One of my concerns about "The Fan" hiring out of towners to talk Pittsburgh sports occurred tonight. In a January 18 post on this board, I wrote that these out of towners had better be brought up to speed about Pittsburgh sports or this will not work. Let me expand this by adding that these out of towners had better be given a crash course on the proper pronounciation of Southwestern Pennsylvania cities and boros. Driving home tonight I heard the host take a call and he said "what is this, TEAR-in-tum". This region does have many names that are difficult for outsiders to pronounce. However, if I am going to take a hosts opinion about Pittsburgh sports seriously, may I suggest that they know how to pronounce the town that the caller is calling from. If I were ESPN 1250 I would jump on this and run with it by continuing to emphasize that the majority of their local hosts are native Pittsburghers or have been in this market for years. Any thoughts?
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The proper pronounciation is "Ta-RENT-um"
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pghfmradiosucks said:
Just one -- it ain't that big a deal. Whoever made the mistake will learn from it and move on.
Stan Savran had never been in Pittsburgh before he started working here. He's done OK.
If it did in fact just happen one time in two days of broadcasting then so be it. However, if this continues, I think we have a credibility issue.
I thought Lanny was overrated as a baseball anouncer. To be fair however, he did replace a legend in Bob Prince. Replacing a legend is never easy.
My bad Parttimer. I hope however my spelling error does not detract from the point I was trying to convey.
The problem is though that the majority of 1250's programming isn't local. They can bemoan the fact a host mispronounced a town in Western PA all they want, but when it comes time to tune in to hear a take on local sports 1250 is at best a coin flip as to whether or not that will actually happen. And if the program isn't local you can all but forget about them taking any calls whatsoever.
pghfmradiosucks said:
Milo Hamilton replaced Prince. He did seven innings to Lanny's two in Lanny's first four years with the Pirates.
Boss- I don't think Savran would be the icon he is if he was butchering town names throughout his tenure.
And, by your own admission, Frattare wasn't one of the announcers who replaced Prince.
I do want to say, however, that I liked Lanny, ont he air and off, and found him to be the consummate professional.
And, by your own admission, Frattare wasn't one of the announcers who replaced Prince.
I do want to say, however, that I liked Lanny, ont he air and off, and found him to be the consummate professional.
Milo Hamilton was a complete disaster. Partially, perhaps because HE replaced a legend. Partially because of his own incompetence. I was never a big fan of Frattare, but he was brilliant when compared to Hamilton.
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Dan said:
Don't laugh. A distant relative owns some land up there behind that tower. A sizeable chunk did fall off the cliff
in the late 80's. Someday it will happen.
Well, who do you like, FMSucks?
Pratte4Life:
I know I come off as someone who doesn't like anyone in the local media but that is not true. Pittsburgh has been blessed with great talent as well as not so great. Those I have enjoyed and respected thru the years include Bob Prince,Doug Hoerth, Myron, Jim Quinn (as a D.J. not a talk show host), Jackson Armstrong among others. Presently I enjoy and respect Stan and Guy, Joe Starkey, Mike Lange, Bob Walk and Mark Madden (minus the horrible, limited playlist of music he now has to play), among others.
Not to beat a dead horse but to get back on topic. Tonight while driving home the same host on "The Fan" could not pronounce "Kittanning" and "Charleroi" properly. I guess I am in the minority but I do think this decreases the credibility of both the host and the station.
I know I come off as someone who doesn't like anyone in the local media but that is not true. Pittsburgh has been blessed with great talent as well as not so great. Those I have enjoyed and respected thru the years include Bob Prince,Doug Hoerth, Myron, Jim Quinn (as a D.J. not a talk show host), Jackson Armstrong among others. Presently I enjoy and respect Stan and Guy, Joe Starkey, Mike Lange, Bob Walk and Mark Madden (minus the horrible, limited playlist of music he now has to play), among others.
Not to beat a dead horse but to get back on topic. Tonight while driving home the same host on "The Fan" could not pronounce "Kittanning" and "Charleroi" properly. I guess I am in the minority but I do think this decreases the credibility of both the host and the station.
Pratte4Life said:
No he wouldn't.
But the original post was about a mistake made on someone's first day on a new job. That's hardly a pattern.
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