Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:
Scorehead wrote:
Yup. Without North there is no WSCR 820, 1160, 670.
That's BS. There was a growing market for Sportstalk radio throughout the country and the Score filled it locally. Timing was perfect and it would have succeeded regardless. North did help gain them publicity and perhaps sped up the process but his value in the big picture is over-rated.
not true
The guy reconfigured sports talk in this city.
The Score was poised to follow in the Coppock mold of being the mouthpiece for management. Terry, Shaer, Hanley etc. were all happy to be continue the paradigm of being the all knowing high priests who were received word from on high and delivered it to the ignorant masses. North flipped it and suddenly talk radio was the means for the fans perspective to get to the teams. Mac was quick to follow this lead and boom THE VOICE OF THE FAN was born.
I new you'd chime in with this thought...you're very consistent. I respectfully disagree with your recollection of how things went down however. I listened from day 1 pretty much from when they went on the air to til the sunset shutdown (During the week only. I rarely tuned in on weekends). The Score was the voice of the fan from day 1, regardless of your perception of the hosts. The shows back then were heavily reliant on input from callers. They drove the shows and topics. North did bring a different perspective to the table which was valuable and often entertaining - but he represented the meatball fan, not all fans.
Zippy is right about this. I have listened since day 1 also and they always marketed themselves as the voice of the fan. They were going to be the alternative to what Coppock was doing. They were going to be caller intensive with far fewer guests. North was an endless self promoter and a by product of his non stop self promotion would be the promotion of the station. He was no doubt the star of the early yrs, though for my money the HFC was always the stations best show.
The HFC didn't really take shape during the early yrs because they were splitting time with Hanley. North was the man rightly or wrongly and he did help grow the station though I never cared much for his show.
In terms of being the voice of the man, the score always marketed itself as such.
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