From the Redoing Media website…

…the Man. The Myth. The Legend: RobertWagner himself (or @pdxsucks, as many know him) — the evil genius behind pdx.fm.

(Yes, I’m trying some of that hyperbolic flowery language favored by the Fox Networks of the world. Or else I’m *packaging*. Take your pick…)

While Mr. Wagner continues to protest his inclusion in this merry local media dance we’re playing here & does his best to play the ‘aw, shucks’ card when pressed, I very strongly beg to differ. The guy makes media — even though he doesn’t want that Oregonian article preserved in wood plaque form any time soon. He reports on news every morning on Portland Sucks (raise your hand if you’ve heard of an issue for the very first time while listening to Robert & Sabrina on Portland Sucks each morning at 8 am). He’s building out a whole infrastructure to support local Portland news, information & entertainment — that sounds like a media magnate to me, right? And he’s funding the whole thing out of his own pocket.

Of course, he’s now got a few other “media people” lining up to either say they knew him when and/or are part of the inner circle, attempt to follow in his footsteps, and/or suck up to him in Dyson-esque style.

But he’ll be sitting down with me this week. Yes, me. (That rumor that I have something really incriminating on him? Sheer nonsense…) And we’ll be talking about just how pdx.fm began, where he thinks it can/should go, what he’d like to say to some of those hangers-on, and where he sees the gaps here in the Portland media scene.

Sadly, the show won’t be live — but if you want me to grill skewer lambaste insinuate ask Robert a question, you should either a) add it as a comment to this post (and nowhere else, please), or b) send me an email at betsy@redoingmedia.com.

(And don’t assume that just because he’s providing me a platform — for FREE, no less — that I’m going to go easy on him. For starters, he’s going to have to dial down that whole F-stream a notch or two…)

Do it before midnight tonight. Hell, do it NOW.

Update: Nope, we won’t be able to take questions via phone call during the show itself. Why? We’re pre-taping, that’s why…