Orion Bailey
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I'm a fanatic. I can't get enough Blazers. My time is limited in my life with all of my activities, but I try to indulge as much as I can on whatever I can, when it comes to the Blazers. I am on the road for aprox 2 hours a day in my daily commute and that is alot of time to soak in info/discussion of Blazers/local sports. I want to hear more about Ezeli. I want to know all about Turner. I want to hear 15 different people with 15 different viewpoints on how this team will work or wont work next year. Then I want to dissect all these views. Then I want to do it all over again. I'm sure there is at least one or two of you who can relate to this. 
I really love this place because I get my fill of opinions. Enough so that often my thoughts have already been captured and there is no need for me to comment, so I just like who I agree with and read the plethora of intelligent, fact-filled posts that so many members are generous enough to spend their time on.
With the departure of Bunker and now Danforth from Rip City Radio, I have been forced to look deeper into the broadcast options for my commute.
As much as I would sometimes become annoyed with the discussions of their personal lives and not focusing on Blazers 24/7, I became very comfortable with The Bunker/Danforth show in the mornings mainly because they came across as genuine fans of the team. Tuning in over last season, I really had come to look forward to that commute and their discussion of the previous nights' games, listening to them dissect it, sometimes bringing up points of view I hadn't thought of. I don't think they were homered out, but they were definitely positive fans.
As many have already pointed out in another thread, unfortunately, Sheldon is not coming across as a homey. He isn't coming across as a local guy who has a vested personal interest in the team. He comes across as a corporate numbers chaser, with an ego the size of Everest and his only real concern for the Blazers is in regards to his career. I could easily be wrong, but on radio, all we can go by is how you sound. With that said, I think he has a great tonal quality about his voice and absolutely has a great radio voice... I just don't think he has a great Blazers voice.
So my morning commute has gone to hell. Since Travis in the afternoons is focused more on College football than local sports now my afternoon commute sucks too. I've become increasingly annoyed with the lack of local/Blazers coverage/discussions on Rip City Radio. I have not explored for any length of time the other channels, because the few times I have, they seemed like national shows and I knew the focus wouldn't be on Oregon or the Blazers.
What do you listen to and do you have any suggestions or know of other stations that might provide more in depth and consistent coverage of the Blazers and Portland/Oregon sports? I mean I'd MUCH rather hear Travis talking about the Hops or the Timbers over USC football....
I would think between Oregon, Oregon State, The Blazers, Hops and Timbers, We should be able to fill a station with local media. And if not, why not regional and toss in the Mariners and Seahawks and (ugh) Huskies football? That would definitely fill up a radio station for content. No?
I personally would love to tune into an all regional or statewide sports radio station.
Edit: I missed one poll option. Mods are you able to add..."I live out of state and range of Oregon Radio."
I really love this place because I get my fill of opinions. Enough so that often my thoughts have already been captured and there is no need for me to comment, so I just like who I agree with and read the plethora of intelligent, fact-filled posts that so many members are generous enough to spend their time on.
With the departure of Bunker and now Danforth from Rip City Radio, I have been forced to look deeper into the broadcast options for my commute.
As much as I would sometimes become annoyed with the discussions of their personal lives and not focusing on Blazers 24/7, I became very comfortable with The Bunker/Danforth show in the mornings mainly because they came across as genuine fans of the team. Tuning in over last season, I really had come to look forward to that commute and their discussion of the previous nights' games, listening to them dissect it, sometimes bringing up points of view I hadn't thought of. I don't think they were homered out, but they were definitely positive fans.
As many have already pointed out in another thread, unfortunately, Sheldon is not coming across as a homey. He isn't coming across as a local guy who has a vested personal interest in the team. He comes across as a corporate numbers chaser, with an ego the size of Everest and his only real concern for the Blazers is in regards to his career. I could easily be wrong, but on radio, all we can go by is how you sound. With that said, I think he has a great tonal quality about his voice and absolutely has a great radio voice... I just don't think he has a great Blazers voice.
So my morning commute has gone to hell. Since Travis in the afternoons is focused more on College football than local sports now my afternoon commute sucks too. I've become increasingly annoyed with the lack of local/Blazers coverage/discussions on Rip City Radio. I have not explored for any length of time the other channels, because the few times I have, they seemed like national shows and I knew the focus wouldn't be on Oregon or the Blazers.
What do you listen to and do you have any suggestions or know of other stations that might provide more in depth and consistent coverage of the Blazers and Portland/Oregon sports? I mean I'd MUCH rather hear Travis talking about the Hops or the Timbers over USC football....
I would think between Oregon, Oregon State, The Blazers, Hops and Timbers, We should be able to fill a station with local media. And if not, why not regional and toss in the Mariners and Seahawks and (ugh) Huskies football? That would definitely fill up a radio station for content. No?
I personally would love to tune into an all regional or statewide sports radio station.
Edit: I missed one poll option. Mods are you able to add..."I live out of state and range of Oregon Radio."
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