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RADIO WARS: 97.5 the Fanatic Listeners Not Thrilled with Jamie Lynch’s Departure
By Kyle Pagan
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Last night, Kevin broke the news that Jamie Lynch was out at 97.5 the Fanatic and off the John Kincade Show. It caused a shit storm locally on Twitter. I’ve been here less than a year so I don’t know the history of all RADIO WARS posts, but I gotta think that one was one of the most read of all time. I mean 179 replies and 100 more quote retweets on the Crossing Broad tweet alone says it all. People aren’t happy about the decision:
And watch how many listeners drop from this show. @jelynchjr was one of the only reasons I stayed when JK came to town
— Tim Stern (@Sternabator) October 7, 2022
97.5 keeps shooting themselves in the foot of letting go of their best people, and not even giving them time to have a proper send off.
— BenKenobi|🦅(4-0)|🔔⚾(87-75)|7️⃣6️⃣|🟠🏒 (@ol_ben_kenobi_) October 7, 2022
I don’t need to even turn this station on now
— RUGSY (@CRicchini) October 7, 2022
Wtf. Jaimie Lynch was one of the best things about that show.
— RMacs (@PhillyHotspur) October 7, 2022
People on the YouTube stream continued this morning:
looks like listeners aren’t very happy with the move: pic.twitter.com/3rKHugz8SE
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) October 7, 2022
Here’s The Bro checking in:
— Jamie Lynch (@jelynchjr) October 7, 2022
It’ll be interesting to see what’s going on. John Kincade and Bob Cooney addressed it after the first break this morning. Bob’s line about “we’ll all know more in the coming days” was interesting.
P.S. Absolutely ruthless to fire a guy when his bags were packed for Arizona. That’s almost as bad as Lane Kiffin getting fired on the tarmac:
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com