Russ Martin found dead in his home

[Longhornstampede 3186]

Didn't see this posted anywhere else so, SIAP. Hadnt listened to him much in the last few years but I know he had missed time on the air on and off due to health issues, but damn. His poor mother now has to bury her son.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/02/27/russ-martin-dallas-fort-worth-radio-show-host-found-dead-in-his-home-police-say/

 

[thunderlounge 7941]

Wow. That’s too bad. 

[TKthunder2 4997]

Damn, used to listen to him daily a while back.  Sucks for his family.

[workswithseed 2112]

20 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

Damn, used to listen to him daily a while back.  Sucks for his family.

I did too. This was my fucking favorite thing he's ever done.

Then the classic

 

[RPM 26356]

Used to be a huge fan when he and J.D. Ryan were doing shows. They even had a TV show for a couple of years that was pretty funny. RIP

[Brothahorn 10087]

I would rather listen to Russ than Howard. Shoot me.

[workswithseed 2112]

Just now, Brothahorn said:

I would rather listen to Russ than Howard. Shoot me.

No, bullets are too expensive.

[DaggerHorns 3098]

97.1 The Eagle was always in a class on its own.

With its metal and rock choices, it’s rivaled by no other. 
 

I’ve never found another station that did an appropriate mix of Metallica, Pantera and many other greats that are/were unique.

Austin radio sucks dick. I’m not familiar with Houston. There was one station that San Antonio had at one point that was pretty damn good. I can’t remember what it was or if it’s still around.

[Apep 645]

Gotta disagree as far as The Eagle being in a class of its own. I started listening to 97.1 The Eagle in the late 1980s when Kidd Kraddick was the afternoon DJ. They were, as I recall, Top 40 at the time. At some point in the 1990s, maybe around the time Z-Rock came back as 99.1, KEGL shifted to mostly hair metal and hard rock. But metal fans mostly listened to Z-Rock and Twisted Kicks on KNON. It was a few more years before The Eagle pivoted to Metallica and similar stuff.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

47 minutes ago, DaggerHorns said:

97.1 The Eagle was always in a class on its own.

With its metal and rock choices, it’s rivaled by no other. 
 

I’ve never found another station that did an appropriate mix of Metallica, Pantera and many other greats that are/were unique.

Austin radio sucks dick. I’m not familiar with Houston. There was one station that San Antonio had at one point that was pretty damn good. I can’t remember what it was or if it’s still around.

I don't share your taste, but I know you would find Houston radio to be trash. It is trash for almost everybody no matter what they like. 

[Dennis Taylor 18875]

3 hours ago, DaggerHorns said:

97.1 The Eagle was always in a class on its own.

With its metal and rock choices, it’s rivaled by no other. 
 

I’ve never found another station that did an appropriate mix of Metallica, Pantera and many other greats that are/were unique.

Austin radio sucks dick. I’m not familiar with Houston. There was one station that San Antonio had at one point that was pretty damn good. I can’t remember what it was or if it’s still around.

Houston radio is terrible.  99.5 KISS in San Antonio is still pretty good from what I can tell when I'm in that area. But I almost never listen to terrestrial radio nowadays.  Sirius xm stations 37-41 and 34 is about all I can deal with 

[HRSchenker 2274]

Russ Martin 3 to 7 and Tom Leykis 7 to 10 was my favorite stretch of radio growing up in DFW. Russ may have been a bad guy in his personal life off the air but he was so damn entertaining on the radio.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21928]

The Eagle in Houston is classic rock.  If my daughter isn’t in the car that’s what I listen to.  If she’s in the car I’m subjected to nonstop KPOP.

[Bevo 13601]

41 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The Eagle in Houston is classic rock.  If my daughter isn’t in the car that’s what I listen to.  If she’s in the car I’m subjected to nonstop KPOP.

I was in Houston a week ago and scanned the stations. The Eagle was the only station resembling good music, everything else was trash. There use to be some decent stations - I guess no more.

[RPM 26356]

KLOL used to be the shit back in the day with Stevens and Pruitt.

[workswithseed 2112]

My mother was so happy when Bo and Jim came back on air.

[DonkeyCigars 143]

Speaking of The Eagle, how are Ben & Skin's ratings and how are they doing? When a DFW buddy told me about the move from sports to the eagle I thought that was extremely weird and didn't see how it would work.

[Pato del Muerto 52608]

8 hours ago, DaggerHorns said:

97.1 The Eagle was always in a class on its own.

With its metal and rock choices, it’s rivaled by no other. 
 

I’ve never found another station that did an appropriate mix of Metallica, Pantera and many other greats that are/were unique.

Austin radio sucks dick. I’m not familiar with Houston. There was one station that San Antonio had at one point that was pretty damn good. I can’t remember what it was or if it’s still around.

Q102 (texas’ best rock) was better but they went and reformatted it sometime in the 90s. 

[deter 314]

7 hours ago, RPM said:

KLOL used to be the shit back in the day with Stevens and Pruitt.

Crash back in the night

[Dennis Taylor 18875]

7 hours ago, RPM said:

KLOL used to be the shit back in the day with Stevens and Pruitt.

*Pruett...

CSB: When S&P were the original Hudson& Harrigan on the AM side in the late 70s, Pruett's kid was in my 3rd grade class. Got invited to his birthday party...salaries must not have been too good for AM radio at the time because they lived in Leawood North in Alief.  

Also , The Nightwatchman Keith Myles goes to the same gym i do...super nice guy. / CSB

and if your car has HD radio, 96.5-2 isn't too bad most of the time 

[RPM 26356]

1 minute ago, Dennis Taylor said:

*Pruett...

CSB: When S&P were the original Hudson& Harrigan on the AM side in the late 70s, Pruett's kid was in my 3rd grade class. Got invited to his birthday party...salaries must not have been too good for AM radio at the time because they lived in Leawood North in Alief.  

Also , The Nightwatchman Keith Myles goes to the same gym i do...super nice guy. / CSB

and if your car has HD radio, 96.5-2 isn't too bad most of the time 

I don't think they were making much back in the day until Eagle 97 brought them to DFW. I remember it being a big deal because they were each paid more than Ron Chapman and he was a Dallas radio God.

[JohnnyRage 1617]

10 hours ago, DonkeyCigars said:

Speaking of The Eagle, how are Ben & Skin's ratings and how are they doing? When a DFW buddy told me about the move from sports to the eagle I thought that was extremely weird and didn't see how it would work.

They still warm my boner heart, but can't speak to the ratings. Haven't heard of too much push back. They are minimal sports now. Kind of rehash old moments a bit much, but are now to free to do what they want.

[Brothahorn 10087]

18 hours ago, HRSchenker said:

Russ Martin 3 to 7 and Tom Leykis 7 to 10 was my favorite stretch of radio growing up in DFW. Russ may have been a bad guy in his personal life off the air but he was so damn entertaining on the radio.

Yes sir. First time I heard him was after multiple 'you need to listens', he was doing the sermon bit. One of the few times I cried laughing. After he finished, they did the 'opening the bottle' sound effect. And JD playing the whiny straight man made it so much better. When I moved to Houston, my biggest misses(besides the kid) was Russ and the Ticket..

[hayden_horn 11365]

On 2/28/2021 at 4:45 PM, Apep said:

Gotta disagree as far as The Eagle being in a class of its own. I started listening to 97.1 The Eagle in the late 1980s when Kidd Kraddick was the afternoon DJ. They were, as I recall, Top 40 at the time. At some point in the 1990s, maybe around the time Z-Rock came back as 99.1, KEGL shifted to mostly hair metal and hard rock. But metal fans mostly listened to Z-Rock and Twisted Kicks on KNON. It was a few more years before The Eagle pivoted to Metallica and similar stuff.

i remember listening to zrock's last night before they went to tejano format. 

fade to black was the last song before radio silence at midnight. was kind of poignant for me.

[Dennis Taylor 18875]

37 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

i remember listening to zrock's last night before they went to tejano format. 

fade to black was the last song before radio silence at midnight. was kind of poignant for me.

I was listening to 101 KLOL when their format changed...Walton and Johnson was the morning show and they always signed off with " Bye bye Billy Ed" and he said " Adios Billy Ed" instead, and a Tejano song started playing.  

[Bevo 13601]

93.7 in Austin does talk in the morning and the afternoon. Very little music is being played.

[Herbie Hancock 7376]

I truly believe Russ was a tortured soul. Dude was a train wreck off the air, but when it came to his job he was incredible. I can’t tell you how many times I laughed to the point of tears while driving home from work to that show. When he stepped out a couple years ago it wasn’t the same.

Over $500k in checks written to the widows/family of fallen DFW area first responders.

Fundraisers for sick kids? He was there.

Non-profit animal shelter struggling for funds? Russ was on it.


His good “friend”, personal physician and constant guest on the show Dr. Carlos Venegas was arrested and charged with a number of federal felonies related to prescription drugs, and almost immediately is when Russ began his hiatus from the show. I don’t think those two are unrelated.

[DaggerHorns 3098]

19 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Q102 (texas’ best rock) was better but they went and reformatted it sometime in the 90s. 

It was actually 94.5 The Edge before it went to 102.1 used the same branding letters but a whole overhaul.

I liked The Edge but it wasn’t similar to The Eagle. The Edge was more alternative.

If you wanted more 4-Non Blondes, No Doubt and additional chick music for your mid 90s Pontiac Sunfire, then yeah...it was better than The Eagle.

[immortal13 4059]

Pretty sure Q102 preceeded 94.5 the Edge....both were awesome

[Pato del Muerto 52608]

20 minutes ago, DaggerHorns said:

It was actually 94.5 The Edge before it went to 102.1 used the same branding letters but a whole overhaul.

I liked The Edge but it wasn’t similar to The Eagle. The Edge was more alternative.

If you wanted more 4-Non Blondes, No Doubt and additional chick music for your mid 90s Pontiac Sunfire, then yeah...it was better than The Eagle.

No 102.1 was Q102 back in the 80s and early 90s way before the edge was a thing. 

https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/souled-out-6401763

edge probably helped kill q102.

 

Edited March 2, 2021 by Pato del Muerto
Triple shot thursdays

[sasquatch69 603]

I'm thinking the RMS remnants show may not be on air much longer.  The latest:

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/01/20/d-fw-radio-dj-charged-with-producing-child-pornography-with-young-girl/

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A Dallas-Fort Worth radio DJ was charged with producing child pornography on Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced.

Clois Glenn Raborn, 49, who occasionally appeared on The Russ Martin Show on KEGL-FM (97.1), made his first court appearance Thursday afternoon, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

 

[Bevo 13601]

On 3/1/2021 at 9:02 PM, DaggerHorns said:

It was actually 94.5 The Edge before it went to 102.1 used the same branding letters but a whole overhaul.

I liked The Edge but it wasn’t similar to The Eagle. The Edge was more alternative.

If you wanted more 4-Non Blondes, No Doubt and additional chick music for your mid 90s Pontiac Sunfire, then yeah...it was better than The Eagle.

KLBJ was owned by the LBJ family who sold it back in 1997. I assume that it was after the sale that their AM station became more conservative. However, the FM station has been pretty liberal as the morning show host, Dudley, was pretty liberal. He was fired at the beginning of the year. I listened to it some this morning, and there were no political comments during my 20min. commute.