I've been a fan of the Mischke Broadcast for over fourteen years and have been an avid archivist of the show. T.D. Mischke was the best thing going on radio and the humor of the show was second to none. What follows are excerpts from the Broadcast over the past fifteen years. Sound quality ranges all the way from horrible to excellent. The only thing the individual bits have in common is that they are funny--darn funny. Enjoy and keep in mind that I will do my best to change the content of this page as frequently as possible. Also, all of the bits have been recorded in mp3 format. Don't mention mp3 to Tommy--just tell him you hear weird sounds coming out of the computer...
The
Demise of the Mischke Broadcast Just click on
this link and you can give a listen to the very audio clip that brought
down the career of one of the most talented radio broadcasters to ever
come out of the Midwest. Tommy Mischke's fifteen year run with
the Mischke Broadcast came to an abrupt end on December 5, 2008.
KSTP radio informed T.D. Mischke that they were terminating his
contract due to an FCC violation. Mischke made the mistake of
airing a call to a television station's receptionist without first
obtaining her consent. KSTP claims this was the "official reason"
why Mischke had to be fired, despite the fact that this was about the
3,452nd time that Mischke had broken this little rule.
Coincidentally, a few minutes later, Mischke went into a much deserved
tirade against McDonalds. Unbeknownst to Tommy at the time, KSTP
and McDonalds were in the midst of negotiations for sponsorship of a
KSTP/Minnesota Twins promotion for 2009. One might surmise this
might have ruffled some feathers, but who am I to jump to such
conclusions... This clip was recorded from the November 20, 2008
edition of the Mischke Broadcast. For those interested, you can
find the entire broadcast from that day over at the Unofficial Mischke Podcast
Archives.
For a complete explanation of this story, I recommend
you take a look at David Brauer's excellent interview with Tommy
Mischke over at Braublog.
