He's Still Better Than Sammy Hagar
Now that Howard Stern has abandoned 92.3 for the warm arms of Sirius (the new show starts January 9th — and what the hell is up with the Black Power logo accompanying his relaunch? Who are we kidding here?), "Diamond" David Lee Roth has taken over the morning slot on K-Rock. The station has been rebranded as Free FM, presumably in an effort to distance itself from its Stern-dominated history, but it's not going to do much good: both the papers and the listeners have been less than kind (granted, it's only day 2). Writes one New York Radio Message Board user:
He's spending too much time talking about being an EMT, about why he doesn't have kids and the like. He's got to latch on to things everyone can relate to. You need a fallback position to emphasize. With Stern, it was talking about boobs (as an example).
Yes, that's the problem. Roth needs a fallback like Stern's brilliant schoolboy humor. If Roth would just admit to the universal experience of masturbating to Aunt Jemima, he'd totally connect with the audience.
Press Pans Roth's Radio Bow [Billboard Radio Monitor]
David Lee Roth: What I Would Do [NYRMB]