He had to have made pretty good money hosting the morning shows during the big contract years of sports radio. Nobody was making North's 1.5 million but he had to be making several hundred thousand

Now I'm curious....Murph ever reveal where he lived?

Now I'm curious....Murph ever reveal where he lived?

Boystown

Murphs claim to fame was that he was a bleach bum back in the day,

Murph blew the bugle!

I hope Boers ain't listenin'.

Murph blew the bugle!

That's an odd question.

What do YOU know about the inner workings of the Score???

He had to have made pretty good money hosting the morning shows during the big contract years of sports radio. Nobody was making North's 1.5 million but he had to be making several hundred thousand

North was personally responsible for me never listening to The Score in the early years.

I was in high school when they first started, and the low power signal rarely made it over the lake to us, but we'd all heard about the station, and it was right in my wheelhouse. I just couldn't get the signal consistently.

When they made the jump to 670, North was the loudest voice I heard, and the exact opposite of what appealed to me, the tone, inside jokes, gambling, making fun of the callers, I just don't enjoy that. The rest of the station sounded similar, and why wouldn't they, considering North's success.

I suffered through the beginnings of ESPN radio as a Dahl fan, but became attached to M/M, Kornheiser, Patrick, Eisen, and the local guys. I was unsure if I could like Dan MacNiel since he was a Score guy, but MJH proved me wrong. He became a favorite, and mede me wish I'd given 670 a better chance.

To this day, North is PTFB for me, in fact I just turned off my radio mid "Prahhp swahhp" whist typing this. Lots of good thoughts on the situation have already been expressed in this thread: success/greatness, playing the role of...

I don't think the 6-8 am shift was commanding big bucks. Murph struck me as a guy willing to take whatever shift and money he was offered just to stay employed. There's nothing wrong with that but I don't think he was ever in a position to dictate terms.

I don't think the 6-8 am shift was commanding big bucks. Murph struck me as a guy willing to take whatever shift and money he was offered just to stay employed. There's nothing wrong with that but I don't think he was ever in a position to dictate terms.

No idea where Murph lived (or lives), but I once saw him and his wife (I assume) dining at the same place my wife and I happened to be at (Cafe La Cave).

Same thing with North...saw him and Bebe at Basta Pasta.

I defer to Seacrest's superior knowledge of the situation but that morning show was an anomaly in terms of ratings in a bad way for the entire existence of the station. Murph came in and made mornings viable at the station. I'm surprised to hear that kind of turn around didn't warrant a nice contract.

In fairness...North used to practically live at Basta Pasta

I defer to Seacrest's superior knowledge of the situation but that morning show was an anomaly in terms of ratings in a bad way for the entire existence of the station. Murph came in and made mornings viable at the station. I'm surprised to hear that kind of turn around didn't warrant a nice contract.

They moved him around the lineup from evenings (which early on concluded at dusk) to middays to mornings to accommodate the other more well-regarded hosts. They gave him a 1/2 shift - which means less money and certainly less respect (from a management perspective). Finally, despite ratings success, they pulled him off the air and let his contract expire. In some respects they treated him like Milton from Office Space. I'm not sure at what point he could have demanded much in the way of salary.

No that was Les. Murph didn’t get north or Dan money but he did pretty good. More than enough to retire comfortably.

per certain people at the remotes with the Score, Murph was making 1/4 of what Dan and Terry were making.

Which should have been in the neighborhood of 100k. So not that shabby. This was at the time of his early afternoon show that LoHo has now.

Murph kept his day job so that he could retire comfortably.

Unfortunately, he sold himself short at the Score from before Day 1.

The WLS Gig was $50 per hour.


He was paid slightly more when he began at the Score.

I'm sure the morning show money was better, but Murph had already established a pattern of selling his career short by then. And it didn't last that long either.

In a 1988/1989 economy - $50/hr ($100K a year) was a very high salary for that time period.

If he even got $60/$65 in the early 90s which comes out to $120/130 yearly, that was living large in an early and mid 1990s economy. And we're not even calculating bonus money here.

He also had a lot of side deals and also selling appliances so ya, he was living pretty good. And his wife is/was a top RN and they had no kids so they were doing pretty well.

In a 1988/1989 economy - $50/hr ($100K a year) was a very high salary for that time period.

If he even got $60/$65 in the early 90s which comes out to $120/130 yearly, that was living large in an early and mid 1990s economy. And we're not even calculating bonus money here.

He also had a lot of side deals and also selling appliances so ya, he was living pretty good. And his wife is/was a top RN and they had no kids so they were doing pretty well.

How do you know this much about Murph? Did you use to fuck his wife or something?

I heard McNeil state that the primary reason that the bosses at the Score were so willing to cave to North's demands back in the day was not so much due to ratings as much as it was do to the amount of advertising and sponsorships that he was able to generate for the station.

I heard McNeil state that the primary reason that the bosses at the Score were so willing to cave to North's demands back in the day was not so much due to ratings as much as it was do to the amount of advertising and sponsorships that he was able to generate for the station.