I once told someone that Mike North is like the lead character in the movie A face In The Crowd - the story of a vagabond pulled out of a country jail that becomes big and blows it thinking he is bigger and more loved than he really is.

Heard it, said he was going to talk more about it, but I had to get in the office, the last thing I heard hims say was "I am a head liner". I also got a kick out of him saying its a good show, they beat Rush and Stern all the time, but mad excuses for losing to his main comp. Mike and Mike. Lol, Mike is about to lose it, sorry I will miss it. For the record, Fred use to have nothing but good things to say about Teddy G. now he is ripping him because Mike is upset with him. SHOCKING!

What did Teddy write now?

[url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-06-greenstein-inside-mediajun06,0,5741101.story][/url]

North is melting down on the air. lol. He is breaking 2 arms slapping himself on the back this morning

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-06-greenstein-inside-mediajun06,0,5741101.story

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North said he was made an offer by Zimmerman, he said it was a "nice offer" but "we are a morning show"

So they offered him $8ooK to move to mid days is what it sounds like.

So will Zimmerman has to know North will not give in, hope he goes to the wall on this one.

North can say he is fine. he is shaken! You can hear it

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Ok, I had to stream to hear this, Mike said 3 times its not about the money and when he got his first offer, it was a great offer, a wonderful offer, but he turned it down, needed a little more......well if it wasnt about the money, why did he turn down the offer. Mike likes to put himself out there a great businessman, not even close.

He sounds like he's gone totally insane

Wow

These planted phone callers are great.

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EXACTLY what I was thinking

This is the "What do you want to talk to mike about?" screening process.

Mike is really crumbling before our eyes.

He is pissed he is not going to get his money, even though he keeps telling everyone it is not about the money, he is pissed that managment hates his show and wants him to be part of a new show.

HE GONE

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That's a good and fair article by Teddy - I'm not sure what he's getting pissed about. Heck for all we know, Bebe is the one who dropped the negotiations pieces into the article.

I'd be all for a Mully and Hanley move to mornings. They'd have to committ to reducing/eliminating their responsibilities to their papers but I think for extra coin, it could be done. I'd also want to see some standardization across spots. For example, M&H 6-9, next show 9-12, etc.

Man, I left my office for 15-20 minutes. Come back and HE'S STILL GOING ON ABOUT THIS

I heard him say about how people don't want to hear about this kind of stuff, but yet on he goes. Seriously, is the whole show going to be about this? We've got 2 hours left, let's see how long he goes

Pappy melting down = the best radio in the morning on 670 in quite some time.

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You know Pappy might be right if this article is correct. This really isn't about the money. Of course, he wants to make as much as he can, but I have to assume once you get past a certain income point, any extra is just gravy. This is about his bosses basically telling him he's doing a shitty enough job to get demoted and get his pay cut. It's his ego coming out and for once in a long time, I agree with him. If I was in the same situation and my boss tried to demote me and cut my pay, I'd be pissed and firing on them as well.

I assume 800K is the number North counter offered, not what the SCORE offered. It also looks like they want him in mid days.

This would make many of you happy as it would be a demotion for Mike and send Murph back to evenings, which would piss him off as well.

Crain's was talking about WGN's new program director being a former shock jock. I wonder if he would take a flyer on North for their show?

He claimed that there are two or three stations besides the Score, that want Nort and his crew.

1000 - maybe
720 - doubt it

who else ?

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I dont see North going to a station that isnt all sports. Thats why when all this is done, I feel he ends up in a mid-day slot at the score. He might take the summer off, but he will be back.

If Mully & Hanley get the morning gig, North might just switch spots with him. And he sure wouldn't be getting 800K/yr for that slot. Doesn't Mac get around 600K for the afternoon drive? It doesn't seem possible that North could continue to make more than Mac, although it's possible that the reported figures on Mac's salary are low.

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interesting, I got up this morning and decided to listen to Johnny for a little change and all this stuff goes down.

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I doubt he has serious offers from competing stations. That's why this whole idea of him taking his sponsors and Fritzy to another station and buying time on it. In that scenario, I assume North would get paid directly by Miller, David Spada, etc. Can Fritzy really have that much pull with Miller?

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560AM. I don't listen to it but they might be looking to make a bigger splash than Big John Howell and Cisco Codo or whoever they've got there.

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I was thinking that might be the frequency where he lands, too, but by buying his own time.

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I heard the North defense this morning, and it was weak. His only arugment to the article was that Greenstein was jealous of him.

It's hilarious to hear North so outraged by what he claims is a fabricated report. If the article is inaccurate, why is he so mad? He's obviously upset that Score management talked to Teddy.

Another North gem was his assertion that he's smarter than Teddy because "I'm here and he's not". So Mike, does that mean you think you're smarter than everyone in your audience, too? None of us are behind the mic either.

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I don't believe him, and certainly nowhere near the 800K or his former salary.

And also something about how Greenstein's daddy paid for his Northwestern education and, oh yeah, he sat in it at ESPN.

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Yes, he also ripped him for a few other things, but everything kept coming back to North suggesting Greenstein was jealous of his success.

These next three weeks are going to be radio gold. The longer this goes unresolved, the more the wheels will come off.

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North also took a call from a dissatisfied listener who called him something to the effect of a "self-promoting, self-centered" jerk. The listener said he tuned in only because he wanted to hear how North would react to the article. North cut the listener off, told him he was listening because "I'm good at what I do", hung up on the guy, and then said "I took that call to show I'm fair and balanced." That's simultaneously the best indictment I've heard of North's mental faculties and Fox News.

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