Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#1Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 10:53am
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/286537/len-berman-and-michael-riedel-exit-mornings-at-wor/
There have been a lot of budget cuts within iHeart and he and Len Berman are part of that.
Return to writing/speaking about Broadway, Michael?! We could use someone other than the Oracle to keep people on their toes.
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#2Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 11:00am
I don’t really care much for Riedel, and I don't need him back to stirring the Broadway pot. With that said, absolutely anyone is better than the oracle; he is gross to me.
BIG BALONEY
Leading Actor Joined: 6/21/03
#3Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 11:30am
I would tune into WOR in mornings for their show and at times liked the discussions. Riedel was on from 6 a.m. to 10. What annoyed me most were the endless commercials that when on to long. WOR needed advertising dollars but the format of this radio show was interrupted to often. Wouldn't mind Riedel on a half hour tv theatre program with a co-host. Wish him luck.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#4Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 12:12pm
BIG BALONEY said: "Wouldn't mind Riedel on a half hour tv theatre program with a co-host."
Podcasting would be a great format for him too. I'm sure Broadway Podcast Network would view him as a big get.
Agree that he needs a cohost –– someone who can balance him out and keep up with him so it's not too combative for the guests.
Strange Lupone
Stand-by Joined: 5/11/22
#5Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 12:54pm
Good. He’s a despicable POS.
BETTY22
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
#6Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 12:58pm
Who is the Oracle?
Guessing Jesse Green...not sure any theatre writer has much power anymore
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#7Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 1:09pm
BETTY22 said: "Who isthe Oracle?
Guessing Jesse Green...not sure anytheatre writer has much power anymore"
The Oracle is an awful TikTok personality who has some insider industry information. Both his attitude and willingness to double down on things he should stop talking about are reprehensible. His exchange with Kennedy Kanagawa regarding Tiananmen: A New Musical was particularly unfortunate and earned himself a place on my block list.
#8Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 2:32pm
Oh no!
...Anyway.
DaveyG
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
#9Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 4:41pm
Kad said: "Oh no!...Anyway."
Exactly. Bye, now!
Akitarent
Leading Actor Joined: 10/3/04
#10Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 4:42pm
What happened? Can you elaborate
jimmycurry01 said: "BETTY22 said: "Who isthe Oracle?
Guessing Jesse Green...not sure anytheatre writer has much power anymore"
The Oracle is an awful TikTok personality who has some insider industry information. Both his attitude and willingness to double down on things he should stop talking about are reprehensible. His exchange with Kennedy Kanagawa regardingTiananmen: A New Musicalwas particularly unfortunate and earned himself a place on my block list.
"
#11Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 4:50pm
He can goosestep off the nearest pier!
BroadwayRox3588
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/16
#12Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 6:02pm
I never thought someone would make me miss Riedel, but Sweaty Nutsack achieves that.
Georgeanddot2
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/20
#13Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 7:04pm
BYE BITCH LMAOOO
#14Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 7:10pm
From the 2014 Easter Bonnet opening number:
Rory O’Malley — “New York Post’s Michael Riedel… I knew it, you are the DEVIL!”
Riedel — “I’ve been called worse.”
verywellthensigh
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/22
#15Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 7:55pm
I thought he was in academia.
Ah, well...moving on.
#16Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/16/24 at 9:45pm
I confess I never heard him on WOR. I'm generally having my first cup of coffee near the time the show ends, and listening to his voice then would be worse than listening to Einstürzende Neubauten with the volume turned all the way up at that hour. I think a podcast would be perfect for him, even though I also confess I don't enjoy them.
Let me add that Michael is the worst of his ilk because he usually had some legitimate information but never could resist embellishing it with nonsense. As a result, he was invariably Mr. Half-Truth.
#17Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/18/24 at 8:06am
Good riddance. I despise people who react to the misfortunes of others with gleeful malice.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
#18Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/18/24 at 3:38pm
Lol AM Radio something we don't listen! What will the nasty mutha do next? Look at this .....what I happened to stumble on about Gypsy AND Ms. Bernadette!
https://unpopularwiththepopulace.tumblr.com/post/662616262021677057/michael-riedel-vs-bernadette-peters
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#19Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/18/24 at 4:15pm
Robbie2 said: "Lol AM Radio something we don't listen! What will the nasty muthadonext? Look at this .....what I happened to stumble on about Gypsy AND Ms. Bernadette!
https://unpopularwiththepopulace.tumblr.com/post/662616262021677057/michael-riedel-vs-bernadette-peters
"
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#20Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/18/24 at 5:32pm
Lot666 said: "Good riddance. I despise people who react to the misfortunes of others with gleeful malice."
You just described half the posters on here.
#21Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/18/24 at 8:38pm
Riedel used to have a beat at the bars at industry hangouts like Joe Allen, gleaning information in an old school print journalism way. I admired him for that, keeping that old pre-social media in person, on location, Times Square gossip hound tradition alive. Other than that I think his bitchiness was never clever enough and his ruthlessness was far too cutesy. I'm afraid I don't miss him either.
#22Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/18/24 at 11:07pm
Addison DeWitt with none of da wit.
#23Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/18/24 at 11:31pm
I just read his book "Razzle Dazzle" (I got it at a used book store in their $1 bin), and wow... I knew he was a sad gossip columnist who would make up crap to sell papers, but I didn't realize just how bad a writer he was. The fawning blurbs from Kevin Spacey and Scott Rudin should be enough to let you know how terrible and badly researched his book was. I stopped counting how many easily researchable mistakes were in it, because I don't have that kind of leisure time.
Ensemble1731983975
Swing Joined: 11/19/24
#24Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/19/24 at 2:43am
it sojkay we want better show
Updated On: 11/19/24 at 02:43 AM
#25Michael Riedel has been let go from his radio show at 710 WOR
Posted: 11/19/24 at 7:13am
Matt Rogers said: "Lot666 said: "Good riddance. I despise people who react to the misfortunes of others with gleeful malice."
You just described half the posters on here."
Exactly & amen!
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