Confirmed: rock station 92.9/Dave FM going sports talk in the early fall
The rumors began circulating heavily about a month ago: 92.9/Dave FM was going sports talk.
This morning, the rumors became truth. General manager Rick Caffey gathered the entire staff to inform them that in late September or early October, the rock station will become an FM sports talk station.
Management did not let anybody go this morning. At least for the next few weeks, the on-air staff and music mix shall remain the same.
Caffey, in an exclusive interview this morning, said he’d like to have a local presence in all key time slots but that may not be the case in the very beginning.
“Our accent will be local personalities,” he said, noting that personalities are what has helped carry sister hip-hop station V-103 all these years. “The fundamentals will be finding interesting, compelling personalities that not only do great radio but are out and about in the community. We’re looking at a combination of ex jocks, ex coaches and broadcasters.” He’d like them to have local ties but that’ s not a necessity.
Mitch Evans has worked at several local radio stations and is now at Dave. He's likely to stick around for the new sports stations.
There has been no official on-air hires yet, though Dave FM recently gave sports newscaster Mitch Evans a full-time job, an early clue to the impending changes. “I imagine we’ll find a spot for him,” Caffey said.
The 2 Live Stews, who have been with 790/The Zone the past decade, have seen their profiles dim the past 18 months on the station. They are now part of a “team” show called the Red Zone mid-days. Their contract is up at the end of the year with the Zone and could potentially jump to 92.9. Other personalities on rival stations such as Mike Bell at the Zone and Christopher Rude and John Kincade on 680/The Fan are tied up in contracts for quite a bit longer, according to their agent Norm Schrutt.
The new sports station has hired a new program director: Terry Foxx, most recently program director at The Fan in Pittsburgh. “Working with him will be inspiring and I’m confident you’ll also be motivated by his work ethic and energetic personality,” Caffey said in a memo to staff this morning.
An official name hasn’t been dubbed yet for the sports station, In other markets, CBS has names such as the Hub and the Ticket.
A change of format is not a surprise. Eight-year-old Dave FM’s ratings have cratered the past year and recent signs of improvement were too modest to make a difference.
One of Caffey’s biggest disappointments with Dave was the inability to find a successful morning team, which is a key anchor for most successful music stations. The station went through at least six shows over eight years: Steve Barnes and Holly Firfer, Firfer with Tim Orff, Zakk Tyler, Orff alone, Jimmy Baron and Yvonne Monet and in recent months, Steve Craig.
Caffey noted the difficulty in this day and age to find good talent in smaller markets. “The farm system isn’t what it used to be,” he said. Many smaller stations now run syndicated product or go jockless in evenings, nights and weekends. Those were the time slots where management used to nurture raw talent but not anymore.
He had a hard time pinpointing why Dave lost so much mojo since early last year, when it was a top 10 station. It shed more than half its audience by this past spring, with the lowest ratings of any major FM signal in town. “It’s a very crowded landscape,” Caffey noted, in the rock arena in Atlanta, which currently has five stations playing the format. Besides Dave, there’s 97.1/The River, Rock 100.5, Project 9-6-1 and 99X.
Many music fans have reduced or stopped listening to old-school FM radio. They are now using Slacker, Pandora, Spotify and a host of other on-line only sites to access music they want without the jock talk and with far fewer ads. But personality talk radio can’t be replicated like a jukebox.
Although Dave has never been able to be a consistent top performer in ratings, it was able to count on what Caffey calls “qualitatives.” This is the same argument NBC uses to keep shows like “30 Rock” and “Parks and Recreation” around. The listeners are high income and very involved in the music they listen to.
Dave has been shifting its music mix around the past two years, trying to find the right blend, but it has stuck to a core of artists from day one such as Dave Matthews, U2, the Police and Tom Petty. As an “adult alternative” blend, the station broke artists in Atlanta such as Adele, Florence + the Machine, Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers.
Rock has been on 92.9 for more than 20 years. Before Dave, it was Z93, a classic rock format until 2004. The only holdover personality from those days, Mara Davis (left), has anchored mid-days since the early days of Dave.
Of the on-air staff, she will probably have the easiest time finding a new job. Schrutt, her agent, has already begun fielding calls from rival stations. The two most obvious homes for Mara: Rock 100. 5or 97.1/The River.
In recent years, CBS, the owner of Dave FM, has brought sports talk to FM in several markets, including Boston, Detroit, Dallas and soon to come, Tampa.
This will create a major battle royale in Atlanta, which already has two well-established sports talk stations: 680/The Fan (simulcast on 93.7) and 790/The Zone. Many major markets have two successful sports talk stations. Very few have three. Dallas has three sports stations, for instance, though I’m not sure if all three are thriving.
“CBS is really good at sports talk,” said Schrutt, who represents several personalities in town, including Cindy Simmons of Star 94, Melissa Carter at All News 106.7 and several of the aforementioned sports talk personalities. “It’s hard to believe a third sports station will be successful, but they clearly see something here that I don’t see.”
With AM stations losing audience, many are seeking FM homes. 680/The Fan added a 93.7 FM simulcast in late 2010. 790/The Zone is at a distinct disadvantage with a weaker night signal and no home on the FM dial.
“The percentage of people who don’t even listen to AM on a regular basis is going up,” said Tom Taylor, who has followed radio news for years and runs the www.radio-info.com site. “In some markets, it’s more than 50 percent. You can reach younger people easier on the FM dial.”
92.9 is a far stronger signal than the Fan’s 93.7 and will cover the entire market more completely than either AM signal, especially at night.
Sources tell me there were talks for 92.9 to possibly lease 790/The Zone’s programming but that never came to be. CBS, which is putting together a national network as well, will be doing this on their own. Interestingly, CBS is working with Atlanta-based Cumulus to help distribute that national network.
The new sports station will not have exclusive broadcasting rights to any major team though Caffey said it will consider bidding for rights in the future when they become available.
Dave FM actually had the Atlanta Falcons broadcasts for seven years until last year but Caffey said there was never any serious consideration to change format to sports talk at the time. The Atlanta Braves right now are tied up with Rock 100.5 and the Fan. The Hawks are aired on the Fan as well. The Zone has the Falcons and Georgia Tech. 95.5FM and AM750 News/Talk WSB has been the home to the University of Georgia Bulldogs football for many years.
Sports talk is appealing, Taylor said, because “it’s very salable. It has an emotional component. People want to be associated with the format talking about local teams, local loyalties. And the talk is far less controversial than politics.”
Fred Toucher (left) and Rich Shertenlieb, former 99Xers, have done well in Boston at a sports talk station.
Nationally, some sports stations do well, some don’t, like any other format. CBS’s sports stations in Detroit and Boston (which features former Atlanta/99X jocks Rich Shertenlieb and Fred Toucher) are pulling in big audiences. Its Dallas sports station is struggling.
The overall ratings for the Fan and the Zone over the years have never looked all that impressive. But both cater to a very specific, sought-after male audience that advertisers are willing to pay a premium for.
In fact, the heads of both stations put on brave faces in the face of the new rival, using the same analogy: a rising tide lifts all boats.
“This is a healthy format for a number of reasons,” said Andrew Saltzman, president of the Zone. “We deliver live and local exclusive content you can’t find on Pandora or satellite. On Monday morning, you can celebrate or commiserate about the Atlanta Falcons and have only live and local sports radio to go. The Zone is the leader of the pack. We take competition very seriously. We’ll do everything to protect and build our brand. We have a 15-year heritage history. We’re one of the top 10 billing sports talk stations in the country. We feel very comfortable with what we’re putting out there on the air.”
David Dickey, who runs the Fan, said it takes time to build a sports talk brand.
“To do it right, you must invest in people. You must invest in marketing. You must invest in promotions and partnerships. Just invest in time,” he said. “After the confetti falls, you have to do the work.”
The Fan was the first sports talk station in Atlanta in 1993 but was flipped to news in 1997, leaving an opening for the Zone to come to be. When the Fan came back in 2000, it took several years for them to catch up – then surpass — the Zone in ratings, though it’s fair to say both stations are very competitive now during the 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. time frame during weekdays.
Dave staff was told at this morning’s meeting not to talk to me specifically. If they were found out, they’d be dismissed early. They were also told not to mention the forthcoming format flip on Facebook, Twitter or other social media. They also were not to talk about the changes on air. Sales staff has been cleared to discuss the changes with clients.
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By Rodney Ho, Radio & TV Talk
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Wishful Thinking
July 31st, 2012
9:24 pm
Bring in Toucher and Rich for mornings….Finebaum in the afternoon….fill in the gaps with the CBS national guys and you’ve got winner.
KAJER66
July 31st, 2012
9:38 pm
what the???… I LOVE sports talk, but ANOTHER one?? Geez, you know what this supposed International City really needs is a damn Jazz station. It’s really kind of embarassing that we don’t have one, haven’t had one since KISSFM which we lost in
07 or 08. I miss Jazz Flavors!
Dre
July 31st, 2012
9:44 pm
An impressive first hire, Mitch Shapi…err, Evans! Wow, can’t wait to see what other amazing plans they have. Hey, maybe Max and Morgan are available! Hehehehe
KAJER66
July 31st, 2012
9:46 pm
Oh, and another thing… If somehow the best of 680 and 790 could be combined (as in Chuck & Chernoff, Archer & Bell, D’mino & Cellini (or at least D’mino) and the Stews. And please, get away from Colin Cowpatty. I’m sooooooo sick of his elitist, “too cool for you” take on everything! Then, dial in some Fox Sports personalities – they’re younger, and fresher than the arrogant espn’ers. There… now I shall step down off my soap box and try to avoid hurting myself. Good day people!
Brian
July 31st, 2012
9:53 pm
I personally like the 680 Morning Show, and really like Sandra & Rude, as they keep it real. They offer different perspectives of sports, and are appeal to a good cross section of their audience. Love LEO and Buck, as they are legend’s in Atlanta. Not a fan of Perry, maybe he can go back to cooking!
790 in the AM is also very good, and Chris and Nick are pro’s PRO’S. – Steak is OVER DONE and could be a waiter for Perry.
Dave Archer is also very good, but the other ass clowns in afternoon drive can be bus boys for Perry and Steak. The KING and Chernoff are terrible!
Don’t have opinion on mid day, as I actually work for a living.
Calling It Like It Is
July 31st, 2012
9:54 pm
I will have to say, this was a surprise to me. I would have thought they would have gone Top 40. This just proves what a cluster Atlanta radio really is. For a top 10 market, the worst stations. The media conglomerates that have a stronghold on the market have no idea what is going on. When you think of Atlanta and radio, no real station comes to mind. In other markets, like L.A., you think of KROQ, but Atlanta, I can’t think of any outstanding station. The fact that a format that was always AM based (talk radio), is now making a big foot print in the FM world, which was always music, shows that these idiots are driving away listeners. Granted, there are stations who have a morning show (Q100) that has always been talk based and virtually no music, but I’ve noticed in the past few weeks, they have started playing a little more music during their show. Talk radio is going to end up being all you hear on terrestrial radio anymore. Sure, satellite offers alternatives, but not everyone has as long of a commute or wants to pay to listen to music. And you can only listen to so much of your MP3’s before you want to listen to something new.
It’s not the jocks’ fault. They are given a playlist done by management, Program Director, or Music Director. So, bashing them is not going to get you anywhere. They don’t have a lot of input.
Yes, it might work, because of having an FM signal, but, in the long run, it’s a bad decision.
Rodney Ho
July 31st, 2012
9:58 pm
I love when folks complain that Atlanta has the worst radio for a major market. But who listens to radio in ALL major markets? Who has that type of perspective?
Jeff
July 31st, 2012
10:00 pm
I love their music mix. It is not at all the same type of rock as the other stations in the market Caffey named. There is 680 The Fan, 790 The Zone, The Fan 2, and The Fan 3. This is absurd.
BND
July 31st, 2012
10:02 pm
96 Rock was the best Atlanta ever has. When you consider the other 2 Dickie Stations (1230 and 1340), do we really need another one? Granted, you can’t hear, 1230, 790, and 1340 outside the perimeter.
The Big Cat
July 31st, 2012
10:05 pm
Say good bye to 790 The Zone. It’s about time. Same stale line up for 8-10 years. As long as these new guys don’t make the mistake of hiring dull, boring guys like Chris Dimino. Memo to Chris Dimino: Nobody gives a rats ass about baseball anymore. Dimino has never had an original thought come out of his mouth. He sits up all night searching the internet for “scoops” then uses them as his own without giving proper credit.
Steak is a blow hard idiot with a simple mind who promotes the racial sterotypes that he believes.
Mike Bell is talented and deserves better.
Cellini’s tough guy act grew stale 8 years ago.
Two Live Stews were a shooting star whose energy burned out. They are old news.
Brent
July 31st, 2012
10:05 pm
@Calling it like it is, excellent post, @Rodney are effing kidding me.???
Boo!
July 31st, 2012
10:06 pm
I am very disappointed with this move. I loved listening to Steve in the morning (he was way better than Jimmy and Yvonne) and it was nice to have a station that didn’t just talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk all the time (I’m looking at you Bert Show). I think they started losing their edge when they found the “new” artists but kept playing their songs into the ground even after the singles had been picked up by Star and Q100. I don’t know what station I’m going to listen to now. I hate talk radio!
BND
July 31st, 2012
10:08 pm
Eddie,
I have lived in Raleigh and Atlanta on & off for 15 years, they have some very good stations. And the sports radio stations are not consumed with UNC, Duke, or NC State, like all of the ones here are over UGA? Did you hear that 689 is opening a Police reporting position station in Athens, should be a busy year up there when students get back!
BND
July 31st, 2012
10:09 pm
Sorry, meant Rodney
Chris Cotter
July 31st, 2012
10:19 pm
If CBS is investing money in this market the LAST thing they would do is put on “The Two Live Racists”. If they’re good businessmen they’ll go out and get someone like Scott Ferrall or John Renshaw to put some personality in the market. I know Ferrall is unattainable because he has the best gig in the world right now but there are good people they can bring in. How would they think they could compete by recycling the same people nobody listened to anyway. If Mitch Evans is their signature hire to date it’s going to be a rough road.
Calling It Like It Is
July 31st, 2012
10:20 pm
@Brent – Thanks. @Rodney – seriously?? I lived in Ohio growing up and have done alot of traveling and always make a point to listen to radio in whatever market I’m in. And comparatively, there are many smaller non top 10 markets that have far better stations that the crap we have here.
Rodney Ho
July 31st, 2012
10:26 pm
I just think it depends on what type of radio you like, too. I’m certain folks who like R&B and hip hop are much happier with radio here than many other markets.
Brent
July 31st, 2012
10:29 pm
Yes Rodney, but not everyone is black and likes hip hop, hell, even 104.1 use to be good now they suck too. I am white and love old skool r&b, Motown, which we don’t hear anymore here..
Calling It Like It Is
July 31st, 2012
10:42 pm
Yes, it does depends on what type you like. Not all Atlanta listeners tune in to Frank and Wanda or The Bert Show. I lived in Detroit and the rock stations were better there than what we have here.Everyone says classic rock is where it’s at, but how many times do you hear The Eagles on the River or Led Zeppelin on Rock 100.5? Their playlist is the equivalent of a 70’s Top 40 of rock. And if you look at Atlanta’s demographics, how many people that live here are actually from here? Radio here is honing in on Country, R&B, Top 40, and now, talk. True Rock is being put out to pasture.
Hillbilly D
July 31st, 2012
10:53 pm
I never did figure out who Dave was.
Laurel
July 31st, 2012
10:58 pm
Oh no!!!! I am so bummed!! Dave FM rocks!! This is a sore loss for Atlanta music fans. I love Mara, Yvonne, and the crew. This is so so sad!!!!!!!!!
Beau Bock
July 31st, 2012
11:20 pm
I’m available on my good days. On my bad days I’m not sure where I am. I used to play football. Or was it wrassiling? I like Jerry Glanville. I could get exclusive interviews with Glanville to talk about the Falcons gameplan.
Listener
July 31st, 2012
11:27 pm
This is really disappointing. 92.9 is the only commercial station I listen to in Atlanta. I don’t want commentary, don’t want crass jokes, just want good music. And, I don’t want the same 10 songs played over and over again all day long. Will really miss Mara.
Flying Tigers
July 31st, 2012
11:37 pm
Atlanas has no real sports talk. A few fat or buffed yanks, or nothing but drunks and ex bulldogs to talk uga football all effing day like they have done something. What, tell me what have you done with all that recruiting talent you get every year…you know all the classy ones like caleb Kink and wasuan and yes I. Crowell…keep recruiting class Richt, you hypocrite.
CarolinaHiker
August 1st, 2012
12:16 am
Just put Mara and Acoustic Sunrise someplace else and I’ll be fine. Won’t be tuned to the station anymore though….sports talk???? Yawn….zzzzzzzzz. Time to reprogram the presets in the car.
But what will happen to their HD station “Roots?” It’s incredible…..and the only thing keeping me from committing to satellite. Guess I’ll find out in September.
CarolinaHiker
August 1st, 2012
12:28 am
BND….I really miss 96Rock, too. Their “replacement” just isn’t the same. A bit of the spirit of Atlanta died when the Rock tuned out.
And I agree with you Calling It….I travel a lot, usually by car. One of my favorite ways to pass the time is to tune in to local stations as I pass through towns. There’s not as much local flavor as there used to be, but I still find that most cities (and towns) have stations with more variety and flavor than what we have here. One would hope that the opposite would be true, given our diversity, but oh well. Maybe the programmers can take a hint from what’s on the satellite stations.
Positive Cynic
August 1st, 2012
12:51 am
I hope they carry some Southern Conference football, baseball, and basketball games along with Atlantic Sun Conference games (Mercer and Kennesaw State).
Green Lantern
August 1st, 2012
1:06 am
Hey, General Manager Rick Caffey: Maybe some of the decline had something to do with Dave’s apparent determination to be as monotonous and repetitive as it could be. I’ve tried to listen occasionally, and been turned off by its relentless repetition of songs by REM and the Police. It’s as if somebody at Dave is obsessed with them! Nothing wrong with those artists, but — news flash to Dave FM! — there’s a whole lot of other great music out there. Has nobody at Dave FM ever heard of, say, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Who or Led Zeppelin, just to name a few? I can’t imagine anybody who’s not brain-dead — or a family member of somebody in REM or the Police — listening to Dave FM for any length of time.
SAWB
August 1st, 2012
1:10 am
Anybody ever wish someone would come up with an adult version of an eclectic college radio station? Did anybody here Mike Mills playing his musical selections several months back? Why can’t someone try something different?
So long 790
August 1st, 2012
3:01 am
Dimino is one of the most knowledgeable in the city. He’d be a great fit at 680. Steak is the consummate trust fund baby, not much else. Cellini is better than he used to be, still not much there.
Mike Bell is an overage frat boy still reveling in his drunken escapades trolling the Atlanta bars in search of lonely women who like short, dumpy guys. His humor got stale years ago.
honky tonk man
August 1st, 2012
4:09 am
Please please fire the Stews and send tjem to Jeff Hullingers former gig in Florida’,They are the worst i ,i ,mean worst duo in the sports business Since MNF thought it was a good idea to PUT Dennis Miller on the booth!The two Dry fools dont know anything about sports besides a little G tech and interrupts Hans Heiser so much trying to crack jokes ,and never brings a clear analysis to the table. they should be called the two lame flip floppers,and this is coming from a BlacK MaN. I d love to see Doug Chapman and Coy Wire ,who studies notes before the show and has a clear cut perspective about Sports.
honky tonk man
August 1st, 2012
4:24 am
Stews please get a gig elsewhere to much rhetoric,not enough true analysis. Stews Stink.
Stews1
August 1st, 2012
4:46 am
The Stews need their own show in the AM prime time! I’m tired of these boring people on 680 and 790—bring the Stews with their hip hop talk to liven things up. The racists at these stations don’t want two stars like the Stews to make big money—it’s another way to keep the black people down in this city. I’m tired of it.
Comp It Up!
August 1st, 2012
4:54 am
atlanta “sports” radio—mention a bunch of restaurants and car dealerships on air to get comp deals! Talk little sports, just mention bar and restaurant exploits! Why talk sports when you get free comps!!
Reggie
August 1st, 2012
5:10 am
Wow!
Did the Stews stup the guys wife that keep posing under different name. Dude your folks in Bama want you to bring the car back home. The best thing that could happen is Stews go over to CBS and bring back their original unique show. As I stated on here before the new programing manager at 790 does not know marketing or programming. Trying to make the Stews sound like the Jawga station was crazy. Stew are bout to be out dis beauoch!!! Roo!!
ATLBORN
August 1st, 2012
6:05 am
Run Stews Run!! Its clear that 790 paired you with a white guy to keep it “BUBBA” for the idiots that complain about the barking that Black people understand is simply a call to the Stews fraternity brothers. People that pan the show for lack of analysis miss the point. Its ENTERTAINMENT.
Leave the drunk man (Mike Bell) show where it is.
Dream Lineup
6-10 The Bottom Line (Nick and Chris just get it)
10-1 Jon Michaels (up and coming star)
1-4 2 live stews (roo-roo)
Drivetime Chuck & Chernoff (always informed)
dream
Tex G
August 1st, 2012
6:07 am
Atlanta is an urban afro centric hole. This is just the latest event in media to confirm that this town is a loser beyond words. Perhaps Blank can build a new rock station with the money he is saving by having the taxpayers build his new stadium. The Falcoons and the town stink.
Howard
August 1st, 2012
7:09 am
Get satellite radio people. It is not expensive and no commercials. Plus, you can hear music you NEVER hear on the radio. Commercial radio is for suckers!
A dad
August 1st, 2012
7:33 am
Maybe if Dave FM’s playlist was more than something like 325 songs it would have made it. Can’t count the number of times I heard a song en route work in the morning only to hear it again in the evening on way home. There are a lot of great classic rock songs that weren’t #1 that cold have been played for more variety. I also liked listening to Eddie Money in the morning, but he got replaced by that wanker English Nick (who really cares about the Queen’s estate and that body, this is American dude). If Dave ever thinks about ressurecting itself, WMMS from Cleveland back in the 70’s and 80’s should be a model. They played everything, even entire albums at times.
workinDawg
August 1st, 2012
7:38 am
Bummer, can’t find Avett Bros, Head & Heart, Mumford & Son’s on any other dial….and if not for Dave FM I likely wouldn’t have discovered any of them. Can’t see this format change working out, but we’ll see.
Mary Lou Alto
August 1st, 2012
7:38 am
WTF Caffey….you’re making a huge mistake. the first one was letting orff go. mara’s rfl is was what drew me into this station 5 years ago and i grew up in the land of howard stern, the ny market with a gazillion options. and sully’s retro in the metro which was shortened then sliced. it’s someone else’s dumb programmng decisions that lost the air power. project is too metal. no one listens to talk radio, that’s so 20 years ago. geesh do i have to work there for a month and real everyone back in…..then i will!
Calling It Like It Is
August 1st, 2012
8:03 am
Ok….if everyone loves the sports idea, why is Atlanta rated as one of the worst sports cities in the US? Hell, we can’t even keep a hockey team. The Braves fans only show up when they are in the post season. The Falcons are on a roll for the past few years, so the fans come out, hockey left how many times? So, instead of playing Adele, The Police, and Gotye over and over, we will have the same 5 stories about the local teams over and over? This is a BAD, BAD idea….
AtlGigi
August 1st, 2012
8:03 am
This completely SUCKS! My day has officially been ruined. Dave FM is the only station I listen to. I think that CBS is making a huge mistake.
oknow
August 1st, 2012
8:14 am
Please say it’s not true…I remember back in the day (we are talking 1970’s) when “Z-93″ was THE station that nearly everyone (in the Atlanta area) in high school and college listened to (was well as the up and coming 96′ Rock.
What great music they played – today’s music is nothing but over-dubbed simulated music
Greg
August 1st, 2012
8:46 am
99x please increase your power output…
blazerdawg
August 1st, 2012
8:50 am
Gonna miss Steve and Mara. Hope they turn-up at 99X, or anyplace else in Atlanta.
carlton
August 1st, 2012
8:55 am
I have never understood why people complain about radio personalities being so annoying as to make them sick, when it so easy to change the station. That’s why all publicity is good publicity.
idiots
August 1st, 2012
8:56 am
Calling it – The Braves and Falcons both have very high TV and radio ratings, particularly for a Sun Belt city, and their attendance is consistently above average.
Tex – the loss of ratings at Dave has nothing to do with race, but the emergence of numerous custom and digital options. This is happening in every market. Please go home.
David Puddy
August 1st, 2012
8:58 am
ATLBorn….”Drivetime Chuck & Chernoff (always informed)”
Oh really. So they spout informaton memorized from the same sources we have available everyday that takes about 10 minutes of reading…….their show is horrible, scripted with stupid exit teases that Turnoff actually believes is clever. Turnoff blows any interview when he tries to be ‘cutting edge.’ Earlier this baseball season he asked Chipper if he’d accept a trade at the deadline if a team needed him for the playoff stretch. Really? Almost 20 years with the club and the Braves are going to push the most ignorant public relations disaster in ATL sports history, What an idiot.
Chicagoboy
August 1st, 2012
9:05 am
Atlanta radio is awful. I’m sorry. It just is. Dave FM was about the only station I could stomach, but even Dave succumbed to pressures to play the same stuff over and over and over again. Want good, quality hard rock? Chicago has the best. WXRT. They play b-sides and indie bands and are wildly successful. I wish the on-air staff at Dave well. They were talented, but the programming stunk to high heaven.