Even when Randy and I disagreed over the wind issue , he still remained professional, though sometimes I felt like I may have gotten the hook a little quicker on that topic .

I have talked to Randy only once since he left the station. And while he did tell me his side of the story, I didn’t ask , and he didn’t give me permission to talk about it. So I won’t.

Let me just say that what he told me proves to me that he remained a professional to the very end , and stuck to his principles. And that above all else I respect in anyone, even those I disagree with.

I imagine that what drove Jud to his rant was his feelings for Randy as a friend. I can understand that.

And if with time he sees that he may of over re-acted than an apology is the correct thing to do.

Maybe if the station had chosen to handle things differently , then it would have been clear to all , and they could have formed their own oppinions.

Now let me say , I am still a constent caller to the station, too much so for the liking of some listeners, and I do enjoy Jared’s show but for different reasons than I did Randy’s.

Losing Randy has left a huge hole in the afternoon. Sorry Bill .

Randy had a depth to his show that is not to be found on the station now.
He brought up topics on national as well as local, and took the time to realy discuss it , and not just see how many calls he could take ,or topics he could cover in four hours.

But every on air personality is going to be different. Randy was completely different than Ron Letterman, and that is another story , isn’t it.

Jud I forgive you for re-acting the way you did when you felt a friend had been mistreated. But if you are concidering a political career, and I believe you are, you may want to relize that once you say something it’s not up to you when its time to move on.

I ‘d really like to end this discussion if possible. Things happen in life for many reasons. My apology to WGMD was warrented, necessary, and indeed justified. I shared some of my reasons. Randy had a great show, but he made the choice to leave WGMD for his own reasons. I completely over-reacted based on what he told me and I should not have done so. I made a mistake and I have aplogized for it. Let’s move on. Thank you.

I admire anyone who stands by their principles and beliefs but Perry is certainly not wrong in his, me in mine or any of the others in theirs. I’m far from suggesting you “made us angry”…we can all do that for ourselves but you were the one to provide the outlet for us to vent. If you believe you made a mistake, Jud…and with that “mistake” you fired up everyone on your blog…do I take it we also “made a mistake” in being as angry as you passed to the rest of us what you knew? What do you think would be the better part of valour or honesty…you apologising to your readers or expecting us to apologise because, having trusted what you told us we were also “inappropriate?? I hope not the latter because it will never happen. We’ve had almost eight years of politicians and wannabe’s vacillating and fence sitting, many of us long-tired of it. Sorry you seem to have joined them.

Thank you for your post. The bottom line is that I regretted my attack on the owner, David Schumacker and my ridiculous prognostications about WGMD, the day after I sent out my letter. Although Randy and I are friends and he did indeed have a great show, my public comments were totally unprofessional and inappropriate. I have not learned anything new to which you are not privy that changes my good opinion of Randy Nelson.

Regardless, nobody, no matter how good they are is indespensible. I have always enjoyed WGMD, enjoyed my indirect affiliation with the folks there (well before Randy ever came into the picture), and I enjoy listening to the station currently. Dan Gaffney built that station to what it is now and deserves allot of credit. He is a real pro. Jared and Bill Colley who replaced Randy do good jobs, as well. People come and go in this industry for many reasons. It was not my business to get involved in any of WGMD’s internal problems. I always knew that and allowed myself to overreact anyway when Randy Nelson resigned. It was dumb and it was wrong.

That being said I appreciate your support for me, but I have learned to admit when I’ve made a mistake. It is the only way I can sleep at night. My apology to the radio station was the right thing to do and I stand by it, regardless of some of the flack I’ve already received.