That guy looks like he might be the world's biggest Velvet Revolver fan. This does not bode well for Portland radio.

Just got done listening to the final countdown of the Ricker Show in Seattle and his mother slipped and said he will be only 2 hours drive away. Man from what I heard this is not good, He uses bad jokes, and has gangsters. Serious KUFO?? WTF? Thats all Portland needs are more gangsters.. This guys is sh it he wont last 1 year. Sounds like you have lost another listener, just when I thought KUFO improved by getting rid of Marconi, Dam, would rather have the Macaroni show.

I'm off to satellite radio.

I listened to some of the rickers show, and have been known to listen to the BJ show off and on over the years when I am up north. That being said, Seattle and Portland are not the same. I seriously hope Alpha is not thinking that cloning KISW will work in Portland.

The last thing I want to listen to is radio that caters to blue collar mouthbreathers.

RIP KUFO.

Where are the rest of the Emerson Show people?

The trouble with Peter Ames Carlin is that he likes what he likes, and assumes by extension that vast numbers of people do the same. He seems to know nothing beyond a pinpoint spotlight. The RES show had a dedicated, boutiquey fan base, passionate and, as indicated by the ratings history, small.

With some coaching and some willingness to be coached the Emerson show could be made to appeal to a broader audience. What another writer referred to as Rick's "Dennis Miller MNF" tendency toward shooting over listeners' heads with senior-English-major vocabularic curlicues must be cured. And a cool-down on the self-referential obsession would help assure a longer tenure next time on a competitive battlefield such as FM morning drive.

I've been listening to Ricker for quite a while. Well over 3 years. He's one of the slickest DJ's around. He's not the show, the music and the people who call in and listen to him are the show.

Seattle truly loved the guy and I believe P-Town will too...I know I'll be checking my DOG out streaming of KUFO...

ricker is the man and you will find out soon enough i will admite that when i first started to listen to ricker i was woundering who this guy was and what the hell he was saying but the best two parts of the show were high noon which was dedicated to the working man and the asortment of his regular callers that called in like lenoard, the cape crusader, the way high window guy, trash haller, monica the ruber chicken lady, the joker, my gangster who clames to have been in guns and roses and started montly crew and much more thats what im gonna miss and his trade mark please reduce reuse and recycle.

The various anonymouses (anonymice?) who mentioned me in their notes all make good points. But some off-kilter ones, too, so I'll take a moment here to observe that:

1. My knowledge of Portland radio requires at least 2 or 3 badly written stories in order to be fully detailed.

2. I don't think I ever said in public that Mr. Ricker would be KUFO's morning guy. I may have heard that initially but I learned it wasn't true when I was still reporting yesterday's piece.

3. Laser-focus? Only when there's candy in the house.

4. Bad scoop? An intriguingly abstract allegation, but if it's a correction you're after you've got to have specifics. At least, that's how we play it in the part of the world where we sign our names to things.

seetle aint the only ones sufferin from grammar korecters and mobul spellcheckers... Rickers a monster Dork! but you guys will guys will enjoy him in medium doses. Hey mouthbreather guy! spellcheck my bum.....After you wax your Saab and air up the tires on your vespa of course.