Really thought they'd hit bottom....

[BoredOp]

....UNTIL last night! Turned in to enjoy one of the only saving graces of 680 "The Matt Drudge Show". You guessed it! A FOOKIN' BASKETBALL game at 11:00 on a Sunday night!! I'd say the straw that broke the camel's back, BUT, the 'friggin camel has been bar-b-qued at this point!.... un-effn-beliveable!

 

[mikeradio]

> ....UNTIL last night! Turned in to enjoy one of the only
> saving graces of 680 "The Matt Drudge Show". You guessed
> it! A FOOKIN' BASKETBALL game at 11:00 on a Sunday night!!
> I'd say the straw that broke the camel's back, BUT, the
> 'friggin camel has been bar-b-qued at this point!....
> un-effn-beliveable!
>
Try 770 - WABC comes in like a local 'round heah at nite.

 

[raccoonradio]

> ....UNTIL last night! Turned in to enjoy one of the only
> saving graces of 680 "The Matt Drudge Show". You guessed
> it! A FOOKIN' BASKETBALL game at 11:00 on a Sunday night!!

When a talk station takes on regular sports broadcasts you have to expect
the occasional pre-emption like that. So on ML King Day, the Celts were on
instead of Howie but that's OK--just tune to 1280 and hope you can pick
him up on WEIM...Or, big local news story and you want to hear what WBZ's
talk hosts have to say about it--instead it's "shot, SCORE!!!"

When WRKO got the Celts contract, instead of WEEI, you knew the problem
of Sox-Celts conflicts was solved. Additionally Entercom figured that
Celts fans would hear the promos for the various 'RKO shows and maybe tune
in. One reason TV networks get the Super Bowl, Olympics, etc. (and maybe it's
a minor reason) is to have people see promos for their shows. And Entercom
might feel _not_ pre-empting its local sports talk (Planet Mikey) on WEEI,
having the Green Team move to 'RKO, would be wiser...

Yes WABC does come in fairly well even on a cheap clock radio. That's one
way to solve that.<P ID="signature">______________

</P>

 

[wizard_control]

RR -
have you considered sending Jason Wolfe your resume?

You love RKO so much maybe you should become Howie's next producer???

just a thought.

> > ....UNTIL last night! Turned in to enjoy one of the only
> > saving graces of 680 "The Matt Drudge Show". You guessed
> > it! A FOOKIN' BASKETBALL game at 11:00 on a Sunday night!!
>
>
> When a talk station takes on regular sports broadcasts you
> have to expect
> the occasional pre-emption like that. So on ML King Day, the
> Celts were on
> instead of Howie but that's OK--just tune to 1280 and hope
> you can pick
> him up on WEIM...Or, big local news story and you want to
> hear what WBZ's
> talk hosts have to say about it--instead it's "shot,
> SCORE!!!"
>
> When WRKO got the Celts contract, instead of WEEI, you knew
> the problem
> of Sox-Celts conflicts was solved. Additionally Entercom
> figured that
> Celts fans would hear the promos for the various 'RKO shows
> and maybe tune
> in. One reason TV networks get the Super Bowl, Olympics,
> etc. (and maybe it's
> a minor reason) is to have people see promos for their
> shows. And Entercom
> might feel _not_ pre-empting its local sports talk (Planet
> Mikey) on WEEI,
> having the Green Team move to 'RKO, would be wiser...
>
> Yes WABC does come in fairly well even on a cheap clock
> radio. That's one
> way to solve that.
>

 

[Infidel]

Drudge is on 630AM WPRO too

> ....UNTIL last night! Turned in to enjoy one of the only
> saving graces of 680 "The Matt Drudge Show". You guessed
> it! A FOOKIN' BASKETBALL game at 11:00 on a Sunday night!!
> I'd say the straw that broke the camel's back, BUT, the
> 'friggin camel has been bar-b-qued at this point!....
> un-effn-beliveable!
>

Not sure where you are, but I'm in southern Mass (where the RKO signal is not-existant after dark) and Drudge is on WPRO 630AM out of Providence, and it was on last night. They don't stream, unfortunately.

 

[Garrett]

So?
What's wrong with running a Basketball game?


> ....UNTIL last night! Turned in to enjoy one of the only
> saving graces of 680 "The Matt Drudge Show". You guessed
> it! A FOOKIN' BASKETBALL game at 11:00 on a Sunday night!!
> I'd say the straw that broke the camel's back, BUT, the
> 'friggin camel has been bar-b-qued at this point!....
> un-effn-beliveable!
>

 

[morescrapple]

> So?
> What's wrong with running a Basketball game?
>
>
maybe because it's a talk station?

 

[raccoonradio]

> RR -
> have you considered sending Jason Wolfe your resume?

ha--well, actually I like 'RKO _kinda_ between 9 am-3 pm (Depetro & Rush,
good in small doses) and I really like them when Howie's on, but Taste,
Savage, and Noory aren't quite what I like (in which case I tune in to
_small doses of Severin_, then Ingraham, on 'TKK). Just offering a theory
on why Celts wound up on 'RKO<P ID="signature">______________

</P>

 

[raccoonradio]

> > So?
> > What's wrong with running a Basketball game?
> >
> >
> maybe because it's a talk station?
>
True but you do have some talk stations with _some_ sports. WBZ, certainly,
and remember when the Sox were on 'RKO? WRKO "Talks A Great Game" (their ads at the time)<P ID="signature">______________

</P>

 

[blabhead]

> and remember when the Sox were on 'RKO? WRKO "Talks A Great
> Game" (their ads at the time)
>
WRKO was really a superior station back then.

 

[rockabyebaby]

> WRKO was really a superior station back then.
>

"WAS" is the operative word here!

Of the listening audience to RKO what percentage would you say actually sit and listen to the Celtics on radio? I'm guessing there's a very small percentage so I don't understand why the rest of us have to put up with this nonsense, this week the Celts were on the west coast, that's why the games started at 8 or 8:30 and ran past 11, thus losing Savage, Drudge, etc.