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I would like to make a comparison between sports talk radio then and now. I have tried to listen to WFAN for a while but, it is difficult. What I
am about to say goes for all the talk hosts on the station. I have listened to all of them over the last month. I remember, in the 1960s, that WNBC had an afternoon talk show hosted by Bill Mazer. Bill Mazer had a great running knowledge of sports and great communication skills. He was obviously college educated and was a very skilled broadcaster. I compare him with the current group of talk show hosts at WFAN who don't sound very educated judging by their announcing skills and lack of command of the English language. This is true for Mike and the Mad Dog and all of the rest of them on the station. They all sound like talking to a blue collar worker about sports in a bar. There is a general lack of literacy. My question is.....Have broadcast standards gone down hill that far over the years that just about anybody can do this with no education, minimal literacy and communication skills? Is a station like WFAN, that is one of the highest billing stations in the U. S., pays so little that they really don't care who they put on the air? I like sports and would like sports talk on the radio if it was done the way it used to be done in a more literate, professional and educated way.
am about to say goes for all the talk hosts on the station. I have listened to all of them over the last month. I remember, in the 1960s, that WNBC had an afternoon talk show hosted by Bill Mazer. Bill Mazer had a great running knowledge of sports and great communication skills. He was obviously college educated and was a very skilled broadcaster. I compare him with the current group of talk show hosts at WFAN who don't sound very educated judging by their announcing skills and lack of command of the English language. This is true for Mike and the Mad Dog and all of the rest of them on the station. They all sound like talking to a blue collar worker about sports in a bar. There is a general lack of literacy. My question is.....Have broadcast standards gone down hill that far over the years that just about anybody can do this with no education, minimal literacy and communication skills? Is a station like WFAN, that is one of the highest billing stations in the U. S., pays so little that they really don't care who they put on the air? I like sports and would like sports talk on the radio if it was done the way it used to be done in a more literate, professional and educated way.