Listeners to the WMMS program Rover’s Morning Glory rarely find themselves torn between the Buzzard and NPR. Theirs, after all, is a brand of entertainment epitomized by the station’s thought-provoking “Hot Chicks on Toilets” web feature and by Morning Glory crew member Dominic Dieter, he of the backwards ballcap and intermittent brain activity.
So it was that Dieter spoke up on the April 27 program when a listener expressed worry over his gay teenage daughter. When Dieter advised the troubled father to have one of his pals “screw your daughter straight,” it was perhaps not quite the most offensive thing he’s ever uttered. It was, however, the remark the world noticed.
By Saturday, gay and lesbian groups across the country were calling for Dieter’s head — an event, it should be noted, that would make for fabulous ratings.
“It was appalling and dangerous for this show to tell a father that he should have one of his friends rape his daughter,” read a statement from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, whose members, as a rule, do not photograph themselves on toilets.
Meanwhile, the progressive website DailyKos urged readers to contact Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, claiming that Dieter may have violated a statute prohibiting “inciting violence.” (The blogger was evidently unaware that Dieter did not technically incite violence, and that Bill Mason does not technically respond to requests.)
On Monday, WMMS confirmed that unspecified disciplinary action has been taken, and the station aired a recorded apology from Dieter, presumably because he couldn’t be trusted to address the matter live. The station also invited Equality Ohio, the state’s largest LGBT advocacy group, to assume a seat on its “community advisory board,” which gets them a coveted vote in the Buzzard’s “Thong of the Day” feature.
“I honestly don’t know a lot about the station,” says Equality Ohio director Ed Mullen, “but I come from a family of rednecks, so I’m pretty good at talking to people like that.”
This article appears in Apr 25 – May 1, 2012.
Another thing being blown way, way out of proportion.
says Equality Ohio director Ed Mullen, “but I come from a family of rednecks, so I’m pretty good at talking to people like that.”…hmmm Well well well Ed, Very sensitive statement there!
One thing I have seen no one address- I am pretty sure the Friday this comment was made the show was playing recorded “Best Of” material. So I guess it was fine the first time he said it live. But people are getting their panties in a twist just now??
Um, yeah he’s still an asshole. That’s the most ridiculous statement I ever heard and I WAS lisening to the show that day.
LMFAO! This is from the same guy that quit Netflix because he was sure people were lifting prints from the DVD’s and placing them at crime scenes. 1st off, I hold my DVD’s by the edge. What idiot leaves prints all over the play side? The only thing dumber than Dieter is listening to Dieter. I switched stations.
Now, what kind of an idiot goes to a moron for “advice” on his lesbian daughter? It’s just another Rover set-up because he’s DESPERATE to maintain his ratings.
Look, the show failed horribly in syndication. Shane “Rover” French and his cast of idiots got run out of Chicago on a rail after a few months when they willingly took part in CBS’ “FreeFM” FAIL. It bombed in Detroit, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Memphis, Columbus (TWICE!) and Madison. Then Shane turns around at his previous flagship at 92.3 and burned all of his bridges there with napalm. Other markets (outside of Rochester, and that’s because WZNE-FM simply cannot compete with market legend Brother Wease on Clear Channel’s “95.1 The Brew” so RMG is filler) all wised up and dumped their sorry butts.
It will only help Dominic Dieter’s standing among the stupid 20-something meatheads in Cleveland who are incapable of discerning that he and Shane script this all out. Both of them are loving this publicity, simply because they are attention whores. The show is based upon a lie. ALL of it.
Meanwhile, Lanigan is still the true king of mornings on WMJI. Shane is but a mere pretender.
WMMS…the younger lunkhead post-grunge constipation/asshole meth-rock version of WTAM.
Deter is such a anencephalic Dooshbag, it stands to wonder that anyone can even bear to hear his voice, I used to be forced to listen to Rover back at an old job and the hatred and stupidity that gushed from these pack of retards was simply unbearable…
Hence the reason for terrestrial radios continued plummet in ratings, cume, share and profit….
Good riddance….
Who cares what Dieter says? Put it into context; some guy calls a show with a host who refers to himself as “Rover”, to vent (his frustration/get advice?) about his daughter being gay, which shows he’s clearly not ok with “his” child being gay and should raise flags with the LGBT advocacy group in itself. Then Dieter suggests he has someone bang his daughter (not rape) (or rape rape) to straighten her out, which may or may not push her further from heterosexuality!? And people care about this story why? The show is perfect when O&A are on vacation and I want to think as little as possible in the AM. This attention is nothing but good news for a show with such a small share of the ratings.
Stupid comments from stupid people make stupider people do stupider things, which causes the stupidest people to say the stupidest things about it.