Joe said, Petros said update
It started out with Joe McDonnell questioning the size of Petros Papadakis rancheros for doing an entire show that seemed to be gay-bashing, and led to Petros accusing Joe of saying he was glad that UCLA quarterback Patrick Cowan was injured.
It developed not so much into a Hartman-esque confrontation where Petros was told to get the bleep out of my face, but it went outside the room of the KLAC-AM (570) studios and led to someone putting this audio clip of the 4-plus minute conversation on YouTube this AM:
Ten more minutes of explanation of what happened after Joe confronted Petros outside the studio is continued here when "The Joe McDonnell Experience" show began at 7 p.m. with him, Joe Grande and Tim Cates:
McDonnell had no comment on the situation when contacted this morning, but said after he was taken off the air Wednesday night, he met with program director Don Martin and they agreed he'd be back on air tonight , issue an apology, and move on.
Behind the scenes, from a couple of sources who saw what happened, there was no chance of the two coming to blows, but there is a recent history of tension between the two over McDonnell just "getting tired" over things he claims Papadakis has said about him. Some have found it interesting that while McDonnell was punished for going on with Papadakis on the air, nothing happened to Steve Hartman when he threatened to punch Papadakis on the air when the two got into a verbal sparring match several months ago.
Meanwhile, McDonnell also wouldn't comment on the latest buzz that he may still be interested in going over to the Angels' 830-AM station, preferrably as a drive-time host and assistant program director. Sources say that McDonnell was all ready to make the move, but 570 PD Martin asked for compensation to let McDonnell out of his contract early, and 830 PD Dennis Kuhl balked. The station is apparently considering pairing John Ireland with Michael Eaves as an afternoon team but hasn't settled on anything. The station continues only with Dave Smith and Roger Lodge in the mornings, but a plan to use a syndicated Tony Bruno show fell through before it even got started -- ironically, on the day the Angels allowed Bruno to throw out the first pitch before one of their games at Angel Stadium.
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