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31GuardTrap said:
They already do this. They have the Football coach's show every Thursday of game week ( unless a Fri or Thurs game then it's Tues or Wed). Last year it was held at the Wood n Tap in Vernon. Not a lot of callers into that show all season. I was at every show except for 1. Hopefully, they hold it at Buff Wild Wings or somewhere else because it was the a very good setting for that kind of show. The promoters are definitely missing out on a fun night with this.
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They should move Diaco's show to The Rent... Do it in the Club Level bar area.
 
ZooCougar said:
I met Joe D at the UConn Basketball game at Ramstein a few years ago. Super nice guy. He didn't have anything nice to say about P, even though I didn't ask him directly. He just said that UConn needs to have good coaches if they ever want to get into a better conference. This was before the Louisville thing. Ever since then I have been a fan of his.
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I think Joe D. gets a bad wrap because while he is recognized as the Voice of the UConn Huskies, his paycheck is still signed by the Radio Station, which has a strategic alliance with the school. I think Joe D is handicapped in to a certain extent by his employer.

That said, I am listening right now on TuneIn Radio through my phone. It's not the same "on-air" content in terms of commercials as terrestrial radio, but given the timing during the first half hour, it seemed like WTIC was going to shoehorn this show into the same format as the Pastor and ex (and current) convict Governor format. When they were on, it seemed like every 10 minutes of actual time was comprised of an average of 4 minutes of original content, 4 minutes of commercials, and 2 minutes of traffic and weather (at least during the afternoon rush). They could never take more than one call and when they did, there could be no meaningful debate. They were always up against the break.

In the era of smart phones, Traffic and Weather on the 8s is an antiquated format.
 
He gets a deserved wrap because he big-times local guys while at the same time cowers to the national guys in Bristol.
 
Anything other than that gasbag Rowland and his best friend the preacher will be better. That was embarrassing that WTIC let the felon former governor preach his choices for future voting. Hopefully WTIC got the memo from the FCC.
 
A pleasure to have another sports talk option. I listened for 45 mins on the way home. The 'On the Eights' + commercials is a big handicap for callers. We'll be hearing a lot of just Joe D. and Gresh so they'd better be funny, fresh and good story tellers. Gresh was fresh to my ears. Joe D., for a media sports pro, knows a little about a lot but not a lot about anything non-UConn. Maybe Yanks but even for his (and mine) beloved Giants , his knowledge is not pro talk level. He is handicapped by working so much UConn but his toadiness is grating. Has to feel like the guys he covers think of him as one of the boys.
 
Husky25 said:
Other than UCONN Sports, WTIC is the radio equivalent of Fox News with more commercials.
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you don't like alternatives? are you part of the single voice crowd? everybody has to march / sing in unison?

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hope it works out for Joe D, exposure can't hurt
 
willie99 said:
you don't like alternatives? are you part of the single voice crowd? everybody has to march / sing in unison?

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Alternatives to good entertainment? Good radio? Alternative to what? I don't like WTIC (other than UConn sports) mainly because in any given 10 minute time frame there is only 4 minutes of original content (whatever that content may be), on average. The other six minutes (as I said above) is comprised of commercials or Traffic and Weather on the 8s.

Regarding your other insinuation, I was making an observation. WTIC airs Jim Vicevich, Rush Limbaugh and they used to have The pastor and ex- (& current) convict governor. They couldn't get farther to the right without falling off the edge of the Earth.
 
Joe D is an outstanding basketball play by play guy. Listening to other broadcasts, especially college broadcasts whether at top schools or not, makes clear just how good he is at it. Much less so with football.

That said, he's an awful talk radio host. Adding Gresh in all his obnoxiousness isn't going to fix that.
 
Husky25 said:
Alternatives to good entertainment? Good radio? Alternative to what? I don't like WTIC (other than UConn sports) mainly because in any given 10 minute time frame there is only 4 minutes of original content (whatever that content may be), on average. The other six minutes (as I said above) is comprised of commercials or Traffic and Weather on the 8s.

Regarding your other insinuation, I was making an observation. WTIC airs Jim Vicevich, Rush Limbaugh and they used to have The pastor and ex- (& current) convict governor. They couldn't get farther to the right without falling off the edge of the Earth.
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They also have delays of Sean Hannity later in the evening. Talk about the far right.
 
I'll prob catch flack for this but the Joe D. issue (being a homer for UConn b/c bascially that who he works for) is why I really used to like when Kevin Nathan was on more on WTIC, in addition to the Sports Talk show during the week, he also used to do the post-game show for the UConn Football games. Used to be nice to be able to call in and comiserate with other fans while driving home from The Rent or pos-game tailgating.
 
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J187Money said:
Lots of people listen to right wing talk.
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Way more people listen to right wing talk than left wing talk.

It is odd that Connecticut is supposed to be so liberal and the clear channel AM is 100% right wing.
 
SonsOfNutmeg said:
I'll prob catch flack for this but the Joe D. issue (being a homer for UConn b/c bascially that who he works for) is why I really used to like when Kevin Nathan was on more on WTIC, in addition to the Sports Talk show during the week, he also used to do the post-game show for the UConn Football games. Used to be nice to be able to call in and comiserate with other fans while driving home from The Rent or pos-game tailgating.
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As annoying as Kevin Nathan can be... he hosts a better talk show than Joe D.
 
Showballot said:
I've never heard Joe D in a radio show format, but I love him as a play-by-play guy. Why are people down on him?
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Let me count the ways.

Seldom knows when the play is technically over.
Zones out and starts the play by play 30 seconds after it starts
Has no idea of the majority of UConn FB player names involved in the action
Has a really poor announcing voice
Adds little value to what is actually happening on the field.

However as a guest host he interviews OK, throwing nice softballs to be answered, ala Terry Wogan (for any who watched his UK tv show).
 
I will agree that Joe has a good call for hoop. FB not so much
 
whaler11 said:
Way more people listen to right wing talk than left wing talk.

It is odd that Connecticut is supposed to be so liberal and the clear channel AM is 100% right wing.
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The people that would listen to left-leaning programming are not listening to AM radio . . .
 
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J187Money said:
They aren't listening to left-wing radio at all. Nobody listens to it, even where it exists (like on Sirius/XM).
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You miss my point, which is that the lack of listeners is due to the type of media, not the content.
 
Excalibur said:
You miss my point, which is that the lack of listeners is due to the type of media, not the content.
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You are missing my point. Not suggesting they should listen to AM radio, but they won't listen to the content anywhere, which is why the content isn't anywhere, because nobody can make money on it. And it isn't that they aren't listening to the radio, but maybe they all just prefer listening to Ariana Grande and Maroon 5.
 
J187Money said:
You are missing my point. Not suggesting they should listen to AM radio, but they won't listen to the content anywhere, which is why the content isn't anywhere, because nobody can make money on it. And it isn't that they aren't listening to the radio, but maybe they all just prefer listening to Ariana Grande and Maroon 5.
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Right. Because people who disagree with you are uninformed or misinformed. It is that assumption that has this country where it is politically.
 
If all media (other than WTIC1080 and Fox News) slants to the left, then doesn't it follow that who ever is listening to stations other than WTIC and Fox News - by definition - listen to left wing media?
 
Excalibur said:
Right. Because people who disagree with you are uninformed or misinformed. It is that assumption that has this country where it is politically.
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Well he is right on the topic. Maybe they all listen to NPR.
 
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whaler11 said:
Well he is right on the topic. Maybe they all listen to NPR.
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There is no left-leaning content anywhere? That is what he said.

If it's just that they're not listening to it on the radio, then my point stands -- it's the type of media, not the content.
 
Excalibur said:
There is no left-leaning content anywhere? That is what he said.

If it's just that they're not listening to it on the radio, then my point stands -- it's the type of media, not the content.
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He flat out said it exists on XM.

Nobody listens to it there either. It's not like there aren't liberals. They just don't seem to listen to radio talk shows.
 
Excalibur said:
Right. Because people who disagree with you are uninformed or misinformed. It is that assumption that has this country where it is politically.
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That's a reach. All I said is that liberal talk radio doesn't really exist because nobody can make money doing it. If you are disputing that, I'd love to understand why. In a mature business like radio, if there is $ in a particular format I'm pretty sure that someone will put programming on the air.

Further, that's why right wing talk radio exists. Because it is profitable. It isn't that hard to understand.
 
NEforceUConn said:
Let me count the ways.

Seldom knows when the play is technically over.
Zones out and starts the play by play 30 seconds after it starts
Has no idea of the majority of UConn FB player names involved in the action
Has a really poor announcing voice
Adds little value to what is actually happening on the field.

However as a guest host he interviews OK, throwing nice softballs to be answered, ala Terry Wogan (for any who watched his UK tv show).
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He may have the worst announcing voice in all of football. Ever hear the play of the game at the Rent ? It's worse than nails on a chalk board.Wayne Norman should do the play by play.Great voice to listen to.
 
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