(01-24-2015 09:15 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  

(01-24-2015 09:12 PM)BucDoctor Wrote:  

(01-24-2015 08:51 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  

(01-24-2015 08:44 PM)etsubuc Wrote:  

(01-24-2015 04:39 PM)RodShaw2 Wrote:  Don Helman? lmao Don sucks more then Bill, they took his morning show away from him and stuck him on the weekends.

Moving Don Helman to the weekends was the worst mistake the station ever did. He is much better than Bill and will actually talk about local teams like ETSU even when he doesn't have a guest from that program on. If you notice, Don gets calls during his show while Bill just talks to himself and goes hours with no calls. Only the same 2-3 people ever call Bill's show.

Don never had the afternoon show, Bill has always taken that slot for himself going back to when it was on WJCW. So we really aren't comparing Don to Bill. But in the morning comparing Don to Bobby (who took over Don's time slot) Bobby is 100x better. Maybe move Bobby to the afternoon show and let Don have the morning but Don was always dull as dishwater to me. I could never listen to him, I was afraid it would put me to sleep that early in the morning.

Don used to cover for Bill in the afternoon before Bobby came along. Don got/took calls, Bill just talked and talked, etc. On another note, the main reason I listen to them is for the traffic updates. I need to know if there are issues on I-26, State of Franklin, etc.

Yeah Don would cover for Bill just like now Bobby covers for Bill in the afternoon and Bill covers for Bobby in the morning. I like Bobby in the morning it has the feel of a real sports show, and I prefer it when he is teamed up with Bud instead of Kenny.

That morning deal needs a third, someone local who has played something professionally but is younger. The Cumulus format seems to be successful with three person teams, a host, someone who's covered various sports, and an ex athlete (Doc, Jeff, and Heather notwithstanding, that show should be called the three putz'). Bill needs to hang it up. His show is terrible. I listened to it about a month ago, I wanted to stab my ears. Caller driven has only sort of worked in one place, and even it was more caller friendly than driven (Paul Finebaum). For some reason, that's what Bill thinks he is. If they took that timeslot and inserted personalities like Kasey Marler (Yes, I know he does news now), Jay, and a local name that people under the age of 50 know. Format a caller friendly show that focuses on NFL coverage, weekly call ins from people involved with the Titans, Falcons, Panthers, Redskins, and a national guy (John McClain from the Houston Chronicle is a great fit for this), have your Tennessee, SEC, Va. Tech ACC segments, and filter in ETSU as well, it would work. Most of all, have variety, have real information, not Gertbeef from Surgoinsville calling in to talk about the Volunteer/Cherokee basketball game.