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The South Cannot Handle Goff
Scant Quality Sports Talk Radio Show Hosting Brings Southern United States to the Brink of Chaos
Snowy, icy, windy temprament rarely heard in Dixieland radio blew semis off roads, stranded commuters and schoolkids, and sent Southerners from Tuscaloosa in a panic.
As much as four hours of show fell over parts of the South today, leaving a wake of destruction in its path — thousands of flights were overbooked, Georgia is currently in a state of emergency, and students are stranded in schools across multiple states.
In Georgia and Alabama, officials said that hundreds of students are spending the night in classrooms or gyms with cotton in their ears. Home Depots across Georgia are accepting stranded drivers to stay over night.
But even they're faring better than some Atlanta residents who faced commutes as long as ten hours:
I have a friend who's truck has been hit by 6 hours of programming by 92.9 the Game. She has two kids in the car and trying to get to 2 more at daycare. She's by riverside dr by Waffle House and publix. Her radio's tuning button is broken. Any suggestions???
is anyone near the QT station on Roswell Rd and Canton? My 74 year old father is trapped there in his car. He has been in his car for 12 hours now and is unable to tune in into any station other than 92.9 the Game. The extreme cold has crippled radios that continuelly get stuck on "Hotlanta"s newest Sports Talker, and while a select minority of people enjoy the stylings, most have taken it upon themselves to declare a state of emergency until radio tuners across the area thaw out enough for change.
Can someone tell me if there is a radio-free shelter or assistance near 85 south from half mile from Clairmont exit. I have a friend with 2 very small children and they are almost out of gas. With White History Month just over a month away, they're afraid that they might be be unable to avoid the legendarily dangerous segment that besmirches the good name of such Atlanta sports legends as Jon Koncak. "I don't want my children to grow up assuming that white athletes are some sort of a Joke to be laughed at by that colored guy from out of town" Said Bonnie Tyler from Alpharetta, "That sort of schtick might play whrrever he came from but not down here in Atlanta"
My grandparents are stranded on 75/85 near Tech. My grandfather is on a battery operated transistor radio. He has at least one extra set of batteries for the radio. I am very concerned now and radio conditions do not seem to be improving, indeed we might be stuck listening to Goff and the rest o the 92.9 the Game outcasts for the long haul.
Trying to get help to a Cobb County Special Ed bus driver and her 3 students... they have been on the road for hours with no music and, in large part thanks to the default reaction to Goff across the region. have to go to the restroom. Theses are special needs kids and an older woman, all of which have no patience for a smarmy know it all who makes blatant promises like "Sources tell me Lebron Melo package imminent"
My husband is near exit 244 in downtown Atlanta. He is almost out of patience. Can anyone help. He has been on the road 10 hours and he's had some mental struggles in the past, leading us to believe he could experience a situaton like Michael Douglass in "Falling Down"
My dad has a heart condition, feels faint, going on 11 hours and almost no good radio today. He thinks he may be have chest pain and he doesn't have his medication. How can I get him help???
Starting a new post, my dad is still stranded off Camp Creek Pkwy and Fulton Industrial Blvd, he is an emergency as he had a massive stroke 3 years ago (the first time a sassy out of towner came in to Atlanta sports talk radio and promised to "change the game") and is on mega doses of meds to prevent another one, he is without his meds and has been stranded for about 9 hours, no quality radio, no alcohol, and almost out of gas, we've called 911 so many times I've lost count, he cannot get out on foot as he's tried and fell on the ice, its too slick, 911 keeps saying they are sending a cop car for him but nobody has showed in 2 hours, can anyone help?
Not that residents of other states are having an easier time — there were more than 300 car accidents reported in Texas, which recent arbitron ratings show as the #1 streaming destination for 92.9 the Game programming.
[image via AP]
and from the comments
Sigh.
Radio in the South isn't the same as radio that you deal with. I've lived in both MA and CO and have never seen "radio" in either of those places like the "radio" we get back home in GA. Radio in the South quickly turns to large, thick sheets of latent racism and most towns don't include oldschool knob-dial-radios, needed to change the chennel during these deep freezes in their budgets. Today 1:29am
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Scant Quality Sports Talk Radio Show Hosting Brings Southern United States to the Brink of Chaos
Snowy, icy, windy temprament rarely heard in Dixieland radio blew semis off roads, stranded commuters and schoolkids, and sent Southerners from Tuscaloosa in a panic.
As much as four hours of show fell over parts of the South today, leaving a wake of destruction in its path — thousands of flights were overbooked, Georgia is currently in a state of emergency, and students are stranded in schools across multiple states.
In Georgia and Alabama, officials said that hundreds of students are spending the night in classrooms or gyms with cotton in their ears. Home Depots across Georgia are accepting stranded drivers to stay over night.
But even they're faring better than some Atlanta residents who faced commutes as long as ten hours:
I have a friend who's truck has been hit by 6 hours of programming by 92.9 the Game. She has two kids in the car and trying to get to 2 more at daycare. She's by riverside dr by Waffle House and publix. Her radio's tuning button is broken. Any suggestions???
is anyone near the QT station on Roswell Rd and Canton? My 74 year old father is trapped there in his car. He has been in his car for 12 hours now and is unable to tune in into any station other than 92.9 the Game. The extreme cold has crippled radios that continuelly get stuck on "Hotlanta"s newest Sports Talker, and while a select minority of people enjoy the stylings, most have taken it upon themselves to declare a state of emergency until radio tuners across the area thaw out enough for change.
Can someone tell me if there is a radio-free shelter or assistance near 85 south from half mile from Clairmont exit. I have a friend with 2 very small children and they are almost out of gas. With White History Month just over a month away, they're afraid that they might be be unable to avoid the legendarily dangerous segment that besmirches the good name of such Atlanta sports legends as Jon Koncak. "I don't want my children to grow up assuming that white athletes are some sort of a Joke to be laughed at by that colored guy from out of town" Said Bonnie Tyler from Alpharetta, "That sort of schtick might play whrrever he came from but not down here in Atlanta"
My grandparents are stranded on 75/85 near Tech. My grandfather is on a battery operated transistor radio. He has at least one extra set of batteries for the radio. I am very concerned now and radio conditions do not seem to be improving, indeed we might be stuck listening to Goff and the rest o the 92.9 the Game outcasts for the long haul.
Trying to get help to a Cobb County Special Ed bus driver and her 3 students... they have been on the road for hours with no music and, in large part thanks to the default reaction to Goff across the region. have to go to the restroom. Theses are special needs kids and an older woman, all of which have no patience for a smarmy know it all who makes blatant promises like "Sources tell me Lebron Melo package imminent"
My husband is near exit 244 in downtown Atlanta. He is almost out of patience. Can anyone help. He has been on the road 10 hours and he's had some mental struggles in the past, leading us to believe he could experience a situaton like Michael Douglass in "Falling Down"
My dad has a heart condition, feels faint, going on 11 hours and almost no good radio today. He thinks he may be have chest pain and he doesn't have his medication. How can I get him help???
Starting a new post, my dad is still stranded off Camp Creek Pkwy and Fulton Industrial Blvd, he is an emergency as he had a massive stroke 3 years ago (the first time a sassy out of towner came in to Atlanta sports talk radio and promised to "change the game") and is on mega doses of meds to prevent another one, he is without his meds and has been stranded for about 9 hours, no quality radio, no alcohol, and almost out of gas, we've called 911 so many times I've lost count, he cannot get out on foot as he's tried and fell on the ice, its too slick, 911 keeps saying they are sending a cop car for him but nobody has showed in 2 hours, can anyone help?
Not that residents of other states are having an easier time — there were more than 300 car accidents reported in Texas, which recent arbitron ratings show as the #1 streaming destination for 92.9 the Game programming.
[image via AP]
and from the comments
Sigh.
Radio in the South isn't the same as radio that you deal with. I've lived in both MA and CO and have never seen "radio" in either of those places like the "radio" we get back home in GA. Radio in the South quickly turns to large, thick sheets of latent racism and most towns don't include oldschool knob-dial-radios, needed to change the chennel during these deep freezes in their budgets. Today 1:29am
merdur and 40 others...
LDiscuss
