The Ticket parent company sues former co-hosts Dan McDowell and Jake Kemp

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A lawsuit has been filed against Dan McDowell and Jake Kemp, former co-hosts of The Hang Zone, by the parent company Susquehanna. The lawsuit claims that McDowell and Kemp violated noncompete agreements by taking over social media accounts and repurposing them for their new podcast, The Dumb Zone. The podcast requires a monthly subscription fee and focuses on Dallas-area sports, targeting the same male audience as their previous show.

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and repurposing them for their new podcast. The ad-free podcast requires a $6.90 per month subscription through Patreon.focuses on identical subject matter, Dallas-area sports, and targets the same male audience as the duo’s former show.

McDowell started at The Ticket in 1999. Kemp joined the station in 2009. They became co-hosts of noon-to-3 p.m.in February 2020 after McDowell’s previous co-host, Bob Sturm, moved to late afternoons.is a talk show covering general news with an emphasis on Dallas- and Texas-area sports teams.to confirm their exit from the station on July 20. McDowell said he was not upset about the failed contract negotiations.

“It’s fine. That’s their thing, their evaluation of the situation and our evaluation of the situation is that we felt like it was fine to move on, they felt like it was fine to move on from us and here we are,” McDowell said in the video., McDowell and Kemp briefly acknowledged the lawsuit and Susquehanna’s attempt to stop the podcast.“We’re working with certain advisors and we’ve been advised that we are doing nothing wrong, so don’t stop … for now,” McDowell said on the podcast.

 

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