The Toledo Blade, long badmouthed by the mouth that mumbles, has outed WSPD Program Director and afternoon talker, Brian Wilson. The Blade story quotes records from Bedford County, Va, placing Wilson and his wife, in a $340,000 home in Huddleston, Va. The Blade says the couple's home in Perrysburg, which he calls Moss Creek, on the air, is still owned by the Wilsons but was emptied of furniture and the Wilsons moved out five or six weeks ago, according to a former neighbor. Station Manager Andy Stuart refused to comment to the Blade, other than to say "It's not really a story." The Blade article says the program, in which Wilson touts broadcasting from "high atop the Maumee River." is really aired from an undisclosed location. The Blade story says a Clear Channel official in Lynchburg recalls Wilson broadcast from their studios for a while, "but he has not been there for about a month."

If this is true this is a major news story. Will the other Toledo media try to cover it up or can we expect to see fair and honest coverage of this from the Journal, Sojurner's Truth, Free Press, and TV stations?
Good work by the Blade staff in uncovering this. Maybe it's time for a protest in front of the station to force Andy Stuart to answer the Blade's questions, after all the license is for the public airwaves and controlled by the FCC. Do they get any public dollars for this move out of state?

I'll admit, I've been a fan of Brian's for a while. If this story is indeed true, then I've lost respect for the man. While he's still funny and many of his views I agree with, the fact he claims to be in the region but might not be is dishonest and underhanded.

I'll have to tune in tomorrow to hear his comments on this. I'm sure he'll badmouth the Blade as usual.

It is true. Confirmed, 100%. Common knowledge at CC Toledo, and has been for quite some time.

Force Andy Stuart to answer? Ha.

Stuart is a scumbag. All he cares about is the almighty dollar - and he makes that plain for all to see every single day with the way he treats those around him.

Everyone likes to make money. Power is nice too. But when it is your sole reason for existing, it's safe to say that you got your priorities mixed up somewhere along the way.

You are a sad, shallow, little man, Andy Staurt. Shame on you. And shame on you, Brian.

But then again, since when is deceit, tramping on others, and backstabbing anything but common practice once you've sold your soul? As long as you get the price you want for it, that makes it all ok. No better than the whores that walk the street. Worse, in fact. At least most whores tell you up front they are screwing you for money.

How long ago did you get fired? We should share stories some day

Who cares?

Or would it be more appropriate to say, "Who cares that isn't a radio-wannabe..."

That pretty much applies to everyone on this board!



I agree. These days, it really doesn't matter where he lives. He apparently is able to keep up with local events and politics from "his bunker in an undisclosed location."

So if the PD isn't even in the same state as the studio or transmitter, who's running the ship?

So all these other CC people who voice track and give local information, temperature, events, etc. are big liars too? What about Liz Ayers on the River? She's somewhere down south, but makes it sound as if she's in Toledo. And all the people in the Toledo CC doing voice tracking in different markets. Using your definition, they're "faking it" every day, prentending to be in a city they're not.

Unless you are in the CC building, you don't know if Wilson was there or not on any particular day. Maybe he's commuting. Maybe he's staying with friends. Maybe he's in Va. Who can tell? Why does it matter?

It's not uncommon to broadcast from a different location even for talk hosts. Don Geronimo will be doing a talk show in Sacramento from his home in Ocean City, MD. Joe Pags does a show in Houston from San Antonio. And do you really think that when they bring in fill-in hosts that the host is doing the show from the local studio? If the host is up on local issues and can talk authoritatively about topics, there's no faking it, the host is doing his or her job.

I agree , and disagree with you newschicky....voicetracking has been around a long time in music radio and the talent does create the impression that they are in the market where they are heard...but, they never just come outright and make a claim that they are there as has Wilson. Rush says he is in Florida, Beck in Manhattan, etc. Wilson says he is in Toledo and that harms his credability. My opinion is that as long as he keeps up with the local stuff most listeners won't mind, but again, he should be honest about where he really lives. JRB has made no secret of the fact that he really lives in Pittsburgh. This is really just another chapter in the Wilson vs. Blade saga. Point Blade.

Nice try at defending your husband, Cassie... but it's still dishonest.

If Wilson thinks he can dictate what's best for Toledo from his perch on the Beltway, then he's no better than the politicians he rails against every day.

I know all about fill hosts and voicetracking from other markets, but like others have said, claiming to be here and not just isn't right.


He mentioned a few quips from the article, but none of the actual meat. He actually talked about Bowersox, so I turned the dial.

Wilson addressed the Blade article somewhat on his show. He says he was allergic to something in Northwest Ohio due to Toledo having been built on the Black Swamp and moved on doctor's orders. Wilson did not comment on why he pretended to still be in the area when he was not. I wish him well in his future endeavours.

I'm surprised it took this long for WSPD and the Blade to get at each other's throats again now that neither has Carty to kick around anymore.