e-dawg said:
How is 95.7 THE GAME (KGMZ-FM) is holding up? How are they doing in sales, and ratings in the demo?
Yes, I would love to know the ratings in the demo for 95.7. While KNBR is crushing them in overall, whenever it's brought up on their FB page, they always come back with the retort of "we're doing great in our demo which is all that counts." Of course, no one seems to know what that is. And if the A's fall back to earth, which many have predicted, I can't see them being around for more than another year without significant changes in their line-up.
I agree with most people that the Rise Guys are decent, especially when compared to Murph and Mac or Radnich. However, as with everything on 95.7, they repeat themselves way too much and rely on those silly gimmicks to spark empty debate about a topic they just spent 20 minutes covering.
I also agree with the comments about the other current shows. Lund doesn't seem to be able to talk intelligently about any topic. Most of the things I've heard him say have just been things repeated that he must have gotten from the daily paper or whatever was on ESPN that morning. And Papa, as good as he is on TV, which isn't that much, is just downright creepy as a sports talk host. He sounds as if he got his whole shtick from listening to too much Radnich. The pop culture references are mind numbing.
Townsend on his own in the evenings was good. He would cover a wide range of topics, let a few listeners drive some content, and didn't rely on gimmick segments every 20 minutes. Now paired with Bucher in the drive slot, he's painful to listen to. Bucher brings him down to a ridiculous level where they sound like 12 year olds talking about fart jokes with laughing every 10 seconds, more daily empty segments like "G-spot", and all the yelling.
Guy Haberman is like bologna on wonder bread... the picture of bland.
Of course, all these problems are the fault of Jason Barrett, their PD. The overused segments, the constant screaming, never taking calls or cutting off the ones they actually do get. It's amazing how he fails to realize this, but then again, I understand him to be a NY transplant and they apparently believe blowhard, attention deficit radio will play here. We all know it didn't work for Tierney who is mercifully gone.
If anyone has the demo breakdowns for KNBR and KGMZ, it would be interesting to see them and finally know if they are for real or just blowing smoke.
