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Gavin Spittle Back At CBS/DFW

To his credit, he didn't get much a chance at Fan before the big wigs panicked and brought in Bigby. 610 has been killing it in Houston in a market of now 5 sports stations. Also, saying he didn't "do anything which is why the ratings sucked" is a little dissmissive no? 3 PD's, a mix of talent, quite a bit of dissapointment, and yes actually some success. You can't peg all of that on one guy. In any event, time will tell if this new regime will make a dent, not any of us.
 
The original lineup of the fan (jagger, newy, Ben/skin, Salsibury) was much better than today's team. Greggo is all they have now, and he's half cracked out.
 
Gavin was more instrumental when they were live. When they made the switch to sports they brought in bigby...terrible idea.

Metro is right...the original team was better..jagger has been a Dallas icon for years, but he wasnt sports...that decision was by CBS not Gilbert...

Rage is better with Greggo.

With that all said...the fan isn't terrible anymore. They've come a long way. All except elf and slater. They need help. It'll be interesting to see what Spittle/CBS do now.
 
Thisoneguy said:
With that all said...the fan isn't terrible anymore.
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I'm no longer in the sought-after demo, so take that into consideration with this observation.

99% of the time, I'm listening to the Ticket Top Ten at night. For those times when I do wander over to KRLD-FM, it seems that Chris Arnold ought to be the headliner and the other guy the sidekick. Arnold knows sports and the players appear to all know him. In my view, he has credibility that the other fellow lacks.
 
To be fair, Jagger was contracted before the flip to sports. Gavin Dawson & Chris Arnold are the most successful show on the Fan...by a lot.
 
Congratulations Gavin! Welcome home....

Jon-David Wells
The Wells Report
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
 
Is this the same person who encouraged the fan to have caller generated content? I know he did well in houston but he did not have the ticket to compete w/.

But I do hope somethings change at the station. When I listen now they just seem like Ticket light. They seem to just copy the ticket bits but not do it nearly as well.

As far a the G bag nation doing so well you must remember they have no competition. They would not be competitive at any other time of day.
 
Blood Monkey said:
I know he did well in houston but he did not have the ticket to compete w/.
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No... instead he had The Game, ESPN, and Sportstalk 790 to compete against in Houston, and still led CBS's Sports Radio 610 to the top. You may not like him, but here in Houston he got results. Our market's loss, in my estimation, is your market's gain.
 
The caller programming was all Bigby. After all, the same strategy gets 15 and 16 share's in Detroit and Phil. Of course we all know that doesn't work here. And I don't think anyone expects anyone in the Adult male demo to defeat the Ticket, not a fair barometer. ESPN on the other hand, the Fan has to be better than them.
 
JR is quite correct. Bigby called the "audience generated content" play, not Jason Garret, it was indeed Jerry jones. Bigby is an awful, miserable human. That sounds awful, but he is that terrible, he may be the antichrist for all intent. Sean Salisbury was moments from beheading the evil Bigby before he caught his temper in 2010.

If Tom reads this, he'll be flattered, he is indeed that evil.
 
What changes to the line-up do you think he'll make? Here is what I would do if I were him:

1. Partner Elf with Shan Shariff and keep Jasmine. 6-9.
2. Move Chris Arnold to middays with Slater. 9-12
3. Syndicate Dan Patrick from 12-4.
4. Partner Gavin and Greggo with Sybil from 4-7.
5. Richie and RJ Choppy can then have the "Annoying Blowhards Show."
 
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