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A few weeks ago we had the show from the depths of hell. As usual some unknown fuckwit hadn't done their job properly and we had to bear the brunt of the listeners' venom. A few example of the texts we received are below:

"you dumb cu**s are off air ..get your shit together rog"

"you guys are mongols,i might as well listen to the breeze"

"Im off to hauraki"

"Ads playing over songs in napier ..again ...get your shit together knob ends"

Basically some one hadn't loaded the ads into the system so when we played ads, nothing played, or when they did play, they were the wrong ones... typically we got the blame for this.

However it got worse, for some reason at approx 6.35am that morning a phantom 10 min Edge interview with pop star Colby Calias (I think that's her name ..who cares anyway) played over the top of our show. Now I like JJ, Mike and Dom but not on our show... on a Friday morning.

It wasn't their fault at all, some computer glitch... I think it was the worse moment I've ever had. Well it probably wasn't but the worst I can remember.

We stopped answering the phone and argued about whose fault it was and who should lose their job. The extra stress on the show due to this incident caused our boss Brad to have a rethink on the shows hours and we now have to work one hour less every morning.

Obviously one hour less means less work and less pay and I'd like to take this opportunity to personally thank Bryce and Andrew Mulligan (the new guy) for taking a pay cut so Leah and I could retain our current income levels. In fact the boys may not know about the cuts until next pay day so lets keep this our special secret.

I'm off to my happy place. Have a good week.

Rog

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25 comment(s) so far

Stan

Hey hope all you guys have a Gr8 break. Enjoy your time away from the Traffic. Less Foo Fighters this year. Not every song they put out is a chart topper Stoneman Stan
01-Jan-2012 9:23 p.m.

Adam

Sorry to say it, but the morning rumble was far better when it was Nick & Rog.
Its just not the same, 4 people is just too many.
11-Aug-2011 9:10 p.m.

grunta

well....checked out th girl!! WHAT was that y bloged Rog?
09-Aug-2011 9:05 p.m.

kerri

god rog . shut the hell up ya moaner
08-Aug-2011 10:45 p.m.

Josiah

haha i alwase blame the Port fm network for any problems . everybody makes mistakes , some of the listeners need to chill out
08-Aug-2011 8:04 p.m.

buzzard

9am finish sucks, now I never know when to stop for smoko. Although I do like Jase and Dunc coming in earlier, they are hilarious. Robert is an unfunny twat, so much so that now I turn my radio off at 4 and just listen to my ipod for the rest of the day. Keep up the good work Jase, Dunc and The Rumble.
08-Aug-2011 8:00 p.m.

Steve

Less R&J - that's a bonus, those guys are a long way down the highway to tardness - very rare they come up with anything decent these days .Bert should be shot for his impersonations - not the quality, the inability to shut them off long before it's overkill. Tracey not on less - that's great, less Rumble not good. Jas and Dunc doing a good job - replacing R & J nicely
08-Aug-2011 4:37 p.m.

David

The adds often dont fit into the time slots and play over the music we just blamed the port fm network here in Sth Cant for sour grapes. Well it could worse, it could be Robert rambling all over a song yet again.
06-Aug-2011 5:42 p.m.

meg

bring back the old way!
06-Aug-2011 2:27 p.m.

Nat

Kiwi's don't know how bloody good they've got it with the Rock! We stream up here in Canada and it walks all over anything in North America.

In all the years I've listened this was the first real glitch. Talk about overkill in the response. Let the Rumble get back to doing what they do well - taking the piss out of themselves and everyone else!

And you dorks who had a hissy fit for a small amount of lost time - grow some balls!
05-Aug-2011 1:32 a.m.