680/The Fan ends affiliation with ESPN, dropping Colin Cowherd
680/The Fan has ended its affiliation with ESPN as of midnight last night and is using Fox Sports syndicated product instead.
This means that Colin Cowherd will no longer be on the station from 10 a.m. to noon. Instead, you will start hearing Dan Patrick.
Starting January, the Fan (also heard on FM 93.7) will use a combination of Fox Sports syndicated talk shows and the upcoming CBS/Cumulus sports syndicate, according to David Dickey, who runs the Fan.
Like Colin Cowherd? You won't be hearing him on 680/The Fan anymore. CREDIT: ESPN
“We now compete with [ESPN], so why not clear our own network in a top 10 market?” Dickey wrote in a text. The Fan had an affiliation with ESPN for 11 years.
Cumulus and Dickey Broadcasting (which owns the Fan) have common owners but are not the same company. Cumulus also owns several other sports stations nationwide where it will be directly competing with ESPN in terms of syndicated sports programming thanks to its alliance with CBS.
To add even more confusion, CBS just started its own sports talk show on FM/92.9 called the Game which competes with the Fan here in Atlanta. So in a sense, Cumulus (if you count the Fan as a sister station) is both working for and against CBS at the same time in Atlanta.
The competitive landscape has shifted since Oct. 24, when the Game arrived. Now we have three sports stations. 790/The Zone, owned by Lincoln Financial (which also runs Star 94), is in the weakest position with no FM option but it’s too early to count them out. The next couple of years in Atlanta sports talk should be fascinating.
Logically, the Zone will likely pick up ESPN programming. I have left a message with station manager Neal Maziar to see if that will be the case.
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Rick Limpert
November 3rd, 2012
5:14 pm
Should be interesting to see as John Kincade does afternoons on 680, but also does fill in work and a show on Sunday mornings on ESPN Radio
Ken P
November 3rd, 2012
7:04 pm
Cowherd is a blowhard that likes to hear himselfelf pontificate. What I will miss are the weekend shows: John Kincaide Sow, Coach and Coleman Show, etc. Need someone to pick up ESPN again soon! (And just for the record, Dan Patrick is an even bigger blowhard.)
Matt
November 3rd, 2012
7:23 pm
Understand getting rid of Cowturd, but this new Fox programming blows
Jg
November 3rd, 2012
8:07 pm
So long 680. Gave up on the idiotic morning show long ago. The Herd was great but can catch on satellite. Rarely listened to the cliche-filled Buck Bulue and Kincade. Did like chuck & Chernoff. Radio never left 680 nights and weekends but will now. Another reason Atlanta can’t compete in this radio genre with the big boys or even Birmingham.
rickp
November 3rd, 2012
8:22 pm
What is up with Atanta radio and all this shifting? I really enjoy Colin’s radio show, they guy tells it like it is, and that throws off alot of people. People either like his show or hate it. Good thing I got the espn app on my phone, D Patrick is a little more watered down for me. All this moving around has made me love my Ipod and smartphone alot more.
Michael
November 3rd, 2012
9:38 pm
I’m glad Cowturd is gone. Next on the list should be Kincade. They are both blowhards who think that they know it all but don”t have an athletic bone in their bodies.
BlondAlto
November 3rd, 2012
11:00 pm
We’ll miss Colin. Very stunned and disappointed to hear this!!
BarryATL
November 3rd, 2012
11:32 pm
I wonder if 790 The Zone will pick up the ESPN affiliation. I think that eventually, they will become a full time syndicated station. It is cheaper to operate that way.
Wayne stuck in AL
November 4th, 2012
12:29 am
Speaking of 680, I was sorry to see Georgia Tech win today just to see if Chock Oliver would put his $ where his mouth was and quit radio if GT lost.
SportsGuy
November 4th, 2012
12:37 am
Can’t wait to hear Dan Patrick on a big boy signal in Atlanta!
Donald
November 4th, 2012
4:03 am
Going from 1st rate to 2nd rate is crazy!! Going to 790am they had Alabama vs LSU last night live!! Need I say more!!!! Stupid change!!!
Donald
November 4th, 2012
4:07 am
Chuck and Chernoff please move back to 790!!!
Donald
November 4th, 2012
4:10 am
I see Conservatism has now moved into ATL sports radio!! Plus keep sports separate
Donald
November 4th, 2012
4:13 am
John Kincade on ESPN is a good show even if I didn’t always agree with John he is a great sports guy that I respect especially on the national show!! SAD, SAD, SAD
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Donald
November 4th, 2012
4:17 am
790 you got my listening ear now!!!
Donald
November 4th, 2012
4:19 am
2 Live Stews here I come!!!
Growler
November 4th, 2012
5:01 am
Cowherd can be entertaining and is often wrong (like a sports version of Neil Boortz) but replacing ESPN with FOX Sports? That’s beyond lame. And I don’t get Dickey’s comment.. how is 680 competing with ESPN? Well I only listened to them in the off-hours (and Cowherd) anyway, so buh-bye,
cowboy 67
November 4th, 2012
5:39 am
wait a minute a top ten market Atl does not have a ESPN affiliate what sense does that make? So if u r n your car and what to listen to game nothing this market is so whack!!
CT
November 4th, 2012
9:02 am
I’ve listened to the Fox Sports programming yesterday, and it’s terrible. Not everything on ESPN Radio was great, but it wasn’t all bad. I was a big fan of the weekend shows, along with Freddie Coleman weeknights. I’m disappointed in the change.
Troy
November 4th, 2012
9:28 am
Thank goodness cowterd is gone – his ego is too big for his own head
good shake up / it will take some time but I think the fan will get things right
kevinofconyers
November 4th, 2012
10:01 am
Loyal listener but this is the first move I’m seriously questioning by Dickey
kevinofconyers
November 4th, 2012
10:27 am
This article say ESPN has already for an atl replacement for 680 … hmmm…
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/111322/report-47-cumulus-stations-switching-from-espn-rad
ESPN = Garbage
November 4th, 2012
10:53 am
ESPN has become little more than “We Love 0bama Network,” when they can take a few moments away from their own self-promotion.
Now that we have NFL Network and MLB Network, we don’t have to settle on ESPN for sports “coverage” any longer.
Colin Cowherd is a tool. He should be taking our orders on the microphone at McDonald’s.
ESPN = Garbage
November 4th, 2012
10:59 am
How long ago did FOX Sports Radio break away from that carpetbagging clown Steak Shapiro & 790 The Thug?
The Ghost of Talent Past on 92.9
November 4th, 2012
11:33 am
You heard it hear first- ESPN Radio 99.7 where your home of the Bert Show, then Cowherd then Bert on Sports for your afternoon drive home. But don’t let a friend of his come into the market, he won’t like that very much.
Beaver Boy
November 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
Too bad Sandra Golden isn’t affiliated with ESPN and 680 had to drop her too! Only thing good on this station is The King & Matlanta.
Ryan Stewart
November 4th, 2012
3:02 pm
Why didn’t they pick up the 2 Live Stews to do weekends!?!? I’ll tell you why… racism! Man Doug and I would call so many barber shops on Saturday mornings. How entertaining would that be!!! *dawgs barking*
Steak Shapiro
November 4th, 2012
3:09 pm
These johnny come lately shows got nothing on 790. Where else can you hear about what a great lobster bisque I had at Chops last night! Anybody can talk sports but not everyone knows a great seafood risotto with white truffle oil when they taste it cha cha!!
Chuck M
November 4th, 2012
6:04 pm
I am truly disappointed. I loved the way 680 carried the SUN afternoon NBA games and NBA playoffs, MLB playoffs, SUN night NFL, and other major sports events. By the way, moving ESPN Radio to 790 won’t do a shard of good. Its 1000W night signal can pretty much be heard only inside the Perimter. So if you don’t have Sirius/XM, forget ESPN radio.
Robair
November 4th, 2012
6:56 pm
Couldn’t stand Cohwherd, but this new programming sounds terrible (turned on the radio today and heard two guys literally yelling and turned off). The ESPN evening talk shows were not that great, but losing major events might be a huge loss, I will probably start switching to another station then.
Truth
November 4th, 2012
7:13 pm
We need the 2live Stews back on in ATL
The Frito Bandito
November 4th, 2012
7:43 pm
790 sucks. Chris Dimino is a no talent plagiarist hack who repeats everything he says 3 times and kills people behind their backs then gives them a back rub when he interviews them.
Cellini was funny in 1999.
Steak is a moron who shouted a caller down once for saying Georgia should recruit smarter players saying the guy really wanted White players. Only in Steak’s mind does smarter players mean White players.
kevinofconyers
November 4th, 2012
8:10 pm
ESPN is political now?? & you call 790 “thugs”?? Wow… way to turn a discussion on sports radio into a racist rant
32 Double D
November 4th, 2012
8:20 pm
an absolute disastrous mistake of epic proportion. to intentionally sabotage your own radio station like that, ouch! at least now we know that the dickey brothers have total disregard for both their own
employees AND their listeners (or former listeners).
Cold Front
November 4th, 2012
8:20 pm
It’s almost as if Atlanta radio has been saying to me, “get lost you middle aged putz, buy yourself satellite radio.”. So I did and now I’m killing myself for not doing this a long time ago. I loved ESPN radio on the weekends, but now I can get it whenever and wherever.
Good riddance ATL radio!
Brock
November 4th, 2012
8:48 pm
best move they could make. DP show is way better than anything Cowherd can do. Good call 680.
Chris Cotter
November 4th, 2012
10:44 pm
Note to Ryan Stewart. You guys would have to call barber shops because nobody would be calling you. Face it, your 15 minutes are up.
Mookie
November 4th, 2012
11:24 pm
kevinofconyers,
Please keep your racist ignorance in Conyers.
Being a “thug” has to do with one’s content of character, not birth demographic or flesh tone.
Sean Limbaugh
November 5th, 2012
12:31 am
I bet 790 drops Yahoo for ESPN. Thing about it though is I wonder if ESPN would be OK with having no actual presence Monday-Friday from 6AM-8PM. 790 has live and local shows during that time so that would only leave ESPN radio for the hours that nobody outside the perimeter can even hear the station. That’s not much of a presence for ESPN in a top 10 market.
David G
November 5th, 2012
1:50 am
Now that 92.9 “The Game” is on the air I don’t miss the AM national sports channels at all. They have local programming 24 hours a day with a solid lineup.
jd
November 5th, 2012
7:01 am
680 is far superior to the other sports stations…but I do like Nick and Chris and would love them to take the 10 -12 time slot.I do turn off 680 when they go syndicated, I only want local and I think most listeners feel that way.
kevinofconyers
November 5th, 2012
8:05 am
I agree- 680 is head and shoulders above the rest. It just comes off more as a well-executed product than just ‘winging it talking sports’. I’m one of their ‘loyal listeners’ who is listening on the way in to work in the morning, streaming at the desk, and listening on the ride home.
The only time I really listen to 790 is for the Yellow Jacket games or during the Mark Richt press conferences. I still have to think that losing the ESPN affiliation will be dent, though. I just think that the new FM station can make a legit mark if they somehow got ESPN. Their line up is a little weak right now as far as on air personalities, but nobody thinks these are their long term casts anyway.
Shadddddd Ccottttt: unemployed barn blogger
November 5th, 2012
10:03 am
Hire me hire me!
WAR EAGLE
Jeremy
November 5th, 2012
10:11 am
Will the national CBS show take over for the DP show when they begin? Is the DP show temporary?
Mavajo
November 5th, 2012
10:22 am
Cowherd was the best show on 680. I’m done with 680. Idiots. It’s bad enough that they try to foist The Rude Awakening on us — god what a terrible show. Sandra Golden is awful, Perry is an idiot and Rude is just a nothing.
The only reason to listen to 680 were Colin and Chuck & Chernoff. With Colin gone, I am too. Screw you 680.
Don J
November 5th, 2012
10:27 am
I am disappointed with this change. Noticed nothing was said about the change prior to the actual change, this was done on purpose. ESPN programming is not the best but it is better than the Fox Sports personalities. I was listening to a guy on Saturday go on and on about how the SEC is NOT the best conference in football. How it is boring football ect… It is like reality TV on the radio with made up drama. Switching to streaming of the ESPN site for my shows and will find an alternative on the weekends. Would also like to listen to 790 but don’t even get that after the sun sets and I am ITP. Perhaps resubscribe to XM to get ESPN. Time to say goodbye to 680
ChipperisGod
November 5th, 2012
10:37 am
I’m going to miss Colin, turned on the radio and I heard Dan Patrick. I like Dan Patrick, don’t get me wrong. But, Colin is my favorite radio personality and has a great show. Too bad. Not going to stop listening to 680, but it’s still unsettling as I listen to a lot sports talk radio.
Colin is a great American
November 5th, 2012
10:40 am
Colin Cowherd is hilarious, opinionated, and unique. You don’t have to agree with him to be entertained by him. The point is that he put a strong opinion out there, he backed it up most of the time with a healthy sense of humor, and he didn’t simply read the newspaper on the air like those lazy 790 morning show guys.
I like Dan Patrick too, but I will certainly miss Colin Cowherd. If nothing else, he was very different than anybody else on the air.
fred
November 5th, 2012
10:45 am
I liked the Herd. Listened to Patrick this morning and turned it off. terrible. boring. will change stations to whoever picks up Colin. I like Chuck & Chernoff, tho and will still listen to them in the pm. Unless 680 screws it up again.
Sam
November 5th, 2012
10:52 am
Another reason I pay $12.95 a month to listen to satellite radio.
Joe Lucas
November 5th, 2012
10:58 am
Dan Patrick sucks, had on for 2 min and moved up the dial for good during that time slot. And what about mort? Best in NFL gone. Not smart on mr dickeys part.
BI
November 5th, 2012
11:12 am
No reason to listen to sports radio in Atlanta anymore!! Colin is the best of the best in the radio world!!! No reason to listen to 680 anymore!!!
Peter MacGregor
November 5th, 2012
11:16 am
WON’T REALLY MISS ANYTHING- I WILL JUST GO TO MY ESPN APP OR XM RADIO. 680 DOES NOT FULLY REALIZE WHAT THE COST OF DROPPING ESPN WILL BE BUT IT WILL BE HUGE. I HAVE STOPPED LISTENING TO THEIR MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON SHOWS IN FAVOR OF 790. STILL LISTEN TO BUCK AND KINCADE BUT THAT WOULD END IF THEY DROPPED BUCK!
davis
November 5th, 2012
11:22 am
Had no idea this change was taking place; turned on 680 while exercising this weekend and hear Fox Sports; both Saturday and Sunday programming was awful! ESPN programing is soooo much better; will probably be giving 790 The Zone another chance.
sue
November 5th, 2012
11:28 am
Very upset with the switch to Fox Sports; no more Mort, Adam, and all the other great personalties. Listened to 680 this weekend and the Fox programming was just terrible. I will be giving 790 The Zone and 92.9 The Game a chance to win me over. I’ve been a 680 listener since the beginning but no more!
Stuart
November 5th, 2012
11:47 am
After giving 92.9 a shot since the change I am convinced the 2-6 show is mind numbing and I don’t like it. I havent heard mornings yet but as for 10-2 not bad w/Jerome, Jamie and Bob NEal. Nights seem to be fair. Outside of that, it has too much of a national feel.
I was surprised to hear the Danettes on 680 since I listen to it in Newnan on 1400..
While it is too bad about Colin, but I am glad to see ESPN get drilled in the mouth even though the blow is minor. It is time for ESPN to go away.
Kmack3
November 5th, 2012
12:23 pm
Colon was great. Dp and The Clone??? Really??
Terrance Moore
November 5th, 2012
12:25 pm
the 2-6 show on Z93 the game is a joke. Some annoying woman who talks top much, a washed up has-been QB and a half drunk host. who was the genius who put that team together? and why does Z93 the game think we want to hear a woman’s opinion on sports??? thats just a fact.
AD=All Done
November 5th, 2012
1:02 pm
Problem solved: ESPN Radio iphone app. I get to listen to the whole 3 hours of Cowherd without the last hour being cut off by Buck and Kincade. Plus I can listen to Mike and Mike. Might switch back for the last couple of hours of Buck and Kincade but I can’t stand Chuck and Chernoff so I”m out at 3:00 if I even tune in at all.
Big Ken
November 5th, 2012
1:25 pm
So far the Fox programming sucks. I will miss Cowherd but didn’t always agree with him. Buck & Kincage are the worst, just a 3 hour UGA Show everyday. Will really miss Freddy Coleman and Bob Valvano at night.
Bryan Stone
November 5th, 2012
1:44 pm
ESPN radio sucks. FOX isn’t great either but WCNN is selling their local stuff. Which is the best in the market. ESPN charges a solid full time position salary just to air their product & 680 only airs their garbage nights & weekend programming. So it only makes good bottom line business sense to go w/ a cheaper syndicate.
FOX sports radio has some decent programming. It’s not great but it’s good. Very Left-coast though, hence your “SEC is not the greatest” convo, so not sure how well that will go over in this SEC redneck ass area of the country.
Rusty
November 5th, 2012
1:58 pm
I’ve sampled most of the 929 The Game lineup. Here’s my take on it…
Morning show: I have no problem with Kamla & Cross. CJ seems forced.
Jerome & Jamie: Very solid show. I’m a UGA fan and I already prefer it to Buck & Kincade. I also like this show better than 790’s midday show except for the Thursday college football show with Barnhart & Durham.
Game Time 2-6pm: This is the weakest show in their lineup. I don’t see it as a viable competitor to 790 or 680 in afternoon drive. I’d be willing to bet this is the first show/time slot that gets tweaked.
Mac & Jason: Not bad. Jason seems to be very knowledgeable about the NBA. Mac, at least the times I’ve listened, hasn’t brought a whole lot to the table. Maybe they’ll mesh better with time. I’m not sure.
The OT Show with Jim Murray: Pretty entertaining show on the occasions I’ve listened. It wouldn’t surprise me to see Jim Murray move up in the pecking order pretty quickly.
Mitch Evans Experience: I’ve always thought Mitch was solid. Much like Jim Murray, I think Mitch is not being utilized to his full potential. Both of those guys would be better than a few folks on earlier in the day…people like Kordell Stewart, Barbeau and Mac, for example.
I haven’t listened to much of their weekend lineup. I heard some guy on overnight that wasn’t too bad. I think his name was Mark Ryan. Sounded at times like a guy doing a Cowherd impression though.
AtlantaDude
November 5th, 2012
3:17 pm
I liked Cowherd for a while, but I am glad to be rid of him before the NBA gets in full swing. So tired of him saying how great LeBron is, and how anyone that doubts LeBron is an idiot. LeBron, LeBron, LeBron. Jeez, get a room.
Pete
November 5th, 2012
3:24 pm
I really enjoyed Colin’s show and hope 790 will pick it up. To say the reason they are dropping ESPN is because they hope to compete with them in syndicating programming seems delusional. 680 has shifted over to all GA Bulldogs all the time which would be super if we lived in Athens, but this is Atlanta with 3 pro franchises and GA Tech. I’d like a radio station that wanted to appeal to someone other than a guy in a pickup truck with GA flags.
Sean Limbaugh
November 5th, 2012
4:23 pm
Pete,
The smart play for a sports radio station is to talk about subjects that its audience is most interested in. They talk plenty of Braves in-season and when warranted in the offseason. They talk quite a bit of Falcons. I’ll grant you that they don’t spend much time at all on the Hawks, but there’s not much of an audience for Hawks talk especially when it’s at the expense of college football or NFL talk.
Da Commish
November 5th, 2012
4:25 pm
#BringbacktheStews! #Unstoppable
Jeff
November 5th, 2012
5:06 pm
Did Atlanta somehow piss off the radio gods? In just a few months commercial rock radio has been practically snuffed out except for “classic hits”, and now The Dickey Media Group takes its 3 “The Fan” stations and wipes out the ESPN radio feed. I miss Dave FM badly but as a sports geek I like some of the new jocks on The Game; especially Jim Murray and Mitch Evans. That 2-6pm show is unlistenable though, and that is a critical time slot.
Rodney Ho
November 5th, 2012
5:09 pm
A certain 2 Live Stews will be available by March 12, 2013. We’ll see where they land then.
Luther
November 5th, 2012
8:54 pm
Smart 680! Replacing Colin C. with 3 old hacks, Dan Patrick, Jim Rome and Pat O’brien. Good luck with that lineup. See ya!
Michael
November 5th, 2012
11:52 pm
I will miss ESPN and think 790 makes a poor match. Those bald blowhards on the Zone are worse than the Herd.
chris
November 6th, 2012
7:52 am
790 just dropped Yahoo sports radio for NBC sports radio. I would guess they have a contract of at least a year before they tried to get ESPN radio. Is ESPN radio just charging Cumulus more then want to pay to run ESPN programming?
Emanjr
November 6th, 2012
8:45 am
Turned my radio on at 10:00am to listen to Colin’s opening rant and heard Dan Patrick Show and was like……WTF????!!!! Patrick’s ok but i’d much rather hear Cowherd because he could be any combination of funny or a turd which enhanced the listening experience. Pretty good on his “picks” too, got me paid!!! Oh well, SMARTPHONE APP HERE I COME!!!!
George
November 6th, 2012
11:56 am
Will really miss Colin and Mike & Mike. Now 680 1, 2 and 3 all have the
same basic programming when local talent are off. Boring!
guess I’ll go back to News.
Steak Shapiro
November 6th, 2012
12:37 pm
We don’t have room for Steak at 790, i n fact going to make Mayhem 12 hours long so you people can get even more Steak.
John D
November 6th, 2012
1:51 pm
So I consider myself fairly reasonable. I’ve listened to 92.9 for a few days. Dont think i need to do it again for a while. I’ll just assume if I try again in 6 months to a year it will be a very different station. Morning show is horrible. Randy Cross couldn’t sound any more bored or angry and the girl CJ must be a parody. Good news for Buck Belue. Rick Kamla is now the dumbest guy on Atlanta radio. Middle of the day is unlistenable. Jamie Dukes snarkiness and apparent inability to stay focused is mind boggling. Congratulations Jerome whatshisname. Emptiest suit to sit behind a microphone perhaps in Atlanta radio history. Having 3 opinions about everything means you have none. Afternoon is actually worst of all. That says so much it actually hurts my head.
The reason I’m writing this now is I just heard the NFL commissioner on the station. Great guest. Horrible interview. Embarrassingly so. If you’re going to debate stadium issue, why let him say whatever he wants without a challenge. Throwback uniforms. Who he rooted for as a kid. Not knowing where he grew up when you are setting up that question. “What do you do with Roger time” after Jamie tells him about his mani’s and pedi’s. No pressing about health issues.
Who’s responsible for this. Morning host who says he doesn’t care about CFB. Afternoon female who won’t shut up about God and morals with two morons letting her do it. Former NFL player whose phoniness is unprecedented. In the words of Doug Stewart “WOW” great signal. Get some talent
DKL
November 6th, 2012
1:52 pm
So I consider myself fairly reasonable. I’ve listened to 92.9 for a few days. Dont think i need to do it again for a while. I’ll just assume if I try again in 6 months to a year it will be a very different station. Morning show is horrible. Randy Cross couldn’t sound any more bored or angry and the girl CJ must be a parody. Good news for Buck Belue. Rick Kamla is now the dumbest guy on Atlanta radio. Middle of the day is unlistenable. Jamie Dukes snarkiness and apparent inability to stay focused is mind boggling. Congratulations Jerome whatshisname. Emptiest suit to sit behind a microphone perhaps in Atlanta radio history. Having 3 opinions about everything means you have none. Afternoon is actually worst of all. That says so much it actually hurts my head.
The reason I’m writing this now is I just heard the NFL commissioner on the station. Great guest. Horrible interview. Embarrassingly so. If you’re going to debate stadium issue, why let him say whatever he wants without a challenge. Throwback uniforms. Who he rooted for as a kid. Not knowing where he grew up when you are setting up that question. “What do you do with Roger time” after Jamie tells him about his mani’s and pedi’s. No pressing about health issues.
Who’s responsible for this. Morning host who says he doesn’t care about CFB. Afternoon female who won’t shut up about God and morals with two morons letting her do it. Former NFL player whose phoniness is unprecedented. In the words of Doug Stewart “WOW” great signal. Get some talent
Sage of Bluesland
November 6th, 2012
3:27 pm
I’ll give 92.9 credit for one thing based on my initial listening experience: they encourage callers and put them on the radio.
The other stations have forgotten that’s, you know, sort-of the very basis of a “talk” show….It’s not to listen to Dimino ask his two-minute long questions (with pre-inserted answers)….
That, alone, is refreshing. I’ve listened to entire programs on the other two stations where they take only a caller or two, period. That isn’t my idea of dialogue.
I also like that it is live and local at night.
I say good start and keep improving!
Ron Mexico
November 6th, 2012
4:56 pm
92.9 The Game’s best shows are at night and their Sunday NFL show with Bob Neal, Ovie Mughelli and Len Pasquarelli.
Ron Mexico
November 6th, 2012
4:59 pm
It’s amazing how similar the opinions of “John D” and “DKL” are.
don
November 6th, 2012
10:13 pm
i like 92.9 hate 790 and 680 Steak nees to go and so do perry and that awful morning show go 92.9 love your show
Pete
November 6th, 2012
11:40 pm
It is underlay comprehensible that ESPN radio is not on in the Atlanta market!! Weather you like them or not ESPN is the dominate sports network and to not have them on in a top 10 market makes us look pathetic!!!
Cathmando
November 7th, 2012
8:37 am
I wonder if Chris Mortenson will still do his NFL updates on The Fan? I love the FM signal strength of The Game, but so far their weaker on content. I would love to see The Fan boost 93.7 to reach the burbs.
Dee
November 8th, 2012
9:27 am
Please – These guys can’t compete with the Heard. The only show that comes close is 790 between 7 – 10am. Dan Patrick really! Sports talk in Atlanta has truly been set back unfortunately there will be no objective voices in sports talk in the area. I can truly say there is no need for me to listen to 680. Good Luck with your programming.
Key
November 8th, 2012
12:39 pm
Ok like him or not Colin’s interesting, I don’t always agree. But everyone has an opinion, have you read some of these comments. He was the reason why I started listening to the fan and he will be the reason why I stop.