Rick Dees to be kicked out of KIIS LA?

[UTRadioGuide.com]

We'll find out tommorrow at 7:30 AM our time.

[henry]

Well, he was just kicked out of the door today. SO I guess you're right. It happened. Only a week later than you said.

[Doh]

The way I understood it he wasn't kicked out he retired from LA he is still doing the Weekly Top 40 for Clear Channel

[SamSpade]

I guess contract negotiations didn't go so well.

My, that Ryan Seacrest is going to be one busy boy!

[henry]

Hate to sound so bitter, but here goes . . .

Ryan Seacrest is an idiot. He's someone who happened to be "okay" at Star 98.7 doing afternoon drive. He wasn't even top 5, he was just "in the black" making money, ratings acceptable.

Somehow that makes FOX think he's a superstar. Ryan is not the next Rick Dees. There are talented people and there are exceptionally talented people in the industry.

Seacrest is talented. Rick Dees was exceptionally talented. Sure, he was dorky at times, and wasn't into super clever material. But he was entertaining, usually pretty clean, and sparkling clean by Hollywood's standards.

But what makes the difference between Dees and Seacrest.

Rick actually cared about his listeners. Sure, it's good PR to raise $50,000 to get someone a prosthetic arm, or give Wango Tango tickets to a kid with Down Syndrome, but you could tell his heart was in it.

Seacrest is in it for himself. His career. His wallet. I don't blame him. We all have to have a career, and we all have to make money. But his mind is up in the clouds of superstars, and he's not down to earth enough to be able to connect to KIIS joe-average listeners, like Dees could.

It comes down to Seacrest is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame, but he's going to go down. People will get tired of him. He's all polish and no material. And when he goes down, KIIS will go down with him.

Okay, that'd the end of the bitterness rant.