OT Local sports radio

[bigbailes]

Was Greg Robinson on 1190? I thought he was on 1520, back when they had the guy from KATU and in the mornings they have the Weaver guy.

You're right I think it was 1520! Man that was back in the day and there has been so much movement with these stations.

 

[bigbailes]

Gotta stick up for my boy so Ima gunna have to disagree about Colin.
I do like Eisen, for the same reason I like Cowherd..... he's an adult!
I find Colin's takes (and that is his job, to give takes) to be insightful, and he even does a segment where he actually holds himself accountable, each week, who else does that? I enjoy Colin's sense of humor, and his interviewing skills are top notch, just ask Dame.
My only issue with him is he's pretty NFL dominant, and rarely talks baseball.
I just got fed up with Jim Rome's EGO, and the yelling match (TV) that is first take.
As for the local guys, it's all about Issac & Suke, though I must admit I rarely listen to them, or any radio really, but they own this market. I believe they are now a top five for the longest tenured sportstalk duo in the nation, so thats pretty cool.
But, I had to go to bat for Cowherd, because I really enjoy his show (I watch on TV) a lot, actually, and his sexy (albeit conceited) co-host does a great job as his sidekick.
Hard to take on "The Big Dog" but, I really like Colin Cowherd.

My thing with CC is I really liked him in Portland when he was local. I remember him saying over and over about how there wasn't enough money to get him to Bristol and didn't want to live in BFE. Than he took the $$$ and all of a sudden developed this 'First Take' schtick and I couldn't listen any more. Maybe if I didn't know him before the act, then I could take it a little more seriously, but knowing what he was, makes listening to him now unbearable.

 

[Wade Garrett]

You're right I think it was 1520! Man that was back in the day and there has been so much movement with these stations.

It was 1520...early '90's.....KFXX..
I actually did the "sports updates" for a couple of months. Amazing experience, working with Michael Turner, Craig Crawford, and OSU's Mike Parker, was the star, i guess, along with Mychal & Kermit.
(side note...I had just gotten married, and my former father in-law wasn't too keen on an intern's salary, so bye-bye sports radio career)

 

[THE HCP]

It was 1520...early '90's.....KFXX..
I actually did the "sports updates" for a couple of months. Amazing experience, working with Michael Turner, Craig Crawford, and OSU's Mike Parker, was the star, i guess, along with Mychal & Kermit.
(side note...I had just gotten married, and my former father in-law wasn't too keen on an intern's salary, so bye-bye sports radio career)

Now THAT is some sports radio! We had that station on in our shop all day long. Loved all those guys.

 

[Strenuus]

Tough to go away from Suke/Ropp for local guys, though I don't know enough about the local scene having not lived there for 12 years. Have a good friend that does Saturday morning's for 1080. Also played football with Suke and known him since I was in 6th grade, his dad coached me up at as kid and his brother was our line coach in HS, good family. I appreciate Suke doesn't play a character, he is just a character as is.

1190 back in the day was awesome with Mychael and Kermit, plus they had a guy on late night, might have been national (Greg Robinson?) that loved to talk Raiders so I was all about it and would fall asleep listening to him, of course as long as the Blazers weren't playing and then it was all about the Schonz "Wherever you might be, goodnight EVVVVVVVERRRRRYBODY" and then right into the 5th quarter!

Still wish I had gone into sports radio instead of TV ... and probably should have hoped on a podcast 10 years ago, now seems like everyone and their mother has one and just no way to really stand out.

Luke Anderson does Saturday mornings. That him? I like when he does fill in shows on other programs on 1080 (him and Suke do a great job). He won the radio contest years ago and is still going. I like him a lot.

 

[Wade Garrett]

My thing with CC is I really liked him in Portland when he was local. I remember him saying over and over about how there wasn't enough money to get him to Bristol and didn't want to live in BFE. Than he took the $$$ and all of a sudden developed this 'First Take' schtick and I couldn't listen any more. Maybe if I didn't know him before the act, then I could take it a little more seriously, but knowing what he was, makes listening to him now unbearable.

Funny...
I did not like him when he was in PDX.
Go figure.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I was waiting for you to show up in this thread to say you have a perfect face for radio

A face for radio and a body he needs to donate to science fiction

 

[BonesJones]

Still wish I had gone into sports radio instead of TV ... and probably should have hoped on a podcast 10 years ago, now seems like everyone and their mother has one and just no way to really stand out.

That's why you do YouTube and don't call it a podcast haha

 

[bigbailes]

Luke Anderson does Saturday mornings. That him? I like when he does fill in shows on other programs on 1080 (him and Suke do a great job). He won the radio contest years ago and is still going. I like him a lot.

Yea he's been one of my best friends since high school ... I wanted to compete in the contest but the fine print said 'anyone with prior broadcast experience wasn't allowed' ... good thing for him he had been doing stand up comedy for about a decade before that thing, so he was perfect for it. He's had me on a couple times when I've been home to talk about different things, really glad he's gotten a good shot there.

 

[bigbailes]

That's why you do YouTube and don't call it a podcast haha

Same difference ... just feels like the market is loaded with guys trying to do the same thing ... need to be better about jumping on the next thing I guess.

 

[Strenuus]

Yea he's been one of my best friends since high school ... I wanted to compete in the contest but the fine print said 'anyone with prior broadcast experience wasn't allowed' ... good thing for him he had been doing stand up comedy for about a decade before that thing, so he was perfect for it. He's had me on a couple times when I've been home to talk about different things, really glad he's gotten a good shot there.

That's really cool! He seems like a solid honest dude, and glad to see his hard work pay dividends!