Hmm, haven't had a market-wide bloodbath in a while:

Drive fired Bobby Skafish
Kiss FM fired "Jordan" whoever that is
WBEZ got rid of local programming in afternoons

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That's about what 4 firings for Skafish last dozen years or so? Running out of places to land here.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

The score could hire skafish to talk sports

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Only two firings, but I agree that this looks like the end of the line for Robert S.

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I wish The Score would have a bloodbath.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Still think a 3rd station here works.

I think Mully and Hanley do a solid job, but by no means invinceable...get the morning crowd and take it from there....

but to do the same things they do...Kap and Haugh...why would you think you are going to get the customers?

The whole Draft kings, Fan duel, etc market is blazing hot...why you wouldnt make a massive effort to incorporate that is foolish...

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

There's an ad for them on every 670 podcast.

Especially considering how much The Score’s regular programming is preempted by baseball broadcasts, including during middays and afternoons.

I still don't get why WLS or WGN just doesn't say "Fuck it, we'll just do all sports". It's cheaper and easier programming than actually coming up with interesting general talk topics. Which nobody they currently have knows how to do. With sports you always have the damn game to talk about.

You put "Sports talk" on one of those frequencies it would work.

He is a good guy. Sadly, he doesn't appear to have anywhere else to land.

And the sports market could use a third station at this point.

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Be a great fit for the Mac Morning Zoo

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Was the local WBEZ programming a good listen?

I enjoyed it from time to time. The Curious City vignettes are good. Still, I feel WBEZ has a responsibility as a major-market public radio station to carry live/local programming beyond ME/ATC newsbreaks, especially when you can listen to national stuff on demand. It's strange that this is coming on the heels of what I'm sure are the best ratings the station has ever gotten: a 2.5, I believe, which would have been absolutely unthinkable as recently as ten years ago -- hell, four years ago. One of the things Wisconsin Public Radio does really well is that it splits up into two services, one for the NPR News flagships (shared with classical music) and one for live/local news and politics, so all the necessary bases are covered. Pretty much the entire state has both services available, except for Milwaukee, where UWM horns in on the public radio scene and mucks everything up. Unfortunately, Chicago Public Radio whiffed on a second service about as hard as anyone can whiff with the whole Vocalo thing.

I've always been kinda down on 'BEZ, especially after learning that they discontinued jazz programming at night so they could pick up the BBC World Service and that fart-sniffing interview show from the CBC with the guy who abused women. Come on. Pace WDCB, jazz in Chicago should not have to reside in Glen Ellyn.

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I understand that....but ZERO involvement , like almost everything else they do...except the Pat Mannelly roast...or the Dan Bernstein "Its not my poker tourney"....

They have taken the angle of being so big they dont need to do anything and if you want to see us....pay us to appear....

Still think Wirt fucked up a good thing....big enough pie to get a slice....for all his Radio IQ, he didnt even get a crumb....should tell you he did something wrong....

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

good dolphin had a good post about Score remotes a while ago. He said something along the lines of how back then you couldn't walk out the door at a remote without Score promotional crap, and now they guard measly little beer koozies like the crown jewels. The Game could have made some inroads by being a hungry populist alternative (speaking of alternative, Randy Michaels, for all his idiocy everywhere else in Chicago, knew well enough to market the 87.7 bug as a feature), but chose not to distinguish themselves in any way. Now 87.7 is crushing The Game's ratings with Linda Ronstadt songs.

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The Game did a poor mans imitation of the Score and thus got nothing.

Larry Wert is the Jerry Krause of Media....except Larry got Brandmeier, Mathews and Steve & Gary.....just remember Steve and Gary brought in Mathews....and Dahl and Meier where in place....so Wert signed Johnny B from Phoenix, which, while a good move, was what brandmeier wanted...he wanted to be close to his family...big money didnt hurt either....ever since then , his list of failed media ventures is very long....starting with AOL Sports....ugh

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

True. I went to many remotes 1992-1999 and I have the swag in my basement to show for it. The giveaways were great and they were plentiful.
I really liked The Game and wish they would have made a better effort.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

DeCastro programmed the Game. Not Wert.

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100% agree. Many of us were so ready and appreciated that third option to switch to.

I really liked how the hosts treated and valued the callers. They seemed genuine and didn't take anything or anyone for granted... too bad the management did.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Yeah a lot of us are after the new board thingy.

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King doesnt like the jump ball.

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Wrong thread.

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Yep,I also was a fan.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Skafish on the Score. Let's line up those Sox calls Daddy-O.

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I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out. - Bill Hicks

Let's do it for Johnny!

Bobby Skafish., Rob S., Robert Skafish.

I've enjoyed him, hope he sticks around

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Sports talk programming is talent-heavy. Two (3?) hosts per show, update guy, and 2 guys behind the glass. Where do you find new guys with credibility? They've been going through the newspaper ranks for a number of years. Picking up other stations' producers & secondary on-air talent has been problematic.

Heh. Do I think a "Webio" could survive in today's world? "Chet and the Champ" could've survived nowhere (and otherwise, the answer is "no".)

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I think they try too hard to get local guys. In the past people like Memolo or Lance McAllister or whoever can come in a do a good job learning the landscape. The problem today as I see it is they try to stay too cheap and too local. You can see this a little in how they force the producers as a sport's expert these days.

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Either that or they don't want to pay what it takes to get "real" experts. And since the producers are accepted in that role, why in the hell shouldn't they?

I always liked Jim Memolo. His 'Chicago winter forecast' was a classic that almost forced me off the road ("Cold until April; deal with it!")

I miss the station's early days. So much looser back then...

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

I think that Memolo does a really good job on MLB Network Radio, even though they forced him off of mornings so they could stick dumbass Steve Phillips there. Memolo could contain Hollandsworth, and I found myself listening to XM 89 far more than AM 670 or 87.7 on my hour-long morning commute.

One thing I've not understood about 670 recently is why they don't try to do more national single-sport shows in that godawful 10-midnight Mon-Thu slot. It's not like Les needs a lead-in... and if it gets preempted because a White Sox game goes long, so what? Do a DraftKings/gambling show one night, an MMA show another, I don't care, just something other than Joe O giving us hot takes.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

The Score needs fewer broadcasting majors and more regular Joes who have a personality and a sense lf humor.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan