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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:04 AM
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Do You Have "Sports Talk" Radio in your Area?
:puke: We DO in Philly:argh: It is AW-FUL...but the only NON-Right Wing Radio in the area.
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SeanQuinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:05 AM
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1. My dad worships it. At least it's not Hannity. Orlando's 740 THE TEAM
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:06 AM
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2. Our sports radio announcers inject their fascist politics into the
discussion. I used to enjoy WEEI, and now I can't even listen to it. :puke:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:22 AM
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9. they fucking suck
we need LiberaL sports radio!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:06 AM
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3. Two stations, in fact.
The Zone and ESPN.

I used to be a faithful listener, since I like sports, and these guys are not political, but since we got Air America, I listen to that most of the time. (When I'm not listening to cds or my iPod)
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:10 AM
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4. We Get AAR on the "Urban Staion" in Philly for 3 hours
Very WEAK signal though!B-)

I like the ESPN Zone-can't get it well in Philly:grr:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:11 AM
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5. AAR comes in loud and clear here - all day every day!
It's a beautiful thing.

Our "ESPN radio" carries the Dan Patrick SHow and the evening ESPN stuff, as well as games, but there's lots of local shows too. The Zone carries Fox SPorts Radio along with the local guys and Jim Rome.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:12 AM
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6. here in the chicago/midwest
Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 10:14 AM by madrchsod
we have boers&berstein on 670 am midday. these guys are great,besides very good sports reporting and commentary, they have the only left of center political commentary in the am radio chicago/ midwest market. to bad ya can`t get them out there in philly....
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:15 AM
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8. I Used to Get 670 on my AM radio!
It would "Skiff on IN" to N.J.-Philly:yourock:

Great line-up of hosts!

Philly's WIP is a bunch Stern-wannabes in the morning and vacuous Bullshit the rest of the day.

They got a 3rd banana comedian for Christ's sake (sorry,Terri!) who does the overnite!:puke:
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:14 AM
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7. Yes. It's not great, but still better than other forms of corporate media
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:32 AM
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10. ESPN Radio here
980 - DC
1300 - Baltimore

Pretty much babble and pontification about sports issues. Not really political, though I have heard Dan Patrick get a few digs in at Bush.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:37 AM
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11. March of '03- All the Hosts Became Cheerleaders for the War!
And the Big Scumbag on the Morning Show readily admitted he hid from Vietnam in Grad School.

When he threatened to "run over those filthy protestors" I turned off the station until August.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:45 AM
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12. We're LOUSY with Sports Talk Here in Colorado
560AM in Denver and 1240AM in Colorado Springs carry ESPN. 1300AM in Colorado Springs and 1350AM in Pueblo carry Faux Sports.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:47 AM
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13. "The Doghouse" hosted by Bulldog on KACL Seattle.
Oh, wait. That's fictional TV Seattle. Sorry.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:53 AM
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14. It's pretty big here in oklahoma
and while one of the stations have several hosts who inject their right-wing politics, they also have a producer (a friend of mine) who is quite liberal and gets the chance to offer plenty of cross talk. (The most conservative of the hosts often invites his opinion as a counterpoint.) We have another station that plays it pretty straight and sticks to sports.
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jeffrey_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:07 AM
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15. We have an overabundance here in Chicago....
2 radio stations 24 x 7.

And some of the deejays are racist, ignorant tools (i.e. Mike North)
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:06 PM
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16. Jeeeeeeez, I Recall Mike North!
Whattta :puke: scumbag!
Thinks He's Real-ly :argh: "funny" !
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:09 PM
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17. we do but i'd rather listen to Don and Mike make fun of Bush
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:19 PM
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18. Pro sports drivel is the perfect filler for AM radio.
It doesn't have to be openly right-wing, because it accomplishes the right-wing agenda: It keeps an important demographic busy with limitless trivia, cloaked in a mantle of breathless importance. It's all about vicarious living through celebrities, rather than finding ways to be human and civilized.
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:24 PM
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19. What horrible condescending nonsense
FDR personally requested that baseball continue during WWII while all the other sports shut down. You're entitled to your own opinion, but to accuse all sports fans of essentially being right wing puppets is incredibly stupid.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:39 PM
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24. Nothing wrong with sports; watch the game! Listen to the play-by-play.
But what I've heard on these stations is all about the contracts, the steroids, the misdemeanors, and whether someone is the right draft pick or not. It's celebrity nonsense. Granted, there have always been fans and heroes, but this blather serves simply to keep people's noses to the ground while the masters kick their asses.
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:42 PM
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25. Ok, that's a lot more fair
I find some of the talk to be amusing, myself, but I can see where you're coming from. Still not sure that it's so right-wing, though.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:25 PM
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20. In Philly: 3 of the Talk Stations are owned by the same Corp-Infinity !
Infinity Broadcasting also owns WFAN out of NYC.Thanks loads Prez Reagan and Newt!:argh:
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:29 PM
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22. There's almost no politics on WFAN
other than Imus. The sports hosts make a point of avoiding politics, which is exactly the way it should be for Sports talk.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 04:29 PM
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29. Joe Benigno was my overnight Savior!
Then they moved him to Mid-day:cry: after firing Jody Mac:wow:

or not renewing his K (contract)
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 04:39 PM
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32. Oh, I agree so much
I miss Joe a lot. I listened to him almost every night his whole run...
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:30 PM
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23. Sounds like a bitter Mets fan...
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:47 PM
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27. Well, to tell the truth I was a big Dallas Cowboy fan back in the day...
of Roger Staubach's two-minute drill and the Martin-Jones-White defensive line. But I grew out of it.

Some wag's definition of a football game: "Twenty-two men desperately in need of a rest and fifty thousand desperately in need of exercise."
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:27 PM
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21. We have a station that broadcasts
ESPN radio in addition to local sports talk. The radio station at Univ. of Memphis has a sports talk segment in the morning which is not bad.

Our AAR station went on the air in January with the full AAR lineup.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:42 PM
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26. Yeah, ESPN1280. It's tuned in at my work.
Better than listening to Sean Hannity or some other putz.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 02:58 PM
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28. Washington DC - WTEM
Clear Channel but not too bad. Tony Kornheiser has a local show...he is pretty liberal, and I think he is funny. I like to listen to it to get away from the real world!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 04:44 PM
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34. I havent heard that
Kornheiser is great, Wilbon is too.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 04:32 PM
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30. Yeah Sports Junkies but I dont know if they're still on
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 04:35 PM
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31. I love sports but LOATHE most sports talk stations...
While driving up in Dallas over the weekend I heard some of the most disgusting sexist bullshit I've heard in a very long time spewing out of the sports talk radio guy. The ones in Austin aren't quite that bad...but they still inundate me with commercials for "gentlemen's clubs"...sorry, but gentlemen don't stuff dollar bills in a stripper's g-string. :eyes:

As a woman sports fan I just get really tired of being treated like I don't exist.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 04:40 PM
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33. KFAN here
It is okay, a little right leaning however...
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