from Feder

Dan McNeil erupts at The Drive

"Following a high-decibel eruption with his bosses, Chicago radio personality Dan McNeil was missing Friday from the morning show he co-hosts with Pete McMurray on Hubbard Radio classic hits WDRV FM 97.1.

Although McNeil has a long history of altercations with colleagues at other stations throughout his colorful career, up to now there hadn’t been any reports of bad behavior since he joined The Drive last year.

What set him off Thursday, sources said, was an order from his bosses not to talk about Greg Solk on his show. Solk, the radio impresario who created The Drive and hired McNeil and McMurray, was forced out earlier in the week as senior vice president of programming and operations of Hubbard Radio.

“Dan came out screaming in the hallway when he heard that he was being asked not to mention Greg Solk on the air,” said a witness to the scene. Others described it as a “loud verbal outburst” aimed at program director Rob Cressman.

Management downplayed the episode and insisted that McNeil had not been suspended. They attributed his absence from Friday’s show to unspecified “personal matters.” McNeil did not respond to a request for comment.

“There was a healthy, productive discussion about how we’re going to move forward,” said John Gallagher, vice president and market manager of Hubbard Radio Chicago. “Everybody is onboard and planning on being involved.”

It was not known when McNeil would be back on the air. McMurray also was off Friday, but for him it was a previously scheduled vacation day. Producer Scott Miller filled in on the show alongside news anchor Kathy Voltmer.

McNeil and McMurray, both longtime Chicago radio personalities, debuted as morning team on The Drive in March 2015.

After an initially strong start in the ratings, they’ve been underperforming the rest of the station significantly. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, The Drive ranked eighth overall with a 3.4 percent share of all listeners, while mornings tied for 15th with a 2.5 share. In the target demo of men between 25 and 54, The Drive ranked second overall with 5.0 share while mornings were ninth with a 3.6 share."

Perfect time to go back to Spiegel and send Goff to afternoons with Bernstein.

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You can't stop Dan McNeil from talking shop on the air! You're grabbing a tiger by the tail!

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I give Mac credit for not wanting to be censored. Solk was his buddy.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

As bad a thought as you've ever had on this board.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Yup. Censorship is imposed by losers.

Kw laroche situation

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Management interference and deciding what can and cannot be talked about stifles creativity and destroys overall morale .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Come on back, Mac.

We're livin' it, brother.

The gag order is BS.

So Mac is weighing the station down?

He can come back to save the Score now!

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Except to say...

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You know me like that.

diva mcneil, you'd think by now he'd realize that his business treats its employees terribly and just "take it"

He should have just played Feel Like a Number by Seger for an hour straight.

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You know me like that.

I don't think he's allowed to touch the equipment.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I assume mac would have given Solk his due on the air and acknolwedged that the guy put together the best radio station ever.

Johnny B, Kev, Steve and Garry...........and Ed till?tyll?, who gives a shit, Tyll was perfect as the guy you would have had anywhere else, instead here he was the shit end of the stick.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“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.’”

womp-womp

There are only so many times I can hear "the reverse morning drive game" before it loses what moderate appeal it had to begin with.

Mac and Spiegs in afternoon drive!?

When TB retires later this year ... Goff/Holmes 9-noon, Bernstein noon-2, Mac/Spiegs 2-6

Last I heard from Tyll,he was doing a podcast that he mocked. He said he thought they had about 14 listeners. This guy was Dan Bernstein before Dan Bernstein.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

The first thing I thought of when I read that Solk got launched was that Dan would not be happy.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

You can't stop Mac, you can only hope to contain him!

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Blackhawk goal, scored by number 20, Al Secord.

You may not like what he says, but he'll say it anyway.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Why the FUCK would anyone be clamouring for a Mac/spiegal unification

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I'm bringin Sellars back..

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Good for Mac. Stay loyal to your guys. Might not be the best career move though given his ratings.
670 needs Mac now more than ever.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

fuck the score Mac should come save the message board #macformod

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if ya ain't cheatin ya ain't tryin

Oh no. Who's going to fake laugh at whatever lame shit Pete or that idiot producer says?