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Question for you Sports Radio Guys

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oakas

How in the hell does JT the Brick keep his job on Fox?
This has to be the worst Sports Radio program that I have ever listened to.

Fox has many guys that are much more entertaining than this guy.
Steve Czaban
Ben Maller
Bruce Jacobs

How this guy and Looney have thier own show is beyond me. A total train wreck.
 
I like the overnight guy during the week and Ben Maller!

oakas said:
How in the hell does JT the Brick keep his job on Fox?
This has to be the worst Sports Radio program that I have ever listened to.

Fox has many guys that are much more entertaining than this guy.
Steve Czaban
Ben Maller
Bruce Jacobs

How this guy and Looney have thier own show is beyond me. A total train wreck.
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So true all hype with him and no content just a bunch of annoying callers and yelling!! I like how he called the XFL a garbage league thats was true but failed to tell you that he did play by play for the Las Vegas team (that must have been terriable!.)
 
It's all a matter of taste. I think he's fine. He's been on for almost 10 yrs gotta be doing something right.

Also, the overnight guy during the week is Jorge Sedano.

Overall I think FSR has a pretty good lineup outside of that show they have in the old Bruno slot.

The rest of the shows are fine & generally entertaining.



oakas said:
How in the hell does JT the Brick keep his job on Fox?
This has to be the worst Sports Radio program that I have ever listened to.

Fox has many guys that are much more entertaining than this guy.
Steve Czaban
Ben Maller
Bruce Jacobs

How this guy and Looney have thier own show is beyond me. A total train wreck.
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Tony Bruno is terrific, I remember hearing him first when ESPN Radio was only a weekend night Network with Peter Brown and Chuck Wilson!


SportsDotCom said:
It's all a matter of taste. I think he's fine. He's been on for almost 10 yrs gotta be doing something right.

Also, the overnight guy during the week is Jorge Sedano.

Overall I think FSR has a pretty good lineup outside of that show they have in the old Bruno slot.

The rest of the shows are fine & generally entertaining.



oakas said:
How in the hell does JT the Brick keep his job on Fox?
This has to be the worst Sports Radio program that I have ever listened to.

Fox has many guys that are much more entertaining than this guy.
Steve Czaban
Ben Maller
Bruce Jacobs

How this guy and Looney have thier own show is beyond me. A total train wreck.
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Larnov- those ESPN Days were the best!

I remember listening to the network back then and Bruno was an absolute howl. His legendary rant on golf rules- "IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULE BOOK- THEN THROW IT OUT! LET EVERYONE PLAY! OPEN UP THE PRISONS AND LET THE CRIMINALS PLAY!" has to go down as one of radio's all time rants.

ESPN really screwed up when they nationally syndicated the Fabulous Sports Cow instead of Bruno on weekdays back in the 90s to establish their brand.
 
Those days @ ESPN Radio were great. Unfortunately, somewhere down the line they decided to get rid of all their RADIO guys & go w/ their TV guys & have them do radio.

Only REAL RADIO guy is Colin Cowherd... that's why he's the best guy out there.

The one thing I like about FSR is that they have RADIO guys... Czaben, Siciliano, JT, Sedano.

All those guys are real radio guys, who may do some TV here & there. Though, radio was & is their base.

Chris Myers (FSR) & Dan Patrick (ESPN) are ok, but have GREAT guests. So it keeps me listening.



Pratte4Life said:
Larnov- those ESPN Days were the best!

I remember listening to the network back then and Bruno was an absolute howl. His legendary rant on golf rules- "IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULE BOOK- THEN THROW IT OUT! LET EVERYONE PLAY! OPEN UP THE PRISONS AND LET THE CRIMINALS PLAY!" has to go down as one of radio's all time rants.

ESPN really screwed up when they nationally syndicated the Fabulous Sports Cow instead of Bruno on weekdays back in the 90s to establish their brand.
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You ask this question because you are jealous of J.T. He has one of the most successful sports talks shows in America and the largest syndicated show on Fox. His show is fast paced and intense. I hear more opinions from him in 10 minutes than some shows have in an entire week. Looney is a radio pro and has only helped the show get bigger and better. I love all of you clowns that blast J.T. after 10 years of growing his show and delivering for CC and Premiere. Maybe you should spend more time blasting the hosts who can't secure a job for more than 10 months or continue to get suspended for embarrassing their staions or networks.
 
realdeal9 said:
You ask this question because you are jealous of J.T. He has one of the most successful sports talks shows in America and the largest syndicated show on Fox. His show is fast paced and intense. I hear more opinions from him in 10 minutes than some shows have in an entire week. Looney is a radio pro and has only helped the show get bigger and better. I love all of you clowns that blast J.T. after 10 years of growing his show and delivering for CC and Premiere. Maybe you should spend more time blasting the hosts who can't secure a job for more than 10 months or continue to get suspended for embarrassing their staions or networks.
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Thank you JT, nice response.
 
Realdeal9, if you are not JT you are a reasonable facsimile.
One of the most successful guys in the business? I hope you are kidding!
Here is a clue, overnight guys with very poor strong station coverage are not some of the most successful in the business.
He is a Jim Rome knock off that actually thinks caller driven radio is a formula for success.
Memo to JT, people don't tune in for callers, they tune in for hosts.
 
For the most part I agree, but I feel as if the trend to go away from caller-driven talk shows in recent years is making the sports talk genre losing something.

There are times when I think you DO want to have caller-driven shows. A post-game show, for instance, in which hosts who are too critical of the home team are usually shown the door, but callers can give the coaches or managers the criticism they deserve.

Also, I used to be drawn into such shows because they seemed to be a great public forum to gauge the pulse of the local fan base.

Perhaps ESPN and the national trend of sports talk radio has gotten away from this.
They feel the sports fan in Topeka doesn't really care the Redskins have drafted two safties or the Brewers could go to the playoffs for the first time since 1982.

Instead, they'll pump up a story like Cowherd did this morning about a trend that black players are called for slightly more fouls than whites.

But to be honest, I'd kind of like to know why the Brewers are winning rather than here Cowherd explain away the racial make up of fouls in the NBA.
 
You can't even debate the issue of opinions when it comes to J.T. Again, he has more opinions than any other host and they realate to fans. They are not scripted from producers who read the morning paper. Brick starts his show at 7pm in LA so I wouldn't call him overnights, but he once hosted the largest overnight show in America. He rocks and works for Premiere. You might remember that Rome also works for that company and J.T. continues to get more clearence than the other clowns who would cut off their arms to be syndicated at that level. Keep hating. You obviously need something to do during the day while you try to promote your favorite "out of work" sports talk hosts.
 
JT is very good. Again, all a matter of taste. Though, I would say that to rip him b/c he's on at night is ridiculous. Outside of Mid-Days, Nights are the most important part of Syndication.

Look at Coast to Coast & After Midnight... those shows create huge revenue & have a huge listenership.

realdeal9 said:
You can't even debate the issue of opinions when it comes to J.T. Again, he has more opinions than any other host and they realate to fans. They are not scripted from producers who read the morning paper. Brick starts his show at 7pm in LA so I wouldn't call him overnights, but he once hosted the largest overnight show in America. He rocks and works for Premiere. You might remember that Rome also works for that company and J.T. continues to get more clearence than the other clowns who would cut off their arms to be syndicated at that level. Keep hating. You obviously need something to do during the day while you try to promote your favorite "out of work" sports talk hosts.
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Again the analysis is way off. If the nights were one of the most important parts of syndication, why would ESPN Radio not have Colin or one of their high priced daytime talents on at night or overnight? yes the shows do clear on more stations, but sports radio stations don't generate revenue from anything more than 6am-7pm in most markets. Anything after 7pm till 6am is a bonus if they get any numbers at all.
 
The top three sports staions in America in regard to revenue are WFAN, WEEI and KNBR. J.T. is on two of those three (Boston and SF). Nights are very important because local stations sometimes only pick up evenings because they are local for most of the day. J.T. clears big stations and has grown his syndication year after year. That is a success story in sports talk. You have a lot to learn!
 
I like JT the Brick...he and Looney do a fun, entertaining show....I must respectfully disagree on Colin Cowherd...I find him unlistenable and a hack at best....
 
I believe that J.T won Romes Smackoff one time.


atlsportsnut said:
Realdeal9, if you are not JT you are a reasonable facsimile.
One of the most successful guys in the business? I hope you are kidding!
Here is a clue, overnight guys with very poor strong station coverage are not some of the most successful in the business.
He is a Jim Rome knock off that actually thinks caller driven radio is a formula for success.
Memo to JT, people don't tune in for callers, they tune in for hosts.
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You have no idea how wrong you are. Syndication is all about clearing their spots. The 2 biggest times for clearance are MID DAYS & NIGHTS. Cowherd is a MID Day Show out EAST. This is the reality. ESPN GameNight has a rotation of great guests to keep people tuning in, that's just the way they choose to program. People listen for the guests not the hosts (though that show used to have great hosts just a few yrs ago). FSR & Premiere for example, chooses personalities. Either way, clearance of spots is the most important part of the syndication process which is why nights are certainly important, MID DAYS are more important, but nights are pretty big too.

atlsportsnut said:
Again the analysis is way off. If the nights were one of the most important parts of syndication, why would ESPN Radio not have Colin or one of their high priced daytime talents on at night or overnight? yes the shows do clear on more stations, but sports radio stations don't generate revenue from anything more than 6am-7pm in most markets. Anything after 7pm till 6am is a bonus if they get any numbers at all.
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Great analysis on your part. I wish that you were programming against me with a sports station.
When was the last time an arbitron dairy listed the guests a show had?
What percentage of revenue is generated by the average sports station (other than live and local play by play) between 7pm and 6am? (Industry standards would tell you less than 10%)
You are also wrong with the Cowherd example as Dan Patrick clears on more affiliates than Colin.
The latest numbers say the most cleared ESPN Radio program is Sunday mornings from 9-1ET with John Kincade.
Is that because he is their best host? Does clearance mean anything? No.
It means that stations out west and the midwest don't do a sunday morning show and many east coast outfits take a portion of the program.
Dan Patrick takes many more guests than Cowherd and gets bigger names, but Colin gets bigger ratings is many markets.
Between 85% and 90% of a successful sports stations revenue is generated from 6am-7pm.
About 65% of the total station revenue is generated during the two drive times.
 
You stll don't get it. Programming a local station vs a national syndicate is like comparing apples to oranges. Local stations NEED drive time revenue. Only a moron would argue that. Syndication NEEDS to clear their spots. It's about grabbing as many affiliates as possible to clear those NATIONAL spots.

If I were programming a local station you HAVE to HAVE a strong AM & PM Drive, along w/ strong Mid Day programming. Patrick is also a Mid Day Show, I was only speaking on Cowherd, b/c he was the show in question. The Point was in SYNDICATION Mid Days & Nights are extrememly important. Local stations have different parameters of creating revenue.

Again, we're not having the same argument, b/c I think you've misconstrued what the differences between local & national.



atlsportsnut said:
Great analysis on your part. I wish that you were programming against me with a sports station.
When was the last time an arbitron dairy listed the guests a show had?
What percentage of revenue is generated by the average sports station (other than live and local play by play) between 7pm and 6am? (Industry standards would tell you less than 10%)
You are also wrong with the Cowherd example as Dan Patrick clears on more affiliates than Colin.
The latest numbers say the most cleared ESPN Radio program is Sunday mornings from 9-1ET with John Kincade.
Is that because he is their best host? Does clearance mean anything? No.
It means that stations out west and the midwest don't do a sunday morning show and many east coast outfits take a portion of the program.
Dan Patrick takes many more guests than Cowherd and gets bigger names, but Colin gets bigger ratings is many markets.
Between 85% and 90% of a successful sports stations revenue is generated from 6am-7pm.
About 65% of the total station revenue is generated during the two drive times.
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