Planet Mikey

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Planet Mikey is a sports talk radio program on Boston's WEEI 850 kHz AM. The show was officially announced on December 15, 2005 and runs from 7 p.m. to midnight on weekdays. The host is Mike Adams, an experienced Boston sports talk show host. Adams is accompanied by veteran Sports Anchor Jeff Joyce, and producers Jason Pothier and Tim Walsh.

[edit] The birth of Planet Mikey

On the evening of December 14, 2005, WEEI host Mike Adams had seemed to go insane. There was an open spot on WEEI programming in the 7 p.m.-to-11 p.m.slot after the departure of Ted Sarandis. Adams had been filling in as the host for two months and had reportedly given WEEI until December 14 to make a decision regarding hiring him as a full-time replacement for Sarandis. Allegedly, programming director Jason Wolfe had not returned Adams' calls for a couple of days. Adams arrived early for his show on Wednesday, and Big Show host Glenn Ordway called Wolfe on the air with the goal of eliciting a decision on Adams future with the station. When Wolfe was finally put on the phone, he and Adams got into what sounded like a serious argument on the air that ended when Adams disconnected Wolfe. Until around 9:30 that night, Adams apparently locked himself in the studio not allowing anybody else inside except for food delivery people. Finally, Wolfe called in and gave Adams the job.

WEEI reported that Wolfe received well over 1,000 emails from fans during the stunt, urging him to give Adams the job.

The break-in was later revealed to be a hoax, as reported by a Boston Globe feature on Mike Adams. The station itself also admits it was a publicity stunt orchestrated by Mike Adams himself in an attempt to gain a larger viewership.^[1] A portion of listeners and sports writers around New England were not pleased with this and responded by boycotting the show.