What is the future of radio and where is the talent?

[Boss Radio]

Ah, that's just a standard promotion they've done before.

I don't recall it being done on The Fan before. ESPN-1250 (not sure if it was still WTAE-AM then or not) did it a few years ago; that's how Chris Mueller got his start, wasn't it?

The Fan uses WFAN for a template for a lot of things, and this is the latest.

At minimum it gets some attention. At best, they find someone who can take a weekend shift from one of the marginal talents they use now.

 

[Stearns]

Just curious Boss, have you heard the promo for the contest yet?
They use almost those exact same words "...looking for someone to replace our marginal talent..." (something like that)

I don't know, that promo sounds a bit harsh to me throwing everyone under the buss like that.
I understand using humor and sarcasm and all that, but there is a better way to go about promoting it then to crap all over everyone in public IMO.
IIRC 1250 simply said something like "do you think you have what it takes to be on the air like Stan & Guy".

 

[Boss Radio]

Did not hear the promo.

They let producers go on the air for some of the weekend spots and the results aren't very good.

It probably helps morale, though. It's a good way to throw some air work to people who don't make much money as producers, and the weekend shifts aren't a big factor anyway.

 

[Pratte4Life]

The only producer I'm aware of who does a weekend shift is Troy Clardy, who is an optimistic guy who is asked to produce Ron Cook's show.

Ouch.

 

[Pratte4Life]

Now, the thing about Clardy is that he's from outside of the market. Which is fine to a certain extent, but then he will start talking about Pac 10 football or speaking down to me that I didn't pay enough attention to the NCAA Tournament. Or speak of having great knowledge of the history of Pittsburgh- such as when he started commenting on the Civic Arena's impact on the Hill District and it was obvious he really didn't know that much about it and was just repeating clichés and talking points he'd heard from others.

He was the original play-by-play announcer of the Pittsburgh Power. Very excitable announcer, which is kind of frowned upon these days, but I personally would rather have an excitable announcer than a drone if it comes to the lesser of two evils.

But again, he started talking down to me on that very first broadcast, explaining the rules of the game as if I'd never heard of Arena Football before and never once commenting that Pittsburgh was the sight of the very first Arena Football game and that the opposing coach was, in fact, the starting quarterback for Pittsburgh in that game!

Regardless, I don't want to be too critical of a guy just trying to make it. I think Clardy has talent, but it's probably not being used right.

But the thing here is Clardy is the only producer I am aware of who was given a chance to host. Who are the others, and when were they given the microphone?