The Mens Room (radio show)

The Mens Room [sic] is an afternoon drive-time show airing on KISW (99.9 FM Seattle). The comedy and hot talk program first aired in 2005, and was nationally syndicated from 2017-2020. The show's hosts are Miles Montgomery, Steve "The Thrill" Hill, and "Thee" Ted Smith, and is produced by Mike "Dr.Pudge Boy" Hawk.[1]

History

The Mens Room radio show began in Baltimore when program director Bill Pasha assembled current hosts Miles Montgomery and Steve Hill for a talk-based radio program called Out To Lunch, which ran from 2003-2005 on WXYV-FM with those hosts after Miles replaced Bill Rohland in October 2003.[2] The show moved to Seattle in the spring of 2005, and first aired on 100.7 The Buzz. The show then moved to 99.9 KISW, and eventually grew into the highest-rated afternoon show in all of Seattle.[3] The show was a nationally syndicated radio program produced by Westwood One from 2017 into June 2020, before being dropped from Westwood One.

On October 6, 2020, following the news of legendary Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen's death from cancer at age 65, that day's show was dedicated to Eddie. During the course of the show, only Van Halen music was played before and after ad breaks. The "Sit & Spin with Ryan Castle" segment featured Eddie's 10 greatest solos (as previously decided by Rolling Stone magazine.) The "Mens Room Shot of the Day" was dedicated to Eddie, as well.

The Mens Room radio show is also distributed as four daily podcasts edited to remove local network advertisements and music.[4] Montgomery and Hill also distribute a weekly podcast through Radio.com called "The Greatest Story Never Told".[5] Smith also distributes a weekly podcast through Radio.com called "Thee Podcast".

National syndication

In 2017, Entercom Communications inked a deal with Westwood One to broadcast The Mens Room to a national audience. The show aired in 16 major markets, including Portland, Boston, San Jose, San Diego, and Miami.[6] The syndication was pulled in June 2020 for undisclosed reasons, and Westwood One removed all references to the show from its websites.

Products and philanthropy

Mens Room Original Red is a beer brewed by Elysian Brewing Company[7] of which a portion of profits are donated to the Pacific Northwest's Fisher House.[8] Men's Room Sausage is produced by Uli's Sausage of Seattle, is made with Mens Room Original Red beer, and also contributes a portion of profits to the Fisher House. Elysian also brews Mens Room Gold and Mens Room Black seasonally with the same arrangement of Fisher House donations.

On October 1, 2020, following a challenge from The BJ Shea Morning Experience, The Mens Room raised over $22,000 for the Mary's Place Kicks for Kids program. This program paired local less fortunate youth with shoes picked out by the youth themselves. This brought the radio station's fundraising total to over $36,000.

References
  1. "The Mens Room". KISW. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  2. http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw13.html
  3. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117725/kisws-mens-room-syndicated/
  4. "The Mens Room Daily Podcast". KISW. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  5. "Greatest Story Never Told". KISW. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  6. "Where to Listen to the Mens Room=". Radio.com. Retrieved 10 Oct 2019.
  7. "Elysian Brewing Company - Seattle, Washington". www.elysianbrewing.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  8. "KISW Mens Room Original Red Marks Milestone Donation to Fisher House". fisherhouse.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
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