Did Heather leave Doc, Jeff and Heather?

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jlindsa4 said:
She had a child
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Several years ago, I got absolutely trashed with her and a few of our mutual friends watching the Vandy game at Roosters. The thought of her procreating scares me a bit. That being said, I've not seen her in a while, maybe she's changed.
 
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Matt Moscona on 1045 espn baton rouge is really good. its a local lsu/saints talk but a very good show. I would love for him to be in Knoxville. Wouldn't be surprise if he moves on to bigger and better things outside of Baton rouge.
 
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The podcasts at rocky top insider are by far the best Tennessee football talk I think you can find
 
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White Bread said:
I don't understand the hate for Swain? I think he does a fine job, he's a VFL and loves Tennessee. He's a lot more knowledgeable than most of these cats doing sports radio. Ya know, because he actually played?
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The hate isn't for Swain himself, but for the show. Swain needs to be paired with someone who can handle running the show. Stokes can produce, he's great at that, but they need a serious lead man with them in the AM. Jason Bailey, for all his faults, was really good at keeping Ainge (who is fantastic) from straying too far down the rabbit hole. If Ainge wanted it, he has the talent and personality to be an ESPN-level on-air personality.

Their show (The Swain Event) is budget radio catering to the Big Orange Call-in faithful. They lean on (and it's not just them but almost all Knoxville radio) the callers for show flow and direction, which makes the show have zero depth.

That said, in this market, they rake during football season. But It's brutal radio between signing day and fall camp.
 
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utvols88 said:
Honestly it's not swain as much as it is that Stokes guy. His voice is nails on a chalkboard and he has nothing valuable to add but he talks like he does. I tried that show and didn't laat more than a couple days
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Is he the one that fanned the flames on that Butch Jones/Mack Crowder thing?
 
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PotS said:
The hate isn't for Swain himself, but for the show. Swain needs to be paired with someone who can handle running the show. Stokes can produce, he's great at that, but they need a serious lead man with them in the AM. Jason Bailey, for all his faults, was really good at keeping Ainge (who is fantastic) from straying too far down the rabbit hole. If Ainge wanted it, he has the talent and personality to be an ESPN-level on-air personality.

Their show (The Swain Event) is budget radio catering to the Big Orange Call-in faithful. They lean on (and it's not just them but almost all Knoxville radio) the callers for show flow and direction, which makes the show have zero depth.

That said, in this market, they rake during football season. But It's brutal radio between signing day and fall camp.
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Excellent post.

This guy knows his radio.

I know people hate Rome, but its why he used to rip on guys that talked about all the calls they take.

And don't get me started on how absolutely no one in Knoxville wants to screen calls...
 
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VersaceButch said:
I recently moved from Knoxville over to Nashville and I must say sports radio is like a whole different world here. So much more professional and more enjoyable to listen to. 104.5 The Zone is great. I love The Wake Up Zone and The Midday 180, and the actual radio hosts are more knowledgeable I feel like.

Just a breath of fresh air after the garbage we have in Knoxville minus a few voices. Jimmy is just too old school for my taste. His show is incredibly boring.
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Although I love 104.5, I find it funny they refer to Jimmy Hyams as a "UT Insider" he's about as inside as I am.:yahoo:
 
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PotS said:
The hate isn't for Swain himself, but for the show. Swain needs to be paired with someone who can handle running the show. Stokes can produce, he's great at that, but they need a serious lead man with them in the AM. Jason Bailey, for all his faults, was really good at keeping Ainge (who is fantastic) from straying too far down the rabbit hole. If Ainge wanted it, he has the talent and personality to be an ESPN-level on-air personality.

Their show (The Swain Event) is budget radio catering to the Big Orange Call-in faithful. They lean on (and it's not just them but almost all Knoxville radio) the callers for show flow and direction, which makes the show have zero depth.

That said, in this market, they rake during football season. But It's brutal radio between signing day and fall camp.
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Well said. There are only a few callers worth listening to and there are too many commercials that Swain is doing himself, obviously reading and adding enthusiasm that sounds manufactured to me.

Ainge on RockyTopInsider is the best.
 
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OrangeMagic said:
Well said. There are only a few callers worth listening to and there are too many commercials that Swain is doing himself, obviously reading and adding enthusiasm that sounds manufactured to me.

Ainge on RockyTopInsider is the best.
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You know you like turkey man!
 
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bignewt said:
Sports radio in Knoxville is horrendous. Instead of actually talking they would rather have mouth breathers call in and then go to endless commercials. If you want to hear how sports radio is supposed to sound, check out 1310 the ticket out of Dallas.
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Oh, you were a P1?
 
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I wish the whole show would go off the air. Doc's ego is way too big. He's never wrong. Ivan only stomach about 2 minutes of that show. Jason Swain has an awesome show. Love Tony Basillio too.
 
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Anybody who listens to sports talk radio--or any talk radio, for that matter (or any commercial radio), is crazy. First, for every hour of broadcast time I think you are listening to more than 30 minutes of commercials. Just so you are aware. I love the TV gimmick--and I think radio, too--of running ads/commercials for several minutes and then coming back to the broadcast, or PRETENDING TO: they come back and then the announcer talks for 15 seconds and it's back out for another 5 minutes of commercials! The 'ole "we're back but we're not" fakery.

Anybody of reasonable intelligence who follows sports knows as much--and, often, more--than the people on talk radio, who are just average joe's with opinions, and sometimes not very intelligence opinions. And, of course, getting former players is always a big thing with stations, even if the players know little or aren't very articulate. In D.C., which is very oriented to the Redskins, one station hired a former star linebacker to cost-host an afternoon drive-time show. The former player, who is no longer on the show, seemed decent enough--but he couldn't produce intelligent pro-football analysis--and he knew /absolutely nothing/ about any other sports. It was, "Listen to this show because we have a former star," though he knows nothing. Uh, no thanks. Try NPR and skip all the nonsense.
 
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armchair said:
Anybody who listens to sports talk radio--or any talk radio, for that matter (or any commercial radio), is crazy. First, for every hour of broadcast time I think you are listening to more than 30 minutes of commercials. Just so you are aware. I love the TV gimmick--and I think radio, too--of running ads/commercials for several minutes and then coming back to the broadcast, or PRETENDING TO: they come back and then the announcer talks for 15 seconds and it's back out for another 5 minutes of commercials! The 'ole "we're back but we're not" fakery.

Anybody of reasonable intelligence who follows sports knows as much--and, often, more--than the people on talk radio, who are just average joe's with opinions, and sometimes not very intelligence opinions. And, of course, getting former players is always a big thing with stations, even if the players know little or aren't very articulate. In D.C., which is very oriented to the Redskins, one station hired a former star linebacker to cost-host an afternoon drive-time show. The former player, who is no longer on the show, seemed decent enough--but he couldn't produce intelligent pro-football analysis--and he knew /absolutely nothing/ about any other sports. It was, "Listen to this show because we have a former star," though he knows nothing. Uh, no thanks. Try NPR and skip all the nonsense.
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Im pretty sure people listens to local radio to here about the team they root for and not here 3 hours of big10 and pac12 or why vandy sucks and lsu wants les gone.
 
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