Morning Mess’ Shannon Murphy has a new gig… in Detroit

Pixie-like Shannon Murphy, whose foray in Atlanta morning radio at Star 94 lasted just over a year with the Morning Mess, has attached herself to a new morning show — in Detroit.

She is splitting from her co-horts Marc "Marco" Orem and "Superphat" Mikey Dennison. Instead, she joins Mojo in the Morning on Channel 9-5-5 in Detroit, her hometown. She starts August 10.

“I love these guys,” she said. “I really do. But this new opportunity is too good to pass up.” She compared MoJo to the Bert Show of Detroit.

Norm Schrutt, their agent, shopped the trio around as the Mess for three months but with no definitive bites, began seeking jobs for them in pieces. It's not small coincidence that Schrutt happens to represent Mojo in the Morning as well.

Splitting up the Morning Mess:

• Great idea! And good for Shannon for getting a job so quickly!
• No. That's a shame. Hope Marco and Superphat Mikey can find employment, too.

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Murphy, many believe, was the strongest of the trio, who came to Atlanta in December 2007 after Star let go Steve & Vikki (now at B98.5). The show itself was an attempt to draw a younger audience to Star 94. But it was a bit too young sounding and lost far more of its older listeners than it drew new ones. Ratings were mediocre at best. And the threesome were not happy as management reined in their antics in an attempt to fix the damage.

Mikey, Shannon said, is currently working for his dad’s company in Indianapolis in some sales position at a construction parts firm. Marco is pondering options, she said.

And she said she is moving on personally too. She and Matt Thiessen of the band Relient K had been set to get married later this month but she broke off the engagement. "I'm not bitter by any means," she said. "I just now have a different outlook on my life. You take a deep breath and keep going."