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Wheels just announced on The Game that his show will be moving to noon to 3:00pm starting on March 2nd.

Good move for The Game. Chris Meyers show was boring and this gives us more local programing during the day.
 
Its a great day to be a Blazers fan!
 
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I was getting used to Meyers' show, but if the alternative is Wheels. Hell yeah! Three hours is sweet.
 
So, who replaces him in his former time slot?
 
Wow! I can't believe this. I was actually getting ready to write 95.5 a complaint letter because of how often Chris Meyers used his show to bash liberals. It got to the point I just couldn't listen to him anymore because he seemed to be trying to act more like his Fox co-worker Bill O'Reilly, than a sports journalist. When Rome was over I switched to Dan Patrick on 1080. I figured writing a letter wouldn't work because they'd have contracts. I've never been so happy to be wrong.

Great break for Wheels! I really like his show but never really listen because of the 6:00 time slot.
 
Chris Meyers is awful (has he had an original take in his career?), so this is a great move.

More Blazer talk while I'm at work is a good thing.
 
Remember when Dave Shore, Mychal Thompson and Kermit had their mid day show? That was nice. Wheels is a good dude and I'm glad he got a good slot. Better than Meyers.
 
I'd like to see Michael Holton get his own show. I think he's the best part of the Blazers broadcasts. Just keep Luftman away!
 
Furball said:
Remember when Dave Shore, Mychal Thompson and Kermit had their mid day show? That was nice. Wheels is a good dude and I'm glad he got a good slot. Better than Meyers.
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Loved their shows. That was the golden era of Portland sports talk.
 
maxiep said:
So, who replaces him in his former time slot?
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Wheels teased towards the end of his announcement that there "might be opportunities" for another person we might like in the evenings.

-Pop
 
jay allen and kenny vance, i'm just tossing that out there
 
Kermit Washington needs to be back on the air. His show was awesome with Mycheal Thompson was awesome.
 
bigbailes said:
jay allen and kenny vance, i'm just tossing that out there
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Vance is sticking with Wheels. My vote would be for Mike Barrett--he was fantastic filling in for Canzano a few months ago.
 
Good for Wheelz! I thought they were going to announce the Caron Butler trade! That must be tonight!
 
yenniedn said:
Huh? You're from the Bizarro World, right?
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I was wondering that, too. :)

Also: was this the "big announcement on Monday" someone mentioned that Wheels was gonna make? I guess it is, huh?

Ed O.
 
We should just give Channing Frye the 6-8PM slot until the end of the season. At least he'll be earning his paycheck.
 
I wouldn't mind seeing Mike Barrett get a slot from 6-7 on weeknights there is no Blazer game and no courtside. When he filled in for Canzano I really liked it because it was mainly Blazers.
 
Kermit Washington and Mychal Thompson's mid-day show in KFXX way back when definately was the golden age of Portland sports talk radio. That show was must-listen every day. They played off of each other perfectly with Kermit being Mychal's straight man and lamenting over the crazy things that Thompson would say. They also KNEW BASKETBALL. They could actually have an intelligent and thought-out discussion over the happenings of a game because they knew what the hell they were talking about.
 
Furball said:
Remember when Dave Shore, Mychal Thompson and Kermit had their mid day show? That was nice. Wheels is a good dude and I'm glad he got a good slot. Better than Meyers.
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Mychal Thompson was on a weekday sports show from 12-4pm with two other guys. I was called "The Loose Cannons". It was the only local sports radio I listened too. It was canceled a month ago so now LA has no local sports talk....lame!
 
DaRizzle said:
Mychal Thompson was on a weekday sports show from 12-4pm with two other guys. I was called "The Loose Cannons". It was the only local sports radio I listened too. It was canceled a month ago so now LA has no local sports talk....lame!
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So you are saying he's unemployed? PAUL ALLEN, MAKE IT HAPPEN!
 
chris_in_pdx said:
So you are saying he's unemployed? PAUL ALLEN, MAKE IT HAPPEN!
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Nope, he's a corespondent for Lakers games for the rest of the year....after that I dont know since ESPN will do the local Lakers broadcasts next year

BTW. On a side note, holy crap MT is a Bible Thumper
 
What's wrong with Holton? He knows his ball better than anyone else on the broadcast team and is the only non-homer they have. The only problem is Luftman making him do that dumb "Tell them what they've won" joke every three minutes. You can tell Holton is as annoyed by that routine as everybody else is.

I see Holton on ESPN someday myself.
 
DaRizzle said:
Mychal Thompson was on a weekday sports show from 12-4pm with two other guys. I was called "The Loose Cannons". It was the only local sports radio I listened too. It was canceled a month ago so now LA has no local sports talk....lame!
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lived in LA for three months last year and that was the only show on any sports talk worth listening to. MT was made to look a little like a fool though but i guess he brought alot of that on himself. sad that they are no longer, like i said enjoyed listening to them even though that vick the brick guy was possibly the most annoying character in sports talk radio.

MT and Kermit was what got me into sports radio. classic stuff.
 
Canzano's not going anywhere he gets great ratings.
 
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