austin radio stuff

[PTINS 3,485]

On 8/26/2022 at 10:03 PM, Born to Run said:

I disagree, he's humble and well prepared. Incredibly prepared, he will go on and on to let you know!

He has gotten better but he does act like he had 8 cups of coffee before grabbing the mic.

I like Rod. He knows first hand how hard you have to work and what it takes to compete when others around you are more talented.  He has a passion for life and Texas football and thats good enough for me.

His takes on Quinn winning the locker room on day 1 were very insightful.

It is radio. 3 hours to fill on days when not a lot of sports news is news worthy. Not all of his data and analytics hit the mark, but he offers insight and perspective that is grounded with factual information. 

[Nope 3,121]

If the station survived the Geoff Ketchum/Barry Warner segments they used to run midday, they can survive anything 

[South Austin 52,619]

19 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

In his early days at KLBJ, Ward was really good. He ultimately became a bit too enamored with himself and became borderline unlistenable. But generally a very good interviewer. 

Never listened to him on KLBJ, but when he's appeared on 104.9, this isn't an unfair description.  He can be funny, much moreso than Trey ever could (low bar, I know), but he does seem to think he's a bigger deal than he really is.

[Deej 76,935]

Jeff Ward was always a good listen when he talked sports. Anything else, and he got pretty insufferable. 

[Red Five 40,895]

On 8/30/2022 at 12:42 AM, Updawg said:

Cell phones and satellite. I used to be a regular listener to all above. But now I go into work maybe once a week and I’ll try to listen to b&e at that time. But I never listen to local anymore. It’s sad but I’ve moved on.

Exact same. I may hear an hour of B&E per week and that is all. Podcasts and music.

[ztejas 43,541]

Has anyone tried the disgusting cinnamon tequila that Rod keeps hocking? 

[Nope 3,121]

34 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Has anyone tried the disgusting cinnamon tequila that Rod keeps hocking? 

I’ll try it when Rod does

[Deej 76,935]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Has anyone tried the disgusting cinnamon tequila that Rod keeps hocking? 

[jimmyjazz 46,176]

I just tuned in to the MENSA round table hosted by Mike Hardge and Chip Brown.  

Nope.

[ztejas 43,541]

Holy fuck kill it with fire. 

Also - Chad is beyond a fucking beating running his solo show. Not only is he a dumbass he's started being super whiney and condescending about Texas football. I feel like he sees the writing on the wall and is afraid that we're about to start punishing motherfuckers on the regular right before we jump into the SEC. 

He thought No Doubt was fucking Brittney Spears the other day. 

[Nope 3,121]

37 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Holy fuck kill it with fire. 

Also - Chad is beyond a fucking beating running his solo show. Not only is he a dumbass he's started being super whiney and condescending about Texas football. I feel like he sees the writing on the wall and is afraid that we're about to start punishing motherfuckers on the regular right before we jump into the SEC. 

He thought No Doubt was fucking Brittney Spears the other day. 

I’m just trying to figure out who’s actually asking him to roll the tired Scottish guy bit back out every week

 

[Deej 76,935]

Hardge is such a beating.

I actually find myself switching over to Ed and Bido on my drive home. That's fucked up.

Edited September 17, 2022 by Deej

[Deej 76,935]

2 hours ago, ztejas said:

Holy fuck kill it with fire. 

Also - Chad is beyond a fucking beating running his solo show. Not only is he a dumbass he's started being super whiney and condescending about Texas football. I feel like he sees the writing on the wall and is afraid that we're about to start punishing motherfuckers on the regular right before we jump into the SEC. 

He thought No Doubt was fucking Brittney Spears the other day. 

Fuck Chad and the "he's a good aggy" bullshit. No such thing. "Good aggy" is just code for "he'll keep that shit tamped down until he can't help himself."

Edited September 17, 2022 by Deej

[ztejas 43,541]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

"he'll keep that shit tamped down until he can't help himself."

The "can't help himself" shit is starting to leak. You could tell he thought we had zero chance against Bama last week. He did this long bit about "Do y'all on the text line really think that your team is in the same spot that atm was in last year against Bama? I mean you REALLY think you're as good on both lines and as prepared?" and I'm like - yeah, fuckstick - why not? You clowns sucked last season outside of that game. 

[Handcruser 2,805]

Hardge is such a beating.
I actually find myself switching over to Ed and Bido on my drive home. That's fucked up.

That show is fucking awful. Ed clements knows nothing about everything and anything. When he is on with those other two idiots (mark and Melissa?) he makes that show go from negative 50 to negative 500. Whatever that means - it just means it sucks.

Bido-or however you spell his name- needs to get a job with ups or fedex.

Bob cole should move to a ranch outside of Bangs and do a podcast on texas high school sports and that’s it. UT should dump him asap.

[ztejas 43,541]

3 minutes ago, Handcruser said:

Bido-or however you spell his name- needs to get a job with ups or fedex.

It's B-DOE - which, I know, is gay as fuck - but he's an anchor DJ for 93.7 and from what I can tell, doesn't suck at that job. 

Agree he's terrible for sports radio. Then again, Chad Hastings has his own show right now on the dedicated local sports station. 

[Deej 76,935]

And for good news on the Austin radio scene, Dale Dudley still doesn't have a voice and sucks as a realtor. 

[LTtxfan 49,360]

Meant to post....

HornFM -- DON'T put FCB back on Austin radio 

 

Edited September 17, 2022 by LTtxfan

[Blotto 23,579]

3 hours ago, Nope said:

I’m just trying to figure out who’s actually asking him to roll the tired Scottish guy bit back out every week

 

LULZ. Its been pre-covid since i listened to austin sports radio, but goddamn it never occurred to me that Chad could still be torturing the listening audience with that shit-ass bit. Actually uncomfortable to listen to.  

[utxmike05 1,828]

4 hours ago, Deej said:

Hardge is such a beating.

I actually find myself switching over to Ed and Bido on my drive home. That's fucked up.

I wana love the guy but he can't speak smoothly...just doesn't flow right. And when he is next to Rod it's just magnifies it even more bc Rod is smooth. 

Hardge also stutters through some of his live commercials also...he was killing me when Rod was on vacation. 
 

 

[Deej 76,935]

1 minute ago, utxmike05 said:

I wana love the guy but he can't speak smoothly...just doesn't flow right. And when he is next to Rod it's just magnifies it even more bc Rod is smooth. 

Hardge also stutters through some of his live commercials also...he was killing me when Rod was on vacation. 
 

 

He's trying too fucking hard. Just relax and roll with it.

[ztejas 43,541]

Rod Babers being a smooth radio personality is about as funny as anything anyone has said on this thread. 

[utxmike05 1,828]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Rod Babers being a smooth radio personality is about as funny as anything anyone has said on this thread. 

Sorry, radio personality expert.  He speaks clearly, confidently, and doesn't get tongue tied = smooth when compared to Hardge. Quit acting like some radio elitist. It's fukin radio lol. 

@Deej And yea agreed Hardge does seem to try too hard and he wants to be better.  Teamed w/Rod might help him.  Gotta start somewhere. (Don't tell the elitist in this thread)

[ztejas 43,541]

3 minutes ago, utxmike05 said:

Sorry, radio personality expert.  He speaks clearly, confidently, and doesn't get tongue tied = smooth when compared to Hardge. Quit acting like some radio elitist. It's fukin radio lol. 

@Deej And yea agreed Hardge does seem to try too hard and he wants to be better.  Teamed w/Rod might help him.  Gotta start somewhere. (Don't tell the elitist in this thread)

Rod's passable at best. I'm sorry that he was a superstar on campus when some of you were on the 40. That doesn't make him worth a shit when it comes to radio. He's fine. He has nothing interesting to say basically ever. He just recites a bunch of football stats and goes over how different sets interact with each other. 

[MAUFRAIS 6,638]

Love rod but rod sucks.

[ztejas 43,541]

33 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

Love rod but rod sucks.

exactamente

[Nope 3,121]

8 hours ago, MAUFRAIS said:

Love rod but rod sucks.

The Cardi B sized, Nicki Minaj sized, Serena Williams sized BUT

I remember the first time I heard him say that on The Zone years ago….and then every single broadcast after that

[hornian 5,223]

9 hours ago, MAUFRAIS said:

Love rod but rod sucks.

[jimmyjazz 46,176]

27 minutes ago, hornian said:

MAUFRAIS' vanity plates:

[Born to Run 6,569]

Holy fuck kill it with fire. 
Also - Chad is beyond a fucking beating running his solo show. Not only is he a dumbass he's started being super whiney and condescending about Texas football. I feel like he sees the writing on the wall and is afraid that we're about to start punishing motherfuckers on the regular right before we jump into the SEC. 
He thought No Doubt was fucking Brittney Spears the other day. 

Sure, but he's a "music snob". He's never heard of the band Phoenix either. It's not like they are obscure.

[ztejas 43,541]

Just now, Born to Run said:

17 hours ago, ztejas said:

Holy fuck kill it with fire. 
Also - Chad is beyond a fucking beating running his solo show. Not only is he a dumbass he's started being super whiney and condescending about Texas football. I feel like he sees the writing on the wall and is afraid that we're about to start punishing motherfuckers on the regular right before we jump into the SEC. 
He thought No Doubt was fucking Brittney Spears the other day. 

Sure, but he's a "music snob". He's never heard of the band Phoenix either. It's not like they are obscure.

That last motley crue show was bitchin, though. 

[demos 3,011]

They’re gonna pair chad with fcb aren’t they?

[Born to Run 6,569]

Sure, but he's a "music snob". He's never heard of the band Phoenix either. It's not like they are obscure.

They could name the show Pregnant Pause

[ztejas 43,541]

Rod just said Interstellar was an underrated movie. 

[Nope 3,121]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Rod just said Interstellar was an underrated movie. 

Depends on who you talk to. I recommended it to my team at work and none of them had heard of it.

[ztejas 43,541]

1 minute ago, Nope said:

Depends on who you talk to. I recommended it to my team at work and none of them had heard of it.

It did $700M globally and is the 27th highest rated movie of all time on imdb. 

[Nope 3,121]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

It did $700M globally and is the 27th highest rated movie of all time on imdb. 

I was as surprised as you are

[ztejas 43,541]

5 minutes ago, Nope said:

I was as surprised as you are

I've heard/seen a bunch of people call it their favorite movie ever. Rod said that and I basically did the Jags fan.gif. 

And that's not to pick on Rod. I'm kind of treating this thread as "what's the dumbest shit you heard someone on the Horn say this week".

[Deej 76,935]

30 minutes ago, ztejas said:

"what's the dumbest shit you heard someone on the Horn say this week".

Does this site have the capacity to handle the answers to that question?

I'm gonna need a ruling, Immamac.

Edited September 21, 2022 by Deej

[Delta Charlie 150]

On 9/17/2022 at 10:28 AM, Born to Run said:

On 9/16/2022 at 5:02 PM, ztejas said:

Holy fuck kill it with fire. 
Also - Chad is beyond a fucking beating running his solo show. Not only is he a dumbass he's started being super whiney and condescending about Texas football. I feel like he sees the writing on the wall and is afraid that we're about to start punishing motherfuckers on the regular right before we jump into the SEC. 
He thought No Doubt was fucking Brittney Spears the other day. 

Sure, but he's a "music snob". He's never heard of the band Phoenix either. It's not like they are obscure.

This is what really turns me off on that show. I can deal with the "crap bag", the aggyness brimming under the surface of each football take, even the wrestling/UFC he brings up. But I CANNOT deal with his just pitiful knowledge of music when the tries to guess the band or artist the producer plays as the show comes back from commercials. It's just horrible and he should be god damned ashamed.  Then, he doubles down and calls himself a "music" snob.  I just can't handle it and for that reason, I'm out.

[South Austin 52,619]

10 hours ago, Nope said:

I recommended it to my team at work and none of them had heard of it.

[Red Five 40,895]

I liked Interstellar but I don't think it would make my top five Christopher Nolan movies list. 

[Nope 3,121]

28 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I liked Interstellar but I don't think it would make my top five Christopher Nolan movies list. 

I will say that watching it before and after my daughter was born were two very different experiences.

Got a bit of dust in my eyes at the end.

Edited September 21, 2022 by Nope

[utxmike05 1,828]

Jeezus I never thought a radio thread would be as bad as the movie/TV show threads...this is Surly though lol. 

Radio Elitists, 

If Rod sucks, please describe your ideal radio show host (besides yourself).  

[GTX Horn 1,710]

Rod is good all things considered. Guys like Hastings, Hardge, and sometimes Jeff Howe are the ones who make the station unlistenable at times. Rod was much better when he had a solo show and didn’t have someone like Hardge interrupting his flow and adding asinine and ill-informed takes.

[MAUFRAIS 6,638]

Jeezus I never thought a radio thread would be as bad as the movie/TV show threads...this is Surly though lol. 
Radio Elitists, 
If Rod sucks, please describe your ideal radio show host (besides yourself).  

I just listen to the ticket

[ztejas 43,541]

So they're putting Zay on with Chad. 

Who knows if it will work. Should be better than Chad by himself. 

[Deej 76,935]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

So they're putting Zay on with Chad. 

Who knows if it will work. Should be better than Chad by himself. 

It should work out well, if Zay murders Chad, and then it's just Zay. 

[SizzleChest 8,284]

14 minutes ago, Deej said:

It should work out well, if Zay murders Chad, and then it's just Zay. 

WIN WIN

[sidis 9,832]

i would love to make fun of all you for sounding like such incredible tools on this page bitching and moaning about the banalities of local sports radio (which, to be clear, you absolutely sound like) but i would seriously pay money to never have to hear justin wells' dumbass east texas twang spewing endless koolaid flavored cliches about what grown ass men everyone is in practice and on the recruiting trails.