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realdeal9

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Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he talked about his contract status on the air and took shots at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career and also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K less than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think that was a smart move?
While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go because he couldn't get along with management and now makes no money and has no syndication. How does that move look to you?
FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and has solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose their minds three to four times a week.
 
> Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
> at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career and
> also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one
> doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K less
> than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think
> that was a smart move?
> While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go
> because he couldn't get along with management and now makes
> no money and has no syndication. How does that move look to
> you?
> FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and has
> solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> their minds three to four times a week.

i dont ever remember bruno talking about his contract on air. other than the joke about saying he's gonna hold out like some of the pro athletes do. certainly nothing like i have heard from a stern or russ martin on-air. never heard him blast FSR/Premiere but maybe i just missed it.......
 
If we're talking about "smart moves," was it a "smart move" to hire an abrasive TV talking head with no radio experience, Van Earl W., to helm FSR's flagship morning show? The umpteen stations which subsequently dropped The Extravaganza says otherwise. Is it a "smart move" to alienate most of your fan base by turning virtually every FSR show into a revolving door of patchwork hosts? I'm pretty sure I know whsat the consensus on this board is.....



> Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
> at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career and
> also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one
> doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K less
> than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think
> that was a smart move?
> While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go
> because he couldn't get along with management and now makes
> no money and has no syndication. How does that move look to
> you?
> FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and has
> solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> their minds three to four times a week.
>
 
I do remember it becoming a topic, but always in a humorous context. I'm pretty sure "Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
talked about his contract status on the air and took shots at Premiere and Fox Sports Net" is actually a euphemism for "Premiere was too cheap to pay Tony what he was worth."



> > Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> > talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
>
> > at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> > Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career
> and
> > also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one
> > doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K
> less
> > than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think
>
> > that was a smart move?
> > While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go
> > because he couldn't get along with management and now
> makes
> > no money and has no syndication. How does that move look
> to
> > you?
> > FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and
> has
> > solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> > their minds three to four times a week.
>
> i dont ever remember bruno talking about his contract on
> air. other than the joke about saying he's gonna hold out
> like some of the pro athletes do. certainly nothing like i
> have heard from a stern or russ martin on-air. never heard
> him blast FSR/Premiere but maybe i just missed it.......
>
 
> If we're talking about "smart moves," was it a "smart move"
> to hire an abrasive TV talking head with no radio
> experience, Van Earl W., to helm FSR's flagship morning
> show? The umpteen stations which subsequently dropped The
> Extravaganza says otherwise. Is it a "smart move" to
> alienate most of your fan base by turning virtually every
> FSR show into a revolving door of patchwork hosts? I'm
> pretty sure I know whsat the consensus on this board is.....

You know nothing. You are a Bruno groupie and have no clue about the business side of sports radio. Premiere isn't cheap. They pay Jim Rome, Rush, Dr. Laura and other talents $millions to provide great radio and not get out of line. You don't know the history of Tony at FSR. You liked his show, but that is not the topic of discussion. He has lost it all and has to rebuild his career at this stage of his life because his ego got in the way. If Premiere thought he was worth the money and drama, they would have paid him. Now he sits on 20-30 stations and has a reputation for being difficult. These are the facts and you can continue to bash FSR all you want, but you have no clue about what it takes to hold a job down and get along with management.
Van Earl was not the answer, Bruno was and he blew it.
>
>
>
>
> > Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> > talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
>
> > at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> > Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career
> and
> > also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one
> > doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K
> less
> > than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think
>
> > that was a smart move?
> > While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go
> > because he couldn't get along with management and now
> makes
> > no money and has no syndication. How does that move look
> to
> > you?
> > FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and
> has
> > solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> > their minds three to four times a week.
> >
>
 
How much is it costing FSR to pay Van Earl to sit around and do nothing, and to lose Extravagana listeners left and right? I obviously don't know the business side of radio, because that doesn't sound very smart to me.


> > If we're talking about "smart moves," was it a "smart
> move"
> > to hire an abrasive TV talking head with no radio
> > experience, Van Earl W., to helm FSR's flagship morning
> > show? The umpteen stations which subsequently dropped The
>
> > Extravaganza says otherwise. Is it a "smart move" to
> > alienate most of your fan base by turning virtually every
> > FSR show into a revolving door of patchwork hosts? I'm
> > pretty sure I know whsat the consensus on this board
> is.....
>
> You know nothing. You are a Bruno groupie and have no clue
> about the business side of sports radio. Premiere isn't
> cheap. They pay Jim Rome, Rush, Dr. Laura and other talents
> $millions to provide great radio and not get out of line.
> You don't know the history of Tony at FSR. You liked his
> show, but that is not the topic of discussion. He has lost
> it all and has to rebuild his career at this stage of his
> life because his ego got in the way. If Premiere thought he
> was worth the money and drama, they would have paid him. Now
> he sits on 20-30 stations and has a reputation for being
> difficult. These are the facts and you can continue to bash
> FSR all you want, but you have no clue about what it takes
> to hold a job down and get along with management.
> Van Earl was not the answer, Bruno was and he blew it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> > > talked about his contract status on the air and took
> shots
> >
> > > at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> > > Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career
>
> > and
> > > also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No
> one
> > > doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K
> > less
> > > than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you
> think
> >
> > > that was a smart move?
> > > While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let
> go
> > > because he couldn't get along with management and now
> > makes
> > > no money and has no syndication. How does that move look
>
> > to
> > > you?
> > > FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and
>
> > has
> > > solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> > > their minds three to four times a week.
> > >
> >
>
 
Isn't it obvious?

realdeal9 is simply SportsTalkJunkie under a new handle. We already figured out that SportsTalkJunkie is a shill for Fox...probably works there or at least at Premiere. We shouldn't get so worked up over his posts.
 
Re: Isn't it obvious?

> realdeal9 is simply SportsTalkJunkie under a new handle. We
> already figured out that SportsTalkJunkie is a shill for
> Fox...probably works there or at least at Premiere. We
> shouldn't get so worked up over his posts.
>
You will continue to get worked up because you have been exposed. How does it feel to support shows that have been dumped by the biggest radio company in the world? You continue to bash FSR, but you can't handle the truth about Bruno and other shows that have been let go for obvious reasons. Bruno makes a little more than an update anchor at ESPN radio after his recent demotion to SNR. He is still a great host who got called out and busted by management for acting like a jerk. All the Best to Bruno! He is the Rosie O'Donnell of sports talk.
 
Why can't Tony Bruno be praised for taking a smaller paycheck to be happy? He has even stated numerous times that it is not about the money and if your post is correct, that truly proves that. So I don't think he made a bad decision at all.

Not everyone needs to sell out...


> Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
> at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career and
> also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one
> doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K less
> than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think
> that was a smart move?
> While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go
> because he couldn't get along with management and now makes
> no money and has no syndication. How does that move look to
> you?
> FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and has
> solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> their minds three to four times a week.
>
 
>
Because you don't praise a guy who didn't get a new contract extension because he was a jerk and took shots at his employer. Are all of you sports radio groupies this dumb? No one respects a guy who had it all and blew it because he couldn't handle the stress of his work environment. If you all want to say great things about certain hosts, do your homework first.
Tony did not choose to leave FSR, his contract was not picked up and he had to wait for this opportunity at SNR for a lot less money.


Why can't Tony Bruno be praised for taking a smaller
> paycheck to be happy? He has even stated numerous times that
> it is not about the money and if your post is correct, that
> truly proves that. So I don't think he made a bad decision
> at all.
>
> Not everyone needs to sell out...
>
>
> > Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> > talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
>
> > at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> > Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career
> and
> > also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one
> > doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K
> less
> > than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think
>
> > that was a smart move?
> > While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go
> > because he couldn't get along with management and now
> makes
> > no money and has no syndication. How does that move look
> to
> > you?
> > FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and
> has
> > solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> > their minds three to four times a week.
> >
>
 
Rome's Garden Show

> Premiere isn't
> cheap. They pay Jim Rome, Rush, Dr. Laura and other talents
> $millions to provide great radio and not get out of line.

Then they don't pay Rome enough. He gets out of line anyway. Did you hear today's show? What was with the Garden Show / Dr. Phil - type hour?
 
Re: Isn't it obvious?

How does it feel to support shows that have been
> dumped by the biggest radio company in the world?
Pretty good, thanks.
Bruno is a top-quality radio personality, and he does what he wants. Ask Dinsey (one of the largest media companies in the world)how it felt to lose Bruno, Chuck Wilson and Keith Olbermann (on TV) three of the best at what they do. And ask CC why they aren't willing to pay to get quality on the air. SNR, XM, NBC have all reaped the benefits of CC's refusal to pay for quality.


You
> continue to bash FSR, but you can't handle the truth about
> Bruno and other shows that have been let go for obvious
> reasons.
They thought they could make more $ with a less expensive, lower maintenance lap-dog like VEW or a guys that can't hold a good job (Scott F in ATL, MIA and NYC)

Bruno makes a little more than an update anchor at
> ESPN radio after his recent demotion to SNR.
He chose to work for SNR, could have worked elsewhere for more $ and will continue to pull in more $ as the number of stations carrying him increase.

He is still a
> great host
yes

who got called out and busted by management for
> acting like a jerk.
Maybe, maybe not, but so what? Many great talents are a little higher maintenance than the average person.

All the Best to Bruno!
I agree

He is the Rosie
> O'Donnell of sports talk.
If you mean he has short hair and dates women, I agree.
 
Re: Rome's Garden Show

> > Premiere isn't
> > cheap. They pay Jim Rome, Rush, Dr. Laura and other
> talents
> > $millions to provide great radio and not get out of line.
>
> Then they don't pay Rome enough. He gets out of line anyway.
> Did you hear today's show? What was with the Garden Show /
> Dr. Phil - type hour?
>

That was his Nice Radio deal. He had a caller who said his boss was listening in to the the show one day and thought that Rome's show was too negative. He decided to do Nice Radio from that point on during the show. It was in the third hour of the show. It's not the first time he did it. He once did that about five years ago.<P ID="signature">______________
"...and the countdown continues until the neanderthals that govern college football do something about their pathetic postseason."--Tim Brando, Sporting News Radio</P>
 
Is Bryan Cox "getting along with management"?

You blast Bruno for being a malcontent...so what do you call Bryan Cox's antics? Cox has ripped Fox Sports Net on the air ever since they fired him (you criticize Bruno for the same thing, over the way they punked him in favor of Max Kellerman), and just this week he was going ballistic over Chris "The Rat" Morales and Fat Asswood's firing of Artie Martinez. By your logic, Cox's days are numbered, I guess. And hey, I'd take a pay cut too rather than have to look at that fat slob Asswood every day.


> > If we're talking about "smart moves," was it a "smart
> move"
> > to hire an abrasive TV talking head with no radio
> > experience, Van Earl W., to helm FSR's flagship morning
> > show? The umpteen stations which subsequently dropped The
>
> > Extravaganza says otherwise. Is it a "smart move" to
> > alienate most of your fan base by turning virtually every
> > FSR show into a revolving door of patchwork hosts? I'm
> > pretty sure I know whsat the consensus on this board
> is.....
>
> You know nothing. You are a Bruno groupie and have no clue
> about the business side of sports radio. Premiere isn't
> cheap. They pay Jim Rome, Rush, Dr. Laura and other talents
> $millions to provide great radio and not get out of line.
> You don't know the history of Tony at FSR. You liked his
> show, but that is not the topic of discussion. He has lost
> it all and has to rebuild his career at this stage of his
> life because his ego got in the way. If Premiere thought he
> was worth the money and drama, they would have paid him. Now
> he sits on 20-30 stations and has a reputation for being
> difficult. These are the facts and you can continue to bash
> FSR all you want, but you have no clue about what it takes
> to hold a job down and get along with management.
> Van Earl was not the answer, Bruno was and he blew it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> > > talked about his contract status on the air and took
> shots
> >
> > > at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> > > Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career
>
> > and
> > > also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No
> one
> > > doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K
> > less
> > > than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you
> think
> >
> > > that was a smart move?
> > > While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let
> go
> > > because he couldn't get along with management and now
> > makes
> > > no money and has no syndication. How does that move look
>
> > to
> > > you?
> > > FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and
>
> > has
> > > solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> > > their minds three to four times a week.
> > >
> >
>
 
Re: The TRUE, , TRUEST facts!

Bruno is going on in San Francisco on Monday. He's on in Phila..getting huge numbers in Indy(a CC former fox radio slot)..Tampa, St. Louis, Boston and about 50 other stations in less than 4 months. How many markets is the DOA "extravaganza" on? 1.

Bruno left Fox because they wanted him to take a pay cut: he refused and left. Those are the facts!
He turned down 250-grand MORE than he was making at Fox to do local radio and got to pick his spot, job and price. He supposidly just bought a house for close to 2-mil by the beach in LA, so I'd say he's doing okay away from that dreadfully run FSR mess. My sources tell me he is making close to what he made at Fox and gets to work 10 minutes from his home. He sounds happy and is certainly more stable than the nutcases like Ferrall and some of the other losers who couldn't even get a job at some 2-bit local sports station.

I love all of the experts on here who "KNOW". He is still the most accessable and respected guy in sports radio. He never got the Rome support or hype from the penny pinchers at Premiere and now they watch him amass affiliates while they grovel to get overnight clearances in Boise, Idaho.

Ask the survivors or hangers-on at FSR how much better off that place is for not keeping Bruno as it's anchor. SNR isn't much better, but they at least have the best guy in the business to sell to stations and clients. Rome thrives because CC forces stations to carry his stale, sorry show.






> I do remember it becoming a topic, but always in a humorous
> context. I'm pretty sure "Tony Bruno's contract was not
> renewed by FSR because he
> talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
> at Premiere and Fox Sports Net" is actually a euphemism for
> "Premiere was too cheap to pay Tony what he was worth."
>
>
>
> > > Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> > > talked about his contract status on the air and took
> shots
> >
> > > at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> > > Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career
>
> > and
> > > also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No
> one
> > > doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K
> > less
> > > than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you
> think
> >
> > > that was a smart move?
> > > While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let
> go
> > > because he couldn't get along with management and now
> > makes
> > > no money and has no syndication. How does that move look
>
> > to
> > > you?
> > > FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and
>
> > has
> > > solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> > > their minds three to four times a week.
> >
> > i dont ever remember bruno talking about his contract on
> > air. other than the joke about saying he's gonna hold out
>
> > like some of the pro athletes do. certainly nothing like
> i
> > have heard from a stern or russ martin on-air. never
> heard
> > him blast FSR/Premiere but maybe i just missed it.......
> >
>
 
I don't really have a dog in this hunt (I'm a Kornheiser guy) but it sure seems like Mark Patrick kept his mouth shut and still got fired by Fox. Seemed, at the time, like they were trying to save some money by getting rid of talent...
Patrick built a morning audience from scratch and then was dumped last year about this time, he sure wasn't badmouthing anybody... Posts on this board, at the time he was canned, seemed to indicate that Bruno was as surprised as anyone when he was fired.
Mark Patrick was good radio... That baseball show on XM is unlistenable however
 
> I don't really have a dog in this hunt (I'm a Kornheiser
> guy) but it sure seems like Mark Patrick kept his mouth shut
> and still got fired by Fox. Seemed, at the time, like they
> were trying to save some money by getting rid of talent...
> Patrick built a morning audience from scratch and then was
> dumped last year about this time, he sure wasn't badmouthing
> anybody... Posts on this board, at the time he was canned,
> seemed to indicate that Bruno was as surprised as anyone
> when he was fired.
> Mark Patrick was good radio... That baseball show on XM is
> unlistenable however

exactly!!! FSR was going General Motors and cutting back. bruno never "bad-mouthed" the company. he may have mentioned the his contract talks but never to the point of blasting his superiors. very good point. as a "know-nothing" i appreciate your insight.........
 
moron alert...

what is great is that the more you write, the bigger an a-hole you look....you are the dope.....the netowrk you are a peon for has become one of the biggest jokes in radio....keep hiring dumb asses like bryan Cox and you guys will go really far....

seriously, my 10 year old can run a sportsradio network better than the morons at your network...I know you represent them because only a stone cold idiot would write the assanined things you have written....

don't be jealous that your station blows...
 
Re: Isn't it obvious?

> realdeal9 is simply SportsTalkJunkie under a new handle. We
> already figured out that SportsTalkJunkie is a shill for
> Fox...probably works there or at least at Premiere. We
> shouldn't get so worked up over his posts.
>
Once again, you have no idea what you are talking about. I'm still here and have not changed my handle. And by the way, I pass along a "Merry Christmas" to the 10-15 people that Sporting News fired recently in Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles. It's too bad that the network let them go this time of year. If they had just stopped paying WSCR in Chicago to carry their overnight programming, maybe a few more people in their building would have had a better Christmas.
 
> Tony Bruno's contract was not renewed by FSR because he
> talked about his contract status on the air and took shots
> at Premiere and Fox Sports Net. Since then, The "great
> Bruno" has taken the largest paycut of his entire career and
> also lost about 80-90 stations that he had at FSR. No one
> doubts his talent, but he blew it and now makes $400 K less
> than what he made just a few short years ago. Do you think
> that was a smart move?
> While we are on the subject, Chuck Booms was also let go
> because he couldn't get along with management and now makes
> no money and has no syndication. How does that move look to
> you?
> FSR has the strength of Clear Channel and Premiere and has
> solid affilaites and doesn't put up with guys who loose
> their minds three to four times a week.

When did Ashwood start posting?
 
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