Robert Feder ‏@RobertFeder 2h2 hours ago

This just in: @BenFinfer to fill in on @ESPN1000: http://bit.ly/1HaabsW

March 20, 2015 at 6:00 am by Robert Feder

The last time I heard from Ben Finfer, he was ripping me on the air as “a joke,” “a hack” and a number of other things that I don’t think were meant as compliments.

It was the afternoon of November 20, and I had just reported that his bosses were pulling the plug on The Game 87.7 FM and that he and most of his co-workers would soon be out of work.

Unfortunately, no one had told Finfer the news before he read it on my Twitter feed during his show. (Co-host Alex Quigley knew the night before but hadn’t mentioned it to his partner.) Appearing blindsided and bewildered, an angry Finfer lashed out at his Tribune Media bosses in a 10-minute tirade that became a worldwide sensation.

To some it served as a cautionary tale of how even the best intentions of management can be hijacked in the age of social media. To others it demonstrated conclusively why radio personalities should never be allowed on the air after they learn they’ve been fired.

Finfer eventually made peace with his former bosses, telling columnist Ed Sherman he holds no grudge against them. (I haven’t heard a word from the guy since I wrote the story.)

Now Finfer is about to become radio active again.

ESPN Radio sports/talk WMVP AM 1000 has invited Finfer to fill in for vacationing midday co-host John Jurkovic alongside Carmen DeFalco from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Monday and Tuesday (and possibly Thursday or Friday).

It marks a return to the station where the Buffalo Grove native began his career in 2002. He later worked as a producer and weekend host at CBS Radio sports/talk WSCR AM 670.

Nothing is set beyond next week, but ESPN 1000 program director Adam Delevitt hinted of a possible role for Finfer “in the near future.”

Good for him. Never minded Finji on air, just never followed him to The Game.

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Feder showing a little too much self importance here.

I think he wants Ben to apologize to him. Rumor mill guys dont get apologies.

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Has anyone let Finfer know he is filling in for those days?

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Finfer's rant that day on The Drive was classic.

Seems like a good guy. Hope it works out for him.

many call it a RANT. I dont think the guy ranted at all. He was pissed, anyone would be. He TALKED about how he felt, that was it.

Imagine if North was on the air when he found it he was canned. North ranted more on the air when he talked about them not giving him a raise! when they proposed a pay cut.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I agree.

They all got screwed and he told it like it was.

Yes, Twitter did.

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Wrong.

Instead of calling out his "friend" and partner Alex Quigley, he went after a reporter. The guy sitting next to him knew what was going to happen 24 hours before Feder ever reported it, and he said nothing to him.

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Yup. Bitch move...

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So a guy gets fired, finds out on the air, vents and it is a bitch move.

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He's venting about the wrong person. It's Feder's job to report stuff like this. How about venting to a "friend" who stabbed him in the back?

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Was Ivan calling Quigs move a bitch move or Finfers?

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People vent in different ways when emotional events happen.

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I let Darkside handle all my venting.

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Both moves are bitch moves.

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This is true.

I meant the whole Drive management team saying they'd be given X amount of time to build the station then they get the shaft well before that.

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Well he definitely has a lot of hot air.

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and @ redskingreg
@ Hawg

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If Finfer was so mad, why not go after the punk sitting next to you who didn't think enough of you to give a "heads up"? The bitch move is going after somebody who...
a) Isn't there to respond

and

2) Is much further....removed from the situation than Quigley.

Finfer was scared to say anything to the guy right in the studio with him. Bitch move...

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I don't know, but you seem to know exactly how you would handle the situation. So good for you.

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Finding out you lost your job is a terrible feeling, if anyone has ever gone thru that. You may experience a lack of mental lucidity for the first day. Finding out in a public setting is much worse. I can't imagine finding out while on the air, whether or not anyone was bothering to listen anyhow at the time. That he regained his composure in 20 minutes or so is commendable.
In short I don't blame him at all for losing his shit for a minute, and thinking less than clearly.

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You would completely avoid saying something to somebody who could have warned you ahead of time and choose instead to go after somebody simply reporting fact? Good for you.

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I am glad you are much better with words than me, you alright Darko, you are alright.




Somebody tell Krazy Ivan to stow it.

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I don't blame him at all either. I just think his "shit losing" was directed at the wrong person.

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Agreed. But, we can also agree that given the circumstances, he may have been thinking less than clearly, and his misdirected hostility (that's what ya got see!) could be understood?

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I have a lot of hostility directed at you.

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I'm sure you will, until you remember that I am inferior to you.

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