WIP Upholds Sanctity of Marriage

Here is Dan Gross, embattled by commenters on all sides, braving the public eye to report on a controversy about an advertisment on 610 WIP (emphasis mine):

If you’re looking to cheat on your spouse, you won’t get any help from sports-radio 610 WIP. It took only two days for the station to yank ads from the Ashley Madison Agency, a Web site designed to help married people discreetly cheat, from its airwaves.

“As soon as I became aware of the ads, I made the decision to immediately pull them,” says Marc Rayfield, senior VP and market manager for CBS Radio. “They were running in both New York and Los Angeles, but my own sense of judgment told me that they do not belong on the radio in Philadelphia,” Rayfield tells us.

Site president Noel Biderman voices the radio spots in which he says he’s speaking to those who are “living a life of quiet despair.” As Pachelbel’s “Canon” plays in the background, Biderman boasts that in its seven years, Ashley Madison has connected millions of people for “risk-free” affairs, and guarantees success.

Yeah, I know what you’re saying: What’s too lowbrow for 610 WIP? And since when would ‘IP care about the sanctity of marriage?! It’s not really all that strange; even the mafia has an honor code.

WIP bans ‘cheating’ ad [Dan Gross, 3rd item]

Howard Eskin Loves Him Some Hillary

Why do the sports talkers cover sports more seriously than they do politics? First, it’s Angelo Cataldi in Barack Obama’s pocket (as he’d probably put it) and now The King goes ga ga over Hillary Clinton.

Yes, radio host and fur salesman Howard Eskin had Hillary Clinton on his show yesterday, and Ump Bump chronicles the softballs Eskin lobbed her way, including these:

• I think Barack Obama has gotten a pass from other talk show hosts…How do you deal with unfairness in the coverage of this primary election?
• You were First Lady while the best president of my lifetime was in the White House. How important was that experience?
• Am I permitted to call you ‘Hillary’?

I can only imagine he got cut off before he could ask her what kind of tree she would be.

What’s even more fun is Chelsea Clinton exaggerates how sexist comments were (or something) and then her mom goes on to a radio show of a dude whose favorite punch line when a woman calls is asking her what she’s cooking for dinner. When’s Hillary Clinton’s next appearance on Don Imus?

Short clip after the jump.

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‘Gay News’ Runs Cover Of The Year

Today’s Philadelphia Gay News cover is simply fantastic. PGN publisher Mark Segal tells The Daily Examiner Obama hasn’t spoken to the gay press since 2004, which is “not acceptable” to him.

I suppose this is as good a time as any to remind you that Barack Obama has been on 610 WIP twice in the last month.

Barack Obama On, Uh, 610 WIP

Barack Freaking Obama called in to the 610 WIP Morning Show and was interviewed by Angelo Freaking Cataldi today. I can only assume Obama’s on his way over to my place later today so we can watch some old Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes. Oh, man, that would be sweet!

Obama even said he wanted to stop by the studios sometime! Plenty of softballs from Cataldi — he’s in Obama’s pocket!! — but he did ask him, “Why should we elect you president?” That’s a question I think commentators on TV don’t really ask, instead focusing on Barack Obama’s pastor and how he offended Pat Buchanan so much he stopped hating gays for a second.

So, yes, if I had a choice of the national TV news covering this election or Angelo Cataldi, it’s 610 WIP’s morning show hands down.

G. Cobb Moving Into Political Realm?

Hey, looks like former NFL linebacker and WIP host G. Cobb is following Stephen A. Smith into the world of political commentary for The Bulletin. I don’t know; but is this the end of Mr. Straight Talk McCain? (I guess Mr. Straight Talk McCain is a pro wrestler or something.) I can’t wait to see what G. Cobb has to think!

Oh, I guess it’s just mislabeled. (But they do still have Papal mass tickets!) But it’s good to see he’s about as successful as the political pundits with his sports report there.

Suburban Radio Station Praises Suburban Candidate

This morning, future mayor of the combined city of New South Jersadelphia — “The City of Brotherly Something Or Other” — one Milton Street showed up to talk about his campaign on 610 WIP. But of course, you say! Right. The Inquirer’s very own award-winning headline writer, Peter Mucha, liveblogged the whole thing, which is a pretty nice service for those of us who don’t want to listen to it.

The brief recap: Cataldi says he’s supporting Street and “his brilliant new strategy.” Milton’s brilliant new strategy, apparently, is to tell black people to stop killing each other: “You’re never going to take white’s folks taxes… and put ‘em in the black community so black folks can stop killing each other.” Well, ehm, okay.

Milton Street also is backtracking on his promise that if 5,000 people don’t show up at his rally March 3 at City Hall, he’s going to drop out of the race. He says that just a lot of people will do.

Despite not living in Philadelphia, Cataldi says Milton Street has his vote. (Yeah, I’d put in the “well if Milton can run for mayor while living in Jersey” joke here, but Cataldi already made it.) Then, after the interview, former Eagles defensive end/ambassador of fun/Terrell Owens attacker Hugh Douglas became the voice of sanity:

“That was a shame. That was a shame. I don’t even know what to say after that … You know, two crazy people on the radio shouldn’t talk to each other. … It’s ridiculous. I can’t believe you did that.”

Anyway, I feel that since Cataldi is a Milton Street supporter, he should go the extra mile and run on his ticket for the position I just made up, Vice Mayor. Hey, if an indicted New Jersey resident can run for mayor, I don’t see why a suburban radio host can’t run for a made-up position. Cataldi is expected to run on a platform of tax breaks for Steven Singer and tax-exempt status for wing-related events.

If you have a better stomach than I do — oh, who am I kidding, I was up at 6 to listen to it — 610 WIP has the whole thing up as an MP3.

Milton on the Morning Show [610 WIP, .mp3]
Live From… Milton Street’s Mouth [Live From...]

T.O. Calls Eskin, Hilarity Ensues

Just when you think Terrell Owens might be out of the Philadelphia sports world, he comes right back in. Yesterday, the embattled receiver actually called in to Howard Eskin’s drive-time show. (Eskin at first is expecting a joke caller.)

The two discuss their meeting at the Super Bowl — where T.O. called Eskin a jerk — like third graders. Owens accuses Eskin of lying. Owens says he didn’t make a snide remark about Bill Parcells. T.O. blames the media. Eskin accuses Owens of being mad about Eskin’s canned food drive (which was done for T.O., har har!), which leads Owens to say a sentence never uttered before in English: “Who told you I was mad about your canned food drive?” Eskin also offers the lamest bet in history, saying he’ll congratulate Owens if he’s on the Cowboys roster next year.

Here’s the interview, from 610 WIP.

Owens’ voice has some sort of echo effect, meaning he’s calling from a cave or his own hyperbaric chamber.

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Archives: Terrell Owens

Blogicized: In Case You Can’t Afford A Walkman…

• God help us: You’re going to be able to get ‘IP on your cell phone. Hopefully they’ll have ringtones of Eskin going, “Cock-a-roach!” [The 700 Level]

• There are only four episodes of Sopranos left, and yet there are so many gay and non-gay plotlines left to explore! [SteveSilver.net]

• Oh, yes, the jihadists are really into Atrios and Suburban Guerilla, and they’re issuing a denial of service attack on conservative blogs only because they love American liberalism. Yeah, those Islamofascists are all about, y’know, gay marriage and such. I thought the oh no the media is ignoring Stephen Colbert (a man with his own TV show and a book coming out) conspiracy theory was going to be the silliest thing I read today. [Blonde Sagacity]

• Oh, come on! Movie studios don’t get techie stuff wrong! I mean, The Net was 99.99 percent true to life. And Hackers was simply the truest movie ever made! [Literal Barrage]

Blogicized: It Is The East, And Craigslist Is The Sun

• Craigslist personals have gone poetic. And people say the Internet isn’t the greatest invention ever. [Suburban Guerilla]

• Steve Martarano has returned to 610 WIP alongside The Cuz (sigh), and with him he brings this fact: Jon “Napoleon Dynamite” Heder is Via Sikahema’s nephew. Awesome. [The 700 Level]

• Speaking sports, the Phillies jumped out to a 6-2 lead and held on by a run for their first two-game winning streak at home. Whoo! Start the parade down Broad right now, babeeee! [Phillies Nation]

$40,000 worth of bobblehead bling

A press release came across my desk the other day, and it’s quite possibly a new sign of the apocalypse:

Sports Radio 610 WIP’s Howard Eskin is proud to announce that this year’s “Eskin Bobblehead” raised over $40,000 for charity. The Eskin Bobblehead, available at kingbobblehead.com, sold out even quicker than last year’s. It also generated more money for charity.

Well, at least Howard is using his fame for good.

Full press release after the jump.

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