Elliot in the Morning

Elliot in the Morning
Elliot in the Morning
Created by Elliot Segal
Starring Elliot Segal and The Class: (Diane Stupar-Hughes, Tyler Molnar, Kayleigh Gelles)
Country of origin United States
Production
Running time 4 hours, 32 minutes
Release
Original network Elliot in the Morning Radio Network
WWDC-Washington, DC, WRXL-Richmond, VA
Original release 1999 – present

Elliot in the Morning is a morning radio talk show hosted by DJ Elliot Segal. It airs weekdays from "5:48 until 10-something" on WWDC-FM in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, WRXL in Richmond, Virginia and on WBWZ in the Hudson Valley of New York . The program was simulcast on WOSC in Ocean City, Maryland from 2003 to 2004 and on WCHH in Baltimore, Maryland from May 2008 to November 2009. Beginning in January 2014, the show was briefly simulcast on WOR-AM, while continuing to simulcast on the DC and Richmond stations, with the show originally planning to leave the DC101 studios in January 2014.[1] However, after citing that "significant changes" would be needed for the show to succeed in NYC, it was announced that the show would no longer be carried on WOR-AM.[2]

The format covers a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from in-person or telephone interviews with well-known celebrities, to gross-out stunts involving much of the show's supporting cast. The show has regular telephone interviews with Patricia Murphy (from The Daily Beast), Mark Steines (from Entertainment Tonight) during sweeps and Brandon Noble (former NFL player) during football season.

As of 2005, Elliot in the Morning had been the cause of the fifth largest amount of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fines since 1970, with $302,500 worth of fines leveled at the show.[3] As a result, while the show still frequently involves euphemistic mentions of sexual topics, it is broadcast with a short tape delay, and is occasionally "dumped" to canned music for profanity.

Cast

Elliot Segal
Diane "Momma" Stupar-Hughes
Tyler Molnar
Kayleigh Gelles

Controversies

White House Stunt

On the morning of February 8, 2001, Elliot Segal sent Bryan "Flounder" Schlossberg to the south fence of the White House, where a gunman had been shot and arrested the previous day, offering passersby to a "free shot of bush." The "bush" in question was an anatomical reference in connection to a spread of porn magazines that were on display. Flounder was connected to the airwaves via cell phone when the Secret Service surrounded him and demanded that he hang up the phone. In the end, Flounder avoided being taken into custody, but was however banned from the grounds of the White House indefinitely.[4]

Bishop O'Connell High School

The morning of May 7, 2002, on D.C. metro area disc jockey Elliot Segal's radio program, DC101's "Elliot in the Morning", two sixteen-year-old O'Connell students called to be considered in a contest whose winners were to be cage dancers at an upcoming Kid Rock concert at George Mason University's Patriot Center. Instead, goaded by Elliot, they discussed alleged sexual activity at O'Connell. The students claimed to be eighteen. The two discussed giving oral sex to lines of boys in the hallway and having intercourse in stairwells and closets.[5] They implied these acts occurred during a typical school day. The students, who had used false names on air, were suspended the same day for their comments.[6] The principal addressed the student body on the PA system and discussed the immorality of Mr. Segal's radio show. The following day (May 8), Mr. Segal, angered by the students' suspension, personally insulted the principal on air, making lewd remarks about his family and his sexual activity. He also mocked the school's mission statement, specifically what he considered to be a hypocritical statement that their educational environment is "rooted in the life of Christ."[7] The two days of broadcasting were ruled indecent by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As a result, in October 2003, sixteen months after the incident, DC101's parent company Clear Channel Communications was fined $55,000.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/124976/wor-to-add-elliot-in-the-morning-plus-rush-hannity
  2. ↑ http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/126922/no-more-elliot-in-the-morning-at-wor
  3. ↑ Largest FCC fines graphic from The Washington Post, November 10, 2005
  4. ↑ DC101's Elliot Stages White House Stunt Day After Shooting
  5. ↑ Quirk, Matthew. Air Pollution. The Atlantic Monthly: May 2004.
  6. ↑ Dortch, Marlene H.; et al. (2003-10-02). "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture" (PDF). FCC 03-233. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  7. ↑ Quote taken from O'Connell Website's Mission & Beliefs Archived 2007-02-13 at the Wayback Machine. page.
  8. ↑ "Commission Proposes Statutory Maximum Forfeiture of $55,000 against AMFM Radio Licenses for Apparent Violations of Indecency Rules" (Press release). Federal Communications Commission. 2003-10-02. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
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