Thom Browne ruined my daily radio listening

[Get Smart]

this is sureal...

the radio talk show station I listen to every day 97.1 in LA is going off the air today at 5pm and being replaced by Top 40 all music, all the time (basically hooking an ipod to the airwaves and hitting play). This was a last second announcement made on air yesterday

so no more Adam Carolla, Frost-Heidi-and-Frank, or Tom Leykis.....mostly I will miss Adam Carolla and his "week in rage" bits.

and why is this happening?

because THOM motherfucking BROWNE (the NYC designer Style Forum loves to hate, not just some guy with the same name) was hired as a consultant by CBS (who owns the radio station) to come in and inject some of his "creativity as a designer" into the radio station's format to turn more profit. So his solution? Fire all the on air personalities and replace them with an iPod (probably in a grosgrain trimmed case and sold to CBS by Browne for $2000)

funny enough, Frosty-Heidi-and-Frank posted a photo from one of Browne's previous shows where the 2 models were wearing the 3 legged pants....to say 'THIS GUY' fucked us all over? haha

**** Thom Browne. I'm glad I don't own anything by you anymore. asshole.

 

[robin]

that is surreal

I wonder how I can go about getting hired to do stuff I know nothing about, though to be honest, I would have done the ipod thing too.

 

[spertia]

That is bizarre. Why would a radio station hire a fashion designer??

 

[shoreman1782]

That's a shame--Carolla is great.

 

[gdl203]

But it's modernist !!!! You just don't get the concept Jason - it's not about the radio programs themselves, it's about Thom and his artistic concept. It's freaking ART, alright?

 

[Get Smart]

the iPod idea is fine, whatever. but Top 40? you'd think Browne would play some modernist 50s jazz...

at least have Paul Reubens do a fashion segment every week, discussing the merits of high trouser hems

 

[robin]

Could also just be a stunt by the radio station/talk show hosts.

 

[texas_jack]

Their sister station here in DC, WJFK, talked about that this morning. They said that the new rating system is just killing talk radio and that music format is just cheaper to do. The same rumors are being floated here.

 

[Get Smart]

Originally Posted by robin

Could also just be a stunt by the radio station/talk show hosts.

nope, the change takes place today at 5pm. it's official and not a stunt

 

[why]

CBS owns the station? That's odd.

 

[DNW]

Wait, is it 04/01?

What the feck does TB know about running a radio station?

 

[Go Surface]

Why would they hire a designer who works with visual aesthetics to 'redesign' a format that has nothing to do with being seen.

 

[texas_jack]

Originally Posted by why

CBS owns the station? That's odd.

CBS did radio before they did TV.

 

[Get Smart]

the only thing I can think of is that Browne knows a head honcho at CBS, maybe someone he repeatedly blows....

 

[onion]

Originally Posted by Get Smart

the only thing I can think of is that Browne knows a head honcho at CBS, maybe someone he repeatedly blows....

Why would Thom be interested in the least to start working in radio though? If anyone is to blame it's the person who hired him.