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So it appears that CBS will now have competition in the Charlotte market, as they syndicate their own radio programming, most notably, "The Drive with Taylor Zarzour" in the afternoons.

Fun, fun.
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As long as it keeps those Alabama louts off the College Sports Network on Sirius/XM. It's been so refreshing since he was dropped by them and Tim Brando came on.
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(05-21-2013 03:11 PM)westwolf Wrote:  As long as it keeps those Alabama louts off the College Sports Network on Sirius/XM. It's been so refreshing since he was dropped by them and Tim Brando came on.

Hell, I'd rather listen to to Brando than Pondscum, and I'm in Alabama.
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Why do people like this show? I mean yeah it's funny for a few minutes to listen to the scum that is Alabama fans make arses of themselves on the radio, but that doesn't last long.
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(05-21-2013 03:11 PM)westwolf Wrote:  As long as it keeps those Alabama louts off the College Sports Network on Sirius/XM. It's been so refreshing since he was dropped by them and Tim Brando came on.

I hope the SECN watches every episode of the Dan Patrick Show starting today until the show rolls out in the fall of 2014. If he panders to people calling in like he usually does, there is zero way it succeeds as a super regional/national show. If he will do like Patrick and have a handful of good, regular (sane) callers and top notch guests that talk about important SEC matters and national items in general, it could be good.
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(05-21-2013 03:11 PM)westwolf Wrote:  As long as it keeps those Alabama louts off the College Sports Network on Sirius/XM. It's been so refreshing since he was dropped by them and Tim Brando came on.

Totally agree.

Finebaum was good, but man those Bama fans were God awful to listen to every stink'n day.
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(05-21-2013 03:19 PM)Fireman451 Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 03:11 PM)westwolf Wrote:  As long as it keeps those Alabama louts off the College Sports Network on Sirius/XM. It's been so refreshing since he was dropped by them and Tim Brando came on.

Totally agree.

Finebaum was good, but man those Bama fans were God awful to listen to every stink'n day.

Agreed. Like I said earlier, he needs to be ultra selective in who calls in. As soon as he lets one yahoo come on and make asinine comments for 2 minutes, he'll lose a good chunk of listeners around here.
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(05-21-2013 03:13 PM)Wedge Wrote:  It's a good hire for the SEC network because it tries to answer the question that the Big Ten and Pac-12 networks haven't been able to answer so far: How do you get fans to watch the network in significant numbers when live games aren't on.

Good point. The B1G and PAC should strongly consider something similar. It is not copycatting any more than the SEC Network is just copying the Mothership (SVP, Cowherd) or NBC Sports with Dan Patrick. Kill two birds with one stone (televise a radio show).
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In regards to the Big Ten not doing such a show, such shows do not exactly represent the conference in the light that the conference wishes to represented in, in my opinion. I am not saying they are making the best choice in that regard but the Big Ten rolls differently than the SEC does.
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(05-21-2013 03:17 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 03:11 PM)westwolf Wrote:  As long as it keeps those Alabama louts off the College Sports Network on Sirius/XM. It's been so refreshing since he was dropped by them and Tim Brando came on.

I hope the SECN watches every episode of the Dan Patrick Show starting today until the show rolls out in the fall of 2014. If he panders to people calling in like he usually does, there is zero way it succeeds as a super regional/national show. If he will do like Patrick and have a handful of good, regular (sane) callers and top notch guests that talk about important SEC matters and national items in general, it could be good.

I disagree. Go sensational or go home IMO. Let him do his thing and the station will attract viewers because its different than ESPN
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(05-21-2013 03:48 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  In regards to the Big Ten not doing such a show, such shows do not exactly represent the conference in the light that the conference wishes to represented in, in my opinion. I am not saying they are making the best choice in that regard but the Big Ten rolls differently than the SEC does.

So those in the B1G footprint do not listen to sports radio at all? Finebaum knew exactly what he was doing when he broadcast around Alabama. If you listened at all, he was like the one man with sight leading the blind... he led those listeners anywhere he wanted to take them in order to gain the most listeners. He knew his audience, similar to Jerry Springer (smart guy who was willing to sell out a bit for his demographic). He will change and probably become more of what he naturally is by doing a more professional job at SECN while still being entertaining (again, like a Dan Patrick). I just don't believe that a similar show talking B1G sports wouldn't work with the right host and format. Sure, it will look and sound different than the SEC show, but that would be expected. Same for the PAC.
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(05-21-2013 03:55 PM)Gamecock Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 03:17 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 03:11 PM)westwolf Wrote:  As long as it keeps those Alabama louts off the College Sports Network on Sirius/XM. It's been so refreshing since he was dropped by them and Tim Brando came on.

I hope the SECN watches every episode of the Dan Patrick Show starting today until the show rolls out in the fall of 2014. If he panders to people calling in like he usually does, there is zero way it succeeds as a super regional/national show. If he will do like Patrick and have a handful of good, regular (sane) callers and top notch guests that talk about important SEC matters and national items in general, it could be good.

I disagree. Go sensational or go home IMO. Let him do his thing and the station will attract viewers because its different than ESPN

I hope you're wrong. If they do Jerry Springer SEC style, count me out. By the way, that would not be different than ESPN. They can flip over to Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith for that nonsense.
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Anything to get him out of Birmingham. The air's a little fresher, starting August 1.
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(05-21-2013 03:48 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  In regards to the Big Ten not doing such a show, such shows do not exactly represent the conference in the light that the conference wishes to represented in, in my opinion. I am not saying they are making the best choice in that regard but the Big Ten rolls differently than the SEC does.

Also, the Big Ten markets are a lot more provincial in this regard because pro sports are much stronger in this region. The Chicago market, for example, has an allergic reaction to virtually all national sports radio programs besides maybe Mike and Mike (and even that's mitigated by the fact that Greenberg is a Northwestern grad whose pre-ESPN career was as a Chicago sports reporter and Golic is a Domer, so they talk about Chicago sports materially more than most national hosts)... and this is a place with two competing 50,000 watt all-sports stations going at each other. Forget about a Paul Finebaum-type around here that focuses upon college football - you can't even get Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd for more than an hour, Jim Rome or any of the other guys that I always hear people in other markets complaining about.

In Chicago, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Bears. In Wisconsin, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Packers. If you don't, you will eventually die. You might be able to get by with a show in the South that strictly talks about college football, but that won't work in most of the Midwest (as we're generally pro and college sports multi-taskers compared to the purely pro sports-oriented Northeast or the college sports-focused South).
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(05-21-2013 04:00 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 03:48 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  In regards to the Big Ten not doing such a show, such shows do not exactly represent the conference in the light that the conference wishes to represented in, in my opinion. I am not saying they are making the best choice in that regard but the Big Ten rolls differently than the SEC does.

Also, the Big Ten markets are a lot more provincial in this regard because pro sports are much stronger in this region. The Chicago market, for example, has an allergic reaction to virtually all national sports radio programs besides maybe Mike and Mike (and even that's mitigated by the fact that Greenberg is a Northwestern grad whose pre-ESPN career was as a Chicago sports reporter and Golic is a Domer, so they talk about Chicago sports materially more than most national hosts)... and this is a place with two competing 50,000 watt all-sports stations going at each other. Forget about a Paul Finebaum-type around here that focuses upon college football - you can't even get Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd for more than an hour, Jim Rome or any of the other guys that I always hear people in other markets complaining about.

In Chicago, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Bears. In Wisconsin, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Packers. If you don't, you will eventually die. You might be able to get by with a show in the South that strictly talks about college football, but that won't work in most of the Midwest (as we're generally pro and college sports multi-taskers compared to the purely pro sports-oriented Northeast or the college sports-focused South).

OK, that makes sense, Frank. Sorry for the impulsive reaction, H1. I have a hard time taking off my Southern lenses sometimes! Maybe that is why College Gameday on ESPN is always featuring so many Southern schools in their promo material and stories. They know the midwest isn't tuning in, anyway.
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(05-21-2013 04:00 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 03:48 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  In regards to the Big Ten not doing such a show, such shows do not exactly represent the conference in the light that the conference wishes to represented in, in my opinion. I am not saying they are making the best choice in that regard but the Big Ten rolls differently than the SEC does.

Also, the Big Ten markets are a lot more provincial in this regard because pro sports are much stronger in this region. The Chicago market, for example, has an allergic reaction to virtually all national sports radio programs besides maybe Mike and Mike (and even that's mitigated by the fact that Greenberg is a Northwestern grad whose pre-ESPN career was as a Chicago sports reporter and Golic is a Domer, so they talk about Chicago sports materially more than most national hosts)... and this is a place with two competing 50,000 watt all-sports stations going at each other. Forget about a Paul Finebaum-type around here that focuses upon college football - you can't even get Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd for more than an hour, Jim Rome or any of the other guys that I always hear people in other markets complaining about.

In Chicago, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Bears. In Wisconsin, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Packers. If you don't, you will eventually die. You might be able to get by with a show in the South that strictly talks about college football, but that won't work in most of the Midwest (as we're generally pro and college sports multi-taskers compared to the purely pro sports-oriented Northeast or the college sports-focused South).

This right here in regards to the question BBB asked me in response to my initial post. The Midwest tunes in to it's college football but not on a daily basis. Talk shows about it won't go over like they do in the South. Living in the South now and having a very limited experience to the area of the South I am in, I can still tell a difference. The folks around here Love their Saints but they put them on Par with their Tigers and around here in Lafeyette with their Ragin Cajuns.
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(05-21-2013 04:08 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 04:00 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  
(05-21-2013 03:48 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  In regards to the Big Ten not doing such a show, such shows do not exactly represent the conference in the light that the conference wishes to represented in, in my opinion. I am not saying they are making the best choice in that regard but the Big Ten rolls differently than the SEC does.

Also, the Big Ten markets are a lot more provincial in this regard because pro sports are much stronger in this region. The Chicago market, for example, has an allergic reaction to virtually all national sports radio programs besides maybe Mike and Mike (and even that's mitigated by the fact that Greenberg is a Northwestern grad whose pre-ESPN career was as a Chicago sports reporter and Golic is a Domer, so they talk about Chicago sports materially more than most national hosts)... and this is a place with two competing 50,000 watt all-sports stations going at each other. Forget about a Paul Finebaum-type around here that focuses upon college football - you can't even get Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd for more than an hour, Jim Rome or any of the other guys that I always hear people in other markets complaining about.

In Chicago, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Bears. In Wisconsin, a sports radio program MUST talk about the Packers. If you don't, you will eventually die. You might be able to get by with a show in the South that strictly talks about college football, but that won't work in most of the Midwest (as we're generally pro and college sports multi-taskers compared to the purely pro sports-oriented Northeast or the college sports-focused South).

OK, that makes sense, Frank. Sorry for the impulsive reaction, H1. I have a hard time taking off my Southern lenses sometimes! Maybe that is why College Gameday on ESPN is always featuring so many Southern schools in their promo material and stories. They know the midwest isn't tuning in, anyway.

The Midwest does tune in to college football at rates higher than anywhere other than the South, so GameDay still goes to Big Ten schools frequently and that's why the Big Ten TV contracts are the largest of any conference. It's just that the Midwest tunes in to NFL football at rates higher than anywhere else in the country on top of that. It also has several top 5 MLB, NBA, NHL and college basketball markets for viewership. That's what I meant by us being pro and college sports multi-taskers - we actually watch all sports across the board with fairly high intensity, so a radio show primarily focused on one sport would not work well here (with the flip side being that you also have to be well-versed in all pro and college sports to make it in Midwest sports radio - we don't have one-track sports minds).
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Very good points, H1 and Frank. Sports talk down here is about 90% college/pro football, 10% everything else except in Kentucky.
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