Does the Westwood One announcer irritate anybody else?

[ondeadline]

I don't know who the guy is, but he does the lead-ins to Westwood One's NFL games and NFL shows.

If he really talks like that off air, I feel sad for him. When he talks, it sounds like he just got kicked in the chest. I hate radio announcers who can't simply talk as they would in normal conversations.

He's a John Facenda wannabe who fails miserably.

 

[Rufino]

He's really comical, although I'm not sure if that's what they're going for or not. The way he reads the promos for a football game lead-in makes it sounds like he's doing the trailer for a particularly gory horror flick.

 

[tommyp]

He doesn't irritate me...he scares the bejeezus out of me.

 

[BigRed]

The lead-in guy doesn't annoy me, although Tommy Tighe (sp?), the guy that does their pregame shows, is TERRIBLE.
He's the kind of guy who does pre-taped interviews with NFL players for their shows, and always interjects "mmm-hhms," and "ums," and "uhs," and all sorts of stuff into the interviews.
Really annoying.

 

[DisembodiedOwlHead]

He's the same guy who does the TV commercials for monster truck rallies -- the non-screaming, more sociopathically homicidal one.

 

[D-3 Fan]

I saw that announcer's name on the Westwood One webpage a long time ago, but I can't find it right now.

Tommy Tighe (correct spelling) is very good. BigRed, you referring to Jim Gray doing the pre-game and halftime interviews. That snively little ******* makes me want to flip radio stations during halftime.

 

[sportymcgee]

Tommy Tighe (correct spelling) is very good.

Please tell me you're kidding. Tighe is the king of the bad pun. The weekend guy on the No. 3 station where I live is more original than this guy.

 

[somewriter]

Is that the guy with all the horrible puns? Every time I listen, it's, "The Cowboys lasso the Panthers, while the Vikings try to right their ship." It's highly amusing, except that he's not trying to be funny.

 

[D-3 Fan]

Tommy Tighe (correct spelling) is very good.

Please tell me you're kidding. Tighe is the king of the bad pun. The weekend guy on the No. 3 station where I live is more original than this guy.

Hey, BigRed said, not me. I'm only going with what I have heard. Yeah, it sounds corny. But tell me who else can do this besides a no-name guy on a #3 station in your town?

 

[GB-Hack]

I don't know who does the intros, but Harry Kalas on the play-by-play is exceptional. But why would you expect anything else?

Trev Alberts is doing a nice job on color as well.

 

[BigRed]

Tommy Tighe (correct spelling) is very good.

Please tell me you're kidding. Tighe is the king of the bad pun. The weekend guy on the No. 3 station where I live is more original than this guy.

Hey, BigRed said, not me. I'm only going with what I have heard. Yeah, it sounds corny. But tell me who else can do this besides a no-name guy on a #3 station in your town?

Tighe is the guy I'm thinking of with all the bad puns. I'm not a Jim Gray fan, but he's not as bad as Tommy Tighe.

 

[Dan Hickling]

schtik schells

 

[Football_Bat]

Tommy Tighe is a diamond surrounded by poo-poo.