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very strange situation

Aug 8, 2024, 12:03 AM

Typically, when there's a mutual planned departure from a radio or tv show, the host will announce it at least a week or so in advance, often times much earlier than that, even. He'll usually tell the audience what his future plans are and announce what the replacement show will be. Even on shorter notice, there's usually at least some form of closure.

I'll admit, I wasn't much of a fan of Brad's show, mainly because he was a slow, dull talker who I just found very boring to listen to. He was super wishy-washy as well; he almost never gave any strong takes or predictions on anything, and he didn't seem to offer any unique analysis or insights into the sports he covered. He didn't seem to be well informed, either; he just sounded like a casual fan lazily going over the most generic talking points about Clemson football, the Braves, and the PGA, with some occasional Clemson basketball and baseball talk mixed in.

While Qualk and Walt can sometimes annoy people because of how confident and emotional they tend to be, they do at least take some strong, original stances on the issues and they some offer thought-provoking takes that go beyond just generic talking points. They're also willing to make some bold predictions. Even when they're wrong or when they act goofy it's usually still entertaining at least. All of that combined generally tends to make their shows interesting, in my opinion.

If you have someone of Brad's type put together with a more exciting guy, it can actually work ok. For example, I actually think Qualk and Ben are a good fit together because they are foils for each other. Qualk is the chaotic emotional guy and Ben is the more measured, careful, rational one. Having these 2 different personality types together on a show gives it a balance and a natural back-and-forth that offers multiple perspectives: keeping the show from becoming too chaotic or too boring, and keeping it interesting and entertaining for the audience. But when Brad and Ben were paired together, I found the show to be almost unlistenable. Hours and hours of PGA talk coupled with half-hearted, generic Clemson football discussion that offered few if any original or thought-provoking insights. There was no excitement to be found; it was painfully boring and useless. John at least brings a bit more energy, but all he really seems to offer is dry sarcasm still without much actual substance.

All that being said, I have nothing against Brad. He might not have been my cup of tea, but seemed like a nice guy, and he's a long-time host at the station, so I respect him for that at least. So it does concern me seeing how he seemingly just disappeared from the lineup with no announcement like that. As someone pointed out, on his most recent show, there was no mention at all that he'd even be gone, and he even seemed to indicate they'd be back Monday. A termination made that quickly and with no notice at all given is usually not a good sign. Neither is the complete silence from Brad and the rest of the station on the topic. These are usually signs that something bad happened.

But unless/until further information comes to light, we can only speculate. I do find it interesting that this happened right when WCCP got extended as Clemson's flagship station. Coincidence? Perhaps this was a natural time for some adjustments to be made. Maybe ad sales from Brad's time slot weren't performing well and station management approached him about a mutual departure at a later date or about moving to a different time slot knowing that the more engaging and energetic Faxon Childress was waiting in the wings to replace him either way? Maybe Brad was angered by this and decided to quit on the spot? That might explain the sudden disappearance.

The only other possibility I can think of would be if Brad had said or done something very bad while at work or out in public, or if it had come to light that he had committed some type of crime. I guess the other explanation might be that there was some type of feud or heated disagreement within the station going back long before this that had been kept behind closed doors. I certainly hope it wasn't something like that. In any case, as I said, while I may not have found him entertaining, I truly have nothing against Brad, and I wish him all the best and really hope he's ok. But this is a bizarre situation, and I hope at some point we can find out what actually happened. On the other hand, if they just fired him with no notice like that for no reason other than underperformance, that would be a really slimy move by the station.

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yeah he is too much of an NFL head

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I briefly looked at theroarfm.com and did not see it listed in show lineup

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Wow I may be crazy but it looks like he left

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The "Caller driven show" because he didn't want to do show prep?***

Anybody know if theyve announced anything?

Faxon tweeting about something big happening soon

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Its over

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Wow

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Faxon is not bad

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I went back and listened to the podcast of the last show

Thats pretty rough if thats the case

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I think they could be more local actually

One thing this thread does ilustrate is how hard it is to please everyone

They aren't a non- profit...who is tuning in for volleyball discussion?

Nobody is going to pay for ads during...

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Agree 100%

Ben is a complete POS***

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Seven years ago, I posted this

very strange situation

I think your assessment is pretty spot on

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