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Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

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Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by ChrisWL1980 » Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:55 pm

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/col ... A7wnyZOJyw

I have to say, I'm very surprised at this. I don't know Vic personally outside of interacting with him on his social media, but he always seemed like a nice guy to me and I wouldn't have thought he had this kind of vitriol inside him. I only hope it's an aberration and he gets whatever help he needs.



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Re: Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by Rate This » Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:32 pm

ChrisWL1980 wrote:
Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:55 pm
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/col ... A7wnyZOJyw

I have to say, I'm very surprised at this. I don't know Vic personally outside of interacting with him on his social media, but he always seemed like a nice guy to me and I wouldn't have thought he had this kind of vitriol inside him. I only hope it's an aberration and he gets whatever help he needs.
The guy always struck me as having the potential to be a complete asshole even if he was a decent anchor. If I was that radio station I’d have fired them both on the spot. You CANNOT do that on air let alone the tirade in the break. Moot point I guess… the woman quit that day.



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Re: Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by Mega Hertz » Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:35 am

Jesus Christ on a bike. That was rough. Even if you try to justify the rest of the tirade, bringing up the parenting was uncalled for.


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Post by MWmetalhead » Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:16 am

I thought he was so-so as a news anchor at 7; I liked him better when he did Sports.

I'd say that tirade is deserving of immediate termination.



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Re: Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by sirrealone » Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:13 am

Spends 24 years building a career. Destroys it in 4 minutes.

The actual audio exchange is here:
https://www.stltoday.com/online/listen- ... in-article



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Post by Rate This » Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:39 am

sirrealone wrote:
Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:13 am
Spends 24 years building a career. Destroys it in 4 minutes.

The actual audio exchange is here:
https://www.stltoday.com/online/listen- ... in-article
They edited the audio so much it’s over 50% bleeps…



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Post by radioandtventhusiast » Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:07 pm

I always thought Vic was nice on TV when he was on WXYZ. That rant was totally uncalled for. Goes to show that the person you see on TV isn't always the same outside of it. I too hope he gets all the help he can get.



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Post by Rate This » Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:39 pm

radioandtventhusiast wrote:
Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:07 pm
I always thought Vic was nice on TV when he was on WXYZ. That rant was totally uncalled for. Goes to show that the person you see on TV isn't always the same outside of it. I too hope he gets all the help he can get.
When you watch the clip of the rant and then hear him come back on air as pleasant as can be and say what a great time he had... I got whiplash.



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Post by Colonel Flagg » Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:36 pm

radioandtventhusiast wrote:
Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:07 pm
I always thought Vic was nice on TV when he was on WXYZ. That rant was totally uncalled for. Goes to show that the person you see on TV isn't always the same outside of it. I too hope he gets all the help he can get.
Putting this incident aside for the moment, one is left to ponder, why a well established, local TV personality is pulling a morning shift on a station that's way out in the sticks? It would be like Davey Lew or Bernie Smilovitz, in addition to their TV duties, doing mornings on U.S103 in Lapeer. Really...

Furthermore, at Vic's age, it's not a good look to go around with your hat on backwards. It looks, well, I'll just say it.... stupid.


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Post by MasterB » Tue Sep 20, 2022 11:41 pm

Vic should be fired plus Perry Sook doesn't like swearing there is no swearing in the contract if you sign with a Nexstar TV station from FTVLive. Which I know some take with a grain of salt.


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Re: Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by radioandtventhusiast » Wed Sep 21, 2022 2:25 pm

Rate This wrote:
Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:39 pm
radioandtventhusiast wrote:
Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:07 pm
I always thought Vic was nice on TV when he was on WXYZ. That rant was totally uncalled for. Goes to show that the person you see on TV isn't always the same outside of it. I too hope he gets all the help he can get.
When you watch the clip of the rant and then hear him come back on air as pleasant as can be and say what a great time he had... I got whiplash.
Yeah, it's interesting how pleasant he was when he finally came back on the air. It makes me wonder what radio personalities say when the mics are not on during commercial breaks or music. Reminds me of the Thom Brennaman situation 2 years ago.



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Re: Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by Mega Hertz » Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:06 pm

Rule number one: always assume the mic is hot. I don't know how this was captured, but maybe don't talk like that in a room full of mics.


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Re: Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by MWmetalhead » Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:43 pm

Completely agree with what Colonel wrote!

KFNS-FM is a tiny class A station located about 60 miles NW of St. Louis.

Mr. Faust should seriously consider therapy. I feel bad for his family. He completely threw what I'm sure was a very good paying job completely out the window.

He characterized his transgression as a big "mistake". I think that doesn't begin to describe his abhorrent behavior.



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Re: Former WXYZ anchor Vic Faust makes an ass of himself

Post by Robert Faygo » Thu Sep 22, 2022 1:55 pm

I'm guessing this wasn't the first time he did something similar to a co-worker.

Why else would someone be ready to record him as they went to break?

Although this is probably the last we hear about him ... it would be interesting to know if there are others that were in his crosshairs through the years.

Reminds me of the Friends episode with Ben Stiller's angry character
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