The Regular Guys was a terrestrial radio show that started in Los Angeles, California, by DJs Larry Wachs and Eric Von Haessler.
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.
[1] 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.
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.
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.
The intent was to mock the Federal Communications Commission indecency crackdown at the time, which stemmed from the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy.
This did not include an immediate reunion with Rickman, as he was doing the afternoon drive time slot with Tim "Rhodsie" Rhodes who previously did the mid-day shift on 96 Rock.
On October 23, 2006, Wachs and Von Haessler were dismissed from Clear Channel for the second time due to a lawsuit by then Viva 105.7 morning DJs Yogi and Panda.
Past entertaining bits from "TRG 3.0", which is considered to be the 2008 to 2013 time-frame, included Homeless Karaoke and Shoot Steve, among other skits, were dropped in favor of celebrity news.
Larry also brought his protege Vinny Bucci back to the show as the Director of Fighting, Conflict, and Drama where he covered combat sports and did Man On The Street interviews.