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Welcome to the Mojo in the Morning Show. I'm going to start off, and I hate to start off like this on a Monday morning. For many, this is probably their first morning back after being away for a little bit. um but uh we gotta start off with some big news um as we've seen you know around uh the country and around the world we've seen a lot of uh crazy things that have been going on with you know a lot of decisions being made by companies these days um and you're hearing stories every single day about and you know another company uh doing something where they're announcing that they're going to have uh changes made um and we're not immune to that um we're in a situation where we do have a a change that has been made uh on the mojo in the morning show uh spike is no longer on the mojo in the morning show um and for over 23 years spike has been an integral part of this radio program. It was over 23 years ago that I was introduced to him by our then program director, Tim Richards, who, when I was trying to piece together this show and trying to look for people to join the show from, you know, all over the country, he said, I think we got, You know, somebody great that that is right here in town and is available and is very capable of doing this. And he introduced me to to Spike. And. We spent hours upon hours, even before we started the show, just getting to know each other. And from the moment that I met him, he made me laugh. And he made all of you laugh. I know, he is extremely talented and an amazing worker.

And nobody ever is more probably put together than Spike, you know. You could ask him, hey, what did we do on the show back in March of 2007? And he would go, well, hold on, let me find out. And he would know.

He had notes on everything.

It was amazing.

Yeah.

And he, I know, is going to do well. and I know that he's got an amazing future ahead of him. And I've been in this business for a long time and I've seen a lot of changes made on shows, stations, support staff and it's never easy. And it never goes without the struggles of going in and not being with that person. But I have seen where some of these changes have bettered the person that the change was made to and the people that were associated with that change. And I just hope and pray that that's the case for Spike and for all of us. We got the news on Friday and the news was made to Spike on Friday.

and um it was a it was a rough weekend it was a really rough weekend change is so tough um i know i mean you've worked with spike for 23 years yeah i've worked with spike for four almost 14 years um and actually he he was one of he played a really really awful trick on me when i was first starting with this show and interviewing with this show i don't even know if you remember this but he told me that one of the the women that I was going to be um interviewing with was he goes uh she you know she um she thinks you're really cute and um you know she if it would be you know if you want to flirt with her a little bit that might help you out a little bit And I'm like, oh, okay, you know, whatever. And so I did. And it was so uncomfortable. But it was such a funny thing. And he's like, yeah, yeah, gotcha. And that is just, that is so Spike's personality and has always been his personality. And, you know, we're going to miss him a ton. But just like Mojo reiterated, we're really hoping that he's in a good place moving forward and he'll always be a part of this team. Always, always, always be a part of this team.

I recall you talked about your first time that Spike did a prank with you.

Yeah, I haven't even started with the show yet.

So before we ever even started the show, we did spend so much time together. He and Sarah and Eric and our then producer, Barb, at the time. And we would go out to eat or we'd go, you know, to museums or to the, you know, baseball stadiums. Like it was basically we're all going to experience the Motor City, you know, the way that you guys do, the way that the listeners do. And so we were eating at a chain steakhouse. I don't think it was Lone Star. It was whatever the other one was at the time. And I will remember this forever where it was just off of like 275 in Livonia. And we're eating at the steakhouse. And I have been coming with my wife and family from Arizona to come to Detroit to do the morning show. And as we walked in, Spike goes, hey, there's something, you know, to this. You know, this is a sign. There was cactus that were in the front of the building, big cactus that they had in the front of the restaurant. And I go, oh, that's cool. You know, it was kind of cool. And I like that he said that it was kind of like a sign. Somebody sent in a sign of what this is going to be like for us to work together. And we ate and had a great time, laughed, walked out to the parking lot, and, you know, we're getting ready to get into our cars and say goodbye. And he says, hey, you know, that was a really amazing sign that there's a cactus there, and here you are coming from Arizona. And I thought that that was such a cool thing that I decided to, and all of a sudden, he grabs the big cactus and pulls it out and says, here, take this home with you. as he grabbed the cactus, which I don't know how he was able to carry that out himself. And that was Spike. And that was the guy that then went out and we did street scams and phone scams and, you know, all kinds of different pranks. And he was fearless. And he, you know, he grew a lot, you know, over the years. because this was before he had kids he grew a lot from being you know you know a newly married guy to then having children and going out and doing these crazy stunts and then you know he's gone through his you know uh personal uh um trials and you know and then come out from those and had great moments and i you know i um will tell you that in radio it's like anywhere else there's crazy this you know things that happen where you you know hear that somebody's either leaving on their own or not leaving on their own but radio is different than probably somebody that's working at any other company we got to come in and go on and be so public uh the next day and it would be

completely disrespectful despite to not talk about him and talk you know about the the decision here but it's also going to be very you know uh tough because we got to be respectful obviously to him and then also you know to uh to our company yeah absolutely absolutely um anybody else uh have anything that they want to uh want to add or say and people think it's an april fool's joke and i'm going to tell you guys I got to tell you we've done a lot of April Fool's jokes over the years and I would never joke about somebody losing their job I you know I know that we've done crazy things where we switch formats and done things like that um it's not an April Fool's joke it's it's it's unfortunate timing you know that that it happens right around April Fool's but some of the of the callers and texters are all thinking well okay when are you guys going to admit this that it's a surprise but it's uh it's not you know and i am i am angry with him

because he owes me dinner still and i feel like this was his way of of getting out of that dinner this sounds like a spike move if i had to pick a spike move was you i owe you dinner so this is

what i'm gonna do you know you could still call him and he still owes you dinner right yeah okay All right, I'm just making sure.

Although it would be, to me, I don't know if I would ask it or say, hey, you owe me dinner is the first thing that you're going to say.

No, he was, when I started here in 2017, he was one of the first, and still was through the whole time, to constantly give me tips and tricks and be like a mentor. I think of you all as a mentor in a way, like different aspects of the business. and i had thought about getting out of morning radio and i wasn't gonna i was gonna just find another path in radio and mojo has been a big part of of me staying in this but spike was also a huge part he's just one of those comedic hilarious guys that i wanted to to be like and be as funny as and as quick as and as on as all the time and so i would just ask him a million i was probably super annoying about it i would ask him eight million questions and he was always the guy if he was in town he would he would reach out and without you know he's just got 8 million things going on but he would reach out and he would go out to dinner and we would he would text me he's the only one that text me on before my birthday and would send me a birthday gift and he's just an overall a great guy and a dick at the same time and that's why he was so great he really was he was he's just a really good guy he will be missed one of the most thoughtful

gift givers yeah megan uh thoughts from you yeah just like mike um change is always kind of

difficult and for me when i joined the show it was very difficult and he was always the first one to you know extend that wing and make sure i felt involved and included and just always went out of his way to make sure everybody felt like they belonged and that was one of his greatest skills

and yeah yeah um it's tough uh like i said because we are in such a public setting to uh you know to deal with this i mean i'm sure that you uh have probably dealt in whatever you do with uh you know having changes at work um but uh but it's tough because you know we talk on the radio for a living and um we've had so many changes to this show over 23 years because it's been 23 years Honestly, normal radio shows don't go 23 years. It's unusual that we're able to do this. And, you know, none has been bigger than this change with Spike. But there have been some major ones, you know, when we lost our first female co-host, Sarah. And we had stumbling blocks and hit stumbling blocks. And then, you know, we just stayed diligent and worked hard. And we're going to do that for you right now, too. We're going to continue to do that. We're going to promise that we're going to do that. And I think that, to be perfectly honest with you, I think that that's the thing that...

that you have to do so uh jake comment from uh from you it's mojo in the morning

and we're going to announce uh at 7 50 uh announcement on the on the phone scams and

what will will become of the phone scams well i'm going to let you guys know he's

I'm seriously going to be missed on this radio show, not only by you guys, but by the people who are listening. And I just want you guys to know that you guys and he will also be in my thoughts.

Thank you. We appreciate you so much, Jake.

Yeah, no problem.

Take care of yourself. I, you know, I was having a discussion over the weekend with you guys, and I said, the way that you know how good of a talent you are in this business is how people will deal with you when you have moments in your life that are tougher. And this is going to be a tough one for everybody. I mean, for the listeners, for, you know, for Spike and for the show. And we just hope that everybody just gives everybody the grace to be able to just get through this. I've got to take a break. We'll come back. We'll be doing the Mojo in the Morning Show, the normal stuff, but we'll also continue to discuss this. It's Mojo in the Morning, if you're just tuning in right now. I just made an announcement a little bit ago that Spike is no longer with the Mojo in the Morning Show, and we'll be right back.

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