Monday, January 16, 2012

Rocky D going back on the air for Primary Eve

Meet the conservative talk show host at Parson Jack's

Posted by Paul Bowers on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:10 AM

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Wondering what happened to Radio Free Rocky D after he lost his job as a talk show host on WTMA? He says he doesn't have another gig lined up yet, but in the meantime, you've got a chance to see him live and in person.

The irascible conservative radio personality will join local online talk show host John Colbert at Parson Jack’s Cafe on the eve of the South Carolina GOP primary for an evening of banter and listener commentary — and perhaps a few cameo appearances. Rocky isn't making any guarantees, but he says Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum might stop by to "gladhand for votes."

"When it's Rocky D on the air, you never know who's gonna show up," he says.

Rocky says he is undecided on who will get his vote, but he has made a few predictions: that Rick Perry is toast if he can't muster third place or better in South Carolina, and that Mitt Romney might not prove to be as electable as some Republicans have said he is.

"They think he's a shoe-in, and he's just not," he says. "It's going to be very hard to get people in South Carolina to put their trust in a guy who's spent most of his life in the Northeast."

Rocky has been hinting at a possible new talk show gig since losing his job in late November after more than 10 years on the air. Cumulus Media, the owner of WTMA and the second-largest owner of radio stations in the country, fired the crew of the popular morning talk show Da Breakfuss Club on Z93 Jamz the same week Rocky was let go. Rocky says he might be able to announce his next job by the time of the pre-primary broadcast.

"In less than a month, I'll be back on the air, and y'all can hate me again," he says. He adds that WTMA has been getting complaints from "loud, cranky people," including people who disagree with him, since he was let go.

Rocky and Colbert will be at Parson Jack's on Friday night at 7 p.m. The show will be streaming live on the Colbert Radio website and on Talkshoe.

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hope he's been enjoying the government cheese that he so often grumbled about

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Posted by Romney's puppy on January 16, 2012 at 8:06 AM

I miss Radio Free Rocky D! Love him or hate him, he is not afraid to state his opinion in this politically correct world. I can't wait for his new gig! WTMA lost a gem when they let him go. I can't wait to listen again!

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Posted by lmpinsc on January 16, 2012 at 10:19 AM

It must be politically correct in right-wing circles to mention political correctness as much as possible.

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Posted by mat catastrophe on January 16, 2012 at 3:27 PM

He may be a good guy but I could never stomach some of his blanket statements about black people and muslims. Just seemed like he sometimes said things without really thinking and then just shrugged it off as "telling it like it is."

I'm so much happier with an additional hour of Boortz and then Clark Howard. (When WTMA occasionally ran Clark Howard when RockyD was on vacation I used to get SO excited, thinking they had replaced him.)

Good luck to him! But I like WTMA better now. I have an alternative to Rush.

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Posted by Listener D on January 16, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Finally its Radio Free Of Rocky D here in Charleston........

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Posted by Happy Times on January 16, 2012 at 3:47 PM

beyond the bad politics, the little fellow just wasn't funny

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Posted by Dalton Gearhart on January 17, 2012 at 9:41 AM

The new owners were told to fire Rocky D , because of his straight talk about reality, Political Correctness is just another name for Liberalism /Socialism, trying to silence the truth and keep those from getting the Moral compass of america going in the right direction. The left has been trying to out-do the Conserv. Talk Radio for years now. they do not understand . that the people just don't want the Liberal left view on anything. In Nov. americans will change the WH and the Senate from the control of the Liberal left/and socialists agenda. That is if they still want a free Nation of America.

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Posted by Clarkie on January 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM

Yes, mat. Political Correctness is a very Liberal thing, and we don't care for the Liberal view nor their lack of Morality in life.

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Posted by Clarkie on January 17, 2012 at 12:11 PM

You are, as usual, wrong. Political correctness is not a "liberal" thing. Its origins as a term date back to the 1800 and, when actually used by the Left in the 1970s, was originally used ironically.

It has only been in the last twenty years that the term has been used to mean "anything a liberal says" or, as political incorrectness, "anything a conservative says". Both usages are simultaneously correct and incorrect, depending on the particular viewpoint of the speaker. This modern usage comes exclusively from the right-wing's assault on all things "liberal" (including that very word). The net effect has been to push the non-political class's attitudes towards certain concepts a little more to the center-right, even if they actually still agree with the policies when phrased differently (for instance, most people do not favor "welfare" but they do favor "unemployment insurance" or "medicare").

So, from a right-wing point of view, most of your posts are indeed quite politically correct. For the rest of us, your posts are a most illuminating example of the need for better education in America.

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Posted by mat catastrophe on January 17, 2012 at 12:47 PM
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