Talk:Ryan Seacrest

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[edit] Seacrest Out!

Anyone know why Seacrest, Out redirects here? The phrase is cropping up more and more, and while it's silly, it would be nice to at least explain in this article why Seacrest, Out redirects to the Ryan Seacrest article. The phrase is from his non-Idol TV and radio host days, when he would end his segment with "Seacrest Out!" I'm seeing it at the end of blog posts and such, along the lines of Kthxbye. JustinBaeder 04:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On My Watch Tonight

I've deleted the (looooong) paragraph about this. Until it can be properly sourced and written neutrally, it's got WP:BLP concerns. And the link to download the wsong in question is right out.

I'm going to take a shot this evening to see whether it can be sourced and whether it's notable, and try to rewrite it shorter. I'll put my suggested version here, and maybe we can discuss it? -- ArglebargleIV 01:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

This event apparently did happen, but as far as I can tell from some preliminary searches, all Seacrest was involved in this was that he didn't play the song. Relevance seems lacking to me. -- ArglebargleIV 02:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I know that this event happen because I was there in Eastern North Carolina listening to the events surrounding Seacrest and that song. I listen to the radio show that had the conflict with Ryan Seacrest over the song. I just thought that I bring the conflict back by hitting his Wikipedia profile. I'm still trying to get "On my Watch Tonight" famous by hitting the big name person that was suppose to make it famous in the first play. I also wanted people to know that Seacrest may not be the lovable guy they think of by disrespecting the military by not playing that song which was a salute to them. Oh well there always Perez Hilton to give the dirt to and make "On my Watch Tonight" famous like the people Eastern North Carolina want it too. (CoolMinded) —Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolMInded (talk • contribs) 19:40, 4 September 2007 (UTC) on american idol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.91.146.28 (talk) 01:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't know why this isn't in here, but I want someone to tell me that the second- it going in the article.
There was a HUGE controversy with Ryan Seacrest and Mike Corrado. Corrado is a Marine that were serving in Iraq and wrote this song, "On My Watch Tonight" that was on a great album by the Mike Corrado Band. The local radio station 96.3 (based out of New Bern, NC) started playing the single on the air and it became the number one requested song. The morning show djs tried to get attention to this single because of it's overwhelming success, and tried to get Ryan Seacrest to play the song in his show. Ryan Seacrest gaffed them off. The morning show started an initiative to try to get the listeners of 96.3 to start calling his show and requesting the song, over and over, and that still didn't work. Apparently, during this time, Ryan Seacrest was overheard at a party talking bad about Marines because of this whole issue, and it was very ill-received (considering most people know a Marine in one way or another) and that brought even more heat to the issue. The DJs at 96.3 tried to raise $100,000 to buy a full page ad in the LA Times to tell this story to Hollywood, and they didn't raise enough money, so instead, they started this initiative that they dubbed, "Pay it Forward". They bought 1,000 copies of the album this song was on, gave them out with petitions, and asked listeners to listen to the cd, sign their name on the petition, and pass it on to a friend. The friend should repeat the process until 10 names are on the Petition and then send the cd and petition to the Oprah Winfrey show. The hope was that in some way, Oprah owns Seacrest or his show or something, and would help Corrado by making Ryan take back the bad things he said about Marines, and publicize this great song.
The whole thing was huge news in the Camp Lejeune area. I did my due-diligence, listened to the cd, and passed it on to another person. I just remember it being such big news, and the word Seacrest being known as a four-letter-word. I can not believe that this is not on here. I can not find any more information that is a reliable source on the issue past the article written by the Jacksonville Daily News, which is no longer online, but quoted in it's entirety on The Mike Corrado Press Site. When this whole thing was going down, the radio stations in Coastal Carolina did a major reorganization and I don't know what happened to the DJs that were behind this initiative, because most of the morning shows changed in that area.
I think this is extremely notable and should be on his article, at least in part. Seacrest is not an innocent by-stander, most Marines know that he has made anti-Marine statements in the past and his behavior of this whole thing did not help. I have an email in to one of the DJs that was involved in all this (Crystal Legends) and I am hoping to get better references before I write this section. Chexmix53 (talk) 20:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


See the section above this one. Here's a few potential problems :
  1. Are there sufficient reliable sources and references, or is it all hearsay?
  2. Would the above story be here to bash Seacrest or to publicize and promote the song? The first would probably not be allowed due to the biography of living persons policy, and the second wouldn't be allowed because Wikipedia isn't a promotional site.
  3. It appears that Seacrest's only involvement was to not play a song. The guideline on undue weight would seem to be relevant here.
  4. It's a relatively minor story, and would have to be shortened considerably to fit into the article (see undue weight above again). -- ArglebargleIV (talk) 20:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


I understand your points, but I have a little bit more knowledge on this whole thing that you do right now. For instance,
  1. There is at least one reliable source (The Mike Corrado Press Site), which, yes, it is a fan site for the mike corrado band, but it is a press page that sites the entire article from the Jacksonville Daily News, and the article is no longer online on the JDnews website. Also, I am currently looking into getting more sources. I have an email into one of the djs that started this whole thing for more information and sources. I know this all happened, I just have to get sources for it because I know I can not just say, i was there when it happened.
  2. The store would not be there to bash Seacrest or promote the cd, band or single. It is something that happened and the whole things was centered around Ryan Seacrest. It is the reason that most military people don't respect him. Not having this in the article makes it un-biased because it is something true that happened, is notable and is just not being included because it may make him look bad.
  3. Seacrest's involvement stemmed beyond him not playing a song. Thousands of people from eastern Carolina, spouses from around the country and Marines stationed overseas were calling into his radio show requesting the song. It had to be the most requested song for weeks with all the Marines, dependents and family members calling, and he not only refused to play the song, but ignored the whole situation. Plus, he had before, and since made very hurtful comments about Marines in general.
  4. And it is not a minor story. I remember everyone talking about this thing for months in Jacksonville, which sounds like a small city, but it is home to the worlds largest Marine Corps base, plus Camp Geiger and MCAS New River.
I believe that it does need to be addressed, not in the length that it was before, but at least one paragraph. I will write it, I am just waiting on that email. Chexmix53 (talk) 21:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Earnings

He earns $1 a year?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.33.99 (talk) 11:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC)