The had his tryout on national radio and it went nowhere.

The truth of the B and B show is that anytime they were faced with legitimate competition, they lost the timeslot. They were never the highest rated show at their station. They regularly lost listenership from their lead in show. Afternoon drive succeeded (if you call it that) because of the momentum of THE SCORE, not because of B and B. I've always considered drive time to be woefully underproductive considering their competition and the history of other shows in that time slot.

Dan Bernstein has some skill but he is niche programming. Always has been and always will be.

It's ridiculous to equate him with Greenberg. Greenberg is a handsome guy (no homo) and while I do think he has decent intelligence, he is on TV because he looks the part of a tv anchor. Putting looks aside, they are basically the same age. Greenberg was one or more steps ahead of Bernstein in his career at every single annual "landmark" of age from the very beginning.

Dan has had a great career. 99% of the radio world, not just sports entertainers, would give their left arm for his resume and salary. Let's not romanticize him. He is not a ratings grabber and his time being the FOTS has damaged the Score brand both in terms of character and ratings.

Bernstein is ten times as witty (on the air) as Greenie.

Wonderful. So what? That doesn't dispute a single thing I wrote

The had his tryout on national radio and it went nowhere.

The truth of the B and B show is that anytime they were faced with legitimate competition, they lost the timeslot. They were never the highest rated show at their station. They regularly lost listenership from their lead in show. Afternoon drive succeeded (if you call it that) because of the momentum of THE SCORE, not because of B and B. I've always considered drive time to be woefully underproductive considering their competition and the history of other shows in that time slot.

Dan Bernstein has some skill but he is niche programming. Always has been and always will be.

It's ridiculous to equate him with Greenberg. Greenberg is a handsome guy (no homo) and while I do think he has decent intelligence, he is on TV because he looks the part of a tv anchor. Putting looks aside, they are basically the same age. Greenberg was one or more steps ahead of Bernstein in his career at every single annual "landmark" of age from the very beginning.

Dan has had a great career. 99% of the radio world, not just sports entertainers, would give their left arm for his resume and salary. Let's not romanticize him. He is not a ratings grabber and his time being the FOTS has damaged the Score brand both in terms of character and ratings.

The had his tryout on national radio and it went nowhere.

The truth of the B and B show is that anytime they were faced with legitimate competition, they lost the timeslot. They were never the highest rated show at their station. They regularly lost listenership from their lead in show. Afternoon drive succeeded (if you call it that) because of the momentum of THE SCORE, not because of B and B. I've always considered drive time to be woefully underproductive considering their competition and the history of other shows in that time slot.

Dan Bernstein has some skill but he is niche programming. Always has been and always will be.

It's ridiculous to equate him with Greenberg. Greenberg is a handsome guy (no homo) and while I do think he has decent intelligence, he is on TV because he looks the part of a tv anchor. Putting looks aside, they are basically the same age. Greenberg was one or more steps ahead of Bernstein in his career at every single annual "landmark" of age from the very beginning.

Dan has had a great career. 99% of the radio world, not just sports entertainers, would give their left arm for his resume and salary. Let's not romanticize him. He is not a ratings grabber and his time being the FOTS has damaged the Score brand both in terms of character and ratings.

The had his tryout on national radio and it went nowhere.

The truth of the B and B show is that anytime they were faced with legitimate competition, they lost the timeslot. They were never the highest rated show at their station. They regularly lost listenership from their lead in show. Afternoon drive succeeded (if you call it that) because of the momentum of THE SCORE, not because of B and B. I've always considered drive time to be woefully underproductive considering their competition and the history of other shows in that time slot.

Dan Bernstein has some skill but he is niche programming. Always has been and always will be.

It's ridiculous to equate him with Greenberg. Greenberg is a handsome guy (no homo) and while I do think he has decent intelligence, he is on TV because he looks the part of a tv anchor. Putting looks aside, they are basically the same age. Greenberg was one or more steps ahead of Bernstein in his career at every single annual "landmark" of age from the very beginning.

Dan has had a great career. 99% of the radio world, not just sports entertainers, would give their left arm for his resume and salary. Let's not romanticize him. He is not a ratings grabber and his time being the FOTS has damaged the Score brand both in terms of character and ratings.

Nope. If you're going to go that avenue then it's Mully and Hanley who have been ratings and money winners for 670.

Nope. If you're going to go that avenue then it's Mully and Hanley who have been ratings and money winners for 670.

Jonathon Hood is in the top 5 most talented guys that I've heard at the Score. I listened to the station from Day 1. More talented than the Hanleys, Mullys, Murphys, Shaers etc. Boers McNeil and North were better imo but I don't think Bernstein is/was. He was repeatedly passed over for lesser talents.

Jonathon Hood is in the top 5 most talented guys that I've heard at the Score. I listened to the station from Day 1. More talented than the Hanleys, Mullys, Murphys, Shaers etc. Boers McNeil and North were better imo but I don't think Bernstein is/was. He was repeatedly passed over for lesser talents.

Jonathon Hood is in the top 5 most talented guys that I've heard at the Score. I listened to the station from Day 1. More talented than the Hanleys, Mullys, Murphys, Shaers etc. Boers McNeil and North were better imo but I don't think Bernstein is/was. He was repeatedly passed over for lesser talents.

Hood is immensely talented as a comedic voice.

When it comes to discussing sports, though, he's highly competent but fundamentally nondescript, as is the case for many ESPN "personalities".

Hood's firing from the Score and subsequent move to ESPN really undermined his career ascent because his broadcasting strengths lie outside of the acceptable boundaries for ESPN hosts who aren't considered "stars". Consequently, Hood isn't in a position to demonstrate his considerable but unconventional abilities as an entertainer.

When he was the third voice for the B&B show, I expected him to emerge as a Chicago radio star. It's unfortunate that he's never been given the freedom to demonstrate the full range of his talent at ESPN, especially following the Telander fiasco.

I suspect that there's no single explanation for Hood's career stagnation. Part of the situation is undoubtedly a function of racial bias, but ESPN's risk-averse corporate philosophy is also a factor. I also wonder about whether or not Hood's seemingly acrimonious departure from WSCR has had an impact on limiting the opportunities with which he's been presented over the past decade or so.