Mikey’s show on 105.3 was the lowest common denominator of morning radio. It was painful to listen to them all try to ‘out stupid’ each other every day.
When he was hired on by 94.9 I gave it a listen to see if things would change. So far they have not. It is still an exercise in mediocrity. DJ’s have lost the ability to be smart, funny, and entertaining all at the same time.
I would not label Mikey as a religious “extremist” – unless your definition of “extremist” is basically anyone who is a practicing Christian. But I also feel that his on-air proselytizing is totally out of line. That stuff might fly in a big city in the Bible belt; but around here he just comes off like a whiny, sanctimonious, know-it-all.
I spend most of my morning radio time on 1090 AM (sports), or NPR.
To the someone who commented on getting satellite radio as an alternative: Satellite radio is dead.
The new wave will be Internet radios built for your dashboard that work over normal 3G cell connections. Sometimes I use my own cell phone, along with an app called “I heart radio”, to tune into stations in other cities. Just put it on speaker phone and listen away without the additional rip-off monthly subscription fee of satellite.
