Only Kincade is worst than Brandon Adams. Thank goodness he is off the air. Now if we can get rid of Kincade!!!

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The 678 I agree…..

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Bring back the north and south show with gene and Joe habelow

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One of the least talented radio individuals I have ever heard anywhere, and his partner isn’t much better. It’s a good move for him because his talent wasn’t clearly in radio. Hopefully he’s a much, much better educator then a radio personality/host. I doubt he could be much worse, but I wish him luck in this much needed career decision.

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I didn’t mind Brandon at first but the more I listened to him the more annoyed I got. I’m sure he’s a nice enough guy though and hope the career change works out for him.

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Oh, thank God. Hopefully Woolverton can find his own voice without being overpowered by Adams’s nonsense.

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sorry yellowbuzz, welcome to the south. try streamlining the web for the latest cricket and ping pong scores

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I know I suck that goodness Buck knows something about sports, cause I am just blowhard from Philly.

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Brandon and Woolvy were VERY good when they worked weekends together, debuting in February 2004. After nearly four years of weekends and fill-in work, they went monday-friday beginning Jan. 2008 and the tone of the show changed almost from Day One. Too bad, because they both know sports at a very high level and both worked very hard to be prepared and have a quality show. Brandon seemed to get more serious about almost every topic than he ever had when he and Jeff worked weekends and Woolvy seemed to be on his heels most of the time, not sure if he should call out his co-host or play along and hope it got better. Just an observation.

Here’s another observation: management at 790 never lifted one solitary finger to help this show improve or even simply develop. They fired the update guy to save $8 an hour, making Jeff and Brandon responsible for doing updates and, unless you’ve hosted a show, it’s hard to understand just how valuable that three or so minutes between segments is.

As far as I know, that show never had a paid producer, either. Could be wrong, but if B & W ever did, it was one of the lowest-paid employees at BLB. So now Brandon and Jeff were prepping for the show, performing the show, doing updates between segments of the show AND producing the show. All so management could pay a producer . . . $25 a day? MAYBE $50 a day, but that’s a big maybe. At that rate of pay, the producer is working a second full-time job and has virtually no out-of-studio time to work on, or even think about, the show he is supposed to be producing.

There are many other points to be made re: 790’s complete disregard for that time slot (rarely, if ever, did they get the premium, paid experts such as Barnhart, McCann, etc. Super Bowl time? Every show other than Brandon and Jeff would go, etc.). Some of the blame does fall to B & W, as 2 1/2 years is enough time to tinker and fiddle until you get the show to the place you want, but far far far far more blame goes to management. They never invested the $$ or the time or the mere interest to give the show any chance to succeed.

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Solid post, Al. Definitely adds a different perspective. I too thought B & W had a much better show when they were on weekends. Your post shines some light on to possibly why that was the case.

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Don’t let the door hit your fat a$$ on the way out.
Ok, kudos for chasing your dream which for listeners
of 790 it was a nightmare.
I sure hope to Allah he is a better educator than a broadcaster. But, I doubt that is the case.
I pity the children in that school district.
And that 790station is full of infidels.

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Adams has been George Costanza of sports radio–everything he says is wrong. Really, just about every time he tries to address a strategic or technical aspect of a sport he gets it wrong. It’s uncanny. You would think that he’d get it right occasionally given the number of opinions he sets out there, but he doesn’t. The dude doesn’t seem to understand that being passionate about a team does not mean you actually know anything about the sport. Wolverton is just as dumb, although not quite as bombastic and annoying. The worst team in Atlanta by far. So bad that I would rather listen to Colin Cowchip. Man, do they suck.

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Can I have ‘The Bottom Line’ back? Please?

Here’s my dream lineup: The Bottom Line in the mornings, a good “knowledge” show in the mid-mornings (like what they had with Chuck and Chernoff), The Stews in their usual time slot, and then a good afternoon drive show (without David Pollack. David Pollack should be in the mid-mornings talking serious sports talk.)

Mike Bell should stay in the evenings. Steak Shapiro should be off the air.

That’s what I would do if I were 790, but they are hurting for cash. That’s why they are looking for a bunch of kids.

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Who cares anymore. I stopped listening to that station long ago. I crank up the satellite for Howard in the mornings and then a little Chuck and Chernoff in the afternoon down the dial. After 3:00 PM there’s nothing listenable on the AM dial. The Stewarts are a couple of racist and Mike Bell listens to too much satellite radio and lifts his material directly from Howard and Scotty Ferrall. Kincade is what he is…Another arrogant damn yankee.

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Brandon was the most underated on the station. Let’s hope his partner can correct his um’s, ah’s, and you know’s or it will be unlistenable with him running the show instead of just chiming in.

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Glad to hear Freddy Fender is alive and well. Wonder which of the 83 metro area Burger King’s wifis you and Elvis were hitting off this morning (but your probably already past Valdosta by now…)

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@ 2nd rate sports town…please feel free to leave Atlanta. We don’t sell out play-off games because we spent our money on season tickets to college games to be able to buy season tickets we made donations to the school we support and then pay for the weekly trek and tailgate festivities. After that pro sports is just something we watch as we recover from the sport we love. Big difference between Sports town and pro sports town. Mainly educated intelligent people, sorry you don’t fit in here well, just the way it is. Delta is ready when you are.

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There’s another sports talk station other than 680? Every time my dial approaches 790, the signal sucks out here in the ‘burbs. Get a real broadcast signal and get rid of steak. Anybody who nicknames themself “steak” is a bonafide delta bravo, and you can take that to the bank. You suck, Shapiro! Get off our airwaves!

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Wow Brandon’s leaving.. Great talent will truly be missed. Maybe Big League should think about bringing on the new show that v-103 has been promoting on their am dial. I gave the Sports Kings a listen last Saturday and was shocked at how good the program is. not sure what reggie rouse the pd @v-103 is prepping for but he has put together on solid Saturday afternoon program. Wow we’re gonna miss you Brandon!

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Who cares about what happens at that piece of trash station? Both 790 and 680 are garbage but 790 is the worst.

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Wow you guys are harsh I listen to ESPN radio all day Scott Van Pelt and Ryan have the best show to me hands down I have to agree compared to a real sports station 790&680 sucks my satellite radio broke this week I will have a replacement by Friday it’s thats valuable!

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What is really scary is the likelihood that he will be teaching Georgia students again. The circle will remain unbroken……

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This is a good start, 790.

Next, I want to read about Jeff Wolverton leaving to pursue his dream of becoming Joe Pesci’s voice stand-in.

Then, the champagne will REALLY start flowing when 790 announces that Tubesteak Shapiro is stepping down/retiring/whogivesacrapjustgethimthehellofftheair.

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Brandon was awful!!! Must be the Rush Limbaugh influence. He sounded like a kid that loved sports in high school but was not very good. I must admit no one can blame him for going after his dream. Unfortunately he had a job where he provided “analysis” on athletes. Now the analysis chickens have come home to roost!! Good Luck!!

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This guy sucked worse than me……..there is a reason he was on during mid-day when nobody listened. Look at those red panties falling from the sky!

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I didn’t realize people still listened to 790. They hardly ever talk about sports in the morning and afternoons.

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Now this Rush Limbaugh lover may actually be responsible the the education of African American kids, OMG!!!!

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I rather listen to a bunch of cats being run over by an ambulance than the the 2 Live Stews. When Buck and Kincade or Chernoff and king is the preferable option to those two racist hacks Helen Keller can see there is a problem. But then again, you can’t fire negros without being branded as bigots these days.

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To whomever calls the shots at 790…for the love of God, please do not hire anyone else that has ANYTHING to do with UGA. The last thing we need is another homer spouting off at the mouth about their football team being anything this side of relevant. David Polock, Bo Buck, Buck Blew…please…enough already. We don’t need anyone else tooting their UGA trombone on Atlanta airwaves.

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Wish Rocker would of beat the sh*t out of that douche bag Shapiro when he had the the chance.

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Mike Bell and Chuck Oliver are THE BEST! Period.

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Radio sports talk, in general, blows. Everywhere. The fact that Nick Cellini has a job is proof enough.

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Glad Woolvy is staying. Adams was a pugnacious jerk. Adios.

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Throughout the years, I have always enjoyed Brandon and Woolvey’s weekend show. They were talking about the Hawks, when nobody else was. I even ran my errands around the time I knew they were going to be on the air.

The two hour time slot in the middle of the day didn’t do them justice. Good luck to you Brandon…

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I’m shocked… it took almost a day before people started lobbing hate at Steak Shapiro and the Stews. As much as some of you guys hate the Stews, maybe you missed the fact that they get more big name guests than all the other local shows on 790 and 680 combined.

Between satellite radio, streaming internet and podcasts I barely listen to ATL sports radio anymore save for the Stews and maybe a few minutes of Mayhem. Atlanta sports radio is severely lacking any real personalities. To be honest on B&W, I barely knew who was who. Same goes for Buck & Kincade, Chuck & Chernoff, David Pollock…etc. they are all very vanilla. The Mayhem guys are just decent (I’ll admit Steak IS annoying) and the Stews, while not everyone’s cup of tea, definitely have their niche.

But there is absolutely NOTHING on our airwaves that comes close to Dan Patrick, Dan Lebatard, Kornheiser, Rome, John Salley, Mad Dog Russo, Ferrall and some of the other wildly entertaining voices out there.

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I agree that BA was one the biggest homers on the dial but I did enjoy listening to him, The one who needs to go is that no talent partner of his, Woolverton. The guy thinks he knows it all and don’t know jack about nothing. His arrogance caused me to go down the dial to the Herd on 680 until the Stews come on. Now listen Salsa and Steak; take this opportunity to get back those noon ratings and get somebody in there that is entertaining and informative. Give Woolverton the boot as well and start over fresh. You won’t regret it.

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Jeff Wolverton sounds like the Riddler. He’s constantly ending sentences like he’s stifling a laugh. I’d better investigate this further…

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790 could never fire those two live stew “boys”
president obammer and the rest of the negro nation would sue, picket, protest, fight, whine and complain foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever.

p.s. tubesteak shapiro SUCKS

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FINALLY now bring back some REAL talent like Mitch Evans and get this party started!!

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WHOAAAAAAAAAA LOOK OUT!

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Eeeeemp, I need me some sausage.

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I can’t listen to the Stews. If I wanted to hear the hosts and callers start and end every sentence with “Man”, I’d rent the movie Easy Rider.

Chernoff & King would be good if Chernoff could stop his formula of playing grab ass and snapping towels.
Stop teasing Chuck like he’s a girl. I blame Chuck for allowing the formula too.

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The Stews are niche radio. If you’re a certain age or grew up in a certain community you get them 100%..They reach an audience that’s been neglected by AM radio for years. They aren’t for everyone though, but then again neither is Mike and Mike..

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He was better than the two live Stooges, and light years better than anything Steak Shapiro deserves.

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The Stews are great and are no more racist than Rush Limbaugh. BTW their raking in more money for themselves and for the station than anyone else is. There job is to be profitable!!! Sorry if they don’t play to your high standards!!

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If anyone calls the Stu’s racist, you are out of your mind. I don’t listen to them much, but they are there to play to their target audience and they do a great job of that. Don’t get why people play the race card so easily these days…guess its the sign of the times of having a black president.

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Adams would read an article with the headline, “Turner Field sufferes tremendous riot, 9 fans dead 11 injured”, and he’d have a 30 minute diatribe about the use of the word tremendous.

“When I hear the word tremendous, I think of things that are large. The Hindenburg was tremendous in every way. It was big, it went down in big flames, and the radio man was shouting in a tremendous voice as he witnessed the carnage. The riot at Turner last night only encompassed a small section of the stadium, and there wasnt even a big fire. While tragic, I’m not sure the word tremendous really fits here. I’d prefer to use the word horrific. And when we come back, I’ll tell you why. You’re listening to Brandon and Woolvy on WQXI, 790 the Zone.”

His lack of concentration into the actual stories were unitque in a way that I won’t miss.

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In the words of Charles Barkley, Jeff Wolverton is tuuuuurible…I never wish for anyone to lose their job, but I won’t be upset if he’s not part of the new mid day programming..

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I hope steakie takes him out to Bones for a good-bye porterhouse and loaded baked potato.

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For the most part, 680 has been kicking 790’s tail for some time now, but primarily because their mgmt is much more aggressive.

Someone earlier made the point that ALL of the Atlanta talk radio pales in comparison to the national guys (Colin, Patrick, Van Pelt, etc.)…..well of course they do. It’s a matter of resources, money, signal, professional producers/directors, and their ability to get big name guests. But, with local talk radio, we all get much more info and discussion on what we care most about….local teams.

We do have a varied group of on-air “talent” to listen to. I watch Mayhem in the morning, but I really don’t see Steak bringing anything to the show at all, other than annoyance. I actually enjoy Cellini (I think he’s witty and entertaining, and does know sports), and Dimino (other than his voice) is the best Atlanta has to offer – very informative and MAKES VALID POINTS.

At 680 in the morning, I think Rude is a professional radio guy, and he has made the switch to sports very well. I don’t expect top analysis from him, and most importantly he doesn’t try to portray himself as such. Laurentino is the most arrogant blowhard on the air, and Leo should just go back to coaching.

Two Live Stews – let’s face it….you either like ‘em…or you’ve got a brain in your head. Talk about a one-note song.

Brandon – impressive breath control….don’t think I’ve ever heard him stop pontificating long enough to take a breath. He’s from the school of “why say something in 20 words, when I could use over 200?”. Wolverton was never given any time to do anything but just agree with his blowhard partner.

Mike Bell – let’s face it, about as creative and talented as they come, and fun to listen to, but obviously very juvenile. Pollack – something’s missing – just not found his radio voice yet.

And then there’s Buck & Kincaid. Opposites work out sometimes. Pretty good balance, and you just have to realize that Buck isn’t very polished and will be forever somewhat tongue in cheek (”my God, can you believe they pay me to do this??”), and Kincaid IS the closest thing we have to a national voice.

You’re welcome to disagree….

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Bring back “Home Team!”

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I agree with what Lamback posted at the top. Why not give JErry Ellinger his own show. I have benn listening to him for years and I am shocked everytime someone else gets a full time show. He can hang with anyone he works with and it seems like he has worked with everyone. Every time he fills in, the regular co host is always excited.

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LOL @ I feel sorry for the children in that school district. You guys are mean but at the same time I don”t want my child in BA’s class. Think about it.

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Yeah, the 790 morning show has run its course too: Steak is a blow hard fat faced over talker, Demino thinks he knows everything with his stupid analogies which ofter don’t make sense, and as mentioned above Cellini is just a buffon who if you don’t agree with gets mad, how he has a wife and child is amazing – talk about a bunch of losers.

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I really enjoyed Brandon and Woolvie. Best of luck to him.

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Sorry to hear that Brandon is leaving radio. I think he has real talent, and made it a point to listen to the weekend show (even though I hate the Dawgs). The daily show never quite worked, largely because Brandon’s talents are in discussion and a bit of free-form dialogue, not the quick hits and boring interviews that their short mid-day show features. Al’s points above are spot-on. The weekend show allowed him much more time and freedom to do what he does best. He will be missed.

I have found that the most enjoyable stuff on Atlanta sports radio is usually in the weekend and non-prime hours. I’d much rather listen to Brandon, Sam Raden, John Michaels, Hans Hiser, etc., on the weekends than the more prominent shows 790 and 680 offer.

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Actually fellas, if 790 corrects their mid-day show and can give Cellini more time as first banana on Mayhem; then the Zone can be successful once again. They have the best sports talk, the best interviews, and overall better personalities.

The one thing they need to do is the next time they feel like blowing off $11 million, how about putting it to good use by getting an FM signal and simulcasting the station. They would triple their audience overnight and can land the radio networks of the home teams and other sports.

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I think this brings into focus how dumb 790 the Zone was to fire Matt Chernoff and Chuck Oliver. Chuck & Chernoff now have not just the best midday show, but the best show in Atlanta, anytime. 790 had them both and could have had this show on their station.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

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This is good news as long as they don’t replace him with “Never to be Famous” John Michaels.

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Les

If the “stews” (racist fools) were so great how come they kept getting their timeslot adjusted and CUT DOWN

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Coach, their times slots weren’t cut down. Quite the opposite. They were sindicated nationally. The Zone had to adjust their schedule to the Stews not the other way around.

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I have enjoyed listening to both 680 and 790 since their inception in the 1990’s.
680 is my choice due to Chuck ( Chernoff annoys me) and Buck & Kincaid…
The morning shows on the both stations could be improved if 680 dumped Perry the Jackass and 790 pulled Steak off of the air as well…Dimino and Chellini are adequate as hosts without Steak…

With college football season around the corner, all of us will see a bit of improvement in the material we listen and respond to…

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For those knuckleheads that think the 2 live stews bring “ratings” and “money” to 790 (WQXI) better do some research instead of spouting nonsense. The 2 live stews are RANKED 26th in there time slot in the ATL market. They below 2 regional latin radio stations and a christian station LOL!!!

http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb_market

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So does ANYBODY like ANYONE on the local sports talk scene? I’m guessing you could all do better, right? As far as Brandon Adams I couldn’t care less. When I listen, I listen to 680. Most of the time it’s ESPN radio on XM anyway. Kincade, as much as some of you may hate him, has a definitive viewpoint, and he also has a national radio show. He must be doing something right. I have lived around Atlanta my whole life and I get so sick of all of you bandwagon-riding, loudmouthed fair-weather fans…

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Don’t let anyone fool you, Adams contract was not going to be renewed. I know for a fact he does not want to teach anymore. This is another example of 790’s money issues. They will be off the air by next summer. Georgia Tech is looking forward to ending their relationship with 790 so people outside of 285 can listen to the football games.

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@coach smith You sir are an Idiot

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Glad to hear Sylvester is leaving. Do you have to have a speech impedement to work at 790? I’m sure his partner Peter Brady, errrrrr, Woolverton will be next to go.

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When Dimino is your top talent, you know you are in serious trouble as a station and have made some utterly horrible managerial and programming decisions.

Last person out, turn off the lights (that is if they aren’t cut off first)!

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Gawd you people don’t undastand how hawd it is to run a radio empiya. Especially doing it 99.99999% of the time from a restaurant.

Jews know southern spowarts. I made my bones on the tough street of Brookline , Mass and I vow 790 will rise again!

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yes it was my idea to have two black men with big chips on their shouldas , barking at each otha like dawgs between shots of courvoisier. After I leave the palm today, cha cha’s, I will enta negotiations to bring in mike vick to the 500 watt blowtowch 790 to go compete againt leo mazzone. Whats a white pitching coach know about the streets of ATL ? Thia is choclanta, cha chas . My ratings speak for themselves!

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You know, kincaid, I think those fellas at 790 are just a bunch of piney rooters.

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This show was atrocious and this move had to be made. Make no mistake, this move wasn’t something Brandon just decided to do on his own accord. There was no way he would of left the radio job if he didn’t have to. Fact is the Zone finally realized how awful the show truly is and that it isn’t going to work and they informed Brandon that he wasn’t going to be renewed and he needed to find other options. The only mystery is why they haven’t told the other no talent hack that he cohosts with to hit the bricks as he a train wreck of a host as well.

If Steak was smart (yes I know you have to suspend your disbelief on that), he would put his gigantic ego and pride aside and remove himself from the air and simply do the job of helping run the station and it’s business affairs. This is clearly the only situation (him being part owner of the station) in any market where he could maintain a job as on air ‘talent’.

However, making smart decisions is not the strong point of the zone management as you can see from their idiotic business ventures and decision, in conjunction with their programming decisions. Now that they have begun to address the problem with the mid-day show, they need to address the other terrible shows they have, like the one with the two functional retards that follows B&W’s show. In addition, could you have a bigger buffoon on the radio then that intellectual dwarf David Pollack? After the stewpids, he has to be the most ignorant and stupid host I’ve ever heard on the radio. He seems almost gleeful and proud of the fact that he doesn’t know anything about any subject outside of sports. That’s just sad honestly, and his partner is fat, bloated, balding, alcoholic that thinks juvenile antics is clever and fresh.

While 790 has major issues, 680 isn’t much better. Perry is an obnoxious blow hard that has absolutely no business being on the radio in any market. He should be selling insurance somewhere and not doing radio. Leo is ok, but he is in over his head as full time radio guy. He would be ok doing special duty like Braves and baseball related programming, but beyond that, he just doesn’t have it.

Meanwhile, Buck is completely worthless hack. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was the QB for the 1980 national championship team, he would never have a job in broadcasting. The fact is the guy is as dumb as a stump and has an incredibly boring radio personality. For someone who apparently played football and baseball, he has an amazing lack of insight and complete inability to articulate anything remotely interesting or insightful. Instead of calling Kevorkian to assist in suicides, you should just call Buck and have him talk to you at your bedside.

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I kind of liked Brandon and Wolvy.. oh well. Looks like no one else did.

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Maybe 790 should bring in my old room mate Herschel Walker. he could host a sports roundtable show with his many alter personalities.

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People in radio don’t get to announce they are leaving. Clearly he was not going to be brought back. 790 has announced they are looking for young talent (that they won’t have to pay much) and they needed a place to put them.

680 the Fan is killing 790 in the ratings, just took the Hawks away and is clearly making more money. Adams is just the next Zone talent to get the axe. Steak probably couldn’t pay him anymore.

790 switches talent about every 2 years and they need some sort of buzz. Good Luck Brandon, glad you can get off the ship before it sinks.

Get Real.

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IMHO, a huge loss for The Zone and ATL talk radio. BA never took the obvious viewpoint, but offered a unique, refreshing take on the topic du jour. A devoted 790 listener, this move weakens The Zone as it faces an up-hill battle with 790 and satellite radio.

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Maybe they can fill his spot with some more ghetto talk, while trashing whitey and lots of interviews with the brothas!

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Let us hope that this creates a vacuum in the industry that will suck Kincaid from our city. Do you notice that he lisps more and more the drunker he is or the more excited he gets. What a Philly hack, let’s hope the writing is on the wall for his a## as well.

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take your so pain in the ARSe back to NY or Jersey and out of so called loserville – idiot!!

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Rush Limbaugh? Couldn’t this guy say Dan Patrick,or even
Don Imus. If he idolizes Klan-baugh,then imagine the conversations
a the production meetings. I prefered the weekend deal,I pickup the
Zone on the internet here in SC.

Maybe I should move back to Atl and apply for this gig.

BTW,met Steak at a Braves/Mets game,this SOB acted
like I wasn’t there. After an unprofessional tirade against
Jesse Jackson(not a fan of) some years ago,I lost interest
in Cellini. Chris Dimino was well thought of by me before
I left Atl. Mike Bell was a New York dickhead,I liked
AJ Cannon better.

Don Imus said it best, “Tube Steak” Shapiro.

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Pollock is simply for dumbass Jawja Buttsniffer fans. Use him as
such,he has no substance.

WZone-you’re right. If it makes your dumbass upset,then MO
GHETTO TRASHTALK,WITH MORE WHITE GIRLS WHO
ARE DOWN FOR ANYTHING.AND I MEAN ANYTHING.

If this were a sports talk 24/7 town,it would probably be
UGA all damn day.

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There’s definitely a disproportionate amount of 790 bashing vs. 680. I have a feeling 680 mgt encouraged its staff to post negatively about 790 and its talent. This is an unusual volume of posts for a relatively unknown mid-day sports talk host.

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Rude – never played sports in his life. A hippie doing morning drive sports talk? He would rather be ’shrooming at a Greatful Dead concert any other day of the week.

Leo – probably should be coaching somewhere and wishes he never left the good thing that he had going in ATL. I’m willing to bet he’s been black balled for bad mouthing the Orioles organization as much as he does. And who gives a crap about ND down here anyway?

Perry – no problems there, offers serious insight.
Kincade – good analysis, but often times has to keep repeating the same point when he’s solo.

Cellini and Bell – always cracking me up in the car.

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BA seemed like a good guy and he had some talent but needed time (and maybe a smaller market) to work on some things. Good luck to him as he, like a lot of us these days, takes a new career path.

Regarding 790’s mid-day replacement, how about pairing a Tech homer and a UGA homer? They could discuss other topics rationally, but when addressing anything Tech, UGA, SEC, or ACC related, they could become contentious, nasty, attacking a$$holes like many of us on the blogs. Would need equally talented debaters (and maybe a referee), but something like that in the mid-day could be interesting. Also, if they are holding auditions, I’d like to hear what Chadd Scott from 680 can do.

Regarding format, I think including some local flavor (restaurants, concerts, etc.) and personal life (“my wife’s such a ballbuster”, etc.) mixed in with competent sports talk can be entertaining. But, it’s a fine line and it’s a constant challenge for the hosts to remain interesting, crazy, or humorous in their personal lives. Take the AM show at 790: used to be great but there’s very little mayhem anymore. Cellini’s mesmerizing roid-rage rants about someone taking his lunch from the company fridge or similar nonsense was like walking up on a street fight. Now that he’s settled down he’s not half as enjoyable. Mike Bell, would recount some lecherous, “out all night and sleep in your clothes” shenanigans which was somehow appropriate when he was part of this crew, but now seems Johnny’s Hideaway-ish given his age and when juxtaposed against Saint Pollack. And even Steak’s side notes were listenable back when he seemed excited to let us know about a great new spot or an exclusive party from which most of us are excluded. But, lately there’s a sense of boredom and big shot entitlement that can come across. On the other hand, maybe there just isn’t that much new and interesting going on in Atlanta or sports in general at the moment.

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Just talk about Baby Sophie, cigars, gambling, and steak houses during the morning. Have the 2LiveRacists start earlier in the day, and then hire a few strippers to sit in with Bell in the afternoon and you’re all set Steakie. (Actually I try to hate Steak but I kind of like the guy!). Please tell Domino to get gone, he’s on my last nerve. If I hear him say, “By the way” ONE MORE TIME!!! grrrr…Oh yeah, Matt Edgar, how’s that “We don’t care if white people listen to us anymore during the afternoon” thing working out for you?

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I agree… fire my son.

What I learrrrrrrrrrrrrrrned from reading this blog is my bald headed, loud mouthed, know it all Jew son is truly hated in the ATL.

Steak sucks

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2,

U got played and served.

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Good riddance. He was a rude guy.

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Steak Shapiro has to go, cha cha! He is by far the worst on air personality in Atlanta. But of course he’s going nowhere since he’s management. B&W was too bland for me. You could always tell Brandon was too much of a Georgia fan and was sometimes too biased.

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Brandon followed his dream to become a talk show host. He was a wonderful teacher before that and he will be a wonderful teacher again. He is a wonderful man and is one of the few genuinely nice men left out there. Please stop bashing him.

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Ok we get it……you really like Brandon Leake. But if anyone is going to call themselves “Home Team”, they first need to learn actual big moments or actual events of years past for the home teams. He constantly butchered references to past performances, appearances, etc……. Good guy and had a knack for the radio business, but he can cut out the home team reference until he actually knows a thing or two about the home teams.

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Brandon always came of as a know-it-all and was often condescending

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Brandon took things to seriously. It wasn’t fun to listen to his show. He always talked over his partner. I hope he really wanted to leave. I don’t think so, no one WANTS to leave a radio gig.

Steak is just awful- Full of himself, not a great personality. Thinks he is funnier than he is.

Stews- Just appalling. Can’t believe they are still on the radio. Hate white people and think being ghetto is funny. Bad Bad Bad radio listen.

Dimino-Love him. His passion for baseball is reflected in his work. He is Always prepared and must die a slow death everyday he works with steak

“Hometeam” always classed up the joint. Disagree he butchered Atlanta history. Knew his stuff. He, Chernoff and Kang should have been kept by 790.

Pollack and Bell-Dumb listen. Guys have nothing in common. Gave it a try, then gave it up.

790 really has gone down the drain. Used to be a fun listen everyday, now…not so much.

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Good sports talk requires two things – neither one exist in Atlanta, unfortunately.

One, good hosts who have a distinct point of view and then are prepared with facts, etc. to back up the argument. They need the debate skills of a good lawyer with the creativity and style of a well versed sports fan.

Two, good callers. The reason that the sports stations here are filled with “blow hards” is because neither of them, especially in drive time, can get a decent call to save their life. I would say a good call comes in once a week, at best. Ever dial into drive time? You can get on the air in under 30 seconds…unless they have filled the 5 hours with “guests” and replays of “guests” in order to deal with the void of callers.

What makes sports talk anywhere that it thrives – NY, Philly, SF, Chicago, etc. – great is the depth of calls and the hosts who field them.

Here, we have neither….

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I enjoyed the show Brandon, you carried Wolverton whose voice is so high pitched. Wish you well in your new endeavors. I listen to 790 in your time slot. I can not listen to the time slot before you, that crew does not get it it aint NY, it’s Atlanta, all their inside jokes and coulda shouda wouldas drive me insane the despite the fact most of them have been here they still seem to love to inject the damn Yankee sense of humor that does not get it. Besides your now former or soon to be former competition in your time slot 680, has the herd, since I am not a sheep I do not herd well. Good Luck to ya buddy.
Some of the stations here just do not get it they shoved Steve McCoy out of the door, they brought in some crew of idiots which was supposed to be Mark Canov’s swansong and it was they rode that crew to the lower rankings, and sent the Steve and Vickie fans trying to find them on another station, or a station that they could identify with.
So when is some station going to wake up and start an FM sports talk station that can be heard past Peachtree Road and Lenox, it is so hard to get my Grundig receiver to work in my car to hear the weak signal broadcast by the sports AM stations.

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790 needs to get more hood with another version of the Stews.
steak is a ZERO! At least Brandon won’t have to work for free anymore. 790 cheap…680 killing them.

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I have to comment on this. I used to produce that show, was an intern there at the start and with the show for more than a year. Al could not have been more accurate, that if anyone in blb reads what he stated, I bet they will think it came from me or another former producer of the show. My guess is Al is either a former intern of the show, a friend of an intern, a former/current producer, or someone who works/worked there with knowledge. The only thing he’s wrong about is that I wish I got at least $50 a day from them. I can personally attest to the effort and work BA put into the show. I do agree with some of the statements about trying too hard and drowning out Woolvey in conversation. Though several comments are just down right mean spirited, but that’s the way of things. We enjoy blasting those who have it better than us who we think have no right to. BA & I often didn’t see eye to eye on ideas for how things should be done or things that they should be doing instead, but I know he always wanted what he thought was the best for the show. To all those saying, I can do as “good” as him, I dare you to put up and try it. Send a demo to Edgar or any other Pd and see what they tell you, if you hear back that is. Running point on a show, hell even being on-air talent, is something that is so easy to say I can do, but not as easy to actually do. Okay, now having said all that I will say, that was a show I honestly would not have listened to if I didn’t have to, (actually most zone shows have become that for me and now that I don’t have to I hardly ever listen to them). I agree about the uga stuff. It was a joke when I was producing the show, and with the producers who followed me when we talked, that at least once a week we would have to have a show devoted to Georgia football. It was an absolute must. Btw, having come from a family that was blue & orange (my dad, and two of my three aunts having gone to UF as well as Grandparents who lived in the heart of Gator country) and being a Tech guy, you can imagine how fun those shows were for me. I do think he was forced out, and I have no inside information confirming this but as someone commented earlier “you don’t leave a radio gig on your own” unless it’s to a better radio gig, and I do think he is taking the high road. To those that say he detested teaching, you must know a different BA, because the one I knew left a job he liked for a chance to pursue his dream job, something most of us would have done.

As for all the stew bashing saying they are racists? I can say they are not, though even I have to admit there are times it seems Doug hates white people, but I do agree there are times they play the race card when it really shouldn’t be played, but to me that makes them ones who cry wolf not racists. Jesse Jackson, now he’s a racist. To those who complain that they are not dogs or poodles and get all worked up about it, get over yourselves, seriously. As a white guy with a lot of 20 something friends both white and black, I can tell you, we don’t call each other dude or whatever thing you called each other, it’s “dawg” though I have never called a girl/woman poodle nor do I know anyone who does. Not going to get worked up about it though because it’s not any dumber than calling a girl chick. The show does cater to a different crowd, but that doesn’t mean it sucks (the Arsenio Hall intro is a bit much and dated IMO), and money making wise, it’s probably the only thing 790 has left. To those who commented that used to listen and don’t now (which I fall into), I agree with everything they said. The show started going down even before it went national, but it has really gone downhill after Shaggy was canned by sporting news (not 790 to those who blame them, as sporting news has complete creative control over the show when it started syndicating them and thus has control over who produces it, not 790). Also, off the air, Ryan is very well spoken, do you really think he talks like that all the time? There is a reason he’s starting an acting career. I will say though, that for the love of all that you hold dear, how Roger or whoever the exec prod is, can continue to allow Jazz on the air is beyond me. You want to talk about nails on a chalk board. Unfortunately for me the few times I’ve tuned in to listen to the Stews have been when she’s on, and the dial can’t change fast enough.

As for all the other 790 bashing, some are on point, some are not. And to clarify something I’ve seen numerous times on this thread and others, neither Chernoff nor Oliver was fired. Matt wanted more money and a morning drive spot (which he did do when he first got to 680) when his contract was coming up for renewal, and Kang was never under contract during the time he left (which for the life of me I don’t know how management would allow that) my understanding was he was getting paid per show, which is why he was able to be on-air pretty much the next day on the fan after leaving the zone. As for tizzle, they did do him wrong, but that’s how management there has been the past few years and honestly how this business goes, just something those working in it have to be used to. Yes, they are cheap (and I can rail on about that but won’t as it serves no real point other than making me sound like a bitter former employee which I’m not), and that cheapness, whether because of St. Louis or not is really coming home to roost. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my time and most of the people there, but I do not miss the cheapness of management one bit and am happy to have moved on to other things. I had to say a few things because BA was getting unjustly ripped on things he shouldn’t have been ripped on here and a bunch of the other misconceptions I’ve seen posted in the commentary on here and on other blogs.

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“I left 790 to go back to a profession with constant layoffs and furloughs”………….Bullshiaaat.

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nobody reads long posts.

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I suspect you aren’t bright enough to read long posts.

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That show was plain dribble. Not sure what pictures Woolvy has hidden in a secret safe at his house but seriously, who would hire this guy? He’s got to be related to Steak. His sports knowledge is iffy and after all these years he still sounds like a rambling scared little boy on the air. He has no original thoughts just a regurgitation of stuff he reads 10 mins before show time. This is Atlanta, a major sports town, and that’s the best we can do?!

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BTW, to clarify something about the criticism of BA I’ve seen. Those saying he sucks; I will not disagree with you though sucks is too broad a term and he had his strengths, but that’s how you feel. As I said that was a show I would not have listened to if I did not have to. Those I have issue with are the ones saying he didn’t prep or put effort in, nothing could be farther from true. The personal shots like fat ass and the like which are just mean spirited, as I said those are people jealous he was doing something they wish they could do and felt he had no right to do it so it makes them feel good to rip on him.

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I liked Brandon and Woolvy’s show and Brandon had unique takes at least whether you thought they were correct or not.

-M

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I find it interesting how many people quote Rush Limbaugh in their posts. I question how many have acutally listened to Rush at all. I’ll bet that the vast majority have never even listened to a word he has ever said, yet they are quick to castigate him along with the sports talk radio hosts in question. Beyond pathetic. If you don’t like something at least have a serious foundation to stand upon rather than a B.S. spoonfed position from someone else. You are losers.

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It looks like Jeff W maybe gone or is going back to weekends only. He is not on this week, I don’t buy he is on vacation. I don’t think got his TV gig renewed this year with RAYCOM, since ESPN has all the broadcasting rights to ACC football. The RAYCOM broadcasts will be using ESPN staff.

It is looking more and more that 790 is on its last legs. Soon as Mike Bell goes, Steak is getting ready to turn the office keys to the bank.

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Coming soon….790 El Zone.

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brandon adams had the dumbest opinions on sports i had ever heard. and jeff is just horrible, stumbling, idiot. every show seems like his first one. no wonder the ratings were horrible. our office never turned 790 off so we had to have our ears bleed from 11-1 daily. one down and one to go.

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No, I believe he met her when he was still married to his first wife…cough cough, she worked at the station….just sayin. How bad is steak? He reduces two legitamite sports talk radio personalities, Cellini and Dimino, down to his Moe and Curley. Just unlistenable! Horrific! Embarrassing!

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Some very neg comments about Steak and The Stews. B & W were straight bland period. I turned many times from the show. To the Stew haters: A black person can be the only black at a place or an event…no problem that guy adapts. Switch the situation, 9 out of 10 white guys are out of place. That’s why you either love or hate the Stews. It’s like Buckhead or Bankhead. I’d rather chill in Buckhead, but I can still feel comfortable at a bbq with good people in bankhead. And on and on…But please stop the racist stuff. We’re just a little different.

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I was not a huge fan of Brandon Adams, but I think he is jumping from a sinking ship. At some point, when you continually make outrageous and ignorant statements just to get a reaction, people will begin to think you are actually ignorant.

790 seems to be heading down hill rapidly. To their credit, they have apparently done some legit consumer testing and surveys recently, and the overwhelming response was to get Steak Shapiro off the air. Off air or on, he is incredibly arrogant and condescending. I have heard he suffers from ADD – if so please medicate yourself or get off the air. Steak is a less talented, more annoying version of Chris Berman.

790 does have some decent talent remaining (Dimino, Cellini, Bell), but I am increasingly changing the station to 680 and keeping it there.

Finally, please back-off on the excessive teasing before commercial breaks. This often feels forced and many hosts forget to follow-through with the material after the break.

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Glad to see Brandon gone, lets hope David is next. I always felt you came off as a know it all, and talked down to your listeners. Also it sounded like you had marbles in your mouth. I am sure you knew you were going to get fired so you bailed on your partner, again I am not surprised.

Good day Steak, Good day…..
LOL what a joke.

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