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Thank you DD and 680 the fan

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Since you have decided to make what is probably the stupidest move in Atlanta radio you have allowed me to discover 920 AM, something that I would never had done if you had not made your idiotic moves.

People in Atlanta care about national teams? God you have not been paying attention and neither has kincaide since he seems to be pushing this as well. Nobody cares about the other teams and the hockey-talk market is teenie at best, all 99.9% of the people in Atlanta care about is college and pro foosball. Mainly southern teams when referring to them.

Accept it, hire talent accordingly, and fire the syndicated shows.<P ID="signature">______________
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> Since you have decided to make what is probably the
> stupidest move in Atlanta radio you have allowed me to
> discover 920 AM, something that I would never had done if
> you had not made your idiotic moves.
>
> People in Atlanta care about national teams? God you have
> not been paying attention and neither has kincaide since he
> seems to be pushing this as well. Nobody cares about the
> other teams and the hockey-talk market is teenie at best,
> all 99.9% of the people in Atlanta care about is college and
> pro foosball. Mainly southern teams when referring to them.
>
> Accept it, hire talent accordingly, and fire the syndicated
> shows.
>
Now maybe more people will discover Atlanta's best kept secret, Laura Ingraham from 9-12 on 920 WGKA. A female conservative with a fraction of the ego of Boortz (I don't think she's a pilot either). I will, however, give Denny Shaeffer a try when he starts on GST next month.
 
People in Atlanta care about national teams? God you have
> not been paying attention and neither has kincaide since he
> seems to be pushing this as well. Nobody cares about the
> other teams and the hockey-talk market is teenie at best,
> all 99.9% of the people in Atlanta care about is college and
> pro foosball. Mainly southern teams when referring to them.
> Accept it, hire talent accordingly, and fire the syndicated
> shows.


I disagree. Almost everyone I meet around here came from somewhere else. Born and bread Atlantan's are very rare indeed (or they don't admit it). I am going to use my own family as an example. While I will root for the Falcons, I am a Steeler fan (I have adopted the team where many of my friends live). My dad who grew up in Miami roots for the Fins. Mama roots for the Chargers and Vikings (Most of her side of the family lives in San Diego or Minnesota). College teams go the same way The Braves are the only universal (although Mama roots for the Padres and Twins). We could care less about The Hawks (at this time anyway).

Other than for College Sports and maybe the Braves here (but too a lesser extent), all the other local teams draw for the opposing team because of transplanted fans.

The problem 680 has is not what you made it out to be. However I do agree that Dave Dickey is not running the ship properly. But hey, at least he is a local owner of a small broadcast company. You really can't say that much about many stations these days.
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From the Bop Shop,
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99.9% of the people in Atlanta care about is college
> and
> > pro foosball.

Pro Foosball, sweet! ...... okay you mean football, not foosball [sic].

That's why Atlanta sucks as a sports market, that's why cities like Boston, New York, Chicago, LA, Philadelphia are one step above ... 99.9% care mostly and only about college football, like they're living in freakin Nebraska. #10 Market, with a tremendously successful winning baseball franchise, an exciting hockey franchise and nobody could give two healthy craps about it.

There's just too much hype around college programs that probably will not win a national championship in football anytime soon. And remember, as good as NCAA can be, it's still amateur. What about the pro titles? Atlanta has 4 pro teams.

And finally... say what you want about the 'loud mouth yankee', atleast they give a damn about their CITY's teams. It's just no so down in Atlanta , and I know, I've lived in both.

Thank you for allowing me to vent these radio related frustrations.
 
The problem with college football enthusiasm in Atlanta is that it doesn't translate well into sports radio. That's because the entire market isn't united behind one team. Georgia is by the far the favorite, but there is a Tech contingent as well as large pockets of Gator fans, Alabama and Auburn fans etc.
Those fan bases are really only interested in hearing about their schools and do not want to hear about the others.


Sports Radio works best when the market can unite behind it's local teams. Unfortunately in Atlanta, the Braves have never generated that kind of local enthusiasm. I do think the Falcons may be heading in that direction and it seems that the Zone is in better position to take advantage of that than 680.
 
Speaking of the Fan....

...Most of the promos are infantile. And the one making fun of the Stews is borderline racist. And I'm a white guy!
 
> I disagree. Almost everyone I meet around here came from
> somewhere else. Born and bread Atlantan's are very rare
> indeed (or they don't admit it).

You Bopper brothers just can't agree on anything.
 
> > I disagree. Almost everyone I meet around here came from
> > somewhere else. Born and bread Atlantan's are very rare
> > indeed (or they don't admit it).
>
> You Bopper brothers just can't agree on anything.
>

Guess not LOL :eek:) <P ID="signature">______________
In Harmony
From the Bop Shop,
Brian "BD Bopper"</P>
 
> > I disagree. Almost everyone I meet around here came from
> > somewhere else. Born and bread Atlantan's are very rare
> > indeed (or they don't admit it).
>
> You Bopper brothers just can't agree on anything.
>
Its just that he is never right! History shows that national sports talk just doesnt do very well in the Atlanta market. Yeah some people are from outside the Atlanta area but most that listen to sports talk usually root for the home teams. And to say they dont talk about other teams in the nation is just plain wrong, 680 would hit every game during football season and I will apologize to every other sport out there but football is the game that has more followers than the others. A majority of people dont want to hear about how Ball St. did in their game Saturday but keep programming to the few that want that and I am sure you will be around a long time.

If it wasnt for Buck and Kincaide they would have nothing, and FYI I fully expect B&K to be gone when current contracts expire. Buck to the bulldog network and Kincaide to ESPN radio. Enjoy them while you can Atlanta. <P ID="signature">______________
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day</P>
 
> 99.9% of the people in Atlanta care about is college
> > and
> > > pro foosball.
>
> Pro Foosball, sweet! ...... okay you mean football, not
> foosball [sic].
>
> That's why Atlanta sucks as a sports market, that's why
> cities like Boston, New York, Chicago, LA, Philadelphia are
> one step above ... 99.9% care mostly and only about college
> football, like they're living in freakin Nebraska. #10
> Market, with a tremendously successful winning baseball
> franchise, an exciting hockey franchise and nobody could
> give two healthy craps about it.
>
> There's just too much hype around college programs that
> probably will not win a national championship in football
> anytime soon. And remember, as good as NCAA can be, it's
> still amateur. What about the pro titles? Atlanta has 4
> pro teams.
>
> And finally... say what you want about the 'loud mouth
> yankee', atleast they give a damn about their CITY's teams.
> It's just no so down in Atlanta , and I know, I've lived in
> both.
>
> Thank you for allowing me to vent these radio related
> frustrations.
>
Yeah foosball, guess you never saw The Waterboy it was a joke.

And as far as all the other cities pulling for their cities teams and not the college teams, tell me the last time any one of those cities have had a winning team. The last I can remember was CCNY and when they were hot it was the hottest ticket around, even the Yankees biographer gives them a mention as they affected attendance for them. Keep spouting all you want about how rabid the fans are but in case you dont remember last years playoffs the Yankees had quite a few empty seats in the first round of the playoffs and this is in a city with 8 times the population of Atlanta.

Oh and I a lot of people put more stock in a bunch of kids winning a title than a bunch of whiney, spoiled, overpaid millionaires winning. If you want someone to blame for a lot of the fan apathy, blame the athletes. Besides college sports just have more energy, have you ever been to a final 4 game? Its was a great time and I didnt even care who won but it was good entertainment, the NBA doesnt even have .10% of the energy the final 4 musters in one game.<P ID="signature">______________
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> The problem with college football enthusiasm in Atlanta is
> that it doesn't translate well into sports radio. That's
> because the entire market isn't united behind one team.
> Georgia is by the far the favorite, but there is a Tech
> contingent as well as large pockets of Gator fans, Alabama
> and Auburn fans etc.
> Those fan bases are really only interested in hearing about
> their schools and do not want to hear about the others.
>
>
You are wrong about that, every single person wants to hear the strengths and weak points of the other teams. Do I want to hear Tommy talk Auburn football on his call in show hear in Atlanta? No, but I do want to hear why they may be good or why they may suck. <P ID="signature">______________
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day</P>
 
Re: Speaking of the Fan....

> ...Most of the promos are infantile. And the one making fun
> of the Stews is borderline racist. And I'm a white guy!
>
How so? I find the stews to be an insult to intelligent black talk show hosts everywhere.<P ID="signature">______________
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I agree..

College football fans obviously want to hear about their team first and foremost, but they also want to know about other teams in the region and nation (especially if their team is a top 25 type program). I would think the fact that there are so many fans of other schools would actually help a sports radio station if said station is talking about the teams they want to hear about. In the example zoneguy cited, I would think a mix of that nature would actually help a station if the station addresses the needs of the listeners. If the station talks not only UGA and GT football, but also talks a lot about the other teams in the region--SEC and ACC--as well as other major happenings around the nation, that station will do well.

I think 790 does a very good job of that with their locally produced shows. 680 does a pretty good job with it during the B&K show, but that's really the only thing they've got going for them. That's the only show on 680 that I'll even consider listening to from time to time. I don't think 680's decision to air Cowherd's show will do much for them, but then again, it probably wouldn't be hard to match or exceed Perry's show. I thought Perry's show (even w/Max and later Dooley) was atrocious.










> > The problem with college football enthusiasm in Atlanta is
>
> > that it doesn't translate well into sports radio. That's
> > because the entire market isn't united behind one team.
> > Georgia is by the far the favorite, but there is a Tech
> > contingent as well as large pockets of Gator fans,
> Alabama
> > and Auburn fans etc.
> > Those fan bases are really only interested in hearing
> about
> > their schools and do not want to hear about the others.
> >
> >
> You are wrong about that, every single person wants to hear
> the strengths and weak points of the other teams. Do I want
> to hear Tommy talk Auburn football on his call in show hear
> in Atlanta? No, but I do want to hear why they may be good
> or why they may suck.
>
 
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