As foreshadowed by my earlier post today, there were some major changes and deletions made at Fox Sports Radio and L.A. sports radio station KLAC-AM today. Numerous on-air personalities at FSR were let go, replaced by KLAC talent who will now be syndicated nationally.
(Apparently Myers’ own co-host candidate, SbB Girl Erin, was shot down)
Some of the changes confirmed by an industry source:
FSR’s Craig Shemon and James Washington Show (9a-noon ET) show has been dropped. Dan Patrick’s Show will fill the void, now syndicated by Premiere Networks.
FSR’s Andrew Siciliano and Krystal Fernandez Show (7p-10p ET) show has been dropped. Show will be replaced by KLAC’s “PMS” Show (Petros Papadakis and Matt “Money” Smith)
KLAC’s Steve Hartman and Vic Jacobs, formerly the station’s “Loose Cannons”, will now co-host national FSR show with Chris Myers from 3-7p ET. Myers’ former co-host, Sean Farnham, moves to FSR weekends. Mychal Thompson, part of the Loose Cannons L.A. show, has been dropped.
FSR’s Overnight show with Ben Maller has also been dropped.
Now word yet on the shows by J.T. The Brick and Steve Czaban but it appears they will remain intact for now.
Pretty radical changes by Clear Channel’s FSR syndicator, Premiere Networks in Los Angeles.
So who was behind the changes?
FSR had previously been unable to get much clearance for its network shows on local L.A. station (and CC-owned) KLAC, so it appears that Clear Channel corporate stepped in and forced the merger - and subsequent clearance. Since the “PMS” and “Loose Cannons” shows were very SoCal-centric, it will be very interesting to see how they do nationally.
Charlie Rahilly, a former L.A. CC exec, is now running Premiere and was obviously also in on the changes. The moves look good superficially for FSR, as now they’ve got shows running live in the L.A. market throughout the day. But since KLAC recently lost the Lakers, that might not be as lucrative a prospect as you think.
This shuffling is also about cost-cutting and a last, desperate stab by Fox Sports Radio at getting more clearance on local stations around the country. I have a feeling that this all may be a prelude to the eventual demise of FSR. But I hope not, since the more sports radio programming out there we have, the better.
More observations on the move:
It was sad to hear that Siciliano was let go by FSR, but it’s probably a blessing for him. He wasn’t cleared live in most major markets by legit stations, and this might lead to him getting more exposure in a subsequent gig. He’s one of the more underrated sports media talents out there. I’d love to see him get picked up by ESPN Radio, he deserves a larger platform.
Also departing Fox Sports Radio weekends is Jorge Sedano, who has a solid gig at WAXY-AM in Miami as a midday host. Watch out for Sedano, I have a feeling you’re going to be hearing (and seeing) a lot more of him in the future. He might be the breakout sports media star in 2009, and you read that here first.
The move is certainly a positive for Patrick, but he won’t pick up that many more stations as Shemon and Washington’s Show wasn’t cleared much besides Fox Sports Radio-devoted affiliates. Thank god for those SI-signed checks!
I feel bad for Papadakis, as I know he wasn’t all that interested in doing a national show, but perhaps the PMS thing will take hold around the country. Papadakis and Smith have filled in quite a bit for Jim Rome the past two years and PMS certainly has done well in the Los Angeles radio ratings since its inception. Smith is another guy like Siciliano, a real talent who deserves more notice. If you don’t know him from KLAC or Rome, you’ve probably heard his voice on NFL Network.
I’m also intrigued by the pairing of Hartman and Myers, who are both lead hosts. It’ll be interesting to see if they can co-exist. I’ve co-hosted shows with Myers in the past, and knowing his professionalism, I think they’ll get along fine. Whether that translates to a compelling show remains to be seen. I tend to doubt it, as the two guys are too similar in their tastes.
For those of you outside of Los Angeles, and the radio know for that matter, I understand this is all pretty damn complicated and largely irrelevant. But I’m a radio geek at heart - so thanks for indulging me.
UPDATE: I’ve been informed tonight that Tony Bruno, who recently launched a new evening show called “Into The Night” via national syndicator Content Factory, has been dropped by KLAC presumably in favor of Fox Sports Radio’s J.T. The Brick.
I don’t have official word on when all these changes will go into effect, but prevailing wisdom is most everything will be in place on-air by Monday.
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9:17 pm on January 20th, 2009
I can't believe they Dropped Mychael Thompson!
9:19 pm on January 20th, 2009
Ed: Why, Thompson is HORRIBLE!
Almost as bad on sports talk as he is on Lakers radio.
9:26 pm on January 20th, 2009
Petros is actually a very funny guy. Hope the rest of the country enjoys his humor.
9:28 pm on January 20th, 2009
Petros Papadakis? Wasn't he the grandfather on "Webster"?
9:30 pm on January 20th, 2009
Petros is a jackass. Can't stand his fat ass.
9:40 pm on January 20th, 2009
Well that sucks. ZERO local shows on 570 now? Holy schnikes.
9:40 pm on January 20th, 2009
good riddance to ben maller, a fat ass rumor monger and who laughed at other people problems
9:43 pm on January 20th, 2009
Sad, very sad. Clear Channel is treating LA like its Fresno.
10:03 pm on January 20th, 2009
Brooks says 'foreshadowed' - as in 'someone called him and spilled the beans'. Look out Woodward and Bernstein!
Too bad Hartman didn't go. And MT wasn't great - but he was a counterbalance to those two nitwits. Petros and his Birkenstock Socialist buddy Smith are either real good or real bad. Sometimes they seem to forget it's about sports - don't mind a few cultural references, but they'll go on forever about ridiculous stuff. If they don't reign that in their show will bomb in a large the majority of the country.
11:19 pm on January 20th, 2009
Hartman is a no talent egomaniac blowhard that likes the sound of his own voice
11:32 pm on January 20th, 2009
been listening to the loose cannons for almost 6 years down here in San Diego. I loved that show….it's not gonna be the same without MT. Vic is NOT gonna succeed nationally, he's too So-Cal, and the fans around LA love him for it! I hope PMS does well, they crack me up on the way home.
2:38 am on January 21st, 2009
Gosh, this is horrible news. The Dan Patrick Show is horrid (bumped the 1st hr of Jim Rome in Nashville). Petros is fine in small doses, like Money ok.The real shame in all this is FSR losing Ben Maller, Andrew Siciliano, and Jorge Sedano. I'm depressed about losing Maller from my overnights, and Siciliano from my early nights. I thought I'd miss Sedano more when his Miami gig improved, but catching him on Sunday nights was enough.Sedano at least makes sense–why pay a guy for one 3hr shift a week, especially to talk to Ray Buchannan? And he has a job already.What's ridiculous is that Maller's show at least seemed to be doing well nationally. I just don't get it. What really bums me out is the thought of having to settle for ESPN when I move to DC next week. Their radio talent has gone to pot over the past 4 yrs. Here's hoping Mad Dog can take these spare parts and hire them to SiriusXM.
3:06 am on January 21st, 2009
Hartman and Meyers is an abortion waiting to be sloughed off. Putting the two of them together is about as fantastic an idea as putting ManCow on an LA sports station or putting Tracy Simers in morning drive (hopefully CC fired Don Martin… he's been brain dead for years). Thomson was dead weight collecting a paycheck, hired because Hartman is too insecure to have a partner who can challange him. Siciliano
deserves better. Sedano is a dull-witted hack who knows nothing outside of Florida sports (and he's even marginal there). Petros is one
of the best college football analyst working today… unfortunately for him and the listeners the season is only 4.5 months. Poor
Bruno got dumped after less than 4 months of employment? I hope he still has his 30 minutes a day with Gary Radnich (now THAT is radio gold). Any chance 710 gets rid of their local d-bags in favor of the national feed? Denholm and Long? Really? In the second largest market in the country?
4:25 am on January 21st, 2009
It could be worse…You could live in San Diego, where one sports channel dumped all their local talent and the other is now stripped out of all their well paid hosts. I was counting on 570 to carry me thru. The bad economy has now hit home. FU bushy. Thanks.
5:53 am on January 21st, 2009
Don Martin will now be the P.D. of both Fox Sports Radio and KLAC and both will suffer for it. I agree with Brooks that most likely Fox Sports Radio will go bye bye sometime this year or early next year joining the ranks of the defunct SportsFan radio network and one-on-one sports. I could see Ben Maller landing at Sportingnews radio which is based in L.A., but has no local station. The only local sports talk left will be on KLAA and most of L.A. can't get that station. Many people we have come to enjoy in L.A. sports talk radio are now out of job and I don't see most of them coming back. Consolidation can be a beautiful thing…. NOT!!!!
6:40 am on January 21st, 2009
Wasn't "Into the Night w/ Tony Bruno" another one of Don Martin's ideas? I see that Tim Cates was let go. What will happen to the rest of the folks at KLAC? Joe Grande, I.Lowenkron? Did they make it?
VtB's schtick will be a fish out of water across the nation, he may have had a gig in Dallas way back when, but that faux eastern philosophy and selective political correctness is highly irritating and won't work for long.
Hartman and Myers? You mean Steve doesn't get forty-five weeks to select his next partner? No more berating of the co-hosts and seizing absolute control by stepping all over them (only vtb deserves to be stepped on)? Oh da horror!
At this rate, it won't be long before FSR is gone too.
6:40 am on January 21st, 2009
(1) Petros and Money are the worst!!!!!! They will ramble about about music, movies, and today weathercasters and P's condo problem w/o any hint of talking about sports - on the 2nd full day of the Super Bowl weeks and 1 day after LeBron and Kobe in their own market/station. They must think they are 2 morning FM djs with an Idaho captive audience. Not funny, not informative.
(2) Loose Cannons are just talkers just wanting to hear their own voices. VTB is laughable and not even credible. SH just likes to stir the pot. MT tries to be reasonable to the extremes around him, but doesn't bring any substance to the table.
(3) Tony Bruno is a shell of his former self.
(4) While travelling outside of the LA market, I have heard FSR and I don't think that it was anything spectacular. No real love for Andrew S., but I think the distaste comes from the Tony Bruno days that shows AS as a good sidekick but not a lead.
(5) The true loss is to local LA sports radio, always proclaimed as the #2 media market with only 1 local sports radio KLAA, will have no local mid-morning, only 1 afternoon (the superb Mason & Ireland), and 2 late afternoon and evening. The winner will be A Moreno and the Angels as he may be able to expand his reach and signal to feed the local sports talk airwaves.
9:00 am on January 21st, 2009
Mychal Thompson is terrible. He is one of the reasons why I don't listen to Lakers games on the radio, too bad he will still be their a color commentator. I enjoy Money doing the Lakers pre and post game show. Petros I can do without.
So much for Tony Bruno making a comeback, that didn't last to long. Honestly, i would rather listen to Big Joe. SbB didn't mention that Tim Cates also got the axe, but what about Joe Grande? L.A. sports radio isn't what it used to be. Who would have thought that Rodger Lodge and Dave Smith would be leading the local sports talk scene.
9:59 am on January 21st, 2009
You're just trying to capitalize on our ESPN radio shakeup! http://cursedcleveland.blogspot.com/2009/01/espn-radio-shakeup.html
Great article though, love the Czabe!
10:48 am on January 21st, 2009
PMS is great radio. It's not great sports radio, but I'm fine with that. I enjoy all the non-sports grab-ass they partake in. I'm afraid syndication will change the show for the worse.
Mychal Thompson is worthless, but at least he doesn't make change the station like Vic. Doesn't matter who they replaced Mychal with, if Vic is on the show, I'm not listening.
11:34 am on January 21st, 2009
Hopefully, Czabe's show will remain intact. The rest of the lineup was getting stale, if not grating. BTW Myers is an arrogant prick who gets defensive with guests and callers (e.g. Landry) at even the slightest hint of disagreement. The shakeup was long overdue, regardless of the motive.
1:15 pm on January 21st, 2009
I like Tony Bruno. I wish they'd pick him up in Salt Lake City.
1:23 pm on January 21st, 2009
sdfd
1:47 pm on January 21st, 2009
I don't think Grande and Isaac "the 30 year old virgin" Lowerkrawn made it. Also lost in all of this is Lee Klein. I'm assuming he is out as well. I can't remember a time when so many well known sports personalities were out of work. They'd better manage their savings well because I don't see most of these people coming back onto the L.A. airwaves. KLAA will remain a part-time sports station in the Angels off-season. Artie Moreno & Dennis Kuhl are using one person for both morning and afternoon drive in Dave Smith and filling the rest of the day with paid programming. 710 will become the dominant sports station in the marketplace with mostly syndicated programming as well and the Lakers joining the station in the fall. The days of a true local sports station from morning until night like the old XTRA Sports 690 are over!
2:08 pm on January 21st, 2009
Tom Hoffarth is reporting that Vic Jacobs has been demoted back to an update guy on both the new Hartman-Meyers show and PMS. That's gotta sting!
2:31 pm on January 21st, 2009
Of course Vic is going to be an update guy… Meyers can't be expected to ineract with a chimp. I wonder how he'll stomach Hartman. I suspect that Hartman is enough of a servile company douche (witness his TV persona with Jim Hill) that he'll let Meyers be Meyers. Meyers' national cred trumps Hartman's lording over dimwit co-hosts in a local market oblivious to sports. Grande??? Who the F cares? The most interesting thing about him is that some idiot thought he'd work in afternoon drive. Why is Don Martin still employed?Is Hacksaw bagging groceries?
3:06 pm on January 21st, 2009
Joe Grande makes me pine for Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton.
3:08 pm on January 21st, 2009
Just heard the intro on Hartman & Myers Show…they did say "with updates from Vic the Brick"….this isn't gonna work haha
3:18 pm on January 21st, 2009
National Sports radio is garbage. The Los Angeles market deserves better than this crap. I hope 830 am picks up Vic, The Big Nasty Joe, and somehow Hartman gets out of that contract and comes back to his bread and butter SO CAL Sports talk….. I can't listen to Dallas Cowboys crap when I am expecting Lakers talk…This is a huge void right now, and someone needs to step up…Its up to you Arte Moreno!
3:21 pm on January 21st, 2009
Vic the brick back to updates…man thats gotta sting bad. VTB is way to local and entertaining for some BS updates…Clear channel is ruining a good thing.
3:21 pm on January 21st, 2009
PMS is great. Hope the national exposure dosent water it down. Now if KLAC could just eliminate Vic the brick, the station would not suck anymore!
3:40 pm on January 21st, 2009
If I wanted to listen to Chris Meyers I would have tuned into the old FSR. This is awful for local LA fans. I expect at least a half hour of arguing among Vic, Mychal and Steve about the Lakers when I first tune in. How terrible. That part time station should spend some dough and re-hire the LA guys
3:42 pm on January 21st, 2009
I doubt you'll see Joe Mc D at AM 830. That ship has sailed! He was nearly hired for afternoon drive but Don Martin would not let him out of his contract at KLAC and then he ended up firing the guy. Don was very angry about Joe actively talking to another station while working at KLAC. KLAA went on to hire a much better host than Joe in Dave Smith. Artie is saving money by having one guy work both morning and afternoon drive. KLAC also basically gave a collective F -U to the Lakers going national. The station will no longer be built around Lakers radio 24/7. I haven't heard Vic doing updates. Maybe he won't be heard doing updates in L.A. because Don Martin also had the brilliant idea of not having any updates on the station.
3:45 pm on January 21st, 2009
For the Hacksaw lovers.. he is over at SiriusXm satellite radio now. I wonder if he took his high-speed sportswire with him! haha
3:53 pm on January 21st, 2009
This show is garbage now. Hartman doesn't even sound like himself. Dallas Cowboys talk? are you kidding me? Get this off LA radio now! Don Martin = Public enemy #!
The man responsible for no more Local Laker talk.
4:03 pm on January 21st, 2009
Yea I cosign what VTB said….I'm not one of those "I Will never listen again!" guys but I closed the stream box here after the first segment. Hartman sounds nothing like himself
4:13 pm on January 21st, 2009
KLAC is finished! Here in L.A. we don't want to hear about the cleveland browns or montana state football. WE want lakers, USC, UCLA, Dodgers, Angels. a.m. 710 (mason & Ireland) will now thrive. Chris myers is pathetic.
4:24 pm on January 21st, 2009
Chris Meyers & Hartman together is already the worst radio show I've ever heard. Vic doing updates??? Whoever is responsible for this is going to regret it. Every person at my office has already changed to 710. I give it about 6 weeks before changes are made. This is L.A. not Bakersfield.
4:36 pm on January 21st, 2009
Guys this is all pointing to the eventual demise of KLAC & Fox Sports Radio as Brooks said.
4:40 pm on January 21st, 2009
please tell me this is just a bad dream. I must thank chris meyers though, every time he talks, he puts my children to sleep. Bring back the "Loose Cannons". Hell, I'll even take Hacksaw over this.
4:44 pm on January 21st, 2009
I just checked on the fox sports radio website and Vic is NOT doing the updates today.. you can go to foxsports.com/radio and listen online. The updates are not airing in L.A. on KLAC.
5:16 pm on January 21st, 2009
Ashley Russell is the best thing that's ever happened to sports reporting
7:14 pm on January 21st, 2009
NEWSFLASH IDIOTS: LA Sports talk has sucked for years. The fact it's going national is a blessing! Can you monkeys really stand 7 hours about Kobe's pinky? Hartman isn't himself?! FANTASTIC!!! Hartman being himself sucks (BTW, he forgot how to be himself years ago.. what you think is himself is shtick). Yes, Meyers & Hartman is a trainwreck… just lose Hartman and problem solved. I'm sad that FSR is dying on the vine b/c the alternative, ESPN radio, is a bunch of jock licking shills who need clearance to open their mouths. Local ESPN is completely unlistenable. FSR has some credibiltiy… but not unloading Martin is clearly a sign of incompetence. And why the F would anyone care what Vic is or isn't doing?
9:58 pm on January 21st, 2009
Really don;t get all the love Money gets.
He’s like the guy who tries to prove he’s cool by shilling his “LOLOLAWESOME” stories every chance he gets.And yes, he gives the stupid “He’s like the….” at least 2 times an hour
11:47 pm on January 21st, 2009
Hartman already cut off Myers mid-sentence numerous times during their first broadcast to get his word in. This pairing won't last beyond February.
11:47 pm on January 21st, 2009
HEY BUDDY, I'm talking to you lord Com. Vic is my good friend, and I do care what he is doing. You must be like the bamboo Lord Com, bend but do not break with your emotions. You must be like the ancient japanese warrior, live through death and show no fear. FEELING YOU!!!!
12:17 am on January 22nd, 2009
THANK GOD SEDANO GOT FIRED !!!!! NO TALENT , NO INTEGRITY , BROOkS YOUR CRAZY < THIS GUYS A TOOL
12:26 am on January 22nd, 2009
If sedano was going to be a breakout star he wouldnt have just gotten FIRED , hahaha, secondly the only reason you say that is cuz he promotes you on his show which i have the PLEASURE of changing when it comes on everyday , sedano is a rude idiot who deserves what he got , and speaking on behalf of me and my friends , hahahahaha
12:53 am on January 22nd, 2009
Real nice people here who enjoy when other people get fired. Don't lie… you have no friends (ha ha ha). Karma will repay the favor to you I'm sure.
1:02 am on January 22nd, 2009
I'll miss FSR in general. Andrew Siciliano should end up on ESPN he's a good broadcaster and just comes off as a total professional. Maller & his show should go to satellite. Sedano is good man. You guys are tools. I loved him at night and when he left to work in Miami I followed him there too. Never really heard Shemon & Washington, but hope the best for them as well.
1:52 am on January 22nd, 2009
Siciliano will be missed he was great , Sedano SUCKED , good riddance , as for the brick m hope hes stayin
2:51 am on January 22nd, 2009
I suspect Ireland and Mason will see a boost in their ratings. KLAC just executed themselves. No way in hell is Meyers and Hartman going to work. Hartman is an myopic maniac who loves to hear his own voice over everyone else. MT had nothing to lose here, he knew ESPN had picked up the Lakers for next fall anyway. Things are already in the works for local stuff on 710 next fall. PMS will be off the air within months…….bank on it. This is a chance for AM 830 to seize this market but Moreno is too cheap.
2:14 pm on January 22nd, 2009
Don Martin not only killed the Loos Cannons, he 'double tea-bagged' them after the fact. First time ever I felt sorry for Hartman (fav part of Meyers saying "Dean Money Smith"…). Yes the LC's were a bunch of dummies, but that was the point. PMS sounded awkward as well. It was like 'hey, were still gonna do our show, ok! Ok? Ok? Is this ok????" Hi-Five to Don Martin, first time I've ever wondered 'what's frosty, heidi, and frank talking about today???'….
3:55 pm on January 22nd, 2009
I’ve been a ‘Loose Cannon’ listener in it’s various incarnations for well-over a decade. Steve Hartman is a great host, but how will he work as Chris Myers support-host? It is the ‘Chris Myers and Steve Hartman’ show after all. Well, after one day it seems to be a disaster. Chris Myers is too dry, whereas Steve Hartman is a stats guy and very dry himself. Mychal Thompson and Vic ‘The Brick’ Jacobs would needle Hartman and the contrast between the three of them made for very entertaining radio, however Chris and Steve are both dry so this should be painful.
FSR kept the wrong personalities, it should have been a combination of Jorge Sedano, Ben Maller and Andrew Siciliano - NOT Dan Patrick or Chris Myers who are human equivalents of sleep-aid!
So is this what FSR is now going to be now?
Dan Patrick is unlistenable. Very boring show.
Jim Rome’s gig is getting old, I’ve stopped mostly listening to it after almost 15 years of steady listening because it seems so formulaic after these years. It just gets old hearing the same ‘Rome-isms’
The new Chris Myers-Steve Hartman show is most likely not going to work.
Petros & Money’s PMS show is a very L.A.-centric show, how this will play over a wider nationwide audience is yet to be seen. They spend whole segments talking about very quirky stuff, like ’70’s belt styles for instance. It is only about 50% sports, people will either love them or hate them, no middle ground.
Hopefully J.T. the Brick stays, his was a fun show.
Now, here’s what should of happened:
Jorge Sedano should have been paired with Andrew Bruno in the morning.
Jim Rome Show
Ben Maller, Steve Hartman, Vic ‘The Brick’ Jacobs, Mychal Thompson.
Andrew Siciliano should have remained, possibly paired with Ben Maller or Andrew Bruno.
PMS show is alright, hopefully it catches on.
J.T. The Brick, maybe moved a little later.
Put Dan Patrick and Chris Myers on overnight. They are simply big names, but not big talents. They both suck.
THIS lineup woulda ruled. Unfortunately, they threw out the best and kept the worst. Sad for them but I guess it’s political radio for me from now on. sad, sad, sad….
5:11 pm on January 22nd, 2009
I just don't get how a station carrying the lakers (the most popular team in-town) can't make a buck without having to "go national"…
7:10 pm on January 22nd, 2009
Who in the hell is Andrew Bruno?
11:08 am on January 23rd, 2009
hehe, meant TONY bruno…
however if we were to merge Andrew Siciliano and Tony Bruno then - walla! It’s Andrew Bruno!
12:39 pm on January 23rd, 2009
Did Joe Grande & Isaac Lowenkron get sacked??????
4:10 pm on February 2nd, 2009
Czaben has the best show going IMO, very entertaining and not arrogant like other broadcasters who should just stick to TV.
8:05 pm on February 2nd, 2009
Here is the problem.
Your not going to have the same radio shows like you used to have. Look at your super bowl commericals. They are dry and stale just like LA radio. Everyone is being stagnate to keep the money that they have coming to them until the economy gets better.
KLAC 570 is finished as #1 radio station in Southern California. Once you take fresh, local radio and make it national, people turn it off because no one cares about Nashville TN when your in LA. Unless one of our local teams is playing a game there, no one cares.
When you make that many changes in last 2 years, (Thompson out except for his contract with the Lakers )shows me that it is over. The problem started when KLAC brought in Patrick. Then Bruno. Bruno was a horrible pickup. You got rid of McDonnell (either way he was better than Bruno) Then Lee Klein ( he could have been prejudice but people tuned in.) When they started. it was all local!
My point is local people want to hear from local hosts about their team.
Here is who is available:
1) Bill Werndl: Is he going to Xtra 1360 or back to Philly?
2) Joe McDonnell?? Is he going to San Diego now or out of state?
3) Hacksaw has XM show and does a weekly spot in Vancouver BC for the Team 1040 www.team1040.ca with Rick Ball will he go back to being a host on the XX Radio?
4) Vic The Brick is a nice man ( confused though… Can you be a follower of peace but then wants to fight people???) Is he going to be a update guy and that's it? With all that leeway he had on the radio, looks like they are slowly laying him off too! too bad for him!!! Some people would say he went over the top of Hartman alot and thought it was his show. Thompson was only interested in Lakers basketball.
The radio will lose a lot of team chemistry with al the people they are losing and that will show in the ratings. Get used to the 1.0-1.5 KLAC
The XX Sports radio ( Mighty 1090) fired people too. Billy Werndl is out and tutino. Big contracts are out and merging to save money is in.
Only station doing good is ESPN radio 710
12:17 pm on March 9th, 2009
I'm really bored by Myers and Hartman. I like Steve even though he does like the sound of his own voice. But he's knowledgeable and fun. Myers is really dull. I really miss the Loose Cannons!!! That was my favorite radio show. Vic got on my nerves but Mychal was the perfect balance to Steve. I can only take small doses of PMS. Petros's voice is like nails on a chalkboard. I have always hated Rome. What an ego and NOT funny! I get embarrassed for all his listeners trying to use the jargon and please him. Ugh.
12:19 pm on March 9th, 2009
I'm really bored by Myers and Hartman. I like Steve even though he does like the sound of his own voice. But he's knowledgeable and fun. Myers is really dull. I really miss the Loose Cannons!!! That was my favorite radio show. Vic got on my nerves but Mychal was the perfect balance to Steve. I can only take small doses of PMS. Petros's voice is like nails on a chalkboard. I have always hated Rome. What an ego and NOT funny! I get embarrassed for all his listeners trying to use the jargon and please him. Ugh.
As a woman who loves sports but doesn't know as much about them as some, I love to learn about sports but be entertained, too.
I wish somehow they'd bring back the Cannons.
9:18 am on June 12th, 2009
I hate fox radio now it was cool back when they had the Dave Smith show which was my favorite show. Rome to me is played out not the same impact no more. Fox Sports Radio sucks the thing I like about the Dave Smith show is he focus on sports not no hollywood actors! That Petro and Money Show is a joke all they talk about is Hollywood actor stuff. I want to hear sports not no Hollywood crap!
9:19 pm on July 27th, 2009
Brooks, not a bad idea for you to get back on the air two nights a week. It’s obvious you want to do it. And it will keep you in the loop so you’ll snag important details about whose peeping on who these days at ESPN. C’mon, if listeners are paying 12 bucks a month to hear Hacksaw Hamilton on Sirius then there’s gotta be a slot for you somewhere..