Poor KJR-AM. Was once a pioneering and dominant sports voice. But they have drained away so much talent over the years that there is a shell of a station left. Groz, Gas, Clayton, HotSHot, Sandy, and on and on. They aligned themselves so much with the Sonics, too. I know they have the Huskies, but the Mariners, Seahawks, and Sounders are KIRO properties. RIP KJR.
Please don't use "poor" and any reference to a Clear Channel property in the same post. Good grief!
CC made a strategic decision to go all in on the re-location of the Kings. It was really not much more than a shameless attempt to position themselves as the loyalty option in the ensuing broadcast rights talks. They lost. The entire market lost, but mainly KJR-AM. They also went too far with it. The horse was more than dead when they finally gave it a rest.
Perhaps even more shallow was the way they immediately seized on the Coyotes relocation and guys (and girlz) who would never utter a word about hockey overnight became hockey enthusiasts.
In my opinion there are some easy explanations. 1.) This is a football town and 710 has the Seahawks, 2.) They talk too much Wazoo while being the Husky station, 3.) Levy is just mailing it in, 4.) Softy has raised the volume yet again when he should be taking it down a notch, 5.) Jerry, though brilliant and insightful is weak and Elise seems unable to adjust her energy level. And, yes we know you played basketball at U-Dub. We know, we know, we know!
The only thing that will save them this year is football season. With no major live sports franchise for them to ride, 2014 looks to be the year they crash.
