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Diminishing sports talk radio talent

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Speedway, Apr 1, 2010.

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  1. Speedway

    Speedway Member

    Tom Jicha's blog has an interesting discussion on the demise of sports radio in the South Florida market (despite having four 24/7 sports talk stations). Do any of the other U.S. sports talk radio markets have similar stories?


    http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/tv/2010/03/2357.html
     
    Speedway, Apr 1, 2010
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  2. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Only all of them.
     
    Armchair_QB, Apr 1, 2010
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  3. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    There was talent in sports talk radio at one time?
     
    Baron Scicluna, Apr 1, 2010
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  4. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    All I know about local sports talk is what's happened in the No. 5 media market.

    The No. 1 station that's No. 1 in the men 25-54 demo has never lost its crown in any daypart in this millennium, while the pretenders to the throne run through West Coast hosts like shit through a goose.
     
    Football_Bat, Apr 1, 2010
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  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    There are three Indianapolis sports talk stations, which is at least one too many. ESPN made a big splash here two years ago with a new affiliate, its flagship afternoon-drive show was with Indy Star columnist Bob Kravitz and a former PR guy. Well, last month they cut Kravitz and his salary. So now this former PR guy (nice man, bad radio host) is flying solo from 3-6, and it's just awful.

    On a national level, I'm still reeling from the Czaban-to-Screamin' A swap. Brutal.
     
    playthrough, Apr 1, 2010
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  6. EagleMorph

    EagleMorph Member

    The problem is that in many markets, they keep rehashing the same personalities in different slots on different stations. No fresh personalities, no fresh perspectives. Just a bunch of blowhards and newspaper columnists that have had shows on 10 different stations.
     
    EagleMorph, Apr 1, 2010
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  7. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

    where's greggo?
     
    txsportsscribe, Apr 1, 2010
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  8. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Just 10,000 slight variations on the "aggressively-obnoxious horny fratboy" schtick.
     
    Starman, Apr 1, 2010
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  9. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Despite? Or because?
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Apr 1, 2010
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  10. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    As long as the twin L.A.-based embarrassments of Steve Hartman/Vic the Brick/Chris Myers and Petros Papadakis/Matt "MONEY!!!!!!!" Smith are nationally syndicated, the overall quality of sports talk radio will remain in the toilet.
     
    Piotr Rasputin, Apr 1, 2010
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  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Those jackasses are all syndicated nationally?

    Why would ANY other market choose to listen to those idiots? Why does LA?

    The following is a list of the talented, intelligent, sports talk hosts in southern California in the last 25 years:

    Chet Forte


    That is all.
     
    poindexter, Apr 1, 2010
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  12. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Play, if indeed Mark (pause) Patrick is making his 10th comeback, as I've read, then I feel for your ears.

    (Moddy would know Mark Patrick better as the father of the Nats' non-Stephen first-round pitcher from last year's draft)
     
    Bob Cook, Apr 1, 2010
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