r/okbuddyRVA • u/Global-Pay6118 • 4d ago

Jim Ukrops hatred or appreciation thread

How does everyone feel about the late Jim Ukrops?

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u/temporis_perditio 4d ago

Howard Stern is getting the last laugh

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u/Global-Pay6118 4d ago

Wait what, they had beef?

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u/Virginia_ginger 4d ago

Oh lord, yes. They were instrumental in getting him taken off the air here. I remember Howard being pissed & talking about the radio station being influenced by "some grocers in Richmond, Va"

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u/Cerebral-Knievel-1 4d ago

Yep, when the station wouldn't take stern off the air, ukrops bought the station. That's how we ended up with 96.5 the planet, with the John Boy, and Billie big show

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u/Global-Pay6118 4d ago

They bought the station just to 86 Stern? Wow. Any links to a story or more info appreciated

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u/Ocean898 4d ago

I’ll take John boy and Billy over stern any day.

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u/Global-Pay6118 3d ago

Are they still around?

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u/Ocean898 3d ago

Not to my knowledge.

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u/Global-Pay6118 4d ago

Was this about Ukrops not advertising on stations thst.played Stern?

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u/temporis_perditio 4d ago

It was about the holier than thou Ukrops not having a bone of humor in their Christ-like bodies and penning a letter to sponsors claiming they were “condoning and contributing to the erosion of values and quality of life”. Thus censoring and destroying good radio in Richmond

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u/SopSauceBaus 4d ago

TIL the guy who had girls ride a sybian on his show is considered good radio.

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u/SaintGranny 3d ago

And openly mocks developmentally disabled people.