Cue the Fox News breaking news sounder. One of the funniest and most entertaining members of the MJ Morning Show (and former MJ & BJ Morning Show) in its 22-year history was let go from the program this week. On Monday, July 1, 2024, Froggy’s contract with Q105 and the Beasley Media Group was not renewed.
After a weeklong vacation over the week of June 24 spent with his family at their beach house on Redington Shores, Froggy came back to work on July 1. Little did he know this would be his final broadcast with the crew. After the show, Froggy was pulled into a meeting where he was told that, due to budget cuts, his contract would not be renewed, and he was being let go from the radio station. Following the difficult meeting, Froggy posted on Instagram about the news, and Fester confirmed it to the MJ Morning Show Fan Page later that day.
On Tuesday, July 2, the crew was visibly upset about Froggy’s departure.
MJ said he was made aware of this impending decision back on Friday, June 21. He said he “fought like hell” to convince management to retain Froggy, even offering to take a pay cut out of his own salary to keep Froggy on the show. The management team was not interested in this idea. MJ also said he hopes to bring Froggy back for occasional guest appearances and said he will try to bring in more ad revenue to the station in order to potentially bring Froggy back in the future on a full-time basis. He said he was shocked and angry about the decision, stating that it crossed his mind whether to even continue the MJ Morning Show at all.
Roxanne even started to tear up when she talked about learning of the news during her flight back home from Italy. She said she did not get along with Froggy during their first year of working together, but admitted there was a misunderstanding between the two of them for a while. She later learned to embrace him and shared that he would text her supportive messages when she was stressed or feeling down. Fester, who clearly has a great rapport with Froggy and would routinely banter with him on the show, said it was a business decision and that things like this are not uncommon in radio.
Froggy was such a valuable asset to the MJ Morning Show crew over the years. He started out as a syndication producer back in the late 1990s when the MJ & BJ Morning Show was syndicated to stations in St. Louis and a few other smaller markets around Florida. Froggy 1, a.k.a. Scott Langley, originally had the nickname, but Froggy took it on (originally as Froggy 2) in 2002 when Froggy 1 departed from the program. He went on to do crazy parking lot stunts, prank calls, and always brought an edgy sense of humor to the broadcasts. Even when the show returned to Q105 in October of 2020, he managed to do some stunts in the shoebox-sized studio. He invented characters like Hal Herman, the crazy game show host who hosted segments like “Eight Bit Hit” and “The Truth Booth,” then transitioning into “Hal Herman Headlines.” Plus, he did bits as DJ Skrizzle and became known for his impersonations of Al Pacino and former Family Feud host Louie Anderson. In spite of calling in sick more often than his fellow crew members, “medicating” in the parking lot, and making a few too many crotch jokes, it was all part of his persona in a sense.
We can only hope and pray that Froggy will return to the MJ Morning Show in some capacity in the future. Whether it’s calling in or coming into the studio every few weeks or actually being rehired, the show benefits from his contributions in countless ways, and the crew will absolutely have to work harder to make up for his absence.