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09/26/2011 4:18:00 PM
Great story I'm glad he got his shit together! love yalls show!
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Emily Moore 08/07/2011 5:46:00 AM
This story made me cry. I've been in the same boat, not as extreme, but I can relate. If I didn't get pregnant, I'd still be doing cocaine or I'd be dead. I'm so glad Greggo is on 105.3 the Fan... I listen to RAGE religiously. Greggo, you're definitely not alone in your daily struggles. This loyal Fan Fan has your back. You're the Josh Hamilton on the Fan...you've at least got this loyal listener on your side.
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07/31/2011 3:40:00 PM
Oh the irony. You guys catch Richie and Greggo every week day, right!?
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Postal Billy 03/02/2011 11:23:00 PM
Awesome writing! I really felt the emotions on both sides of 'The Hardline' as I read the story. Thanks to Richie for writing it (1st article of read of his) & thanks to THEE HARDLINE for giving us fans closure. We miss you boyz! Especially talkin' the great game...the World Series & The Hardline would've been priceless!!!!!
Postal Billy says, "the softline sucks" & RAGE ROCKS!
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gfdgh 11/19/2010 3:46:00 AM
TTT........
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P2 Kristy 03/18/2009 7:15:00 PM
This was a crappy one sided article slanted in Greggo's favor and total uncalled for lambaste of the Hardline.
1.Why wasn't Greggo's prior battles with drug use mentioned?
The Hardline was burned before by Greg's drug use. He was atleast on his second or third mulligan, why do you think he was subject to random drug test? That's the real reason why Rhynes and Corby disconected their relationships to him.
2.The Ticket ALWAYS uses drops, period. You don't get a break from that just cause you messed up, AGAIN. If you don't like drops, you shouldn't listen to the Ticket. I'm hearing more and more drops on ESPN so maybe you should be careful about listening to them.
3.The writer didn't land Greg's vacant spot and now he's tearing down the Hard Line, did Rhynes hurt your feelings?
FYI
The morning and afternoon drive times are the highest paid gigs on the radio, it doesn't take a genius to figure out these guys aren't blue collar.
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badcarma28 03/10/2009 11:22:00 PM
I am so glad that you were able to get the story out about what happend.
To the Ticket staff I had been listening on the internet since I moved but no longer will I contribute to your ad revenue by gracing your website with my presence.
As for Greggo if you want my badcarma can visit them and give them back what they gave to you.
If they could only be in your shoes at the lowest point where you were then they would understand your pain.
I hope they do before they do it to somebody else.
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bootspur 02/19/2009 11:19:00 AM
re: Comment # 16 about Gordo. . .
Look, you criticize what Gordon IS doing, or is NOT doing, that tweaks your very own annoying, BEAR scaring Cackler. . . The deliverance of humor is a performance art, and to apply unnecessary pressure to the 'funny-man' is just about always going to gurantee a task master a bit fat ZERO yield. Humor creation is an organic process when successful and a bad joke when it is not, and besides all of that Gordon has always gone through periods of challenge, but that has nothing to do with whether Gordon is still FUNNY or a waste of time.
I tell you what, you should be charged with going out find to another funny-man who doesn't mind confronting assholes Like the Guy up North who TICKET runS into THERE on radio row prior to the SUPER Bowl each year that cracks us up, and yet boils the feather's of old Nasty Nester . . .
Gordon is as critical a member in the presentation portrait of what the Ticket is, as what any show host is, or thinks that they are.
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Mel 12/31/2008 10:46:00 PM
Lived in Dallas in 1997-1998, worked with Gordon as a host at the GameWorks I helped open in Grapevine at that time; listened to the Ticket then, been all around the world and checked in as a great P-1 would, vis-a-vis the 'net wherever I was on earth.
The Hardline is whatever those that purvey it SAY it is...to them. To many fans, like me, The Hardline will ALWAYS be Rhyner and Williams, with Corby in a support role, if any.
I'll still check in wherever I am in the world, but don't expect me to think of whatever's being offered as "The Hardline."
Too bad for the millions of us out here that what should happen is the one thing that looks like it will NEVER happen...authentic and actionable forgiveness and redemption.
But isn't that what life is about? Anyone walking around who DOESN'T need forgiveness or the opportunity to redeem themselves from SOMEONE, somewhere, is less than five years old.
Good luck to everyone involved.
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Michael 12/19/2008 9:09:00 PM
Oh the irony!!! A sportscaster who criticized celebrity athletes for succumbing to human weakness has his own weaknesses dragged out in public for all to see. I hope the rest of the on air personalities learn a lesson from this. Why has our society become so judgmental?
Greggo, I wish you the best. Get well first. Worry about the rest later.
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anticorb 10/12/2008 3:49:00 AM
Whoever had the idea to pair Greggo with this lame R.J. Crappie idiot, would probably like a do-over! I would still enjoy Greggo if he had someone with a personality to play off . It's the same on the Michael Irvin show. The little obnoxious, know-it-all, white dude co host, needs to be bitch slapped!! Hey...I'm white, so I can say it!!!
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anticorb 10/12/2008 3:47:00 AM
Whoever had the idea to pair Greggo with this lame R.J. Crappie idiot, would probably like a do-over! I would still enjoy Greggo if he had someone with a personality to play off . It's the same on the Michael Irvin show. The little obnoxious, know-it-all, white dude co host, needs to be bitch slapped!! Hey...I'm white, so I can say it!!!
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Well In Dowd 10/09/2008 5:56:00 AM
The Hammer was by far the best thing on the ticket from day one (and I was listening from 94-2004). The summer shows about Ranger baseball were greatness and it's a damn shame Corby f-ed it all up.
The ticket is way past its prime.
Bottom line it for you:
1. The musers have always sucked and Gordon really sucks.
2. Norm is fantastic and has been the best on 1310 for a long time.
3. BaD radio is just bad radio. Drop Dan McDowell like a bad habit. Give Bob his own show again.
4. Corby is a major ass-beating. The hardline is dead and they need to start all over. Rhyner is terrible without Greg.
We all knew Corby was a selfish ass and this story confirms it.
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Miller 09/23/2008 10:43:00 PM
Donovan is definitely on meth, Corby on weed, and Rhyner on smack.
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anticorb 09/21/2008 3:54:00 AM
Caught Greego's show the other nite....man...talk about forced chemistry!! Greggo spouted a couple of Greggoism's that would have been classic on old Hardline. Too bad these guy's could not have worked things out.
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jwaxman 09/18/2008 8:56:00 PM
Oh God I used to miss The Ticket when I moved out to California, but after reading this article I now realize how much of an ass whip all those guys are. They are so into themselves, but claim they do what they do for the P1... Get freaking real.. Greggo is pathetic and his new chick is disgusting (White trash written all over that situatuion).. Im done with Mike and Corby spouting the same banter day after day.. Its just not funny anymore! Bob and Donovan suck so bad.. I love Dan, but you have to put up with those other two self absorbed asses! The Musers are still greatness, but they alone arent going to save the ticket. Greggo's situation is just the start. The ticket is dying..
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Jeremy 09/17/2008 11:28:00 PM
Thanks so much for your work in giving us (me specifically) fans such great detail and for me, great closure.
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Chris 09/09/2008 3:26:00 AM
I've been listening to Greggo's new show tonight...and it's worse than I could have ever imagined. Anyone who thinks this guy's got an ounce of talent deserve's to wallow in this guy drivel.
For the record, Danny sucks too. He's killing the Hardline for me.
While I'm at it, who - with any shred of decency - listens to Nate Newton? I hear one half of a second of his dumb arse, and I'm over and out.
Radio in Dallas is slowly becoming a huge vacuum...Can you hear the sucking?
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Big D 08/31/2008 6:22:00 PM
Great article about Greggo...Thanks for giving us a look behind the scenes at a tragic figure.....I hope he gets his life back together, and I hope he brings some "Hardline" talk to 103.3 fm....Good luck, Greggo!.......
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CM 08/26/2008 11:25:00 PM
Wow. A telling article but I'm a smart enough adult to realize that when someone is a liar and a drug abuser than the blame is on them. If you hear the Rhyner and Corby response, you realize that they cared for the guy but he dug his own grave. HE IS THE ONE WHO TURNED HIS BACK ON THEM. He got new, rich friends and hung with them, not the Ticket guys. He is now surrounding himself with "yes people" while he watches others party. I went to TCU with Corby. Same year, next door fraternity. The guy was always nothing but nice. I see these comments and all I see is immature Greggo fans who can't understand that there is one person to blame and call names..Greggo. He brought it all down. Grow up.
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Michael Schirmer 08/26/2008 8:54:00 PM
Thanks for the article! I stopped listening to that station because at the time, I felt they did Greggo wrong. I thought Greggo had a problem and it showed, but obviously there was more behind the scene.
I hope Greggo comes back somewhere. I like him despite his faults. And I hope the people of the ticket can forgive him.
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Joel 08/20/2008 11:37:00 PM
Wow. I am sorry Greggo, and wish you the best. This was well done and very hard to read.
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ESPN converter 08/19/2008 6:37:00 PM
Excellent article. My suspicions of Corby are confirmed. The format has turned into a musical advertisement plug for the bands of wanna be producer Danny and has been DJ Rymes.
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ESPN converter 08/19/2008 6:35:00 PM
Excellent article. My suspicions of Corby are confirmed. The format has turned into a musical advertisement plug for the bands of wanna be producer Danny and has been DJ Rymes.
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DSK 08/14/2008 9:06:00 PM
Greggo seems to have turned into a pariah in the DFW radio market. Maybe his references aren't checking out.
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listener 08/13/2008 4:29:00 PM
Congrats on your new 105 gig! .....oops
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Chris 08/05/2008 7:14:00 PM
Richie thanks for the article. Great stuff and well written.
If you read the article, and listen to the Hardline's reply on their show, I think you get a more rounded idea of what happened.
The show struggled the year before Greggo was fired. You could tell Mike and Corby were frustrated. I remember them calling Greggo out several times on the air ("Any thoughts Greggo"? Huh?). And then there was the sound all last summer into October of Greggo's "allergies" and stuffy nose. It was obvious there was a problem, but I just couldn't believe, at the time, he was into coke. Shows what I know.
1. The Corby Conundrum. Cocaine makes a lot of users, especially long term users, paranoid. That's what Greg's accusation sounds like. To anyone listening to the show for the past couple of years (2006 & 2007), Greg was indeed taking a back seat. But it sounded to me, as a listener, like Greg was doing it to himself. It sounded to me like Corby was stepping up just to fill the vaccuum. I remember thinking it was kinda weird and I started thinking that there was some sort of feud between Rhyner and Greg. I agree with Mike & Corby, that it was Greggo's doing, not theirs. And I think as Greg's depression and drug use worsened, so did his paranoia increase which only fed his being so quiet on the air.
2. Turning their backs on Greggo. Sorry I don't see it. If this really has been going on as long as everyone says it has, then good God at some point you say enough is enough. I had to do that with a friend I'd known since she was 4. She was into coke (and a lot of other things). It wasn't easy, and you feel horrible either way. But at some point, you just get tired of the lies, and the BS and the drama and the games and most especially the denial. When I listened to the Hardline, this is what came through loud and clear to me. They were just sick and tired of it and just wanted to move on. I'm sorry but I don't think they should be demonized for it.
If Greg's friends turned their back on him, he must take responsibility for his part. That is part of recovery. Own it. Don't whine about it. No one forced him to use cocaine. And part of recovery is taking responsibility for the repercussions of the addiction. I didn't see a lot of that from him in the article. He sounded like he was searching for pity, not help or even understanding.
3. Greggo lying. Well yeah. If you listen long enough it's kind of obvious. Anyone remember him turning his hair orange on that trip to Mexico? He always denied it but geez. I never believed his stories about meeting Meg Ryan or Waylon Jennings or that sex club story. I don't know maybe they're true, but he always struck me as one of this guys who tells bullshit stories. I always took it as part of his radio persona. Guess it was more than that.
I've always liked Greggo on the air. In fact I think he and Fisher would make a great show. Hope it happens. If it does, I'll listen. It'll make a real alternative to BaD radio which gets old in a hurry.
But his problems are his own making, no one else's. Frankly reading the article I'm a little worried about his future. It doesn't read as though he's addressed the personality flaws that led to his addictions. It doesn't read as though he's addressed the depression/low self-esteem issues that leads to his lying. If so, then he might very well end up making the same mistakes again. I truly hope not.
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Lon Chaney 08/05/2008 6:38:00 AM
Mr. Ross your comments on right on. Especially about Gordo. I think he hated Greggo. Greggo used to be fat before he got his thumb stomaach. Gordo was fat. Gordo' wife is still real fat. That's why I think Gordo hates Greggo.
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Daniel 08/03/2008 3:41:00 AM
I never thought i'd listen to ESPN radio but if Greggo is there...i'm there. Great article and i'm glad i spent the time to read it. It makes me think twice about expressing how much i like the guys at the ticket...even though i'll continue listening.
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Daniel 08/03/2008 3:40:00 AM
I never thought i'd listen to ESPN radio but if Greggo is there...i'm there. Great article and i'm glad i spent the time to read it. It makes me think twice about expressing how much i like the guys at the ticket...even though i'll continue listening.
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Steve Ross 07/29/2008 5:43:00 PM
Something I thought I should also mention is that Gordon can be such an assassin when he wants to be. He has a sonar for sizing up people he can bury in an avalanche of mockery. And poor innocent, unassuming Greg was natural prey for a genius predator like Mr. Keith. Oh dear lord, the �Fake Greggo� stuff was so funny. In the summer of �98, those parodies of songs that Gordon did as fake Greggo still make me shake uncontrollably with laughter. HOWEVER, this constant targeting lowered Greggo down to the level of an almost cartoon fool (culminating with that giant inflatable �Greggo� on ice)� and while most at the station did not take advantage of shooting the Greggo fish in that barrel, �Snake� did. He always did. He did it to a fault. I remember after not listening to the Hardline for awhile, I came back to it when Snake was a more permanent part of it. I thought �my goodness do they bully poor Greg now. All they do is make fun of him now without mercy.�. I really felt sorry for him� but at this point, there was nothing he could do. If he fought back or stormed out of there, they�d all laugh at him and make it worse.
Gordon has almost done this to George as well. But the difference is� we all know that Craig loves/respects George deep down (they are equals) and thus, there is ultimately a �Craig & George vs Gordon� environment (you have to outweigh and dilute Gordon in some way to make his wit even out� which is why I find Gordon�s dictatorship roles in his own show less appealing). In other words, you never got the �Mike & Greg vs Snake� feeling. It was always �let�s all make fun of Greggo until we wear him down to a nub�. I�ll be the first to say it was incredibly funny. But at the same time, I�ll say it was at Greg�s ultimate expense. And I think a lot of that bullying may have driven him to the things that, in the end, brought him to that night of writing suicide notes.
Unfortunately Gordon Keith is the one I worry about when it comes to suicide. His brain power is too vast not to occasionally drift into that rare horrible area.
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anticorb 07/29/2008 5:23:00 AM
Well Steve Ross...you had us up to the "Everyone loves you snake"! That pretty well shot any and all credibilty. As for as Cooper-suc's concerned...that bozo's about as exciting as a bottle of rancid geritol!!!
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Andrew 07/28/2008 8:49:00 AM
Fuk Corby...what an ungrateful bastard. The Snake nickname is really rings true
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Andrew 07/28/2008 8:17:00 AM
Fuck Corby and Big Dumbass Danny...Corby should be ashamed of himself for shunning the man who is responsible for his career and his ability to own a house in Highland Park. I know Greggo screwed up but you don't turn your back on your friends when their in serious trouble like Greggo was. Bob Sturm, you're also a low life snake for not at least calling Greggo once to offer your support. He made the Ticket the success it is today and since Greggo's departure, the Hardline sucks dick. Trying to make Danny's life interesting to listeners is a flat out joke. How many stories can we hear about his drunken episodes of stupidiy day in and day out, boring radio! I respect Rhyner for at least having the balls to comment for this article and give an honest assesment of what really went down. Richie Witt wrote a gem of an article with this one and should be commended. Bottom line is that the Hardline has seen it's best days and will never be the same. I support you Greggo and will listen when you start your new show on ESPN. At least you won't have to work with a bunch of 2 faced bitches anymore
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anticorb 07/27/2008 10:45:00 PM
Well Beau D...that's all nice and good, but that doesnt change what was at the core of the issue. Greggo confirmed what I suspected all along. I don't think Rhyner & Corby, {or he who shall remain talentless} intentionally excluded Greggo. I think Corby's "Hey! Look at me...listen to ME...I'm HERE!!" persona took it's toll on what WAS an enjoyable afternoon. After Corby took a louieville slugger to Chris Arnold show, they drug his lame ass over to Hardline. Hardline being greatness it was, it took him awhile, but he eventually brought it down too! I beleive him on his "million friends" comment...cuz I've heard some "BORED TO TEARS" story about EACH ONE!!!
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Beau D. 07/26/2008 7:59:00 PM
Greggo is sick. For those of us who have "recovered" our sick minds its easy to see Greggo aint there yet. Its progress not perfection. Pray that Greggo gets it.
The members of the Hardline are like family members of an addict and should be treated as such. It is absurd that people blame the hardline individually or as a whole. They are not experts on addiction,they are victims of Greggos illness. Those of you who dont understand this dont despair there are those of us out-here who do and we are hard at work helping others. All is well HE is at the helm.
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Seriously? 07/25/2008 5:37:00 PM
I imagine that it's easy for someone to jump all over Corby and Rhyner if they just see the Hammer angle of the story. I don't pretend to know anything about the situation beyond just reading this article, but I do know what it is like to be burned by a lying addict. It's always the addict who has a disease, and is the victim, and you end up looking like an a-hole for ever being mad at them for torching your life while they were enjoying theirs, then you are supposed to forgive them after they start spouting cheeseball lines they picked up in rehab, and talking about building bridges. I say those guys are totally justified in not allowing him to burn them for the hundreth time.
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Jake 07/24/2008 11:01:00 AM
Well he's got a nice looking dog, and a pig. So he should be okay.
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Walter 07/23/2008 6:43:00 PM
Listening to the Hardline is becoming difficult. Corby is trying to be the serious sports guy. It was painful to listen to opine on baseball. He doesn't know baseball and his insights and comments are on par with what my mother might say. It's boring. At least Greggo knows the game and cared. The discussions now seemed forced. Corby and Danny were perfect in their previous role as funny side kicks. This new roel as sports pundit doesn't fit becuase Corby doesn't care about anything except perhaps college football. Other wise he is just qualified to do goofy interivews and entertainment news. They needa new guy and fast. Not Greggo. He has become a joke.
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Ed 07/23/2008 2:35:00 PM
Anyone notice that Mike is starting to distance himself from Corby during the broadcast yesterday??
It was also interesting that for nearly every sports segment Corby had either not watched the game in discussion or was silent on the point Mike was making.
The Hardline needs to be fixed fast.
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jon 07/23/2008 1:08:00 AM
I see a grown man who deliberately went shopping and bought a FREAKING pirate T-shirt--then thought to himself "you know this would be even COOLER if I cut the sleeves off just so" ---then I assume meticulously removed said sleeves and proceeded with the even bolder accessory of the pirate bandana necktie!!???!! are you kidding me; WTF!?! This same man fancies himself a celibrity, pulls in half a mil, needs to restore his tarnished image, is in essence still on an interview and chooses this little Halloween costume for his photo shoot!?! I'm perplexed by the groupies who love them some greggo and think he's the tits. I just don't get it.
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Eric 07/22/2008 1:44:00 PM
Is it just me or are the Ticket hosts the ugliest people, by far, in the Metroplex? Looking at the photos of the group on theticket.com, Rheiner and Donovan are probably the least objectionable of the bunch. The rest are absolutely hideous, especially Corby. I've never seen facial features like that. He darn well better make good money to make up for those looks. These folks really have the perfect faces for radio.
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uh-oh 07/22/2008 6:07:00 AM
i'm thinking the next ratings book will not be as high as in the past. this article fairly points out negative things about the station. the fact that rhyner & williams didn't talk off-air for nearly 10 yrs yet pretending to be tight. also the fact that they bank that much coupled with the relentless stories of trips and what not may create a backlash by the so-called common man p-1s. kudos to richie on the article. the timing couldn't have been worse/better depending on who's side you take. it comes out the day before they go on vacation, addressed for 3 segments only to have it ended by some drunks yelling at them to "change the subject" and so on.
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p1 10 years 07/22/2008 3:34:00 AM
Today I was LMAO at Corby trying to be the common man. I think he has heard the message but a dog can't change his spots.
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bb 07/22/2008 1:07:00 AM
Post #356 has it correct. Greggo is a malignant narcissist.
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Scott 07/22/2008 12:48:00 AM
Amazing how many of you think Corby "back-stabbed" Hammer based upon this article. Hammer admitted they were "closer than friends." don't you think Corby may have been a bit hurt that his close friend was lying to him and hurting his professional career? Williams was hurting all those around him, and to blame anyone but him is utter nonsense.
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Robert 07/21/2008 11:41:00 PM
Why would Williams cooperate with the Observer to have this article written in the first place? He probably just worsened his chances of finding any local on-air employment. And who knew he is into plumpers
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P1 Al 07/21/2008 10:55:00 PM
First five minutes back and Corby has already killed the energy of the show by going directly into fart talk.
If I were Mike I would find a new co-host as fast as I could.
The ship may be fresh out of dry dock but it is sinking quickly.
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Clubber Lang 07/21/2008 4:33:00 PM
Corby's insensate demeanor is what turned me off on the Tickets afternnon offerings. Judging from these prior comments it sounds as though he may get punched in the face some day.
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Bob 07/21/2008 3:27:00 AM
Corby is not a bad guy but ehy must he go on and on stories about his weekend activities, trips and such. Sure one or two aren't bad if something funny happened. But now it's these endless stories that are completely boring. That's the kind of stuff that will kill the station.
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Joe 07/21/2008 1:11:00 AM
Greggo is a narcissist and drug addict who lies and screws over his friends over both personally and professionally time and time again but Corby is the bad guy because he decided not to call this scumbag work acquaintance and submit himself to more manipulation and lies after his umpteenth betrayal?
Some of you posters are true idiots. Corby is NOT the bad guy in this soap opera.
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Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Jr. of 07/21/2008 12:49:00 AM
If I ever do become addicted please do not allow Mr. Corby Davidson around my house, family or wife. I will want them back when I begin to rebuild.
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Jr. of Kwik-E-Mart
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Dr. Strangelove 07/21/2008 12:24:00 AM
After reading the well written article and 350+ comments I wish Greg a swift and speedy return to happiness. We all make mistakes, and all should have a shot at redemption.
It also shows you who your friends are.
I suppose the real twist to the story is Corby Davidson. After considering all the pro/con of the situation Corby clearly came off as a jerk, which also seems to fit the radio persona he projects. Maybe it isn't as much an act as he tries to make it seem.
Yes I also heard the lady/moustache broadcast at the baseball game several years back and underneath it all I think there was a glimmer of the real Corby.
One day Corby will have something in his life where he has to reach out. I doubt he handles it with the dignity Greg has.
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DR 07/20/2008 10:39:00 PM
Greggo was great on the radio and this is a great article about someone that hopefully will find peace with what he did. he belongs back on radio and I would listen to him again.
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m&M 07/20/2008 7:56:00 PM
OK I'll come out and say what we all want:
Less Snake
More Grubes
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D1P1 07/20/2008 12:34:00 PM
1. Thanks Mr. Whitt for providing some closure to this sad episode.
2. Hey Baby-Boomers, quit bagging on Corby because you hate everything Gen-X or Greatest Generation or Gen-Y or anything else that does not stroke your narcissistic "we changed the world by spitting on Vets" disposition. Corby does not owe Greggo a call-back; just because a person helps out your career does not mean you are required to kiss their ass for all eternity. Those backing The Hammer versus the rest of the Hardline on this issue have clearly never tried to have a working relationship with a true addict. It does not work and the more you try to help them the more they drag you down. At some point one has to cut their losses and move on that can apply to family, that can apply to friends and it most assuredly can apply to co-workers that jeopardize your livelihood.
3. Greggo's on-air performance has been sub-par for years and anyone that has been listening to the show knows that. Corby and Danny were forced to either step up and contribute or to allow for a bunch of dead air while Mike tried to come to terms with all of the Hammers drug induced, off-topic comments. I can understand why The Hammer might think they were trying to box him out; he was high, but for any listener it was obvious that they were just trying to get the show on track and gloss over or make a joke of Greg's ridiculous statements.
4. Why is anyone surprised that top drive-time talent in the 4th largest market in America brings home 500K a year? If you listen to the Musers and The Hardline you know that these people live in places like The M Streets and Argyle. A simple search on any real estate site will reveal that homes in those areas command prices from $350 to over $1 Million one does not get a mortgage for a Million dollar home on a common man's salary. Even getting a home at 350K would make a common man (HH income below six figures) very house poor. If you listen to these people talk and have even limited powers of observation you know they make a nice chunk of change.
5. Greg is a lying hypocrite and drug addict. The last item is a disease and I wish him all the best in his recovery, but his comments about only hurting himself shows that he is not yet ready for steps 8 & 9 of the standard 12-step plan. The former two items are defects of character and while drug use may have enhanced them it was not the source of those flaws. Drugs did not make Greg claim a pro baseball career and they did not make him pop out a fun baby and then criticize athletes for doing the same; he did those without the benefit of chemical enhancement. Personally I would have been out on the dude the moment he decided to lie to me about his background. Grown adults should never need to lie; you are what you are and if you don't like what you are or can't make a living because of who you are YOU NEED TO CHANGE WHO YOU ARE not lie about it. Lying is for kids, unfaithful spouses, druggies and politicians not normal functioning members of society. Remember the lies came before the drugs.
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Alan 07/20/2008 3:42:00 AM
It is amazing to me that everyone is just now reaching these conclusions on Corby.
Does anyone remember the interview gone bust at Ranger Stadium between Corby and a lady who had no idea who the Hardline was?
Corby proceded on-air to say she had either a mustache or beard. It was the lowest point I've ever heard a radio personality go. This lady was demeaned in the worst way for no reason other than Corby had somehow in his mind been slighted by her not knowing the "big time" personality she was being interviewed by.
Yet nothing was done.
I am tired of it also, and the hyprocite attitude of on-air continual drug useage for pleasure (meaning pot) references by Corby somehow are not that funny given he "finds" someone on the crew in a bathroom stall and turns them ruining a career.
Of course Corby benefits from the firing.
I am done with 1310 also.
Happy Trails Snake. Who will be your next victim? The bearded lady again? It just isn't funny anymore.
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Switching Stations 07/20/2008 2:55:00 AM
Hey Corby how about Monday you tell us some of your $500,000 common man shtick.
Or even better--do some more of your Snake live interviews with the common man while putting him down and show us how much better you are than the rest of us.
Or tell us one of your boloney stories of how you enjoyed yourself in a manner the common man should aspire to attain.
Yeah we're just all common folk who are getting tired of Snake making a $500,000 living telling us how much better his life is than ours.
And you can forget the Snake Sports Knowledge. It's an empty well.
I'll be looking for another station; Hello Grandpa Urine.
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jd homer 07/20/2008 2:39:00 AM
Hey Cobra Snake - SUCK IT!
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X-P1 07/19/2008 9:57:00 PM
Used to LOVE the Hardline. I became a little less enamored when Corby showed up. After watching this train-wreck I started to sit a littel more on the fence after all the "screw the P1" attitudes on the radio, silence by the station, and the infamous "import announcement".
Through it all Corby has grown in air time and I find myself even less interested. He has killed the magic the show once had.
So I am no longer on the fence. Consider me done. The Hardline wasn't brought down by Greggo. It was the Snake. Carry on without me.
X-P1
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X-P1 07/19/2008 9:54:00 PM
Used to LOVE the Hardline. I became a little less enamored when Corby showed up. After watching this train-wreck I started to sit a littel more on the fence after all the "screw the P1" attitudes on the radio, silence by the station, and the infamous "import announcement".
Through it all Corby has grow in air time and I find myself even less interested. He has killed the magic the show once had.
So I am no longer on the fence. Consider me done. The Hardline wasn't brought down by Greggo. It was the Snake. Carry on without me.
X-P1
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Skeeter 07/19/2008 6:42:00 PM
IMHO, I think Big Greggo is dealing with some sexuality issues. I've thought for a long time that the guy has been riding the fence between the shes and hes. Many gay guys I know who've had hetero relationships before "coming out" did so with overweight women (all the while bragging about former conquests with good looking women.) Plus - let's face it - straight guys don't collect Coco Cola memorabilia. That's just gay.
NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT...I support the gay!
One more thing...We all know that Mike Rhyner IS the Hardline, but ya'll need to lay off Corby...without him, the Hardline sinks like Dees Nuts. So suck on THAT!
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Mel 07/19/2008 4:56:00 AM
Rhyner is a founder of the station. He is the patriarch. Greggo became his side kick. He was the Jerry Lewis, the Costello.
Rhyner is still the patrarch. I feel bad for Greggo for the ass chewing he got from the boss. Mike is the boss. A frien and I were talking about that ass chewing today. That is one person who I would not want on my ass in the work environment. Yet Greggo, like some of the nuts I worked with just thought he would take the ass-chewing and everybody would just tossle his hair and invite him back. He has yet to realize he screwed everyone associated at the ticket.
As for Corby. Not a word has come from him. He hasn't aired any dirty laundry. No comment.
I have had my share of drunks and abusers in my work. There is nothing you can say or do about them. They are either dunks or addicts. Greggo still thinks he affected only himself. What about the P-1 who listen to the show? Did he not betray them with his holier than thou rants and now you find out he was snorting coke off a toilet seat while on the job?
Corby hasn't said a thing and all of these people are calling him out. Greggo left the show in mid sentence, lied and hid and quit long before the group met with him.
I heard Rhynes and the boys offer their sympathies for the loss of Gregg's dad, too.
Greggo quit on the whole station. It is a business, the rest of the crew owes him nothing.
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Out 07/18/2008 10:41:00 PM
Greg was given many chances like so many in the entertainment industry. But after all his many extended, secret "leaves of absenses" (painkillers, thumbstomach etc.) the company figured out that the ratings didn't really take a hit in his absense. So when he F'd up the last time they new they could be rid of a problem employee and reduce payroll by a ton.
To all those that think his co-workers turn their backs on Greg well I agree that they did. I also would have done the same thing. He had his chances that he screwed away. How many times do you have to allow a self destroying coke-head liar bring you down. He didn't have a problem screwing away his own $500K gig so do you think he cared about the 100 other employees at that radio group? Do you call him when he's "lawyered up" knowing that anything you might say could be something you have to testify about later?
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Eunice 07/18/2008 8:27:00 PM
Corby stop reading th ecommants!
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Pal 07/18/2008 8:06:00 PM
Please stop comparing this situation to someone at your job or someone in your family. These guys are entertainers, nothing more, nothing less. Take a look at how many people in Hollywood screw everyone over and get 2,3,4,10 chances.
To me the most striking revelation from this story is that Mike has hated Greg off-air for the good part of a decade. I can't believe I sort of bought in to their camaraderie. If he really had this animosity about Greg he should have cut him loose a long time ago. He faked it (and us listeners) for years and finally found an excuse to get rid of him.
P.S. We're having fun here, no?
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wreck 07/18/2008 6:37:00 PM
... or Greggo could become Dr. carlton Maxwell's new "assistant".
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Juan 07/18/2008 6:33:00 PM
He's a loser. ...always has been, always will be.
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wreck 07/18/2008 4:03:00 PM
Perhaps Dr. Carlton Maxwell could write a book about Greggo.
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Carl 07/18/2008 8:44:00 AM
You know the interesting thing to me is the number that refused to be interviewed. It sounds like, more than anything, as annoyed as everyone was, the final "reconciliation" meeting simply got severely out of hand and there are a lot of ticket staffers that are now "uncomfortable" to talk about our continue after it. To Whitt's point, due to more federal laws than I can count, the Ticket's version of events never did add up and it always seemed like there was something else that must have happened.
The sad thing is (or good thing) is that where everyone is coming from is perfectly reasonable. And if Corbles was a point of contention, I can see where he might be rediscent to call Greggo even if he wants to. Plus, if Rhyner or maybe even Danny still holds that much of a grudge (which someone must if they honestly believe that the show wasn't "phasing" Greggo out long before this incident) it might not be smart for any of them to talk to Greggo and risk making the current "clubhouse" angry.
I think the one thing that maybe Whitt's article glosses over is that both Rhyner and Williams were right at the exact same time. Williams was being phased out, but not by anyone intentionally. That same "locker room" mentality with all its charm invariably creates the "loser/nerd" who becomes the default butt of most jokes and eventually tends to withdraw entirely because, well, it sucks to be that guy. Sure you're making bank, but if you've got personal demons to begin with it can be very hard to keep that in the proper perspective.
And so what Rhyner ended up with was the exact same show format he started with before he decided to change the chemistry, only with Cobra substituted in place of Greggo. I just find it unfortunate that the only one who can admit any fault is Greggo. Still, it's promising to hear Mike admit that maybe it's just a matter of it simply being too soon. Part of me thinks that all the pieces are in place if the two ever did decide to reconcile either for professional or personal reasons.
In any event, I hope Greggo has gotten the help he needs and he can maintain that healthy level of introspection which every addict or depressive needs. He's at least talking a good game now. The only thing that still seems out of whack with him is that he acknowledges OCD and yet still allows himself to maintain 50k in guns which is also an addiction, albeit a benign one.
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P1 dude 07/18/2008 7:09:00 AM
who cares if greggo put in a good word for corby? i'm sure corby has thanked him plenty of times in the PAST. it's obvious that greggo shit all over everyone too many times to be forgiven. the only phone calls warranted should be by greggo to corby, the grey wolf, dan paul...etc.
and greg's heartfelt apologies, while sincere (maybe), can in no way heal all the crap that went on up there. given time and therapy...i hope mr. williams will come out of this okay.
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Jeff 07/17/2008 10:25:00 PM
Do you like being chief of police?
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anticorb 07/17/2008 4:26:00 AM
LOL!! I'll admit I've used various monikers {d-head dave, anticorb,ant penis,ect} but apparently there's enough corby haters, that will no longer be necessary! Corby has always been a drain on the show. When corbs first joined the show, he was boo'ed constantly at the remotes. However, we had no choice but to tolerate him. He acts like everyone wants to pinch his cute little cheeks...fact is...I don't know anyone who can stand him! I always enjoyed Greggo-Clyed, Rhynes-squid...hell..even Danny's personal stories, but Corby's makes my skin crawl in five differant directions! I love how Rhyner & Danny struggle to make "snake pits" sound interesting...usually to no avail. That lil yelping yard dog dominates way too much of the show!
The shows still coasting strictly on rep, and fact theres nothing else. Some dumbass consultant saddled Gallaway with lame yuk monkeys & drops, rendering him useless! The fact that Greggo recommended Corby in the first place should have triggered an all out mental stability probe!! I don't know Corby, but known plenty like him. All you little "lay off Corbies" out there..trust me....this clown is a festering, fresh pile of dog crap with enough steam rising to make a extra hot mocha latte blush!!
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Candice 07/17/2008 2:38:00 AM
OK, here's the 12 steps of recovery that apply to all addicts...just replace "alcohol" with the drug of choice.
Seems Greggo may be stuck, or has skipped 8 and 9...but it doesn't work unless you work it. Great article, wonderful writing. And from what I heard Rhyner, Corby & Danny discussing on air, they vehemently disagree with Greggo's revisionist history. Who's telling the truth? Well, that's the problem with being a junkie...you lose everyone's trust. Time will have to tell, and heal wounds if Greggo truly stays the recovery course. God speed, Greggo.
THE TWELVE STEPS
OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
1. We admitted we were powerless over
alcohol�that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater
than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our
lives over to the care of God as we understood
Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral
inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to
another human being the exact nature of our
wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove
all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed,
and became willing to make amends to them
all.
9. Made direct amends to such people
wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory
and when we were wrong promptly admitted
it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation
to improve our conscious contact with God, as
we understood Him, praying only for knowledge
of His will for us and the power to carry
that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the
result of these steps, we tried to carry this
message to alcoholics, and to practice these
principles in all our affairs.
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screamineagle 07/17/2008 12:52:00 AM
as someone who has been close to an addict, i can understand how good friends and even family can eventually have enough. being lied to and manipulated while trying to be there for someone wears you down, and while an addict admitting a broken relationship is their fault is a start, it doesnt make everything okay all of a sudden. im not saying i think that's what greggo is expecting, but for everyone who wants to bash the rest of the line-up for finally "turning their backs" just remember greggo was supposed to be their true friend as well
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Skip 07/16/2008 11:39:00 PM
I miss the Ticket, I miss Whataburger, and who would have guessed....Hammer blows it.....Rock Me!!! Stay Hard.
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Mickey Mantle 07/16/2008 10:11:00 PM
Did Greggo do that line of coke in the piss stall before or after Corby sucked his cock?
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Stu 07/16/2008 7:27:00 PM
Looking forward to listening to his show. Thanks for the article.
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DW 07/16/2008 4:00:00 PM
BAD RADIO IS THE BEST!!
MOVE them to the 3 oclock slot
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DW 07/16/2008 3:54:00 PM
OHH YEAH!
CORBY SUCKS!!!
LESS CORBY!!!
Kidd Kradick is Less annoying than him!!
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DW 07/16/2008 3:50:00 PM
HOW CRAPPY THE TICKET OFFERED 1 MONTH SEVERENCE AFTER 14 YEARS!!!
I dont know whats going on up there and the ticket talks about pattern of behavior.
One month severence shows the true colors of a company and how they care for and treat people.
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CORBITA 07/16/2008 2:25:00 PM
Corby quit reading these comments
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shiver me timbers 07/16/2008 2:25:00 PM
I pray that if my wheels are ever shot off to the extent of greggo's and the Dallas Observer dedicates a feature article to my story that I am not dressed up as a pirate in any of the photos......he's still high
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JOE 07/16/2008 1:33:00 PM
Hey #322. If yoyu listen it was so much the problems with Drug Use. It was all the lies. Lies that go hand in hand with drug use ae one thing. BUT to lie about playing pro baseball, having a stroke and may other lies. This points to his a much deeper problem.
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J.G. 07/16/2008 7:35:00 AM
I was a "p1,day1" even suffering through the days of Rocco Pendola but it was all worth it just so I could crank up my radio to the opening music of the Hard line, aLL my friends and I quoted all the Hard Line drops (mostly of Greggo)but I can speak from my own drug experiance and losing just about everything I owned or had aquirred including a great Gen. Mngrs job with a great salary and bonus structure, but nothing hurt more to me even today than the people who I thought were true frinds acting as if we had never met and doing there part to bad mouth me if the was a platform available so I may be alittle jaded but fuck those guys from big Dan clear down to Groobs, I,ll never listen to the ticket again and will voice my opinion wherever I can , I
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Joe 07/16/2008 12:42:00 AM
We get Greggo has a drug problem. From what i understand he gas only done cocaine for a year or two. How does he explain the complusive lying over the past 15 years? I think the Hardline could handle is drug problem. Why don't all the people slamming Mike and Corby ask what they would do if the where told countless lies for 15 years. These were not white lies. They were way over the top lies from a very distrubed person.
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craftsmandave 07/16/2008 12:32:00 AM
Business is Business Greg. It sucks but if I fucked up at my job, there would be NO latitude like the pass you got. Good Luck in your future indeavours, But remember, your only one fuck up away from death and the three room apartment.
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Robert 07/15/2008 11:46:00 PM
Why would Williams cooperate with the Observer to have this article written in the first place? He probably just worsened his chances of finding any local on-air employment. He should've had lawyers all over this to ensure this never saw the light of day, in print no less!
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Leland Morton 07/15/2008 11:34:00 PM
I'm so glad to finally hear from Greggo on this issue and that he is on the mend. I still listen to the show although its really not the same. I understand Mikes side and I'm really glad he had the fortitude to comment. At the same time I'm really dissappointed that Corby Davidson didn't. On the outside it seems to me that Corby has hit the jackpot and has become so self absorbed with his local fame that itsbvecome difficult to listen to him. I would have had much more respect for he and Danny both if they would have commented. My family and I wish the "Hambonita" the best.
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Jef 07/15/2008 10:22:00 PM
The Hardline is better without Williams. I'm a P1 Day 1. Say what you want. Addicts are addicts and behave the way they do to avoid detection. The show is better without Williams.
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tell me 07/15/2008 9:56:00 PM
how come the crew ditched greg for his drug use, but dedicated a whole show to danny & corby's boy when he got drunk, beat his girl & then tried to break into a neighbor's house before having the castle law administered to him? there IS a bit of hypocrisy in their distancing over greg while supporting a drunk, woman beater who was drunk while taking prescription meds.
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Talshaw 07/15/2008 9:24:00 PM
As someone who worked at the ticket for 7 years I will tell you Corby is very arrogant and a liar. Corby went out of his way to make sure he undermined Greggo and went after his job. Thats a fact. Greggo admitted it was his fault. Good friends understand that drugs take control over you and that drugs will make you lie. You try to help them not distance from them and say" I tried to help over and over and now I give up.Friends continue to try and help even with the lies. Corby is a typical liberal. he preaches compassion and then stabs you in the back with fake compassion as liberals do. Liberals are known for lies. If you knew Corby the way I do you would know he is FAKE. Corby I hope your wife never has a drug problem and lies to you or your kid because you will ditch them. Corby get off your high horse and quit lying. Typical liberal untruths and lies and fake. Go get em Greggo .
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Elmo 07/15/2008 7:18:00 PM
Now I don't believe any of his old stories he told on the air. If Grego gets a new gig how can I believe any story he tells.
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former nookie girl 07/15/2008 6:09:00 PM
I spent some time with Greggo...that is until I found out he was a liar and a coke head. he offered it to me and I ran for the hills. The guy is looking for pity. 3 days in rehab does not make you clean.. and what is he doing for the years of complusive lying? Every day was a new lie..before I removed myself from his life he must of last track because he started to recycle the old lies. I think he had 100 strokes.. go get help greggo!
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Robert 07/15/2008 3:43:00 PM
I am perplexed by the show of support for Greggo in these comments. Numerous comments say that Rhyner, Corby and Danny should never turn their back on a friend, et cetera.
We have learned that Greggo was not only a drug addict, but had been a pathological liar since the beginning. What kind of friend is that? I am shocked that the others put up with Greggo's b.s. for as long as they did.
Would the Greggo supporters continue a friendship with someone who lied to them constantly, even when the truth would serve them better? I know that I wouldn't. I don't need "friends" like that.
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insider 07/15/2008 3:23:00 PM
corby did kill chris' show by his lack of show prep. chris couldn't do it all with his hectic schedule. it was soon thereafter that all of a sudden corby started to appear on BaD radio. he was still corby back then. then suddenly overnight he was being called "abrasive, over the top & polarizing" by rhynes. in other words, he was reinvented to better fit on the hardline. time will ultimately tell ratings wise either way in regards to the greggo fallout. the hardline's saving grace is that they really don't have much competition but i do suspect galloway to gain on them
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Roadside Couch 07/15/2008 5:19:00 AM
Hey Bigfly, you obviously had your head up your ass back when when Chris Arnold walked into the KTCK programming offices and quit, effective immediately. He quit because he had too many things going at once and wanted a life. Obviously the gig over at KKDA was his main gig so he quit the ticket, but did so in a rather abrupt and inconsiderate manner. Corby did nothing but improve that show. He certainly did not lead to the cancellation of the show as you claim.
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Phil 07/15/2008 3:15:00 AM
According to Rhynes the half a million is simply another lie from Greggo, trying to make himself look like a far bigger player than he actually was. Screw Greggo and his sack of lies.
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BobbyA 07/15/2008 12:01:00 AM
The question has never been answered. What was Corby doing in the toilet stall with Greggo. I thought the little snake only did that to Mike.
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Dale Hansen 07/14/2008 11:58:00 PM
There is nothing wrong with having a big ego and I resemble that remark. It is not Corby's fault that he was born with a silver spoon in his ass and his parents virtually gave everyhting to him.
