Buffalo Radio: WGRQ Jock Fired Over Social Media Meme

Tom Tiberi

Tom Tiberi, known as “Slick Tom,” has indeed exited Cumulus Media’s “97 Rock” (WGRF Buffalo) after posting a controversial meme on his personal Facebook page. 

The meme, which depicted former President Trump and Vladimir Putin in coffins, was posted before the failed assassination attempt on Trump on July 13. Tiberi explained that he removed the meme immediately after the news of the attempt, but a screenshot had already been widely circulated by what he calls a group of far-right extremists.

Tiberi, who has been a significant presence at 97 Rock for 25 years, expressed his frustration over the situation. HJadmits the meme was in poor taste. "However, the point I need to stress is that this meme was put up BEFORE the assassination attempt on Saturday, I then took it down immediately!” 

Tiberi said in a July 18 Facebook post. “However, by then a small but well-organized group of far-right extremist on FB had taken a screen shot of my meme and posted it all over public FB. The screen shot they shared made it look like I had posted the meme AFTER the assassination attempt rather than on Thursday.”

Cumulus Media has not commented publicly.