Iāve been traveling and not keeping up. My questions and thoughts:
So- these new shows are on 101.9 starting tomorrow?
The only people being retained are Erin and Rod? Who are on a morning show together? And maybe some Horn producers who also have time slots?
Chad seems like a decent guy, but he has no natural talent for radio. Thereās a reason he hasnāt been picked up by a larger market. Zay is pretty funny and heās a good homer fanboy, which I appreciate, but he hasnāt figured out his thing yet. Love it when he goes full black guy talk tho, and I appreciate his hip-hop knowledge. He could workout eventually somewhere.
Mike Hardge is so fucking bad at his job. He sounds like someone who was just walking down bourbon street sipping a daiquiri and someone shoved a mic in his face and he started talking. I felt bad for Babers. Heās so bad.
Iām still convinced that Flex ATX was the nail in the coffin for this channel. Every time they started on the high school sports thing, I changed the dial. Donāt care about a running back from Hutto that has an offer from UTSA. It could be my own kid and I still wouldnāt listen to it.
But the true thing that was always going to kill the station was the poor signal. The station didnāt even register on the dial in my car. Had to manually scroll to it because the signal was so shitty.
National sports radio is mostly terrible. As has been mentioned up thread, itās nothing but LeBron/Celtics/Jets/Ohtani/Fantasy talk. I couldnāt care less. Iād much rather listen to Rod break down Sark tendencies. Much rather.
The Ticket (experiencing its own change) is still great, but when it comes to the Horns, are either pure haters or completely uninformed. Usually itās the latter. They know their own shtick (and boy do they love their own shtick, ācorby laughā), Cowboys, Rangers (kinda), Stars, Mavs, and OU football. Otherwise, they canāt speak intelligently to anything sports related all. They only talk sports 30-40% of the time, which is ok, because the comedy (especially old school Musers) is pretty special. Itās barely sports radio.
Was in Houston last week listening to redneck Clint Stoerner tell me how Marcus Semien is a pussy for not standing up to Martin Maldonado and fighting him like a man. The rest was Texans talk. Total aggy trash radio. There might be something better in Houston, but idk.
Producers playing ātheme of the dayā music is so dumb. Having the hosts guess the theme is even dumber. Itās really bad radio. They had two shows with āguess the musicā intros that were cringy.
Iāll miss Buck. Heard him for 20 years now and he was always just off the cuff and a good listen. Good person too.
Bottom line, Erin and Rod are excellent. Bucky was Bucky. Everyone else kinda sucked. Ownership seemed like it sucked. Bob Cole seems like he sucks. Sue Patrick is stupid. High school sports are awesome, but I donāt need anyone to discuss it on the radio or anywhere. You can invest in talent, but it wonāt matter if your signal is undetectable. Iād like to hang out with Tom McKayās daughter next time Iām in Boston, she seems to party.
Sorry for the long post.