[Houston Press] Sports talk radio stations fight for listeners in Houston

we have four? dang.

kilt- ok but shuffling too much after john and lance bolted

kbme- really really bad, but worth listening to from 3-7 (CP all the way)

97.5- nice sound quality, but who cares?

1560- not on yet (obviously) but still strange... i know they have paki/indian programming on there, i guess they wont anymore?

either way- im starting to lose interest in sports radio... too much trash.

john mcclain isnt worth talking to about anything except football. the sooner he and KILT realize this, the better it is for everyone. davies and dukes is horrible.

and most importantly- dallas SUCKS. no matter how much $$ they make

 

i miss john and lance

 

that was a pretty good column. I'm surprised they didn't mention 97.5's local show.

 

I called into a sports talk radio show a couple of times, and I have to say...

...it felt like a complete waste of my time. I didn't learn anything new or gain any fresh perspective from the radio guys. Similarly, the rude and inconsiderate radio people seemed to to have absolutely no care as to what I had to say (and I tried very hard not to be a stereotypical stupid caller).

Afterwards, I just felt like I had wasted time listening to the show, and waiting to call in. Since then, I neither listen or call.

Has that happened to any of you guys?

 

these pretty much sum of clutchfans these days...except for number 4. hell, i'm a UH alumni and even i understand why they don't talk about UH.

 

Why bother? Rather than stay on hold forever waiting for a radio jock to take my call, I could post my question to an online sports forum in a fraction of the time. Plus, using the Internet, I'll most likely get the same quality (if not better) answer than I would if, oh, say, Richard Justice took my call on the radio.

 

I agree. After calling in once or twice, I don't understand why ANYONE would want to call in to a radio station.

 

you get a lot more insight on clutchfans for sure.

 

Very good write-up. Maybe 97.5 could be put to sleep so espn radio could go to another station. Looks like AM610 and AM790 aren't going anywhere and who knows how this KILE experiment will work out. If Granato and "guy talk" dominate it I will never listen.

 

I see someone took my advice on hiring Hit...errr...Roberts to do a radio segment. I told Chance to do it a few months back, but I guess 790 is in more of an 'experimental' phase to try and see what works.

You can count on me to give CR a few tries, I used to be a big fan back in his KPRC Ch. 2 days...

 

well I'm a dork who calls in about once a month, you can tell by my post count I have an opinion on everything.


anyway my favorite call in moment, when palilo, whom I like, was still on 610, mcclain was talking about steve mcnair and chris chandler when the titans went to the superbowl. mcclain was talking about how chandler didn't want to help mcnair become a better qb, kind of understandable since they were competitors for the same job.

anyway mcclain goes off on how chandler was arrogant, and condescending and thought he was smarter than everyone else. I had already been on hold so when they came to me I say, "john, you sure that qb wasn't named charlie palilo". I've honestly never heard charlie so upset, and he didn't say anything in response, only "right back at you bud" when I hung up.

 

Agreed completely. The only other thing I dislike about that show is the sheer volume of repetition when it comes to the phone number and info about the website/blog. Do they have a quota or something? They must mention the blog every 3 minutes and repeat the phone number 1000 times in a single broadcast.

Other than that, I actually like the show even though I almost always disagree with Lopez.

 

With 4 Stations, I'm sure one of them can have a Clutchfans radio show. C'mon tinman, I'd listen to you.

 

That was you??!!!!

 

You don't enjoy his moview reviews and his thoughts on the film industry?

 

Unfortunately, the introduction of 3 new sports stations to 610 has only served to dilute the quality of the sports talk shows. I think a little sports radio contraction is in order.
CP is obviously the best host we have.
I think Lance Z is a strong #2 and I hope he comes back to the morning soon because Marc & Andre just aren't cutting it.
Matt Jackson is solid and fine in his slot in the afternoon.
I actually like Teddy D's enthusiasm and comments.
Pretty much everyone else stinks, esp. Davies & Lopez.

 

I love Charlie's show, especially back when he co-hosted on 610, but that is freaking HILARIOUS