93X Booted The ‘Long-Haired Tatooed Freak?’

Remy Maxwell is no longer the M-F drive home DJ on 93X in Minneapolis. You know Remy, the so-called ‘Long-Haired Tatooed Freak.’ In fact, he’s not on 93X at all anymore. Word is, they gave him the boot for being careless and letting an F-bomb slip on the air. After 8 years, he’s gone just like that, for one word. Just a word. Another rumor is that ABC has sold 93X, and the station might be seeing a format change. Meanwhile, 93X has done a great job of keeping Remy’s termination quiet.

To me, Remy was the rock DJ that set the standard and no one else can quite measure up. He was a very fun character to listen to. Seeing that Remy was voted City Pages’ Best DJ of the Year many years running, I’m sure that he will be missed by many, including myself even though I’ve just been listening to him for a few years. Hopefully he’ll land a satellite radio gig like former 93X leading DJ Tawn Mastrey did, and won’t have to worry about pushing some button to bleep out words.

93x just won’t be worth listening to without Remy. Someone had better start a new station, or I think a lot of people will be investing in satellite radio. That will suck for all the local advertisers, but they can thank the FCC and their rediculous fines for that.

There’s more discussion about Remy’s termination and 93X being sold on this MusicScene forum.