Jay Marvin in the hospital

Anyone know what happened to him? David Sirota has been sitting in for him.

Sounds absolutely miserable, and he'll be out of commission for a couple weeks, but it does look like he's on the mend.

Get better, Jay!

The new way they perform the surgery is a much faster recuperation. But it still can put you out of commission for a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the details.

From what I read from Facebook, he's having a lot of complications. He's for the most part recovering at home, but he's definitely not feeling well. :(

Meantime, Sirota is doing a great job. A caller suggested the station give him a show. I'd like to see him get Ron Kuby's time slot. Sirota is so smart and he's now local.

I agree. Sirota is a good talk show host.

Frankly, I prefer Sirota's intelligent conversation to Marvin's circus barker style.

But, I suspect Sirota wouldn't want Marvin's time slot with its early morning risings.

Give Sirota the afternoon drive program! 760AM should get rid of that horrible "Frito Bandito" Mario whats-his-name who broadcasts from San Diego but pretends he is local.

fwiw - i wrote to the station and got a reply from what's her name, the program director,saying they're going to try and keep him.

and it's the only place to get info about the hispanic community for non-spanish speakers.

"Unfortunately, Marvin's return isn't imminent. According to Mary Marvin, Jay's wife, he's scheduled to undergo a series of tests at this hour that are intended to identify a large mass near his spinal column -- one of several serious health concerns that have surfaced since the initial procedure."
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/04/am_760s_jay_marvin_continues_t.php

Also from that article, he got hepatitis after he was out of the hospital for his gall bladder surgery. The article is quite hair raising. He's going through a terribly tough and painful time.

I'm sorry Jay-fans, but Jay's got too many personal issues, and I'm not talking about his boasting of his mental health problems or using them as a defense when he goes postal on someone. I quit listening to him long ago when other progressive options, presented themselves or I switch to NPR when he's on. He panders too much to people he agrees with or is interviewing, and if someone disagrees with him another persona comes out that is vicious and mean spirited. Who wants that kind of dialogue on a progressive talk show.

After he hung up on a guy who said he was a progressive but disagreed, and then called him a conservative, and then did it again on another progressive who he thought was "wrong" for not agreeing with him, I wrote to him that maybe he was "off his meds" which he frequently elicits himself when he goes off on someone; and explained he wasn't listening to what these guys were trying to say, and became rude. He called me names, and said I had no right to bring up his mental condition, and then threatened me to block my email or "report" my IP address to the station, which I told him to go ahead - it's a free country. I tried to write back and explain all this, and he just went off and ranted how he's a great contributor to progressive causes and attends them and demanded to know what I do for the cause. I finally gave up.

This guy has too many personal issues, and excusing them as medical or mental is not contributing to the effectiveness of the his talk show. I know many like his quasi-progressive view, but all he does is pander to some, blow up on others who don't deserve it. He's not a true progressive but more of a blue-collar progressive (nothing wrong with that), meaning he's not intellectually progressive like Hartman, Sirota and so many more. 760 should replace him with Sirota, or give Sirota his own show.

Sirota has national attention now, appearing on CNN, MSNBC, and many other national talk shows as a progressive spokesman. Sirota writes occassional national and local columns for the Denver Post. This guy is class-progressive. He's smart, he's compassionate, he's knowledageable - unlike Marvin. It's time to move on. Marvin may have his place, and his fans may number enough that 760 can't afford to lose his fan base, but Denver (which is turning more progressive) and progressive 760 deserves better.

The message by 'toohip' is dead-on accurate: my "Waterloo' with Jay was when I called in to talk of racy cars. I have a deep and varied background in the racing game, and have been an instructor to street and race drivers alike. I liked Jay because he's a fan, too.

Jay is a well-informed fan of racing but he wields it as if he's driven a race car, which he (self-admittedly) has not. He has claimed he's driven his Porsche at over 135 MPH...on the street!

I called him on that, on the 760 website, calling it irresponsible and dangerous, and he basically called me a fool. OK, fair enough.

Later, I called in when he asked those with racing experience to comment on a team he follows; he asked what it's like in a race car, and I told him. He *vehemently* disagreed with me, saying I was wrong: I asked if he'd ever actually *DONE* it, and he said no. I tried, good-naturedly, to say he might not know what I know, yet he *insisted* his view was correct.

And that was the last time I,listed to Jay Marvin. He's too volatile, he's too polarizing, and he does 'our side' no good, by being raging looney, just as he cried the Republicans are.

Fare well, Jay and I hope you recover, but Sirota's a FAR better personality and radio show!

I agree with both you and 'toohip' on Jays mood swings ... only hope that who ever will replaces him will be someone who can give one a boost energy in the morning and not put one to sleep like Sirota. I agree he's a smart man and has great views but not for the AM slot. The man puts me to sleep (from which I've just awaken from) and seems to be reading from a newspaper most of the times.

I do hope that Jay has a healthy recovery and can live a less stressful life from there on.

but you lost me when you whored for bill owens. what a tool.

Apparently, the doctors finally figured out what's been going on with him, and knock on wood, he's finally turning the corner and starting to recover.

Here's hoping he finally gets better and gets back on the air!

Gotta ask why we even want Jay back on the air. Reading thru his blog & twitters, here's how he feels:

Per his blog:
-"Radio is f*cked beyond belief"
-"... even though I do a radio show on a small station--one of smallest in my career. Someday I'll get off the radio and fade away"
-"Why bad talent or no talent? Well, it is the same with terrestrial radio--it is cheap and you always get what you pay for"
-"More proof talk radio these days runs on hot air and hype rather than numerical reality"
-"Now it's let me on the air so I can be a pimp for a political party and a way of thinking"

his Twitter:
"Good radio stations? Name one.? Radio sucks? Ever ask yourself why?"
"yeah well I'm in radio, have no talent and have been fooling people for 34 years"
"The wheels are coming off of radio. Does anyone care? We are America's new auto workers!"

Jay's got his health issues and he REALLY has a motivation issue, so give the show to someone who cares! Give Sirota the show!!