The Regular Guys
| Other names | TRG |
|---|---|
| Genre | Talk Radio |
| Running time | 210 min. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | WNNX |
| Syndicates | WROK-FM |
| Starring | Larry Wachs Steve Rickman Tim Andrews |
| Created by | Larry Wachs Eric Von Haessler |
| Executive producer(s) | Tim Andrews Sebastian "Sebas" Davis |
| Recording studio | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Original release | 1995-1997 (Los Angeles) 1998-2004 2005-2006 2008-2014 (Atlanta) – present |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Opening theme | "Wake Up to the Regular Guys" |
| Ending theme | "Wake Up to the Regular Guys" |
| Website | regularguys |
| Podcast | Yes |
The Regular Guys was a terrestrial radio show that started in Los Angeles, California, by DJs Larry Wachs and Eric Von Haessler. The show added Atlanta based DJs "Southside" Steve Rickman and "Action Plan" Tim Andrews when the show resumed in Atlanta, Georgia, during its later runs. The show's primary demographic target was men aged 25 to 49.
Larry Wachs and Eric Von Haessler met in the late 1980s and early 1990s, while doing radio and engaging in phone conversations in various capacities in New York. They later sent demos of what work they did together to various markets, ultimately landing interest in Los Angeles. The show was a conversational mix of comedy, skits, and talk-radio, which came to form in 1995 on the Los Angeles station KLSX 97.1 FM. However, Wachs and Von Haessler were later fired from KLSX in 1997 after a hilarious on-air meltdown over station management interference with the show, to which the station's management thought differently.
In 1998, Wachs and Von Haessler resumed the show on Clear Channel owned Atlanta station WKLS, which was branded as 96 Rock at the time until just after their second firing in 2006. During The Regular Guys' first stint at Clear Channel, the show was voted "Most Likely to Be Fined by the FCC" in a Creative Loafing (Atlanta) survey. However, Wachs and Von Haessler were never been fined by the FCC, in spite of their two firings from Clear Channel.
Wachs and Von Haessler were first fired from WKLS on April 9, 2004, at the height of their Arbitron ratings success, when a graphic interview with pornographic film actress Devinn Lane was accidentally aired over a Honda commercial. That interview was intended to be played backwards, dodging FCC censorship, in a bit called "backwards smut," when the show returned from that commercial break. The intent was to mock the Federal Communications Commission indecency crackdown at the time, which stemmed from the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy. Their sidekick "Southside" Steve Rickman was retained by Clear Channel, as he had a different contract.
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