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''The Mike Calta Show'' is an American radio program hosted by Mike Calta, formerly known as "Cowhead". The show broadcasts live Monday through Friday on 102.5 the Bone WHPT in the Tampa Bay area, Florida from 6:00 am to 10:00 am The show consistently ranks in the top of Tampa Bay morning-drive radio ratings. == Background == Mike "Cowhead" Calta is originally from Staten Island, NY (he currently resides in Land O' Lakes, Florida). He began his radio career in 1992 in Tampa, FL, working as an intern for Top-40 channel 93.3 WFLZ. It was at WFLZ that Cowhead joined the ''Bubba the Love Sponge Show'', which aired in the evenings. In 1996 the show was moved from syndicated nights to local mornings at WXTB (98 Rock) in Tampa. However, in April 2000 Cowhead and Bubba had a falling out and Cowhead was fired. In August 2000, Cowhead was hired by Infinity Broadcasting. He began producing ''The Sport Chix'' show, which consisted of Original Hooter's Girl and ''Playboy'' Playmate Lynn Austin, former Ron & Ron Show member BL, and "Sports Arena" Tina. It aired mid-days on Sports Radio 1010 The Team (WQYK am). Cowhead was moved to mornings at Infinity-owned WRBQ and teamed up with new morning host A.W. Pantoja. The show was the idea of Eric Logan (EVP of Programming at XM Satellite Radio). The ''AW and Cowhead Show'' aired for one year. In 2001 Sports Radio 1010 in Tampa lost its early mid-day show when the syndicated ''Fabulous Sports Babe'' was cancelled by ESPN. (The show originated from the Infinity Tampa Studios.) One week prior to the Super Bowl, The Babe's firing by her syndication company left a void in the sports talk station's lineup. Cowhead was thrown into the slot. He formed a show with co-host Brent Pearson, who had been recently fired from Clear Channel Sarasota's WYNF. Board op Kevin "Mr. Excitement" Wurster;and intern Amy Beckman rounded out the show, which became known as ''The Replacement Show.'' The show's name came from the crew suspecting "the show would be replaced any day." However, it became popular, and was moved from early mid-days to afternoons, and eventually to mornings. Due to 1010's weak signal, ''The Replacement Show'' became ''The Cowhead and Brent Show'' and was moved to Outlaw 92.5 Kick Ass Country, a station created around the new morning show. However, the Tampa Bay radio market became saturated with country stations, and Outlaw 92.5 Kick Ass Country became La Nueva 92.5, Tampa's first Hispanic F.M. radio station. Anticipating the format change, Cowhead began mocking Infinity management by refusing to speak English during his show for two hours, holding a contest where listeners brought in farm animals, and calling XM Radio's'' Opie and Anthony Show'' (who had been fired by Infinity) and carrying on a 45-minute interview which aired in Tampa and on XM. The next day Calta was fired by Infinity, and he closed the show with O and A's final phrase "your mom's box". Calta's next radio show in 2006 was the ''The Cowhead Show'' with co-host Phatty (aka Spice Boy from the Bubba The Love Sponge Show), weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. In March 2006, the duo was suspended pending an internal investigation over alleged indecent comments made on the show. Cowhead, Phatty, and Brian Medlin, the radio station's program director, were fired following the investigation. Cowhead released a press release via his official website, stating that the reason he was fired was due to a competitor in the Tampa Bay radio market who edited his bits to make them contain expletives and sent them to WXTB advertisers. In actuality, Cowhead was fired over questionable content in accordance to Clear Channel's "zero tolerance" policy. Cowhead's firings have made radio critics consider him a "shock jock." On March 31, 2006, Cowhead was a guest on the ''Kidd Chris Show'' in WYSP, Philadelphia, explaining the circumstances surrounding his suspension and ultimately his firing. He also appeared on the ''Bubba the Love Sponge Show'' on Friday, May 5, 2006 to explain his firing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Cowhead Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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