8:30 a.m. 1/27/05 - They're back... Coffey & Alisha are "ON"-
The very popular KVUU 99.9 morning team is back at the microphone this morning, and they are mad at some of the media! At approximately 7:30 this morning, audio of numerous voice-mails received by the station, all positive and supportive of the morning team, were played on-air. This was followed by operations manager Bob Richards giving a public statement. This would not normally be done in situations involving disciplinary actions, but because some news media organization had "incorrect reports" according to Richards, an announcement was thought to be best.
Richards talked about what happened, why they were taken off, and why they were allowed to come back. Yes... they are back!
The voices of Coffey & Alisha, gone for two days, were once again heard by their listeners. But, also in the studio at a microphone was operations manager Bob Richards, their boss. And he wanted to "clear the air". First came the small talk... the whys, whats, hows, whos, whens and wheres... which then led up to the "Big One"!
Richards had cued up a tape. Not just any tape. It was a tape of Coffey responding to a question which was asked by another KVUU dejay during an on-air phone call. During that call Coffey said, "Our boss, Bob Richards, is a small man with a small mentality." And now Richards was replaying this on-air, because he wanted to, "...clear the air before we move on."
After hearing the tape, there was much umming and ahhing, but it ended with a studio group hug. Richards summed it up with a ,"...let's put it behind us" remark.
Before they moved into their first music set of the morning they did discuss the article about them in today's Gazette. I haven't read it yet, but they were not too happy with it, calling it "Bogus".
So, they're back, with nothing more than, in Coffey's words, a "Major slap on the hand".
Until next time, because in radio, there is always a next time...
