Michael Irvin lands local radio gig

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[SIZE=+2]Michael Irvin lands local radio gig

[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Former Cowboys star will work 11 a.m-2 p.m. slot on ESPN 103.3 FM[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]09:15 PM CST on Monday, December 31, 2007

[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]By BARRY HORN / The Dallas Morning News
bhorn@***BANNED-URL***[/SIZE] Michael Irvin will co-host a daily show on ESPN-FM (103.3) beginning Jan. 10.


Irvin will work the 11 a.m.-to-2 p.m. time slot with Kevin Kiley, who most recently co-hosted a talk show on the ESPN affiliate in Los Angeles.


The Irvin-Kiley radio show will be called The Playmakers, in deference to Irvin's Hall of Fame career as a wide receiver with the Cowboys.
Contracts were finalized on Monday, said ESPN 103.3 program director Tom Lee.


"We are always looking to upgrade our station, and we believe this is a significant way to do that," Lee said.


The station's lineup has been in flux since Jennifer Engel gave up her mid-morning show in October. Lee experimented with several co-host combinations before deciding on Irvin and Kiley.


The station continues to search for a permanent co-host to work alongside Brian Estridge in the 2-to-3 p.m. time slot.


Lee confirmed he has talked with Greg Williams, a former staple on The Hardline at "The Ticket" KTCK-AM 1310, ESPN's rival in the sports talk market. Williams walked off the top-rated show in mid-October, leaving only rumor and speculation in his wake. The Ticket has declined to comment on Williams, and he has not returned repeated telephone messages.



For those of you outside the area, this station does streaming audio, so you can pick up the "The Playmakers" where ever you are.
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[Maikeru-sama]

Yay...no more Collin Cowturd.

Too bad they have not found a spot for Nate Newton.

I wonder if Gregg Williams walked out or was forced out.

 

[trickblue]

Yay...no more Collin Cowturd.

Too bad they have not found a spot for Nate Newton.

I wonder if Gregg Williams walked out or was forced out.

Williams Was in rehab for cocaine twice within this last year...

My guess is that he eventually was forced out...

I like him alot, but he'll have to be part of a team, he can't carry a show alone...

 

[BALKIS]

Yay...no more Collin Cowturd.

Too bad they have not found a spot for Nate Newton.

I wonder if Gregg Williams walked out or was forced out.

Lol Nate Newton always sounded like he smoked a pound of weed before he got air. Dude sounded like he was talking in his sleep. What no more "Big Newt" & John Radigan? What no more Tony Casilias & whoever that other guy was but i actually thought they were getting pretty good at it. Newy lost his desire for radio once they teamed him up with mosely there for a bit. By. far tony casillias and that other guy were the best. Irvin is gonna be horrible. Greg the hammer williams went postal i believe and locked himself in his house and isn't talking to nobody anymore. The dude went nuts lol.

 

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Williams Was in rehab for cocaine twice within this last year...

My guess is that he eventually was forced out...

I like him alot, but he'll have to be part of a team, he can't carry a show alone...

Where did you read that? I have never heard he was in rehab for cocaine?

 

[BALKIS]

Where did you read that? I have never heard he was in rehab for cocaine?

I heard he was a pill head & liked to mix it with alcohol and would get out of control.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I don't think it was cocaine.

He talked his addition to pain killers and what he went through in rehab on the radio a couple of times.

From the Lost and Found Dept.: The Ticket's Greg "The Hammer" Williams
Wed Nov 14, 2007 at 11:03:41 AM

I’ll have much more on this saga in next week’s paper version of Unfair Park, but after finally talking with KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) afternoon co-host Greg Williams last night, I can answer the most pertinent questions:

He’s alive. If not totally well.

His on-going absence is indeed drug-related.

He’s on the road to recovery.

And, yes, he hopes to return to "The Hardline" before the end of the month.

“I’m OK,” Williams said from his Dallas condo. “I’m doing what I need to be doing. Getting the help I need.”

Williams wasn’t real talkative. Not at all forthcoming with specifics. He was, in fact, a hollow whisper of the boisterous, bad-*** “Hammer” persona that made him one of the area’s most popular radio personalities the last 10 years.

Which is not at all surprising, because nothing about the past month has been normal.

Williams disappeared in mid-show the afternoon of October 12. Whether he left voluntarily or was ordered out remains a mystery, but he hasn’t been heard from publicly until now. In Williams’ absence, station management has offered only short, shallow responses along the lines of, “He’s taking personal time off.” And on-air hosts have sprinkled "The Hardline" with only hints: A recent return from a commercial break included Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” punctuated with the infamous Greggo drop, “No! … No! … NO!”

There has been much speculation here (and here and here) that Williams suffered a relapse to the drug addiction that forced him into a Dallas detox center for six days in 2004. Williams will not address that speculation on the record, nor will he discuss on the record whether his problems this time around are due to the prescribed painkiller Lorcet or something harder. But there's no hiding this one fact: This sabbatical has forced him to miss 23 shows. And counting.

Williams has had limited contact with his colleagues at the station since his disappearance, but it sounds as though he wants to return to The Ticket. But after all this, will The Ticket still want its Hammer? --Richie Whitt

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[Maikeru-sama]

Lol Nate Newton always sounded like he smoked a pound of weed before he got air. Dude sounded like he was talking in his sleep. What no more "Big Newt" & John Radigan? What no more Tony Casilias & whoever that other guy was but i actually thought they were getting pretty good at it. Newy lost his desire for radio once they teamed him up with mosely there for a bit. By. far tony casillias and that other guy were the best. Irvin is gonna be horrible. Greg the hammer williams went postal i believe and locked himself in his house and isn't talking to nobody anymore. The dude went nuts lol.

I actually thought Tony Casillias and his co-host was horrible.

Mike will probably be horrible as well but he will keep you interested by what he says. I just hope he tones down on the Terrell Owens love fest.

 

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"No one's sure where Williams had been. But now we know where he was headed—down a dangerous, dark detour toward self-destruction. One that, according to multiple sources, ultimately landed him in rehab for a cocaine problem. One that, undeniably, has thrust his career in jeopardy, his co-workers in limbo and his countless loyal listeners into a passionate debate about his fate."​

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Yuck. The day I heard Kiley and Irvin right after Engel quit, it was horrible.

And Williams? The guy who screwed up pretty much everything on the Cowboys postgame show? Why would anyone want to give him more time?