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| Neil Rogers is a radio personality in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale media market. Rogers has worked in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market since March 1, 1976, beginning his career at Miami's WKAT after previou with at several smaller stations in the northeast, midwest, and in Florida. Rogers has worked at several stations in the market, including a stint at Miami's WIOD. Currently, Rogers' "The Neil Rogers Show," airs weekdays from 10am-2pm on WQAM. It is consistently the top rated show in the market. | |||
| Rogers on-air personality, a |
Rogers on-air personality, a schtick that may best be described as caustically comic, has earned him high ratings throughout his career, and he is considered somewhat of a local icon. A typical Rogers' show consists of commentary by Rogers mixed with listener call-ins, interspersed with pre-recorded comedy "bits." Rogers has been described as a shock jock, although he is not so in the classic sense of radio personalities such as Howard Stern. | ||
| Several successful radio personalities could be said to be proteges of Rogers, including Bob Lassiter and Randi Rhodes. | |||
| Neil Rogers is a homosexual who ] over twenty years ago during a radio show.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wqam.com/index.php?page=29 |publisher =WQAM |accessdate = 2006-07-28 |title=Neil Rogers | |||
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| Rogers maintains a home in Florida, although he does broadcast remotely from Toronto for a large part of the year. | |||
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| In early years, the show was a two man operation, with Neil being assisted by Glen "The Bird" Hill, known for his cackling laugh and dry delivery. Hill left the show and has since died. In recent years, Rogers has allowed his current board op, Jorge Rodriguez, to participate to a much greater extent, and Rodriguez does the show when Rogers is on vacation. Most listeners feel that Rodriguez, known for his monotonal delivery and misogynistic material, has been a detriment to the show, and he consistently kills the ratings. Listeners that tune in expecting Neil and finding Jorge are said to have suffered a "radio accident." When Jorge is on, much of the show consists of crank callers abusing him. | |||
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| Neil, God. | |||
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| The Neil Rogers show is one of the premier talk shows in South Florida. His ratings are consistently above all his competitors. | |||
| On occasion, his PD, Jorge Rodriguez fills in for Neil while on vacation. | |||
| Jorge Rodriguez is a fair replacement but his style is less than adequate with great effort , but not to the level of Mr.Rogers. Rodriguez struggles with confluency which makes him less than believable at times and hard to listen to at most. If it were not for Mr.Rogers friendship with Rodriguez, the Jorge Rodriguez show would be called "Que Pasa USA with Jorge Rodriguez" | |||
| Please go away Mr.Rodriguez and bring back the bird. Even though the bird is dead, he would have more style. | |||
| Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/Neil_Rogers" | |||
Revision as of 19:36, 4 August 2006
Neil Rogers is a radio personality in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale media market. Rogers has worked in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market since March 1, 1976, beginning his career at Miami's WKAT after previou with at several smaller stations in the northeast, midwest, and in Florida. Rogers has worked at several stations in the market, including a stint at Miami's WIOD. Currently, Rogers' "The Neil Rogers Show," airs weekdays from 10am-2pm on WQAM. It is consistently the top rated show in the market.
Rogers on-air personality, a schtick that may best be described as caustically comic, has earned him high ratings throughout his career, and he is considered somewhat of a local icon. A typical Rogers' show consists of commentary by Rogers mixed with listener call-ins, interspersed with pre-recorded comedy "bits." Rogers has been described as a shock jock, although he is not so in the classic sense of radio personalities such as Howard Stern.
Several successful radio personalities could be said to be proteges of Rogers, including Bob Lassiter and Randi Rhodes.
Rogers maintains a home in Florida, although he does broadcast remotely from Toronto for a large part of the year.
In early years, the show was a two man operation, with Neil being assisted by Glen "The Bird" Hill, known for his cackling laugh and dry delivery. Hill left the show and has since died. In recent years, Rogers has allowed his current board op, Jorge Rodriguez, to participate to a much greater extent, and Rodriguez does the show when Rogers is on vacation. Most listeners feel that Rodriguez, known for his monotonal delivery and misogynistic material, has been a detriment to the show, and he consistently kills the ratings. Listeners that tune in expecting Neil and finding Jorge are said to have suffered a "radio accident." When Jorge is on, much of the show consists of crank callers abusing him.
Neil, God.