zepp and terry at kq out?

Saw on the news they are out at kq. flip between them and a few stations when driving.

are they going somewhere else or kq just cutting them loose?

Cut em’ lose. Did not say a reason. Heard some bits n pieces about a social media fight between her and Barnyard but that’s all I have heard…

i believe that social media thing was the reason Zepp got sent to the afternoon gig. apparently barnard didnt like Zepps comments about females.

i actually thought Zepp would take over the morning show when tommy retired. Zepp and Terry will show up somewhere else…………..i hope! personally i think it stinks!!!

I can say that I miss nothing about KQ morning show for the last 6 years not being able to tune in 92 here. Tom is such an over the top egotistical yutz. He can not even hold a conversation with anyone that is opposed to his POV, he just turns into a little whining baby. Im really surprised he is still there myself.
Glad those two are out, I’m sure there lives will be better from it.

Bernard drove me away from that show many years ago.

I don’t know who this zepp guy is but Train never had any respect for her for playing a ditz being beat up by a narcissist. Thankfully shes gone, sadly Banard is still there.

Even except that Zepp and Terry weren’t part of the morning show. Haven’t been for a while now.

How the hell is he still on the air? That show went downhill once they got rid of Tony Lee.

Star Trib::: KQ92 morning show sidekick Terri Traen’s getting her own show, Tom Barnard told me on Monday.

“Terri went to management and said she wanted a shot at her own show, wanted to leave the morning show and do her own deal. So they said OK,” said Barnard, anchor of Twin Cities radio’s No. 1 morning show. “You know, I’ve announced this on the air several times to people … and they just won’t believe me.

mplspug wrote:

How the hell is he still on the air? That show went downhill once they got rid of Tony Lee.

Bingo.

Without Tony Lee’s humor, the show was just Bernard being a crabby old guy on the radio b!tching about stuff. I quit listening in about 1998.

The “Best Of” bits from the Tony Lee era still crack me up. Who could forget the Chucker, Talk with Toc, Or Leroy Mercer saying that it ain’t nothing for me to whoop a man’s @ss?

In that show’s prime, it was the funniest thing on the air.

Grouse

Add me to the list of people who cannot listen to Barnyard whining about everything and everyone! Stopped listening around 1995/96 when for about the 1000th time calling every single driver on the road an idiot! Got old quick!

-J.

gonecribbin wrote:

Star Tom Barnard told me on Monday.

That sounds like its coming out of the mouth of the largest name dropper of the midwest, MIKE MAX!

How much long is Barnards contract? At the end of the run with Terry it was getting a little ugly between those two.

2 years for sure maybe 3. i’ll admit barnard can be a richard but i like his combative style and i had a tendency to agree with his biased opinion on alot of things. then there were times i’d a like to punch him. this Brittany, who’s on the show doesnt back down from him.

All down hill Since Coach Uncle Burnsy & “The New Sherriff” went away

Tom Barnard is actually just a pseudonym. His real name is Dutchboy

I think the crew at 93.7 does a good morning show. That’s who I listen to for about a half hour every weekday morning. Their lead guy gets harder and harder to take though. You can tell he makes stuff up just like barnyard.

suzuki wrote:

I think the crew at 93.7 does a good morning show. That’s who I listen to for about a half hour every weekday morning. Their lead guy gets harder and harder to take though. You can tell he makes stuff up just like barnyard.

well thats because they all wanna be like the KQRS morning show!!!!!

when i travel out of town its pathetic to listen to some of them wanna be like them!!!!!!

I like 93x I cannot stand Ali, I am starting to like Kfan with the powertrip.

stopped listening to KQ long time ago. I think when Howard Stern came to town KQ morning show started to copy that type of humor and did not listen since.

Call it what you want but its all about the ratings:

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Agree above the morning show went downhill – first after Rosen left and then permanently after Tony Lee’s departure. Even Stretch added an element in those days.

A shell of what it used to be and I haven’t listened in years. I realize the show has been a ratings giant for decades but does anyone have stats that would indicate the morning show ratings are still high but have come down steadily over time? It feels that way any way.

Interview from today’s Strib.

31 years at KQ and she get fired over the phone? I don’t care who you are, that’s messed up.

Terri Traen knows that almost every on-air radio personality has been fired at some point in his or her career. But that didn’t make the end of her 31-year career at KQRS any easier.

“I feel like part of my life is gone,” Traen said Wednesday. “It was my family, the listeners and KQ. It’s very heartbreaking. Very sad.”

The devastation didn’t just start earlier this week when Traen got a phone call telling her she needn’t bother coming into the office. Last April, she was removed from the Tom Barnard morning show and moved to the 5-7 p.m. shift with Brian Zepp, another ex-member of the Barnard program.

“Let me set the record straight: That was not my idea,” she said, struggling to hold back tears. I loved working with Brian, but I did not want to leave the morning show to start my own show. I don’t want listeners to think I’m high and mighty. I’m not at all like that.”

Traen would not comment on why the company took her off the morning team or what they gave her as an explanation for letting both her and Zepp go this week.

Both Barnard and KQ operations manager Scott Jameson declined to comment citing company policy on personnel issues.

Over the past three decades, “The KQ Morning Show” grew into one of the country’s most successful radio programs, in part because of Traen’s chemistry — or lack thereof — with Barnard, who didn’t mask his frustration with her corny jokes and naivete. The tension was palpable; listeners ate it up.

Less recognized was her work behind the scenes as the show’s booker, setting Barnard up with both well-known celebrities and various oddballs. The latter were her favorites.

“We once had a guy who had gone off searching for the Loch Ness Monster. That’s a classic,” she said. “I’m really proud of tracking down those kind of people. That was really special.”

It’s been a rough couple years for Traen. In 2015, she lost her mother. Shortly after that, a tornado wiped out half the trees in her family’s orchard business. In both cases, the KQ audience came through

“I really appreciate all the support from the listeners, the sponsors and members of the media who have called to offer their support, some of which I don’t even know,” she said. “They will never know what they’ve done for me and my family.”

Traen said it’s too early to speculate whether she’ll ever return to radio.

“I might be interested if the right thing came along, but right now I haven’t slept,” she said. “Well, I’ve slept, but it’s the kind of sleep where you wake up every few hours and say, ‘Is this real?’ You know how that it is. I would have to say that other than my parents dying, this is probably the saddest time of my life.”

doesnt surprise me in the least. i applaud them for taking the high road in not commenting further…………….but dang it sure be nice to know what the reasoning was.

i’d actually would of liked to see Treany and Zepp replace barnard on the morning show.

and as frydog stated, i would love to see the ratings strictly for morning shows!!!!

Jon Jordan wrote:

Interview from today’s Strib.

31 years at KQ and she get fired over the phone? I don’t care who you are, that’s messed up.

Terri Traen knows that almost every on-air radio personality has been fired at some point in his or her career. But that didn’t make the end of her 31-year career at KQRS any easier.

“I feel like part of my life is gone,” Traen said Wednesday. “It was my family, the listeners and KQ. It’s very heartbreaking. Very sad.”

The devastation didn’t just start earlier this week when Traen got a phone call telling her she needn’t bother coming into the office. Last April, she was removed from the Tom Barnard morning show and moved to the 5-7 p.m. shift with Brian Zepp, another ex-member of the Barnard program.

“Let me set the record straight: That was not my idea,” she said, struggling to hold back tears. I loved working with Brian, but I did not want to leave the morning show to start my own show. I don’t want listeners to think I’m high and mighty. I’m not at all like that.”

Traen would not comment on why the company took her off the morning team or what they gave her as an explanation for letting both her and Zepp go this week.

Both Barnard and KQ operations manager Scott Jameson declined to comment citing company policy on personnel issues.

Over the past three decades, “The KQ Morning Show” grew into one of the country’s most successful radio programs, in part because of Traen’s chemistry — or lack thereof — with Barnard, who didn’t mask his frustration with her corny jokes and naivete. The tension was palpable; listeners ate it up.

Less recognized was her work behind the scenes as the show’s booker, setting Barnard up with both well-known celebrities and various oddballs. The latter were her favorites.

“We once had a guy who had gone off searching for the Loch Ness Monster. That’s a classic,” she said. “I’m really proud of tracking down those kind of people. That was really special.”

It’s been a rough couple years for Traen. In 2015, she lost her mother. Shortly after that, a tornado wiped out half the trees in her family’s orchard business. In both cases, the KQ audience came through

“I really appreciate all the support from the listeners, the sponsors and members of the media who have called to offer their support, some of which I don’t even know,” she said. “They will never know what they’ve done for me and my family.”

Traen said it’s too early to speculate whether she’ll ever return to radio.

“I might be interested if the right thing came along, but right now I haven’t slept,” she said. “Well, I’ve slept, but it’s the kind of sleep where you wake up every few hours and say, ‘Is this real?’ You know how that it is. I would have to say that other than my parents dying, this is probably the saddest time of my life.”

If you take her side of the story of being removed from the morning show at face value, my guess is that Tommy Bomhart made it happen…

$17… hows that ?

Barnyard figured out he was a wino a couple years back and since then, he is even more of a jerk. Hit the sauce Tommy.

FryDog62 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jon Jordan wrote:</div>
Interview from today’s Strib.

31 years at KQ and she get fired over the phone? I don’t care who you are, that’s messed up.

Terri Traen knows that almost every on-air radio personality has been fired at some point in his or her career. But that didn’t make the end of her 31-year career at KQRS any easier.

“I feel like part of my life is gone,” Traen said Wednesday. “It was my family, the listeners and KQ. It’s very heartbreaking. Very sad.”

The devastation didn’t just start earlier this week when Traen got a phone call telling her she needn’t bother coming into the office. Last April, she was removed from the Tom Barnard morning show and moved to the 5-7 p.m. shift with Brian Zepp, another ex-member of the Barnard program.

“Let me set the record straight: That was not my idea,” she said, struggling to hold back tears. I loved working with Brian, but I did not want to leave the morning show to start my own show. I don’t want listeners to think I’m high and mighty. I’m not at all like that.”

Traen would not comment on why the company took her off the morning team or what they gave her as an explanation for letting both her and Zepp go this week.

Both Barnard and KQ operations manager Scott Jameson declined to comment citing company policy on personnel issues.

Over the past three decades, “The KQ Morning Show” grew into one of the country’s most successful radio programs, in part because of Traen’s chemistry — or lack thereof — with Barnard, who didn’t mask his frustration with her corny jokes and naivete. The tension was palpable; listeners ate it up.

Less recognized was her work behind the scenes as the show’s booker, setting Barnard up with both well-known celebrities and various oddballs. The latter were her favorites.

“We once had a guy who had gone off searching for the Loch Ness Monster. That’s a classic,” she said. “I’m really proud of tracking down those kind of people. That was really special.”

It’s been a rough couple years for Traen. In 2015, she lost her mother. Shortly after that, a tornado wiped out half the trees in her family’s orchard business. In both cases, the KQ audience came through

“I really appreciate all the support from the listeners, the sponsors and members of the media who have called to offer their support, some of which I don’t even know,” she said. “They will never know what they’ve done for me and my family.”

Traen said it’s too early to speculate whether she’ll ever return to radio.

“I might be interested if the right thing came along, but right now I haven’t slept,” she said. “Well, I’ve slept, but it’s the kind of sleep where you wake up every few hours and say, ‘Is this real?’ You know how that it is. I would have to say that other than my parents dying, this is probably the saddest time of my life.”

If you take her side of the story of being removed from the morning show at face value, my guess is that Tommy Bomhart made it happen…

yep I agree 100%.along with everyone else that left the show. for some reason I still love the morning show. actually its really the only station I listen to when in earshot range. I really enjoy there music selections. I think they also have the best traffic report!!!!

I often wondered how much of Terry’s naivete was real and how much was schtick. Like the F. Scott Fitzgerald bit.

Don Miller wrote:

I often wondered how much of Terry’s naivete was real and how much was schtick. Like the F. Scott Fitzgerald bit.

I spoke with her on the phone once. She came across as articulate and intelligent. So I asked her point blank, why the ditzy blonde act? She said something along the lines of doing what they needed for the show. I don’t know what irks me more, the fact that someone would be asked to do that, or that someone would agree to it.

SR

Steve Root wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Don Miller wrote:</div>
I often wondered how much of Terry’s naivete was real and how much was schtick. Like the F. Scott Fitzgerald bit.

I spoke with her on the phone once. She came across as articulate and intelligent. So I asked her point blank, why the ditzy blonde act? She said something along the lines of doing what they needed for the show. I don’t know what irks me more, the fact that someone would be asked to do that, or that someone would agree to it.

SR

Entertainment, pure and simple. Do you really think Penny on Big Bang Theory is a dumb blonde in real life? They are payed to play a part.