Maybe I'll do this a little more, maybe I won't, but here is a interesting link I found from another link posted from True Hoop on ESPN. Interesting stuff about what role the internet/technology will play in society. I give the guy props for equating sitcoms as the crticial technology for the 21st century to gin as the catalyst for the industrial revolution at the turn of the century. That takes balls. He actually makes a pretty good point about how kids in today's society didn't rush home from school to catch He-Man and Scooby-Doo.
That's all for today, kids. Enjoy the NBA playoffs. Oh and this, too.
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Media Spotlights
As a consumer of mass media, I feel obligated to take some time to mention to you my take on sports media in general. However, I do recognize your right not to care about my take at all. Here it is anyway. I listen to more than my share of sports radio, mostly the ESPN variety and a little bit of the local yokels in the afternoon.
Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic are probably the most visible of ESPN's radio hosts. Their show starts at frickin 3 in the morning which means I catch a bit of the last part of their four hour show in the morning. I've seen Greeny get his TV game show hosting gig and he did well enought to get a another chance during sweeps which shows either how much confidence ABC has in him as a viable TV property or how desperate they are for content after the writer's strike. Their show is also simulcast on ESPN2, complete with the HD compatible set. On my sleepless nights, I enjoy watching these two go at it and the graphics are interesting as well.
Colin Cowherd replaced one of my favorite hosts, Tony Kornheiser on ESPN and I have watched his show slowly morph into the entertaining talk that it has become. He started with his friends from Portland radio, and they were replaced with a FM deejay and a Penn State intern grad student. These two additions have altered the target audience of his show as it goes after the younger demo that advertisers need to have to be successful. All in all, Colin is pretty entertaining...I enjoy his Vegas connection and he is pretty consistent in how he thinks.
Dan Patrick has become the gold standard in sports talk radio and I think it won't take him too much longer to re-establish himself as the sports show to get in syndication. His departure from ESPN led to great speculation as to who would take over. Many guest hosts were used, mostly as tryouts and my choice, Scott Van Pelt, was given a cursory look for a job that eventually went to Mike Tirico. More on this later. I remember David Stern using the word palaver on Dan's show last spring, talking about the Robert Horry hipcheck of Steve Nash and that cemented Patrick's status as the best on radio. I look forward to his entry into my local station (or Sirius radio show).
Mike Tirico was offered the three hour slot and he turned it down the first time. ESPN came back with a two hour slot and co-hosts. Enter Michele Tafoya and Scott Van Pelt (and sometimes Kirk Herbstreit, mostly during football season). Tirico does a serviceable job and brings credibility to his role, but he seems to have a retience that keeps him from diving into his role with his everything. His hiring gave the opportunity to Scott Van Pelt to show that he can carry a radio show by himself and he was rewarded with a the hour show slot after Tirico that formerly belonged to Screamin' A Smith. (What is his primary gig now that his paper kicked him to the curb and ESPN told him to go fly a kite with his radio show?) I think Scott will be given the chance to grow an audience and then slide into the spot that Tirico has now after his contract is up. Mike is a TV guy and has worked hard to get where he is and as a minority, he enjoys being the "man" at ABC/ESPN.
Local radio here in Las Vegas has changed as well. I need to crash now, so I'll save that for another time to bore you kiddies to sleep.
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Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic are probably the most visible of ESPN's radio hosts. Their show starts at frickin 3 in the morning which means I catch a bit of the last part of their four hour show in the morning. I've seen Greeny get his TV game show hosting gig and he did well enought to get a another chance during sweeps which shows either how much confidence ABC has in him as a viable TV property or how desperate they are for content after the writer's strike. Their show is also simulcast on ESPN2, complete with the HD compatible set. On my sleepless nights, I enjoy watching these two go at it and the graphics are interesting as well.
Colin Cowherd replaced one of my favorite hosts, Tony Kornheiser on ESPN and I have watched his show slowly morph into the entertaining talk that it has become. He started with his friends from Portland radio, and they were replaced with a FM deejay and a Penn State intern grad student. These two additions have altered the target audience of his show as it goes after the younger demo that advertisers need to have to be successful. All in all, Colin is pretty entertaining...I enjoy his Vegas connection and he is pretty consistent in how he thinks.
Dan Patrick has become the gold standard in sports talk radio and I think it won't take him too much longer to re-establish himself as the sports show to get in syndication. His departure from ESPN led to great speculation as to who would take over. Many guest hosts were used, mostly as tryouts and my choice, Scott Van Pelt, was given a cursory look for a job that eventually went to Mike Tirico. More on this later. I remember David Stern using the word palaver on Dan's show last spring, talking about the Robert Horry hipcheck of Steve Nash and that cemented Patrick's status as the best on radio. I look forward to his entry into my local station (or Sirius radio show).
Mike Tirico was offered the three hour slot and he turned it down the first time. ESPN came back with a two hour slot and co-hosts. Enter Michele Tafoya and Scott Van Pelt (and sometimes Kirk Herbstreit, mostly during football season). Tirico does a serviceable job and brings credibility to his role, but he seems to have a retience that keeps him from diving into his role with his everything. His hiring gave the opportunity to Scott Van Pelt to show that he can carry a radio show by himself and he was rewarded with a the hour show slot after Tirico that formerly belonged to Screamin' A Smith. (What is his primary gig now that his paper kicked him to the curb and ESPN told him to go fly a kite with his radio show?) I think Scott will be given the chance to grow an audience and then slide into the spot that Tirico has now after his contract is up. Mike is a TV guy and has worked hard to get where he is and as a minority, he enjoys being the "man" at ABC/ESPN.
Local radio here in Las Vegas has changed as well. I need to crash now, so I'll save that for another time to bore you kiddies to sleep.
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cvz
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