Shame on A to Z sports - Nashville Radio

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ScreaminVolHawkins said:
It's mid-august and they are a sports program based out of Nashville. An agent of the media announced earlier in the day that UT's most talented receiver was injured and could be out of the season. If you cant see that that is material worthy of discussion then I'm hoping you are not an alum of this university - or hell, anywhere. That someone has a college degree and cant understand how this story is news on a sports radio station in tennessee is almost unbelievable
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Also, there is a huge difference between reporting a players injury and following up that specifics to the severity haven't been publically reported, then playing a scale of 1 to 10 game making the assumption the player is seriously injured and will miss the season.

It's irresponsible at the very least. Or, it's media malpractice!
 
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madbamahater said:
As stated before it was voice to text.

I've never been able to say "threw" without it always typing "through".

I was in car sorry I didn't proof read.

Thank goodness this is a message board though....
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Get with the program, man. This is English Comp 1 and we mean business. So, you had just better watch for split infinitives and start justifying the right or there will be some hell to pay. :realmad:
 
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madbamahater said:
94.9 in Nashville has a morning show, A to Z Sports, hosted by Austin Stanley and Zach Bingham.

Well, on the drive in they had a long segment about 2 specific players and their supposed injuries.

They had callers to call in and rate on a scale of 1 to 10 which player's (North for Tennessee and Duncan for Vandie) "season ending injury" was more of a blow to their respective team and team's season.

Here is the problem.....Although they threw in the "what if" and "if reports are true" in regards to North's supposed injury, they continually and repeatedly went on as if he were already ruled out for the entire season.

I thought it was really done in poor taste was was pretty petty and almost sickening behavior.

I generally like their show and it is certainly more entertaining than Stillman and Callahan was. But, I just had to turn it off. I was like wtf???? We don't even know the slightest news about North yet (this morning)

I hope that they publicly apologize tomorrow morning to North and his family and also their audience for painting the perception that North was seriously injured and out for the year.
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The irony is that Austin tweeted out later about jones comment and didn't acknowledge the fact his show ran with an unsubstantiated rumor. This show and stillman show are obviously going the lets be negative about Titans and vols to get their ratings up.
 
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ScreaminVolHawkins said:
It's mid-august and they are a sports program based out of Nashville. An agent of the media announced earlier in the day that UT's most talented receiver was injured and could be out of the season. If you cant see that that is material worthy of discussion then I'm hoping you are not an alum of this university - or hell, anywhere. That someone has a college degree and cant understand how this story is news on a sports radio station in tennessee is almost unbelievable
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It boils down to credibility. It most definitely is news worthy of discussion if and only if reporting "journalists" had verified their facts first. Unfortunately, media representatives rush headlong in their quest to be the "firstest with the mostest," without adequate concern for factual accuracy. If they turn out to be way off base, we rarely receive a genuine apology, just an "oops sorry about that," if we are, indeed, that fortunate.
 
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madbamahater said:
When you are posting this while in car and typing at red lights and voice texting while driving, sometimes you come up with the mispelled choice word.
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Ah, but I never text and drive, and having had to break two teenage daughters from doing so, have little to no sympathy for someone who does.

Also keeps me from...you know...dying or anything.

:jpshakehead:
 
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UTRocky said:
That's why you don't listen to that crap, plenty of other decent channels to listen to in Nashville besides that pile of crap
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You're kidding right? There's far from plenty. Nashville radio blows. Specifically it blows the Titans and Vandy, all day every day.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
It boils down to credibility. It most definitely is news worthy of discussion if and only if reporting "journalists" had verified their facts first. Unfortunately, media representatives rush headlong in their quest to be the "firstest with the mostest," without adequate concern for factual accuracy. If they turn out to be way off base, we rarely receive a genuine apology, just an "oops sorry about that," if we are, indeed, that fortunate.
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Probably because it isn't that big of a deal.
 
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madbamahater said:
94.9 in Nashville has a morning show, A to Z Sports, hosted by Austin Stanley and Zach Bingham.

Well, on the drive in they had a long segment about 2 specific players and their supposed injuries.

They had callers to call in and rate on a scale of 1 to 10 which player's (North for Tennessee and Duncan for Vandie) "season ending injury" was more of a blow to their respective team and team's season.

Here is the problem.....Although they threw in the "what if" and "if reports are true" in regards to North's supposed injury, they continually and repeatedly went on as if he were already ruled out for the entire season.

I thought it was really done in poor taste was was pretty petty and almost sickening behavior.

I generally like their show and it is certainly more entertaining than Stillman and Callahan was. But, I just had to turn it off. I was like wtf???? We don't even know the slightest news about North yet (this morning)

I hope that they publicly apologize tomorrow morning to North and his family and also their audience for painting the perception that North was seriously injured and out for the year.
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They also said a couple of weeks ago that Butch Jones couldn't recruit.
They troll UT fans for ratings.
Do yourself a favor and download the Swain App, and listen to him in the mornings.
 
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I love this post after listening to Stillman basically choke every time he had to mention anything remotely positive about UT and negative about Vandy their show is much better. BUT I heard the same thing this morning and turned them off everyone in Nashville radio and TV seems to dislike and resent UT quite a bit and jump on any opportunity to point out bad and negative things and run with it while glancing over positives.
Vandys WR is out and I mean proven and confirmed out. North will be back and playing against Bowling Green THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON.

I don't know about radio and TV and news that much, but I know customer service and fandom and business enough to know between the fox sports guy and these two shows hosts Nashville is losing a huge chunk of its base support and viewer/reader base this week due to bad segments and reports.
 
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madbamahater said:
Actually yes it is. Listeners like you may not care to hear the truth.

I, for one, would like to hear factual reporting. Either that or shut the **** up and stop acting like an insider.
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Great. Don't listen to the guy who broke this for the same reason I don't buy tabloids. I don't like false reporting.

As a journalist, what you say is your livelihood. This is a hit to anyone who broke this story.

But to act like this is some personal attack on North or anyone else is just silly and childish.

Time to get over it.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
Get with the program, man. This is English Comp 1 and we mean business. So, you had just better watch for split infinitives and start justifying the right or there will be some hell to pay. :realmad:
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Man: "Where's the drugstore at?"

Other Man: "Don't you know it's improper to end a sentence with a preposition?"

Man: "Where's the drugstore at, A-hole?"
:eek:lol:
 
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madbamahater said:
When you are posting this while in car and typing at red lights and voice texting while driving, sometimes you come up with the mispelled choice word.
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Drive safe, Bro. Don't need any mishaps happening to our Orange brethren
 
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madbamahater said:
Actually yes it is. Listeners like you may not care to hear the truth.

I, for one, would like to hear factual reporting. Either that or shut the **** up and stop acting like an insider.
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Sports talk radio is all about what they are hearing and reactions to it. That is why they occasionally have "insiders" come on to get the real story. I agree this story got all blown up but to expect"Just the facts, Ma'am" like you get from news media....oh....I see your point.
 
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volburns said:
Sports talk radio is all about what they are hearing and reactions to it. That is why they occasionally have "insiders" come on to get the real story. I agree this story got all blown up but to expect"Just the facts, Ma'am" like you get from news media....oh....I see your point.
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If this were the case you would think they would talk about all sports and not just Predators, Titans, Vols and Vandie. Since they only talk about these 4, one would think they are expert insiders by now.

....and the "insiders" they bring on just seem to get there insider info from VolNation. What they talk about on air is often days old on here.
 
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madbamahater said:
94.9 in Nashville has a morning show, A to Z Sports, hosted by Austin Stanley and Zach Bingham.

Well, on the drive in they had a long segment about 2 specific players and their supposed injuries.

They had callers to call in and rate on a scale of 1 to 10 which player's (North for Tennessee and Duncan for Vandie) "season ending injury" was more of a blow to their respective team and team's season.

Here is the problem.....Although they threw in the "what if" and "if reports are true" in regards to North's supposed injury, they continually and repeatedly went on as if he were already ruled out for the entire season.

I thought it was really done in poor taste was was pretty petty and almost sickening behavior.

I generally like their show and it is certainly more entertaining than Stillman and Callahan was. But, I just had to turn it off. I was like wtf???? We don't even know the slightest news about North yet (this morning)

I hope that they publicly apologize tomorrow morning to North and his family and also their audience for painting the perception that North was seriously injured and out for the year.
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You are correct but the same thing was going on here on VN--posters going crazy assuming the season ending injury had been reported as true
 
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#48
I dont know why some of you guys get so bent out of shape about this stuff. It wasnt the smartest thing to do, but they are trying to fill air time in august.
 
#49
#49
104.5 morning show has Brent Hubbs and Jimmy Hyams every week. Now you might not like them, but they are atleast 2 of the more known UT beat guys. I think Wes Rucker is on the midday show. I don't listen to it because, well, it is midday. Drive time has someone on there as well, but can't remember. UT and Titans are the primary focus of the stations, especially 104.5. Predators get alot of coverage as well. They should as those 3 teams are the most popular by far. But they do have national guests regularly as well. Vandy gets the scraps.

As far as this A to Z sports, they take the opposite approach. They pick the most popular teams and then berate them. Today it was "Butch is a gimmick coach" and how bad the offensive line is and that they think that 6 wins is the best they can do. Why do they do that? Because negative press against the popular teams get the most attention. That how that Stillman show they replaced worked as well. It is desperation move. Bill King after he left Bob Bell and co, decided to do the same thing. Tony Basillio does it to an extent as well.
 
#50
#50
I agree with a lack of news in Nashville. It's driving all the media outlets to report anything regardless of whether the info is grounded in fact or not.

Soon, that will end. Kick off is coming!!!
 
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