Yikes…97.1 😱

[ChannelFlipper]

For me, he was washed up the instant he provoked Jim Everett (ex-Rams QB) to lunge at him after calling him "Chrissie." Middle-school level "humor" coming from a guy his age was creepy then. It's borderline obscene now.

Which was one of Rome's most immature moments (and there have been many), but also one of his worst takes.

Jim Everett was QB for a Rams team that had an offensive line that was a virtual sieve. They called him "Happy Feet" because he was always moving around in the pocket, except in his case there was no "pocket" because he was always staring down multiple defensive lineman in his face just seconds after the snap. The man always had my utmost respect because he literally put his life and limb on the line with every game he played and never complained. A man in a man's world (the NFL) in which pint-sized Jim Rome would struggle to make the team as a towel boy.

 

[michael hagerty]

You may have hit on the main issue.

I mean, I think it's more an educated assessment based on 54 years of experience in the business, but sure.

This is a corporate demand and perhaps the local cluster resents it, wants to prove that it won't work so corporate will pull the plug after 18 months, and they can go back to what they were doing before, or more likely, compete with a new, easier to manage music station that is more to their liking and skill sets. They accomplish this goal by putting on an obviously inferior product to what is already in the market and let time and missed budgets do the rest.

Yeah, that's how Market Presidents and EVPs of Programming get fired.

The simpler explanation is that Audacy gave them no money and told them to figure it out. They wanted a Sports FM in Los Angeles in the worst way---and that's what they got.

 

[TheBigA]

This is a corporate demand and perhaps the local cluster resents it,

Would you have willingly changed the format at a Top 5 station to a format that has no chance for success in the market?

 

[K.M. Richards]

Which was one of Rome's most immature moments (and there have been many), but also one of his worst takes.

I worked with Rome back in 1988 in Santa Barbara, his first professional radio job after graduating from UCSB. (Believe it or not, in addition to doing a sports talk show on our AM, KTMS, he was the traffic reporter during my afternoon drive show on Y97.) So I speak from personal observation when I confirm that he had those "moments" even back then.