, didn’t disappoint.

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butrosfeldo@reddit

When he put an “Open House” sign outside of his boss’s house

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duchess_of_nothing@reddit

Dude was an alcoholic mess who beat on women and died lonely and alone.

Definitely NOT a decent dude.

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ShopMajesticPanchos@reddit

Allegedly, and some people liked him. Just because he wasn't married didn't mean he died alone

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ZombiePrefontaine@reddit

He literally died alone.

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duchess_of_nothing@reddit

On the show they said they found him dead in his house.

So yes alone

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ShopMajesticPanchos@reddit

So in a gay metaphorical way, that doesn't matter.

Like yeah, I bet you touch your butt. I mean you do, but it wasn't really necessary to say out loud.

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ZombiePrefontaine@reddit

Rudeness? He was an abusive partner ( dv charges) and low-key kinda racist

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gvineq@reddit

You might be the only person to say Martain was a decent guy.

By all accounts of those who knew and worked with him, he went out of his way and took pride in being an ass.

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OmenQtx@reddit

Did you pee your pants?

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butrosfeldo@reddit

Yes. I got scared when the intern fell to his death off of that ladder.

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Magician_Lords@reddit

Buddy did you eat it?

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JediJantzen@reddit

Was Howard Stern on The Eagle in Dallas? When I moved to Dallas he was on 105.3

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b0v1n3r3x@reddit

September 8, 1992 until July 25, 1997 he was on KEGL 97.1 in Dallas

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JoeMacMillan48@reddit

Yes, in the 90s.

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JediJantzen@reddit

The Glory Days of Stern!

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butrosfeldo@reddit

That’s where he moved right before the switch to satellite

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Boring_Football3595@reddit

No worries. Stern’s balls fell off appeasing people like OP.

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Cokej01@reddit

And the 25 minute commercial breaks.

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CarelessSuspect2110@reddit

Offensive is different from championing fascism.

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Equivalent-Shoe6239@reddit

Bababooey

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Gmajj@reddit

https://youtu.be/JL6ReqxGV5w?si=iFYL4xey4nf6apbZ

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cramothmasterson@reddit

Hey now

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General-Carob-6087@reddit

Fla fla flo fly

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johdawson@reddit

This is what dreams are made of!

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jmster109@reddit

I just think their song rotation sucks ass

I stopped listening cause I got so sick of hearing Enter Sandman over and over again

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Doomedpaladin@reddit

Its a millennial oldie station shoved into a sports talk station, with active listeners who think the current U.S. administration is doing work specifically for them (i.e. idiots). It’s been dead to me for a while. 88.1 is the go-to for people who still listen to the radio, and that’s super hilarious because it’s just UNT’s campus radio showing the rest of the industry how it should be done.

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Ok_Bicycle_8228@reddit

Lmao that’s what did it? Not the same shitty 13 rock songs they cycle through?

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AcceptableCode8939@reddit

Hmmm a murder in cold blood….seems like if there is a death penalty this would qualify.

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neilparkertx@reddit

Agree with others - Russ never said ANYTHING controversial or in poor taste. Stern was as G-rated as it could get.

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Boldfury@reddit

Kevin Turner aka ktfuntweets mention this post on the 97.1 Ben and Skin show today at 3:00pm. You should be feel honored and you should keep listening to the station.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Really? Mixed feelings about that

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ktfuntweets@reddit

I’m also the guy who said don’t punish the local hosts for something that offended you from a show that’s nationally syndicated.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

I get that. Hope you believe me, I’m not exactly sure what to do at this point. I won’t stoke the fire, but I did not expect this much attention.

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ShadowFlameSA@reddit

They genuinely need to mute radio DJ microphones and play the fucking music… the garbage these people will talk about to make up 30min spaces is, as you put it, quite disgusting.

Nobody needs to hear stories from grown men on the time their dad taught them to shave their balls while driving into work… or to hear their undying devotion to self-centered opinions. Nobody gives a fuck, just play rock & roll and fuck off. 👀

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erikjanson@reddit

I miss 102.1 the edge

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Snobolski@reddit

I miss Q-102 Album Rock

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

Hi fellow oldie.

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RobbinAustin@reddit

Kzew has entered the chat. But I really, really, really miss Z Rock.

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KnockMeYourLobes@reddit

Me too.

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vasqd@reddit

I miss ZRock!

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RobbinAustin@reddit

This is the way. Saw a dude at Geoff Tate Sunday wearing the Austin affiliate shirt. Damn near brought a tear to my eye.

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azwethinkweizm@reddit

The adventure club!

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MangorTX@reddit

and 94.5 the edge

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Skinny_Phoenix@reddit

🎶 I'm a Barbie girl 🎶

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TexasCoconut@reddit

Jagger and Julie in the mornings, Jesse in the afternoons, adventure club with Josh.

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Darce_Man@reddit

Yes!!!!!

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MohandasBlondie@reddit

I miss 94.5 The Edge.

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WarmObjective6445@reddit

The Eagle and The Zoo from the '70s-'80s was smoking. Golden age of FM in DFW. All I got o remember them is the tee shirts and bumper stickers I saved.

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PatAWS@reddit

Ya if you kill someone in cold blood you should receive the death penalty. Weird that’s the point that makes you leave the eagle, when that’s just the law

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Complex_Confusion552@reddit

KXT 97.1 No ads, A good range of music

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joshlhead@reddit

91.7* but I agree with you

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Complex_Confusion552@reddit

Damn, I had one job...

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scanman898@reddit

97.1 will always be The Zoo KZEW

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nonsensepineapple@reddit

I flipped the station identification in my head and thought for a second that one of the DJs on 91.7 KXT did this lol.

Just use Spotify or something. Radio is a dying medium and you can get what you want from the internet with as much or as little politics as you want.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

I normally do not listen anymore. But I still have staple “stations” I will listen to for a moment.

They played some things I liked when I turned on the car. Today? “Luigi deserves death, I don’t get it”

Removed.

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ktfuntweets@reddit

As someone who works at the station, that was the opinion of someone on the morning show…so plz don’t quit the station because one person said something you disagree with.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Don’t care, I’d only come back if they’re fired and public apologies made by the company.

I’ve listened to this station for DECADES and that was the most DISGUSTING thing to have an opinion on.

I permanently removed it from my radio. The fact that was allowed to air means I’m never coming back. That was the final nail, last straw, etc.

If you really work for them, then forward this to everyone. I will never let that channel ever be used in my car again. I’m going to recommend to everyone that the eagle is dead and to not even waste their time. I’m going to cherish the memories I had of the good days, but the eagle is officially dead.

Hope it was awesome getting that “unpopular opinion” out there.

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ResponsibilityNew490@reddit

Yes! A man should be fired because I disagree with him! Good lord.

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ktfuntweets@reddit

I’m old enough to know you can’t plz everybody, so this will be my last message but That opinion came from a syndicated show out of LA, so maybe don’t punish the local people who work at the Eagle in Dallas for that.

Also in this economy, real weird to ever wish or try to get anybody fired.

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BorgeHastrup@reddit

Assassin Freefall: winner gets to walk free of all charges, losers get launched into the sun 1 by 1.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Is this THE ktfuntweets?

Listen. You probably won’t even read this but, doesn’t matter, DAMAGE IS DONE. I LOVED the eagle. This hurts me more than anything. But this “DJ” airing out his “opinions” makes me feel like it most certainly goes to the top.

That your bosses agree, a small common man whose family died because of denied claims, him getting denied claims, so that insurance companies can take money from you and not give ANYTHING back as they rob those lesser than them that they promised to help.

For the rest of time I will be telling people that those at 97.1 believe common people should be killed if they ever step out of line.

I don’t think you understand how BAD this was.

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_2_old_4_this_@reddit

my man, you're a bit unhinged in all these comments you've had around here.

sounds like you were on the edge of snapping, and picked this reason and method to snap.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Unhinged?

Publicly stating on a radio that a man should get the death penalty without due process or presumption of innocent till proven guilty.

That’s not unhinged?

I have a right to be mad, that’s not a good look. This means the station thinks it’s okay. This means that rich assholes think you should be murdered because they don’t want an uprising and want you to just consume and spend money on them.

So I’m not listening. And actively telling others the same. It’s a dead radio station anyways

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_2_old_4_this_@reddit

Publicly stating on a radio that a man should get the death penalty without due process or presumption of innocent till proven guilty.

Were those the exact words, or was it more like "I think luigi should get the death penalty", and then you added all the rest?

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TakeATrainOrBusFFS@reddit

I support you, OP. Keep it up.

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neatgeek83@reddit

what exactly is so shocking to you about someone accused of premeditated murder (an assassination) being considered for the death penalty?

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

It’s the media promoting it. These “jokes” and shows are pre screened.

A rich asshole okayed this djs position and said it was okay to talk about.

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neatgeek83@reddit

i still don't understand what about the on-air statement got your panties in a wad. the media is commenting on the news: https://abcnews.go.com/US/attorney-general-pam-bondi-directs-prosecutors-seek-death/story?id=120374321

it's not like a kid accidentally killed someone with his bike and is getting the death penalty. that would be "disgusting."

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Bye troll

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ResponsibilityNew490@reddit

This isn’t trolling. He’s debating you. Dang, son… you are as weak as they come.

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ResponsibilityNew490@reddit

Why the first two paragraphs of lead in? So if you really loved the station then you wouldn’t “be done”? Stop being emotional over opinions you don’t agree with. Disagree, then go on about your life.

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Pure_Chaos97@reddit

I was done with the Eagle long before the freak took over. After the Russ Martin show left it kinda went downhill, way too many raido ads too. 92.5 is superior in everyway.

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InfamousRelation9073@reddit

What was this in? Ben and skin? They have their own opinions, and frankly, you may agree with Maglioni and his views, frankly I do myself, but he broke the law of the land. And he'll face the consequences. That's how it works. Should we let anyone who claims to be making a good point the freedom to kill people? Who would then decide if the cause they're promoting is good enough to excuse murder or not? The guys in the radio were completely correct. Idk why anyone would expect Luigi to get any type of pass or anything just because the guy he killed probably deserved it. He shit someone and killed him. Plain and simple.

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JesseDangerr89@reddit

Oh. More liberal crap

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SaneSamSonOfMan@reddit

Oh no! Someone has a different opinion than me? Get over it you sissy.

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LIMA_IX@reddit

It’s always just people yapping. Like play some damn music

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rambam80@reddit

Rock radio in Dallas has sucked since we lost Q102.

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ChangeWinter5017@reddit

Ben and Skin show Sucks

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jdean192@reddit

They are radio poison evidenced by the fact they keep bouncing from station to station

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ktfuntweets@reddit

Bouncing around is good actually, you get pay raises : )

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jdean192@reddit

And you get to “Say what you want!”

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ktfuntweets@reddit

Yeah none of us wanted that but we’re also not the boss

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Hereforthegossip1803@reddit

I stop listening to the Eagle when Russ Martin passed away.

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Hereforthegossip1803@reddit

I stop listening to the Eagle when Russ Martin passes away.

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IranianLawyer@reddit

I’m shocked by the number of times I see people talking about radio stations on this subreddit.

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ktfuntweets@reddit

It’s not a popular thing to say, but statistically radio still has tremendous reach.

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BorgeHastrup@reddit

BRING BACK THE FREAK

/u/Sirois's severance pay is almost over, so this would really be advantageous.

Make it happen /u/ktfuntweets

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ktfuntweets@reddit

I wish I could.

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Vinylforvampires@reddit

The whole thing was a hoax anyways. Since when do inmates go to hearings in cashmere sweaters?

The whole investigation and trial have been expedited that's not realistic with normal investigations. Plus the video, so convenient it was perfect frame and lighting

The whole thing is to divide people, like always, keep score, go as him for halloween etc. Once the circus is over, Luigi and Brian will be on different assignment for the CIA and be in Turkey where no one will have any idea who they are

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

I was happy it was back for about one commute. Then I went back to my mp3 cds, and forgot about it.

That Luigi thing shows how tone deaf media is to their audience. We really need a broader discussion about why people support what he did, while still generally agreeing that murder is wrong. I've been saying for years that my uncle is a sociopath. His job is denying insurance claims. He is indirectly causing the death of dozens of people, and then he can laugh about it.

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Correct_Roll_3005@reddit

KNON is the way. Corporate radio is garbage.

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Boring_Football3595@reddit

Grow up. Not everyone has to agree with your opinion. I swear you people act like spoiled children.

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Hot-Syrup-5833@reddit

lol… so you feel the need to announce youre not listening to a radio station anymore because they said something you don’t agree with? Get over yourself dude.

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emeraldc6821@reddit

This is the cousin of someone announcing that they are leaving Facebook but wanting everyone to know how to reach them when they are gone.

(I never recall anyone who announced “leaving” FB who didn’t show back up at some later point.)

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Ooo hot take.

Listen, I don’t even care what you think but yes that’s genuinely why there’s public forms.

Lots of people agree with me, and actually understand what I’m talking about.

Those people probably have jobs and commute through Dallas every day. Unlike you, who probably lives in their moms basement.

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boyyouguysaredumb@reddit

Listen, I don’t even care what you think

you obviously very much care what other people think - that need for validation is the whole reason you made a post on reddit about not listening to a radio station anymore

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Hot-Syrup-5833@reddit

“Lots of people agree with me, and actually understand what I’m talking about.”

Everyone clapped! Ok guy.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Blocked troll

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UnknownQTY@reddit

I am always shocked when people confess they listen to FM radio at all.

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oac0005@reddit

Was it the Woody show? That show is usually pretty funny, but I would probably stop listening to it if it was during that segment. Yeah the Eagle has gone down, but so has the quality of “rock” music being made today.

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burn469@reddit

How is he wrong? Actions have consequences.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Yeah like denying claims and using ai to deny more claims killing people by denying those claims because they didn’t give the insurance company enough money.

Actions have consequences poor, you need to give me more money and I’m gonna deny your claim anyway lol

That’s what you think is right? Dumbass

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Bbkingml13@reddit

So people are allowed gun down other humans in the street if a prior authorization is denied?

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Nalin163@reddit

No? I don't think that is at all what the OP is trying to say and honestly feel like you are just trying to rage bait with how purposely obtuse you would have to be to think that is what is being said.

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Bbkingml13@reddit

I think you haven’t read through OPs replies if you think I’m being obtuse

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burn469@reddit

I’m not dumbass. Go protest or something.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

LMFAO 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 TGE FUCKING IRONY I CANT TAKE IT 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OMG I CANT FUCK BREATHE 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

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coaxsempai@reddit

You're insane... murderers are bad k thnx

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Electrical_Feature12@reddit

It’s the same 20 songs since 2000. Sucks. Bring back KZEW!

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captainn_chunk@reddit

They should have kept it the freak. The corpo overlords at iHeart gave them a 6month leash to do what needed to take 18 months and pulled the plug the moment they didn’t see a 500% increase in profit.

Corporate radio is lost and to think they can just go back to it with the click of a mouse is fucking sadly hilarious. They can eat shit and burn in it

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fatherleadfoot@reddit

I lived through the same and now my dial is stuck (has been for years) on the similar looking, but very different sounding, 91.7 kxt.

We are lucky to have it and it’s worth the donation.

I remember going into schools one day listening to the eagle and when I left it was something like “Sunny 97.1 fm”. I remember going over the the EDGE at the time and the DJ there’s being like “this is some BS”.

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katie4@reddit

The abrupt Sunny 97.1 switch was like the 9/11 of the hot topic kids in high school lol. What am I supposed to do? Where will I find another $11 to buy a cd to put into my cd player with the converter cord thing that goes into my car’s cassette slot?!

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RandomName39483@reddit

+1 for 91.7. They actually played Zappa’s Goblin Girl on Halloween. What other station could get away with that?!

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muskratboy@reddit

Upvotes for KXT, it’s the best radio station available and commercial free. Once you put it on, you never have to change the channel again.

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AbueloOdin@reddit

I switch between KXT and KERA. I've already owned like 90% of the playlist on other stations for years.

I actually discover (St. Vincent) and rediscover (The Decemberists) bands on KXT. That's worth it.

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

Love The Decemberists!

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ThorManhammer@reddit

Well there goes a third of their audience

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WestHamCrash@reddit

Fantastic line

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Joker61FTL@reddit

lol

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SexyOctagon@reddit

That’s what, 7 people?

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BrainPharts@reddit

4.3 now.

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xhelo@reddit

Third of what's left...

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dudewlf@reddit

I miss 1021 the edge

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butrosfeldo@reddit

Russ Martin punching his grave while dressed as Batman, while reading this

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ThatOneHelldiver@reddit

You don't like the Porno Birthdays at 5:45am every morning?

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ThatOneHelldiver@reddit

Boo Hoo?

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IamEu4ic@reddit

Crazy that it took a differing opinion to get you to turn off the radio. Most of us haven’t listened in years.

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Ohif0n1y@reddit

It'd be interesting if someone called him and asked if he was all for Patrick Crusius to be given the death penalty instead of a plea deal for his killing 23 people in a racist shooting in Walmart in 2019.

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DrunkenDude123@reddit

I’ve been done since Russ’ death, and then tried again only to find out Clo was a pedo all along. Then they pulled a wildcard and started broadcasting the Mavs games. You couldn’t have said it better by calling it a “hollow shell of itself”

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Rough_Release1332@reddit

I just want them to play something made in this decade.

"97.1 The Eagle rocks DFW!"

30 year old nirvana song plays

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Prize_Huckleberry_79@reddit

What? You’ll miss out on that Theory of a Deadman and Five Finger Death punch song!

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Sbeast86@reddit

You dont become a clearchannel DJ today by voicing anything controversial

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fauxbliviot@reddit

I stopped listening to 92.5 when they played a song about gangbanging a lady during my 630 am commute. It wasn't even a clever or witty song, just pure sexual aggressive cringe.

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Wholenchilada@reddit

Heaven forbid someone has an opinion you may not agree with.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Ditto

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reconfit@reddit

Lmao, you're so silly.

You should have stopped listening because the station absolutely sucks ass and plays the same 20 songs on repeat all day.

I'd recommend you listening to the Ticket, but I can tell you'd be offended there as well.

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boolem@reddit

97.1 died with Russ..

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Upset_Government_248@reddit

I wish they played music

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ziris_@reddit

Nah, I tuned out when I heard kid rock playing. Their choice of music is trash now.

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woemoejack@reddit

Meh. The opinions of others don't factor into my decisions much but I've also been done with radio for a long time because it's trash just like over the air television. No streaming services either. I buy all the music I want, physical media or download, and load it into my aging iPod touch.

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truth-4-sale@reddit

I left The Eagle 97.1 when they based their station around personalities vs great music. Ala the Howard Stern broadcasts. I grew up with FM radio before there was the Social Engineering "Drive Time" instituted natiuonwide.

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Do-you-see-it-now@reddit

You can almost be guaranteed that he was made to say a prewritten statement about it per the owners wishes.

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Neon570@reddit

K

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Traps86@reddit

Cool, but i agree with the DJ. Luigi should receive the highest punishment for killing someone in cold blood. That was someone's son/father/husband...AND that CEO didnt ever do anything the killer personally.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Lmfao

CEO denies people claims, builds ai to deny better than humans can, leading to many deaths because of denied insurance

LMFAO

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ITS NOT MURDER WHEN THERES NO GUN LOLOLOLOLOL I CAN KILL WHOEVER I WANT AS LONG AS THE MURDER WEAPON ISNT A GUN BEST PART IS THESE LOSERS PAY ME HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Traps86@reddit

good luck with your life, you'll need it

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_2_old_4_this_@reddit

remember when I said unhinged?

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

You really read into too much. It’s unhinged you care that much

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_2_old_4_this_@reddit

You really read into too much.

I'm assuming you did as well, to the simple statement of "he deserves the death penalty."

I bet 95% of what you've claimed was said, was just your assumption on what that simple statement implied, and not actual things the DJ or whoever actually said.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Nope, I and a few others heard the exact same thing.

I could care less

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_El_Barto@reddit

Here is the attention you requested...

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monstaberrr@reddit

Lol that was a paid announcement. Someone paid the eagle for the spokesperson to relay that message to the masses

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knuckles_n_chuckles@reddit

Wow shock jocks hit diff these days.

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duchess_of_nothing@reddit

People listen to the radio??

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ZombiePrefontaine@reddit

A big turning point with the eagle was when Obama became president. I noticed it getting weird then . Russ Martin was pretty problematic and his cohosts were such simps for Russ.

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trimondo_blondomina@reddit

Commercial radio is awful and has been awful for a while now. However we have some excellent non commercial stations.

91.7 KXT and 88.7 KTCU are wide format stations that have huge playlists and dig deep on the artists you know while introducing you to up and coming artists and actually give local bands a chance.

89.3 KNON is a block formatted station that plays everything, ever. But you have to look for a block you like.

88.1 KNTU has an identical playlist to the 102.1 Edge and Alt 103.7, but is commercial free. Side note: I tried 103.7 a week or two ago at the “all request lunch” and I can confidently say 103.7 sucks. Camfield isn’t that interesting and the music is stale. Seriously, ANY KXT DJ is better.

88.5 KEOM is a fantastic oldies station and 101.1 is a great classical station. 95.3 the Range is commercial, but they dig deeper on country and give the smaller Texas artists a chance.

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lordb4@reddit

I'm convinced Camfield pre-records all his bits because he is ALWAYS there.

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trimondo_blondomina@reddit

You’re not wrong. Basically everything is voice tracked nowadays. It’s cheaper and the automation software makes it super easy.

This last Christmas Eve, Jackson, one of the KXT DJs, said something along the lines of “don’t worry about me working in the booth Christmas Eve, this is prerecorded, I’m with my family.”

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muskratboy@reddit

KXT djs are all good but I do miss Nillifer Arsala.

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trimondo_blondomina@reddit

Same, but Waffles has been a wonderful replacement for the local show.

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3-DMan@reddit

She needs a sidekick named Chicken!

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msondo@reddit

Afterwards did they play Rage Against the Machine?

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Surlyllama23@reddit

Someone had to pick up the Edge's slack when they went off the air. Is life really worth living if you can't hear Bulls on Parade, Alive by Pearl Jam, or any 90s Green Day song once an hour? /s

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hardleft121@reddit

Then Green Day and The Offspring

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EnergieTurtle@reddit

Don’t forget Disturbed!

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Snobolski@reddit

At least once in every day part.

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On_Food@reddit

If you're looking for music, 128db rock app is great. Local show hosts, lots of good music in the rotation. It's what Dallas radio SHOULD be.

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trimondo_blondomina@reddit

My boy DJ Mark, of the Edge, has a great Sunday night Local show and Indie show on 128db. I wish Indie 88.1 had given him a show, but honestly, this is better. Especially for a KXT head. Two hours of Mark’s show followed by two hours of the Paul Slavens show is amazing.

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Herry_Up@reddit

One man compared to how many????

Fuck that DJ.

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CFH75@reddit

I'm done with this whole country. It's fucking idiocracy. We are an embarrassment, and I only hope that I live to see those responsible face some kind of justice....but I doubt it.

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Bo0tyWizrd@reddit

They'll argue for Luigi to get the death penalty while mass shooters don't even get that.

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ANNDITSGON3@reddit

Womp womp, buy a Bluetooth head unit ffs. They are $25 in Walmart.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Next up: guy who doesn’t understand how the radio dial works.

Blue tooth doesn’t turn off your radio

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Professional-Wear359@reddit

That made you more disgusted than anything else in your entire life?

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Butter_mah_bisqits@reddit

I still remember in the 80’s when they “converted” their station. All they played were the fucking Eagles for days while they figured out wtf to do.

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Rooster_Castille@reddit

I think if you pay attention you do hear radio guys running off at the mouth with opinions you will extremely dislike. It's the same issue with following anyone else in media. Sure you like Chris Pratt but do you pay any attention to his opinion on women's roles? Or Henry Cavill saying he's afraid to date because he thinks every woman is a rabid feminist who will accuse him of R* if he so much as looks at them?

Most of us fell of terrestrial radio during one of the many waves of corporate shifts. For me, the Eagle has always been "metallica metallica metallica skynrd metallica metallica five finger death punch" and that hasn't ever appealed to me. You can just go buy some metallica albums and enjoy that a lot better because there won't be twenty minutes of extremely stupid ads every hour. You can just go buy the Freebird single. Records, CDs, MP3s all exist. And then there's streaming. The thing radio offers that is unique is a sense of community, and corporate radio in our area has done a real bad job at that. You get more cool stuff out of the indie stations. We used to have a bunch of them, I think there's just two or three now. Even the university stations are a better experience. Plus they play new cool stuff you would never hear on corporate radio, or hits that corporate radio won't pick up until a year later.

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Freejak33@reddit

why listen to the radio in 2025?

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stykface@reddit

I want what's best for everyone suffering a medical issue and are "denied" and I do not want to justify what the DJ said or what Mangione did, but you absolutely cannot take matters into your own hand like Mangione did. This is complete and total chaos if we just murdered people because we felt like it.

Broken systems need to be done the right way or society would collapse.

The last thing I'll say is no matter what system you have in place, the reality is you will still have people denied life-saving medical services because a free market or controlled market cannot make the availability of medical services infinitely abundant. Either a free market creates a low-cost system that delegates medical service priories through the pricing system within the law, or you use a state controlled system that rations the medical services and prioritizes how it sees best fit from tax payers based off applicability. There is no in-between and that's the reality.

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NimuroSan99@reddit

Once Russ passed the Eagle went down him. The new morning show they have blows go*ts! Russ was the last thing that kept me loyal to the station. It's okay though. They'll be a yacht Rick station or Spanish music station before long. That's what they do to the station.

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AgreeableSquid@reddit

Imma jump on the hate train a bit. Used to love the eagle I was glad to see it return buuutttt fuuuckkkkk the vibe is so weird. I feel like they blue balls the shit out of me by talking about a band and their music then they play something completely different, not even similar. It's happened at least to me twice and I only listen to the radio when my phone's not working so I can't even imagine how many times that happens a day if I was able to catch it.

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samuraiskyy@reddit

PLEASE COME BACK 102.1 THE EDGE

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WeagleWeagle357@reddit

I bet you’re pro abortion and euthanasia

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Cjc3478@reddit

The Woody show sucks and blows at the same time. I don’t think they even broadcast from the dfw area and it’s a radio show they syndicate from another city. Also the same damn playlist for music on top of that or their. Ew hit music was music that came out years ago.

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WingsNthingzz@reddit

Their from Los Angeles

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MangorTX@reddit

Their

*They're

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IamtheDoc1@reddit

their their

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WingsNthingzz@reddit

There on 98.7 in LA.

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AppropriateSpecific8@reddit

To be honest we do too. Kiss FM broadcasts into San Antonio, they just have edited recordings of it, they aren’t allowed to talk about anything local, cause they are local to Dallas and not Alamo City, it sounds really generic.

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BlackStarCorona@reddit

Honestly I haven’t listened since Russ Martin got too sick to regularly be on his own show. And yea, I’m showing my age.

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greggo39@reddit

Trey and Dan have a podcast now. It’s good but it’s not the same.

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BlackStarCorona@reddit

What’s the name of it?

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greggo39@reddit

The Treehouse.

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randall103@reddit

IMO, Russ was the only thing that was keeping the Eagle going. He was the last remaining remnant of the "old days" of talk radio and while others tried to continue his style, they could never get it right.

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Shirkaday@reddit

Not even Dan could continue it. Hate to say it but the podcast is just not great IMO.

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dobetterthanthat@reddit

What is the podcast called?

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khz30@reddit

The Treehouse, but it's such a hollow shell of the former Russ Martin Show, that it's not surprising The Eagle decided not to continue with them.

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Darce_Man@reddit

The last year of Russ Martin on the radio was brutal, and you could hear and visualize the decline.

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3-DMan@reddit

As sad as this is to write, I'm glad he wasn't alive to know about Clois' child porn conviction.

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BlackStarCorona@reddit

WHAT?!?!?!

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RockguyRy@reddit

https://www.fox4news.com/news/dfw-radio-personality-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison-for-making-child-pornography

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Shirkaday@reddit

Yep.

Neither him nor Leykis really align with my personal morals, but I would listen to then back to back driving home on Live 105.3 when they were still on there.

It was just a great & fun time in my life, and when I moved back to Dallas in 2014 after not hearing Russ for like 7 years it was so nostalgic.

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BlackStarCorona@reddit

Looking back I can’t believe I listened to Leykis. I moved back to Dallas in 24 after a year away. It really sank in that Russ was gone at that point.

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Shirkaday@reddit

Haha I know! I didn’t subscribe to any of it, but it was entertaining. He drew you in somehow…

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fuelvolts@reddit

Russ was the only reason I ever listened to The Eagle. Dude had his flaws, but he was great radio. RIP.

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BlackStarCorona@reddit

I used to listen in the morning on the way to high school in the 90’s. Then he was afternoon. Probably the only radio program I would sit in a parked car for ten extra mins to hear the end of a bit lol

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XELA_38@reddit

Yeah I remember that!!

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Manueljw@reddit

Are you advocating for murder?

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Fresh-Wealth-8397@reddit

Pretty sure it's legally self defense in Texas

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Quirky-Mode8676@reddit

Feel free to chime in with your solution to insurance companies making BILLIONS on the suffering and death of your fellow Americans.

We can't pay politicians enough to get them in check, or eliminate them, we certainly can't pay the politicians enough to make universal healthcare a thing, so what the fuck are we supposed to do? Just die like good peasants servicing their masters? Courts aren't holding them in check. So who is?

What should the penalty be for stealing millions (denied legitimate coverage) while causing the deaths of millions? This guy literally pushed through a software that automatically denies legitimate claims. If you repeatedly denied legitimate charges to your credit card, that would be fraud, and you could go to jail. But rules for thee, not for me applies when you're wealthy enough to pay off politicians.

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Exanguish@reddit

I don’t know the answer but I’m like 99% sure civilized society doesn’t agree with vigilante murder.

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csonnich@reddit

Look around bro. This is not a civilized society we're living in.

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Exanguish@reddit

Maybe you don’t but I still live in a society that doesn’t condone vigilante murder.

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holy-dragon-scale@reddit

The fact that people have already proven Luigi couldn’t have done it / they have the wrong person is also pretty interesting. But nobody cares about that apparently. I hope Luigi gets off because he doesn’t deserve any of this. He’s just the person they’re pinning it on.

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Manueljw@reddit

Can you provide some proof, here? I haven't kept up with the findings of internet folks.

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holy-dragon-scale@reddit

Not gonna lie, it’s mainly TikTok videos or Reddit rabbit holes because the media wants to pin this on Luigi. But based on what I recall, it was saying Luigi was on the other side of NYC / he wasn’t near and the prosecutors were claiming he biked to kill the CEO and that’s how he “got there so fast” but people did the bike theory and it took double the amount of time for someone in shape be Luigi who has had a back surgery and is not in top health for a bike ride. It’s mainly stuff like that. Also they said they found his backpack in a park with all the stuff but yet they also somehow found his backpack on him at McDonald’s. Just nothing adds up. They’ve also screwed themselves because there’s already a documentary on HBO MAX about this case and it has unreleased evidence supposedly. (Haven’t watched it, just read it online)

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HeavyVoid8@reddit

Which one?

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weirdassmillet@reddit

I, for one, am glad a murderer was taken off the streets. It's just a shame Luigi is catching so much heat for it.

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HoneyIShrunkMyNads@reddit

I was actually with Luigi eating at Lubys on the morning of December 4th

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Rickdrizzle@reddit

You got me at the first half

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greyghost5000@reddit

Alleged murder*

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burberrycondom@reddit

Are you suggesting that the death penalty should be the punishment for murder?

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Begthemeg@reddit

Wild opinion but state sanctioned murder is also bad

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TopNeighborhood2694@reddit

Luigi was just exercising his second amendment rights to use a legal firearm to stand up against tyranny and oppression. You got a problem with that move to fucking China

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Bcg1523@reddit

When it comes to the people who make life harder for other for profit? Fucking kill them all

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barf2288@reddit

Eagle died when Russ left. Haven’t listened since.

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deja-roo@reddit

I mean, I'm opposed to the death penalty, but people who aren't opposed to it aren't some super niche, fringe political position.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

It’s more about them hanging on by a thread. They’ve bled listeners. Some people, like myself, have them dialed in on the radio on the off chance they play a song they like.

Otherwise I’m on Bluetooth. But taking it off that station and removing it from my radio actually does hurt them. Because your radio, regardless if it’s in Bluetooth is still “tuned in” as long as that’s the station you’re on.

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OneAstroNut@reddit

People listen to the radio?

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CeilingUnlimited@reddit

The Ticket running Homeland Security adverts - soooo cringe.

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bobsbrain@reddit

Set your preset to 89.3 KNON, they may not always play what you like but at least they aren't 90% commercials and talk radio.

Plus it's nice to have a variety every time I tune in. Blues, Tejano, Outlaw Country, Rock and Metal. Always something new it feels like.

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404isfound@reddit

Honestly, the main reason no one listens to the radio anymore is because they only play music thats at least a decade old. Nothing new besides pop shit or whatever. If they played brand new rock, or stuff that wasn't popular 60 years ago, they'd be interesting to listen to.

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CoachPetti@reddit

Cry more, just go to a different radio station. No need to post feelings lol

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pardonme206@reddit

Lmao

Bro got his feelings hurt over an opinion

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Lol I can do whatever I want. The funny thing is people BEGGING me not to tell people to not listen.

I had a radio rep message me already. It’s too late.

It’s a disgusting position to have and reflects what the owners of the station believe.

Rich people think you need to consume and give them money. That’s all you exist for.

So stfu, die, and listen to us.

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Bsclassy@reddit

All he said was you got your feelings hurt over an opinion.

And your response was to tell him to “stfu, die, and listen to us.”

Quite telling.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

That’s what I’m saying the rich think of you, way to go English major

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Bsclassy@reddit

Brother you separated the paragraphs. You forced it to have a double meaning. Dont play stupid and act like that wasn’t intentional

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Bye troll

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Exanguish@reddit

lol you are serious?

Please share the message from a radio rep begging you not to tell anyone. I’ve never seen such self importance. Lmao

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

He didn’t say they were begging him not to say anything.

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pardonme206@reddit

Wow you so brave what a big boy, I’m sure Luigi cares so much about how you feel. You sound like a boomer crying about Fox News

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Zhombe@reddit

Any old school cool station died when their functional alcoholic staff either sobered up or died.

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Sure_Station9370@reddit

Listening to the radio in 2025 is absolutely wild. Plug in an aux or Bluetooth your shit holy hell.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

I do. This is what I heard when I turned the car on.

You’re not understanding me, I barely listen to radio, this is a preset. It takes about 30seconds for my phone to connect. I just happened to catch this as it was being said.

My car turns on and the radio is sometimes playing. I hope they lose their 3 listeners left.

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TXElec@reddit

Lol so what's changing if you didn't listen to them in the first place? They gonna miss your 30 seconds?

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

They’re barely hanging on by a thread. A rep actually reached out to me, it’s that serious apparently.

They just came back. Nobody listens. It’s dying.

A rep reaching out means yes, they absolutely care. And idgaf. Before today, it would maybe be one of two radio stations I have dialed in. Just because I’m listening to Bluetooth doesn’t mean the radio isn’t tuned to that station when Bluetooth unplugs or I swap back for whatever reason.

It still counts in their “views” I don’t have to actively be listening.

Taking it off and never being dialed in again means a lot

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fivemagicks@reddit

I don't think I've listened to music radio in DFW since I graduated high school in '08 😂.

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

You’re missing out on a couple of really good indie stations that have started since then. I discover a lot of new music that way.

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fivemagicks@reddit

I have my dozens of playlists on Spotify. I'm alright.

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Breauxmetheus@reddit

Why can’t people just shut the fuck up about politics and do their jobs? That goes for both sides. We’re sick of it.

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CarelessSuspect2110@reddit

A few months ago, I switched over from Alt 103.7 while the commercials were going, and I heard, "we can say that now that Trump is president again." As if anyone was stopping anyone from saying anything while Trump wasn't president. What a fucking moron. I changed the station and won't be putting it on again.

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No_Landscape_9328@reddit

The old eagle gave me a copy of Mudvayne’s first CD outside of monster Jam at Reunion Arena. I was 8.

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fvalt05@reddit

I miss metalhead Robert Miguel

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CutIcy4160@reddit

You should be done with Reddit then as well. So much stupid shit on here daily too.

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ThisCharmingDan99@reddit

Aging myself here, but I miss Q102!

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

I appreciate the heads up. I’m taking it off my pre-sets. I rarely ever catch anything good on that station anyway.

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CommonCoast23@reddit

None of the D/FW radio station are as good as they were in the 80's- 90's era, imho

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

This is facts.

They are not who they once were.

The fact of the matter is, radio is dying already and barely hanging on by a thread. I have no idea why they thought this would be okay. It’s not a “haha funny social commentary comment”. It’s disgusting. Even if it’s rage bait, that doesn’t work like that.

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ArgumentMean7231@reddit

Damn, who said it? They switched back and forth so much that I stopped listening. 6 hours of talk shows one day, 4 genres of music, another day with 2 hours of talk here and there. They never used to play pop(not that I have an issue with it is just not what I'm used to hearing on there), but last summer they were lol. I also thought the old hosts were removed for getting too political and cussing too much. Towards the end of my listening last summer, they took a few weeks' worth of a break after a really political episode, I know they had to have gotten some calls because they were name dropping, cursing, everything lol.

I'm thinking they got a ratings bump one for saying something, and they've just been poking the bear for content ever since tbh.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Idek it was a new morning radio show I’ve never heard. About 8:30 this morning.

They’ve been struggling to get back into it. I barely listen to radio these days because it’s gone down hill but this was too egregious.

The trail haven’t even begun, a jury hasn’t even been selected. The mayor of that town already received backlash for asking the death penalty. His presumption of innocence till proven guilty is gone. The media thinks they can do this.

It’s a big issue that people think it’s a non-issue, and I stand by everything I’ve said.

If you were just a person who casually listened like me, had a spot on my radio to dial in, remove it and just be done with it. It’s just garbage now.

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vitaminz1990@reddit

This is such a reddit moment lol

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CapitanShinyPants@reddit

Laughs in “Mobie in the Morning”…

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No-Representative261@reddit

So you are mad because a DJ has the opinion that a guy who plans a meticulously thought out, premeditated murder deserves the death penalty? Are you against the death penalty absolutely or just in this particular case?

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Dallas-ite@reddit

I could care less about the comments made. I'm more annoyed that it went from the only real rock station in town. To this bs soft rock station that seems to focus on 90s and 2000s rock bands number 1 hits. It's like they run a Spotify playlist that only plays bands top 3 hits and nothing else.

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detox02@reddit

K104 would never

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PissantPrairiePunk@reddit

K One oh Foe!

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detox02@reddit

😂😂😂😂

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zakats@reddit

Luigi didn't do it.

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NTXGBR@reddit

The Eagle ain't an airport buddy. Departures don't need to be announced. If you don't like someone getting the consequences of their actions, no matter how righteous you think they are, then you probably need to look at yourself.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Consequences? Innocent till proven guilty

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NTXGBR@reddit

He...confessed to it. So...what now?

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

When?

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Snobolski@reddit

While the FBI was beating him about the head with old phone books.

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NTXGBR@reddit

When he was writing his 260 word manifesto, very much not during an interrogation.

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flaystus@reddit

I've heard it like....twice.

Once it was a foo fighters song I didn't like so I went to HD2 where the song they were playing ended and a live version of the same foo fighters song played.

The next time everything was from te 90s/2000s and I realized...this is just a classic rock station. There is new shit, they just don't play it.

Now I'm EXTRA careful to not forget my phone even for short drives.

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PissantPrairiePunk@reddit

There goes my hero, watch him as he goes…

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gentlestofjeremys@reddit

It's been garbage for a while now. Seems like every time I tune in they're covering a sports game, some terrible talk show, or adverting Frankle and Frankle law firm for the billionth time. Where's the music?! I used to listen to them for 80s, 90s, and early 2000s rock, and the RMS.

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PieLow3093@reddit

I moved to Austin 20 years ago but came back to the metroplex 3 years back. They play the same music they did before I ever left.

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BIGHAUSDABOSS@reddit

People still listen to public radio wow.

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butrosfeldo@reddit

The Eagle is not public radio, lol

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Ok-Boysenberry-8931@reddit

i guess i’m the only idiot listening to knon

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Ok-Metal-4719@reddit

I find it hard to believe you’re that sensitive and yet never been more disgusted.

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WorldcupTicketR16@reddit

It's performative disgust.

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foppishmanabouttown@reddit

Is Stevens and Pruett still on?

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Aleyla@reddit

I know my truck can tune into local FM stations but I have yet to find a reason to do so. Spotify’s DJ is better in every respect.

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mind_the_matt_18@reddit

Interesting way to virtue signal.

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hardleft121@reddit

They are mean mugging Teslas too, so more points for them

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cletusbob@reddit

Q 102

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DutchBlaz3r@reddit

You guys listen to the radio still?...

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sydneythasquidney@reddit

WOW. I heard this as well coming into work and had my mouth open as I was listening. I adore Ben and Skin on the ride home (been listening to them since 105.3) so that's why I gave the morning show a chance.

The "take" he had was tone deaf to the bigger picture. Majority of the people around me understand the whole picture (not justifying someone being murdered -however, I see/empathize why Luigi was driven to that point of frustration).

PLUS, I don't want to hear about this shit on the way to work. Especially on 97.1...

I will still listen to Ben and Skin on the ride home 🤷‍♀️ but I dont think I will be a listener to any of their other shows.

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lucki-dog@reddit (OP)

Thank god I’m not the only one. I wanted to call in so bad but I’m just gonna tell everyone not to even give it the time of day. Most people I know were kind of on the “I miss it so I’ll just have it there when I hop around”. After I go into work I guarantee nobody I know is listening anymore.

If this aired, that means the big bosses wanted that out there. Rich people want you dead for even thinking what happened is ok. And that’s all I took from it.

Nothing short of a public apology and public firing of the radio dj would convince me otherwise

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robbzilla@reddit

People still listen to radio?

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Shivles87@reddit

I used to listen to Mavs games on 97.1 …

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keesouth@reddit

I don't listen to the station, so I don't care either way, but that sounds like that's the DJ's opinion and not the stance of the station. Why would you be done with the eagle instead of just not listening to that one DJ

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HeavyVoid8@reddit

Bc they put these people on for hours every day?

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keesouth@reddit

The station hasn't even had time to respond to the comment.

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accio_gold@reddit

What's a radio?

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llehctim3750@reddit

"Hollow shell of itself." It really does reflect dallas well.

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DKE3522@reddit

Awww no more I wear my sunglasses at night?

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JohnnyFatSack@reddit

Every time I tune in in my car it’s always commercials. I get that yall love the Frenkles Law Firm and need ad revenue but how bout some actual content or music.

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stopthefkincar@reddit

Stopped listening to radio a long time ago. Tired of the same 5 songs.

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OddSand7870@reddit

Hold up. There are still radio stations? How old are you 70?

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DependentFamous5252@reddit

What there’s still radio? There’s still rock music??

It’s all hip hop and Mexican.

Us whities need to lie down and die.

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Boldfury@reddit

I don't listen to that show on 97.1 , but I don't have a problem with their opinions about Luigi.

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ShopMajesticPanchos@reddit

I can't remember the old dudes name.But I have a feeling he would have been pro manjioni. Just cuz he has a true working class attitude. Then again a lot of heavy Republican ideals so who knows.

But he was always a true conservative.

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