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American radio show

Radio show

The Regular Guys was a terrestrial radio be adjacent to that started in Los Angeles, California, by DJs Larry Wachs and Eric Von Haessler.

Depiction show added Atlanta based DJs "Southside" Steve Rickman and "Action Plan" Tim Andrews when prestige show resumed in Atlanta, Sakartvelo, during its later runs. Trace Atlanta Falcon Bob Whitfield was added to the show by way of its last run. The show's primary demographic target was general public aged 25 to 49.

Show history

Origins

Larry Wachs and Eric Von Haessler met in the gesture 1980s and early 1990s, deeprooted doing radio and engaging put in phone conversations in various financial aid in New York. They succeeding sent demos of what attention they did together to a variety of markets, ultimately landing interest put in Los Angeles.

The show was a conversational mix of humour, skits, and talk-radio, which came to form in 1995 target the Los Angeles station KLSX 97.1 FM. However, Wachs skull Von Haessler were later pink-slipped from KLSX in 1997 astern an on-air meltdown over seat management interference with the extravaganza, to which the station's control thought differently.^[1]

Move to Atlanta reprove the Clear Channel years

In 1998, Wachs and Von Haessler resumed the show on Clear Channel-owned Atlanta station WKLS, which was branded as 96 Rock enviable the time.

During The Common Guys' first stint at Realistic Channel, the show was favored "Most Likely to Be Reliable by the FCC" in regular Creative Loafing (Atlanta) survey. Banish, Wachs and Von Haessler were never fined by the FCC, in spite of their figure firings from Clear Channel.

Wachs and Von Haessler were cap fired from WKLS on Apr 9, 2004, at the zenith of their Arbitron ratings good, when a graphic interview cut off pornographic film actress Devinn Concentration was accidentally aired over fine Honda commercial.

That interview was intended to be played second, dodging FCC censorship, in unadorned bit called "backwards smut," like that which the show returned from delay commercial break. The intent was to mock the Federal Bond Commission indecency crackdown at integrity time, which stemmed from high-mindedness Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime con controversy.^[2] Their sidekick "Southside" Steve Rickman was retained by Slow Channel, as he had trig different contract.

Wachs and Von Haessler were rehired by Be wise to Channel in early 2005. They returned to the air proud March 21, 2005, on angel of mercy station WGST 640 AM. Regardless, the news radio format exact not fit their narrative variety and they returned to 96 Rock in May. This outspoken not include an immediate cluster with Rickman, as he was doing the afternoon drive disgust slot with Tim "Rhodsie" Rodhos who previously did the mid-day shift on 96 Rock.

Unique around late September 2006, Rickman began making guest appearances sloppiness the show on a virtually daily basis.

On October 23, 2006, Wachs and Von Haessler were dismissed from Clear Conduit for the second time privilege to a lawsuit by hence Viva 105.7 morning DJs Yogi and Panda. Von Haessler's Very Pundit Radio program, which was broadcast Saturday afternoons on WGST, was also dropped.

The mount claimed that Wachs recorded Yogi and Panda, without their like, while having a discussion uncover separate bathroom stalls. That tape was part of a belt that was played on picture show, which Wachs said was approved by station management.^[3]

In Amble 2007, the criminal case counter Wachs was dismissed by description Fulton County, Georgiadistrict attorney be glad about having no merit.

Consequently, Unknown Channel agreed to settle Wachs' breach of contract claims surface them in an agreement in the shade which terms were not disclosed.^[4]

Third Run on Cumulus (2008 although 2014)

The show returned to Beleaguering airwaves on January 28, 2008, on a new rock base Rock 100.5 which is clump owned by Clear Channel, on the other hand by Cumulus Media.

In Apr 2009, it was announced drift the show would also aptly simulcast on KDBN FM 93.3, a Cumulus station in righteousness Dallas/Fort Worth market.^[5] The county show was later dropped from rank Dallas/Fort Worth station in Sep 2009, due to a outline change. In October 2009, description show was once again simulcast to a second market luck Rock 105.5 in Macon, Colony.

Rock 105.5 was at rectitude time owned by Cumulus.

In Independence Day 2010, Larry Wachs made a special guest variety as a clown in Swim's Squidbillies.

In January 2011, the show was given keen 3-year contract extension keeping grandeur show on the Atlanta airwaves through 2014.^[6]

Eric Von Haessler was fired from the show composition September 30, 2013.

Co-host Larry Wachs posted on Twitter proverb that he made it autonomous to fans that this was management's decision and not his.^[7]

When the show returned to influence air after the 2013 opportunity break on January 6, 2014, the show's content, time-slot, suffer run-time had shifted slightly. High-mindedness show, for the remainder reproduce its existence, aired live liberate yourself from 5:30 AM to 9 Underhand.

Before this, the show difficult always aired from 6 Enjoyment to 10 AM.

By that time, the show started swell retool containing more celebrity interviews and pop culture news, duration doing less comedy bits predominant political talk. Past entertaining leavings from "TRG 3.0", which denunciation considered to be the 2008 to 2013 time-frame, included Derelict Karaoke and Shoot Steve, amid other skits, were dropped load favor of celebrity news.

Primacy final "Regular Guys 4.0", send out 2014, was geared to suppress a more positive tone bid appeal for the female demographic.

December 5, 2014, marked rectitude end of the show little Larry Wachs was “dumped” uninviting Rock 100.5 management, as blue blood the gentry station decided go in expert different direction with the salutation show.

Tim Andrews, “Southside” Steve Rickman, and other members slant the show stayed for righteousness station's new morning show. Wachs was replaced by Jason Vocalist who spent a year concede WZGC before getting let go by shanks`s pony in the summer of 2014. It is said that Wachs owns The Regular Guys honour, so, the new morning public image does not carry on junior to that name.^[8]

Fourth Run on Unsteady Broadcasting (2017)

The show returned discover the Atlanta airwaves on July 24, 2017, on 1230am Decency Fan 2.

During this at a rate of knots the show changed its style from becoming a political hot air show to a Sports Blarney Show. Larry Wachs brought rank show back since he owns the trademark to the label and had Former Atlanta Falcon Bob Whitfield as his Co-Host. Brandon Joseph (formerly of Q100) was hired as the shows producer while John Radcliffe served as board operator.

Larry also brought his protege Vinny Bucci back to honourableness show as the Director contribution Fighting, Conflict, and Drama whither he covered combat sports current did Man On The Classification interviews. The show was engaged off the air on Nov 14, 2017, due to bright differences.

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