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Great sports radio shows in the ATL - including the first 680

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troone

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Who are/were the great shows from 790 and the two 680 eras? Was AJ Cannon considered a major talent at the old place? Were Max and Morgan as popular as I remember them being, or is that just the passage of time playing tricks on me? Nick Cellini and someone else had my workplace falling apart in laughter in the late 90s but I cant remember who his sidekick was in the afternoons - who was it? My memory is fuzzy on the various lineups. Would Buck/Kincaid qualify as one of the most popular shows of the last 20 years on sportstalk?
 
troone said:
Who are/were the great shows from 790 and the two 680 eras? Was AJ Cannon considered a major talent at the old place? Were Max and Morgan as popular as I remember them being, or is that just the passage of time playing tricks on me? Nick Cellini and someone else had my workplace falling apart in laughter in the late 90s but I cant remember who his sidekick was in the afternoons - who was it? My memory is fuzzy on the various lineups. Would Buck/Kincaid qualify as one of the most popular shows of the last 20 years on sportstalk?
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Anyone remember "The Sports Babe?" Ha...
 
I am sure it was probably Dimino when the Botto line was 10 -3 unless you are the only person in Atlanta who thought Chills and the Scribe was a great show.

Beau, Steak and AJ with Mayhem in the AM on 680 was a good show. That was before Steak's hat size increased 5 sizes.

I remember after they let go most of their staff, I swear there were days when dimino worked like 9 hours on the air.

Here are some shows from my memory bank.

I liked Munson and Van Note

How about Dimino and (da)Michaels in the morning.

Also, Dimino and just about everyone who has done sports radio in Atlanta.

Herb White and Terence Moore

The Regular Guys(the Atlanta original) with Salsa.
 
There's a reasonably long list of unbearable tandems, but Max Howell and Lorentino was as brutal as it could ever get.
 
temporary name said:
There's a reasonably long list of unbearable tandems, but Max Howell and Lorentino was as brutal as it could ever get.
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or Max and Greg Clarkson the weekend guy from 96 Rock
 
Skinny Bobby Harper was also on 680 the fan when it first fired up. I was "Between Careers" (also meaning unemployed) and had lots of spare time to listen to the radio...
 
RTibbs said:
Beau, Steak and AJ with Mayhem in the AM on 680 was a good show. That was before Steak's hat size increased 5 sizes.
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I believe you have hit the nail on the oversized head. That was a good mix of sports info (Beau), entertainment (AJ) with Steak running the point. But, to further the sports analogy, once Steak started trying to score more, he became a lousy point guy.

This is one thread I feel qualified to comment on, since I am not in the biz, but a listener only. Since I am major sports fan, and spend way too much time driving, I have been listening to ATL sports radio since 750 had Munson and Van Note doing a PM drive sports show. When they started up the first 680, I was all over it.

For my personal taste, I like the shows to be caller driven, but not contrived like, "Call in and tell us your best tailgate recipes..." Putrid! I like them to focus on local, but mix in some national perspective. Most importantly, I like the shows to strike a balance between information and entertainment. I hate 3 hours of discussing "David Wright's OPS" or Ty Cobb's place in history... it leaves my eyes glazed. Don't try to impress me with your drinking prowess, or your frequency of strip-club visits. And I couldn't care less about the hip music you listen to or the trendy dinner you eat. Simply talk sports like you might at the lunch table or around the water cooler. Pretty simple, huh?

Currently, The Buck and Kincade Show probably comes as close to fitting the bill as any of them.
 
Beau Bock was/is a complete moron and an awful broadcaster. That being said, one of my favorite sports talk eras was the year he had a show at 3:00 and Bock's beloved Jerry Glanville coached the Falcons to something like an 0-8 start. Must-hear radio was every Monday for Beau's latest excuse of what the problem was that didn't involve Glanville. Eventually callers would simply start by saying: "Beau. Beau. Beau. Beau."

BTW: his real name is Walter P. Maher. I know this because he was being sued by the old National Bank of Georgia, whose counsel was my employer.
 
Great topic.
From what I can decipher, 680 was first with sports talk in the market in 1993 until they went away in 1997, before coming back again in 2000. 790 was on the air for their 10th anniversary last year.
If you are talking successful, Buck and Kincade is by far the most successful show the market has ever had. They are the ratings champion since 2002 (as far as I have access to ratings records0 and have been in afternoon drive since 2000. They have seen the competition come and go like a revolving door.
The Stews would have to be the most creative and innovative show ever to come out of the market. It was different and a risk for 790 and it certainly paid off.
The Bottom Line with Dimino and Cellini was always one of my favorites. Somewhere along the way Dimino lost his fastball and started to be a lot less entertaining.
There is really no show in sports radio in Atlanta that has shown the ratings success and staying power of B&K. Almost eight years in you rarely see a show posting their best ratings and getting more dominant. I personally think they do a good job but their success has been more to lack of real competition than anything else. I don't think they do anything innovative or outright great, but they serve the masses of Atlanta with what they want to hear sports wise.
I do find it funny that 790 has always tried to counter B&K with more fun or something different. Do they not get that the main reason for their success is that they know what the greatest number of sports fans want and they give it to them?
It does seem like a pretty simple formula to me.
Buck trumpets the college football and Kincade supports and debates it. They talk a ton of NFL. They rarely get into caller driven topic shows and don't do a ton of pop culture.
I have no clue why 790 does not either attempt to copy that formula and get away from so much of the pop culture.
 
"I personally think they do a good job but their success has been more to lack of real competition than anything else."

Amen to that! Kincaid is pretty much a hack, but his role stirring the pot is played to perfection, you gotta give him that.

Dimino "lost his fastball" as soon as it was no longer just him and Cellini. They never should've broken that up. Their chemistry was extraordinary and the mix minimized Dinimo's considerable flaws.
 
What does that say for the state of sports radio in Atlanta timporary when you guy that you label a hack is clearly the top talent in sports radio that has ever come out of the market?
I just wish that one of these stations would get a little innovative.
I would be willing to give the Bottom Line another life in mid-days if I was one of these outlets.
Put Buck and Kincade in afternoon drive and get rid of a lot of the dead wood and you would have a dominant station.
It may not be the best idea, bit it serves this market well.
 
atlsportsnut said:
What does that say for the state of sports radio in Atlanta timporary when you guy that you label a hack is clearly the top talent in sports radio that has ever come out of the market?
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Are you talking kincaid? The top talent in sports radio to come out of the market? I have no idea why those two are so popular unless the market is all toothless dawg fans.
 
Though that show to me is less than remarkable at times, it is the only show in this market that has ever had ratings staying power and continues to be the most listened to show year after year. He is also the only local host to ever get to a stage where he can do his act solo for the audience of the Herd and with his own national show. I know that even though 790 edges out 680 in my listening habits and it is quickly approaching 50/50 now that they have college radio mid-days, Kincade and his show are the best the market has to offer. He is certainly never a big dogs backer either.
 
I just feel kincaid is a hanger-on. And Buck is only around with that nasily (?) monotone, boring delivery because the toothless dawg fans remember him handing the football off to that schizoid hero of theirs who can't decide whether he wants to be an FBI agent or ballerina when he runs out of money (oops, I think he already has). My derision for dawg fans aside, why in the world is buck and kincaid on the air?

What a country!!
 
SalBass said:
I just feel kincaid is a hanger-on. And Buck is only around with that nasily (?) monotone, boring delivery because the toothless dawg fans remember him handing the football off to that schizoid hero of theirs who can't decide whether he wants to be an FBI agent or ballerina when he runs out of money (oops, I think he already has). My derision for dawg fans aside, why in the world is buck and kincaid on the air?

What a country!!
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Thank you for your objective observations. We toothless dawg fans need so much to fill the empty void that is our lives. Please, grace us with some more of your superior wisdom... ::)
 
Now I can understand if he was not your cup of tea, but if Kincade is a hanger on that makes every other talent in the market at least the same if not a step behind.
The guy is the top talent in a market that needs an infusion of competition.
 
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